Trump News for Friday, September 4, 2026

Trump tells reporters the US is 'not fighting right now' despite a recent exchange of fire with Iran.

Democratic lawmakers poke fun at prank website, while Republicans slam 'fake news' and redirect users to real one.

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel to Ukraine and Russia this weekend to help restart peace negotiations.

The new effort appears to be another tactic in a broader Trump administration strategy to short-circuit immigrants' already limited due process options in order to speed deportations.

US President Donald Trump laments past financial support for Ukraine's war effort and has vowed to claw the money back.

"Particulate matter can cause blockage and clotting in blood vessels," according to the recall notice.

Lori Chavez-DeRemer reportedly used staff for personal tasks, drank at work and violated ethics regulations.

US President Donald Trump called the Iran war small potatoes, saying only 18 Americans had been killed.

The widow of an airman killed on a combat mission in the Middle East said it took a viral social media post to get resolution from the Pentagon on issues rel...

The Supreme Court granted an emergency appeal from Republicans in a dispute over campaign ad prices on Friday, clearing a legal roadblock to political partie...

People cross a bridge in front of the Mount Sinai logo at Mt. Sinai Hospital on March 31, 2020 in New York. Mount Sinai is the latest in a string of U.S. hospitals to reach similar agreements with the Trump administration, including Texas Children’s Hospit…

Pete Hegseth has called for all service members 30 and older to be screened for testosterone deficiency.

The PR masterminds at the White House just released a series of vaguely policy-themed "arcade" games, some of which are racist - and modeled on real games whose copyright holders may not be too happy to be associated with the MAGA agenda. The Tetris Company h…

President Donald Trump on Friday labeled the Iran war “small potatoes,” the latest attempt to minimize a six-month conflict that caused a spike in gas prices...

So far, no game company has sued the White House for infringement

EXCLUSIVE: The coup de grâce that caused Fox to announce this week that Maria Bartiromo was “no longer be with” the conservative outlet was a case of “very bad judgement,” and a long time in the making, sources say. The assertions come today despite Bartiromo…

The Labor Department's inspector general described a "toxic" culture under Trump's former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

Here's what you need to know about the 3-1-1 rule before going to the airport.

Mark Zuckerberg raised concerns about a proposed national AI regulator in a previously unreported call with Donald Trump in mid-August, Politico reports. The two options still on the table are a FINRA-style body funded by the firms it would oversee and an MPA…

A Thursday report from the Inspector General states that former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer went to a strip club while on the job, even forcing her driver to rain dollar bills on one of the dancers. The report further details just how sloppy and reckl…

President Trump is expected to use the new Air Force One next week, sources say, marking its first foreign trip since Trump secretly switched planes while leaving Turkey.

Paxton brushed off Trump’s wardrobe critique during a Sept. 3 appearance on Fox News, saying Texas is “a relatively casual place.”

Unemployment rate steady as public schools and food services lead the surge in US job growth for August.

Analysts say Argentina's president sees an opportunity to exploit Trump’s growing tensions with London.

ABC News' Sam Champion shares highlights from a trip to the new Great Tides Waterpark on our "GMA" sponsor Norwegian Cruise Line's private island Great Stirrup Cay.

So far, 18 U.S. service members have been killed during the Iran war.

Price of gasoline also sets new record for Labor Day weekend ahead of crucial midterm elections in November.

US State Department tells Al Jazeera Washington 'does not support any plan' for the expulsion of Palestinians.

Trump's post puts his handpicked Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, in a tough position before this month's policy meeting, as markets eye higher odds of a rate hike.

Executives at Abu Dhabi’s G42 have held exploratory talks about selling a majority stake to American companies, Bloomberg reported on Friday, as the firm races to guarantee access to advanced chips beyond next year. Alex Dooler, Zainab Fattah and Dinesh Nair …

Changing SNAP eligibility actually change change consumption habits

The U.S. Treasury announced Friday it has imposed sanctions on a Turkish financial institution as part of its latest effort to sever “critical financial life...

Fetterman, clearly reviled by his entire staff, is the closest thing the Democrats have to a Trump at this point.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun praises the release and thanks US President Donald Trump for his efforts.

Is it official Dept. of Labor business when you have subordinates "drop bills" on a "partially nude woman" in a strip club?

RFK Jr. is investigating if the COVID vaccine killed American troops. Guess we'd better start with "father of the vaccine" Donald Trump?

Poor Snake and Flappy Bird knock-offs are the best they can manage

BBC board members have been advised to seek legal advice before traveling to America, as the British broadcaster defends a $10 billion lawsuit from Donald Trump. During a BBC board meeting in April, directors were told to take counsel from in-house lawyers if…

Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo was fired for leaking information about her employer to the White House, Status reported Thursday.Bartiromo’s sudden termination stemmed from President Donald Trump’s incendiary prime-time speech in July baselessly accusing foreign …

From My Lai to civilian killings in Afghanistan, Iraq, the US has often denied role before later quietly acknowledging.

A monthlong lull in fighting between Iran and the US ended this week, dragging the region back to a dangerous – and potentially unsustainable – military stal...

President Donald Trump crashed out on Thursday night after the Missouri Supreme Court struck down Republican redistricting efforts ahead of midterm elections—changing the House map after the primary and before November in an unprecedented move. “The Missouri …

He's dangerous. He's incompetent. He's ruining America’s reputation. Even the president can see that

Seoul heavily affected by closure of strategic waterway and under heavy US pressure for participation against Iran.

A German chemicals company is considering closing the American plant that Washington’s new polysilicon tariffs were supposed to protect. Wacker Chemie has lost its last two customers for the material since the measures were announced and is weighing the futur…

Trump has asked the Supreme Court to lift the block on his plan for the USPS to restrict mail voting ahead of the midterm elections. And, diesel prices have reached a record high.

President Donald Trump on Thursday named Adam Telle, a civilian leader in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as the acting Army secretary following the depart...

Rising prices and opposition to war may pressure Trump to de-escalate until after the midterms, analysts say.

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has the vice president’s number

Homeland Security Investigations agents hit the outdoor retailer with a controversial subpoena as part of a dragnet search for the identities of protesters who entered a Minnesota church in March.

An exclusive email reveals a prosecutor planned to file civil rights charges against an ICE agent

Rozina Ali on the rise of Islamophobia in America and the vague terrorism laws now being wielded against dissidents like the Prairieland protesters. The post 25 Years After 9/11, Muslims Are Still Politicians’ Favorite Scapegoat appeared first on The Intercep…

Happy Labor Day! (Well, almost.) There’s no better time to assess President Donald Trump’s labor market and labor policies in advance of November’s midterm elections.Let’s start with the labor market. It’s shrinking, and it’s weak.The weakness doesn’t show up…

It isn’t every day that Republicans admit that Donald Trump is harming their midterm hopes. After all, that would require an admission of Trumpian fallibility, which is unacceptable to MAGA. But on Thursday, Kentucky Representative James Comer dropped a revea…

This primary season, most of the energy and attention on the Democratic side has been on progressive candidates who overperformed in races around the country, sometimes despite steep funding disadvantages. Beltway moderates are ready to fight back: In August,…

Fuel prices have soared since the Iran conflict began at the end of February, mirroring the surge in wholesale oil prices.

Barf Bag: The administration’s latest nontribution to the billion dumpster fires that are currently plaguing the country has been to create another website no one was asking for, called ArcadeDotGov

The Education Department gathers a massive tranche of civil rights data about public school students. It's now available but harder to parse than in the past.

Washington Democrats said they’re alarmed about post-election violence.

Interviews with more than two dozen GOP lawmakers, candidates and operatives show a party far from unified on how to handle the president in tough races.

The president is facing a shortage of refining capacity, and more Venezuelan oil isn't going to help.

President Trump is again hoping to use economic pressure to force Iran to the negotiating table.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with New York Times reporter Emily Badger about the Trump administration's plans to move forward with construction of a triumphal arch.

The Trump administration wants to end tax-exempt status for universities with certain race-based programs. Wesleyan President Michael Roth says the plan could frighten schools.

The Trump administration has said it will end the tax-exempt status for universities with programs that help racial minority students.

Pioneering activist and feminist legend Gloria Steinem passed away at 92.

The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would strip private schools and colleges of their tax-exempt status if they provide targeted help to students based on their race.

White House arcade games spark criticism for prioritising entertainment amid rising living costs and war concerns.

What the Live Nation Case Says About the Fate of Monopolies Now.

Republicans have pledged to appeal the ruling to the US Supreme Court with only months until the midterm elections.

Following her late-night stint, Rosie O’Donnell is continuing to put Donald Trump on blast, this time with help from a few friends. On Thursday, the 12x Emmy winner shared a video of herself performing Helen Reddy’s 1972 feminist anthem “I Am Woman” with surv…

Efforts to isolate the International Criminal Court aim to undermine the global rule of law, leaders say.

Cuba announces new pro-market reforms amid threats of military attack from the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump announced that he is appointing Adam Telle to become acting secretary of the Army, "effective immediately."

The defence secretary faces renewed scrutiny after a Republican senator called for his removal from the US cabinet.

China is demanding a probe into the death of a 51-year-old man who died hours after entering an ICE facility in the U.S. territory of Saipan.

An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defence.