Trump News for Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Secretary of State Rubio has hailed Ecuador as the US's 'most involved and aggressive partner' in the anti-drug fight.

Seven months after launching the war on Iran, US President Donald Trump says it will end immediately after midterms.

Trump supporters say he can rally Republican voters despite concerns over the unpopular war and rising prices.

Fox Corp. President and Chief Operating Officer John Nallen said the company’s $22 billion acquisition of Roku is on track to close despite a new request for information from regulators. Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference in San Francisco o…

Donald Trump is trying to strong-arm Canada in a bizarre trade war, but Prime Minister Mark Carney is outsmarting the American president.

When the president is frustrated, he lashes out at friends harder than he does enemies.

“Originally I felt as though she is guilty and she is criminally responsible.”

The White House shared no proof the incident occurred.

The September 11 attacks inspired a sense of national unity that has since been shattered.

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Donald Trump is bound for Dallas to kick off Republica…

The president added the US is not looking to restart negotiations with Iran after the failure of previous ceasefires.

Among many D.C. lobbyists, when the bet is on whether a piece of legislation will pass Congress or not, the rule of thumb always is to take the latter. Yet, a long-desired federal film and television tax incentive that’s suddenly coming to life with the recen…

US President Donald Trump says Russian President Putin wants a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

The new phone will set you back some $1,999, but enjoying the memes is totally free.

President Trump is giving a keynote address on Wednesday evening.

While Trump’s approval ratings remain underwater, 'Frasier' star Kelsey Grammer offered a more favorable assessment in a recent interview.

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks in New York City in October. The ride-hailing giant dropped $1 million on a new ad backing Hochul’s re-election campaign. [ more › ]

Administration officials conveyed to the network that the firing was “totally unacceptable,” White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said.

Let’s start out with the obvious (and obviously heartbreaking): this is not related to the multiple times ICE officers have murdered people. Those officers still remain at large and the DOJ and DHS have shown absolutely zero interest in following up on those …

Pirro interrupted reporters as soon as they mentioned Hearn's case.

The response comes after three US agencies accused Chinese AI companies of exploiting American AI models.

It’s no wonder as to why Andrew Callaghan made sure to distance himself from the crypto project.

'Musk' is coming, and Elon's happy to build the hype.

Trump told reporters that they were "doing a check on the slide."

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that oil prices that have surged because of the Iran war likely won’t come down until after U.S. midterm elections. Oi...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced coordinated actions aimed at an illicit online marketplace called Xinbi Guarantee that offered scam services, including seizing Telegram channels used to run the service, confiscating two cryptocurre…

By Julia Harte Sept 9 (Reuters) - The Trump administration proposed on Wednesday changing the national census to include only U.S. citizens and permanent res...

<em>The leader of the Education Department's special education office told employees she is resigning less than four months in the role and as the agency overall is morphing and shrinking.</em>

The left-wing trade union leader has won three presidential terms so far. Crime may be a hurdle to a fourth.

For several minutes on Tuesday evening, Democrats thought they’d actually scored an important legal victory — and in an election case to boot! But then a single Trump-appointed judge cast a cloud of doubt over that victory, and potentially threw Missouri’s up…

Welles Crowther, dubbed the "man in the red bandana," is remembered by his friend Jack Moran Jr. for his courageous acts on September 11.

The Canadian aircraft manufacturer has received support from Republican lawmakers on its economic impact record.

Prosecutors told the court that Andrew and Tristan Tate boasted about having multiple passports and flying on private jets. But the Tates' lawyers argued they were only playing a role for their fans.

U.S. Magistrate Lauren Louis denied a defense motion for release, meaning the Tates will remain jailed during what could be a monthslong extradition process....

Germany’s local elections usually don’t matter to anyone but Germans. But Sunday’s contest in the state of Saxony-Anhalt was an exception: It could very well produce the first far-right government anywhere in Germany since the Nazis.  Alternatives fur Deutsch…

By Humeyra Pamuk and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump gave tens of thousands of dollars in cash gifts last year to executiv...

One of the natural side effects of flooding the zone with hastily hired, poorly trained immigration enforcement officers is an increase in violence and rights violations. Christian Castro may not have been a new ICE hire, but he’d been there long enough to re…

The Hive Bakery in Flower Mound, roughly 30 miles from the convention site in Dallas, is selling cookies featuring an expletive directed at Trump.

Iran is ready for a more intense war and will escalate its counterstrikes if the US continues attacking its territory and infrastructure, according to a seni...

UPDATED with final trailer: The final trailer for Warner Bros’ Digger starring Tom Cruise was released Thursday. Watch it above. The pic, a political satire from Alejandro G. Iñárritu, is still gearing up for its October 2 theatrical release. It stars Cruise …

Ford says the secretary’s comments are a 'wrongheaded' attempt to make headlines.

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Some Salvadorans had hoped the rapport between Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and US President Donald Trump could pave the way for a reprieve.

Analysts say UK move far from enough to drive momentum for Palestinian statehood.

Skyrocketing costs on toilet paper, lumber and auto parts is bad enough thanks to Trump's Canada trade war. But not booze too!

Police have launched a criminal investigation into the hard-right Reform UK party days after an explosive undercover report alleged they breached campaign fi...

C-SPAN will provide gavel-to-gavel coverage of the 2026 Republican Convention starting on Wednesday in Dallas, while Fox News and NewsNation are planning special programming. But most other news networks are taking a wait-and-see approach, planning coverage o…

Tehran appears to be increasingly targeting Jordanian assets in the latest round of escalation with the US.

Have you ever wondered what POTUS is paid? US presidents have had just five raises since George Washington.

The aides received the gifts in addition to their six-figure salaries.

ABC News has named Rachel Scott and Rhiannon Ally as permanent co-anchors on Good Morning America Weekend. Scott will join Whit Johnson on Saturdays, and Ally will co-anchor alongside Gio Benitez on Sundays. They will start in their roles this weekend. The fo…

The Australian government plans to introduce another world-first social media law by allowing people the choice to opt out of content recommended by algorithms. [Read More]

An Anthropic researcher is leaving AI, warning it could be out of control by late 2027. OpenAI’s chief scientist is also urging caution, saying no one is prepared for rising machine intelligence.

Venice: The third in Kopple’s informal strike trilogy sets its sights on the workers battling with UPS, Amazon, and food-delivery apps with mixed results.

A Trump census proposal would stop asking about race and exclude millions of U.S. residents from a count that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state."

In addition to the $111 billion Paramount/Warner Bros merger just being foundationally bad for creatives, labor, and consumers, the Ellison family-owned company’s executives just keep demonstrating why they’re not really the kind of folks you want dominating …

Donald Trump’s latest Marine One arrival has sparked a fresh wave of scrutiny after footage appeared to show the president in a tense exchange with the pilots.

Trump and JD Vance headline the unusual two-day Republican convention before the November midterm elections.

Germany's chancellor clashes with AfD leader Alice Weidel, saying her migration policy amounts to "ethnic cleansing" for skilled workers.

Trump wants the NFL to stop calling itself football, arguing the name really belongs to the sport the rest of the world plays. He’s floated it again just as the 2026 season kicks off. Trump s…

Tehran lauds capturing Dive-LD vessel, while Washington insists that the submersible ‘had malfunctioned a day ago’.

The RNC embarrasses itself with a shindig no one else wanted

The “Starship Troopers”-inspired designs take cinematic nods to Nazis and make them real

President Donald Trump has escalated his economic pressure against Canada following its retaliatory tariffs against the U.S.

A newly released rendering of the Interborough Express linking Brooklyn and Queens via light rail. Here's an early look at what some stations on the Interborough Express could look like. [ more › ]

The working class isn't just White men in hard hats anymore. Women candidates may be the ones who can earn votes

On Tuesday, four former Amazon workers sued the company for failing to accommodate its thousands of currently and previously pregnant employees.

Tit-for-tat tariffs risk outsized harm in Michigan, Ohio and Maine, analysts said.

President Trump and Republicans will support the slate of candidates running this year and tout the administration’s agenda in the first-ever GOP midterm convention.

Americans are more skeptical of government information than they were a few years ago, with majorities now saying they have little or no trust in federal gov...

The catastrophic 9/11 attacks forced the intelligence community to radically revamp its ways of doing business. Now, critics say, President Trump is dismantling much of what was built since then.

Republicans have never held a midterm convention before. But there's also never been a president like Donald Trump. Billed as a "Trumpapalooza," the unprecedented event kicks of in Dallas Wednesday.

The idea of law enforcement taking possession of ballots in the middle of an active election used to be considered impossible. Now, it's a scenario voting officials — and judges — are training for.

Voters and election officials are navigating uncertainty about mail-in voting for the midterms as the legal fight drags on over the U.S. Postal Service plan for President Trump's bid for restrictions.

Former Rep. Mike Rogers is trying to stake out a nuanced position on President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada, which will have a disproportionate effec...

Trump keeps telling a 9/11 rescue story that gets more dramatic every time. In the latest version, two firefighters scooped him up and ran with him. On the actual day, he was four miles uptown watching it on TV.

After seven days of deliberations ended without a verdict in the Lindsay Clancy trial, three jurors finally revealed the explosive disagreement that left the panel deadlocked.

As the Kurdish forces dissolve, experts express concern if their rights will be won through democratic means.

The GOP aims to gain a New England foothold as Democrats strive to retain the Senate seat.

In the real world, President Donald Trump is struggling to stop inflation, rout the Iranian government and restore American manufacturing with tariffs. Over...

Around this time two years ago, Sen. John Fetterman was in high demand on the campaign trail, going county-to-county in Pennsylvania to help Democrats up and...

The United States remains Taiwan's main international backer and arms supplier despite lack of formal diplomatic ties.

Jon Stewart returned for an all-new episode of The Daily Show following a month-long hiatus. The comedian and Comedy Central host didn’t waste any time trolling Donald Trump and the chaos he’s caused over the last few weeks, like renaming Lake Ontario to Lake…

EXCLUSIVE The elusive goal is in sight but the finish line is still a way off in the race to get a federal film and TV tax incentive bill passed and signed into law by Donald Trump, California’s junior senator says.  “Over the past two years, Senator Adam Sch…

The measles outbreak, that began in America nearly two years ago, has only increased in velocity. We recently talked about the deaths of two children in Pennsylvania who both died while infected with measles. I’m altering my language slightly here from that o…

Scores among US 15-year-olds dropped 14 points from 2022, as the Trump administration pushes for 'school choice'.

A separate federal court ruling, however, contradicts the Supreme Court judgement, leaving the map up in the air.

The atypical event underscores the significance of Texas, long a Republican stronghold, in November's midterm elections.

Alex Gibney's Elon Musk documentary is a hard-hitting examination of Tesla, AI, and his relationships with women like Ashley St. Clair.

President Donald Trump escalated the trade war with Canada, ordering bans on alcohol and new tariffs on cheese and other goods.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is making a whirlwind 24-hour trip to speak at the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders this month because “there...

The US secretary of state visits Colombia, Ecuador and Peru in a bid to enhance cooperation with right-wing allies.