Trump News for Monday, September 14, 2026

The Supreme Court kept in place a lower court decision blocking the U.S. Postal Service from implementing new restrictions.

By Andrew Chung Sept 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to let the U.S.

The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to allow mail-in voting restrictions under a U.S. Postal Service plan for the midterm general election.

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Mahmoud Khalil and other pro-Palestinian student activists sued Columbia University on Monday, accusing the...

When OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google DeepMind cofounder Demis Hassabis, and SpaceX head Elon Musk loosely agreed over the weekend to slow down AI development, skeptics spotted an ulterior motive immediately. The AI titans had declare…

An Instagram post from the couple said two nights of their wedding festivities in the Bahamas were partially funded by Umar Kremlev.

President Donald Trump’s approval rating is no longer nearing historic lows, after rising slightly in the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The government doesn’t seem ready for a major disaster.

Federal agents may have broken state laws after the Department of Homeland Security began surging personnel for what it called the Unlawful Voter Initiative, a federal whistleblower alleges.

President Donald Trump on Monday nominated the wife of “God Bless the USA” singer Lee Greenwood to serve as the U.S. ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern C...

The only appropriate option is to refuse to accede to his demands.

Indigenous groups, environmentalists and locals oppose the wall; Big Bend sees about 1 percent of border arrests.

The Trump administration says it could save power plants more than $300bn and 'unleash' American energy.

This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. If you’d asked me yesterday what Steve Bannon and Bernie Sanders had in common, I might have said “white hai…

Iran accuses US of pressuring Austria to revoke visa for Mohammad Eslami, calling it a violation of member state rights.

AI executives are calling for slowing the pace of AI development. The people making the calls say not yet.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said AI doomer predictions aren't grounded in science and got a call from President Donald Trump to weigh in.

The board said Trump is 'unlikely' to financially rescue the center otherwise.

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's public approval rating rose from a record low, while Americans voiced growing support...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced its plans today to kill any remaining standards on how much greenhouse gas pollution power plants are allowed to emit in the US. The move will only make electricity dirtier as AI, electric vehicles, and a revival …

KYIV, Sept 14 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Kyiv was ready to support a U.S. proposal for a Russia-Ukraine ceasefire on energ...

Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon are uniting against AI just as Trump, the other main character from the 2016 era in politics, stands for acceleration.

The reversal of a Biden-era cap on emissions from the plants could have devastating effects in efforts to stop climate change

Kennedy Center officials are warning the institution is on the brink of bankruptcy and could close as soon as Tuesday unless the president’s name is added to the building.

Bettina Anderson characterized it as an "extremely generous wedding gift from a friend."

US president says current oversight is adequate and regulations could allow China to win AI competition.

The rule would deny green cards for applicants who may use some public benefits.

The Kennedy Center says President Trump won't rescue the institution from bankruptcy if his efforts aren't recognized on the side of the building.

NATO chief Rutte insists Western allies will not be intimidated by Russian attacks meant to 'scare' them off.

In two board resolutions made public Monday, the arts institution says it is in a dire financial and physical state — and that only President Trump can "rescue" it.

Former West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat-turned-independent, said Monday he supports two Republican Senate candidates running in battleground races...

The truth continues to come out, and not via Truth Social. Everything former Olympian David Hearn might need to pursue a malicious prosecution lawsuit against the Trump DOJ has been leaking more steadily than the botched Lincoln Reflecting Pool repair job its…

The average domestic flight now costs $390, up from $290 a year ago.

Hundreds of investors overseeing nearly $120 trillion in assets will gather in Toronto for the Canada Investment Summit.

ABC News legal contributor James Sample explains why Democrats are worried ICE could be deployed to voting locations.

Alex Gibney revealed he still hasn't heard from Elon Musk after the billionaire ranted about his documentary and threatened legal action.

Europe racing Russia, China and US to seize security and economic opportunities.

Donald Trump Jr.'s new wife, Bettina, is confirming that her May wedding weekend celebration was partially funded by a man with close ties to Russian Preside...

If you were hoping oil and therefore gas would get cheaper soon, a major oil pipeline going down is about the last thing you want to hear about right now.

US Vice President JD Vance says the Trump administration is “very much on top of” the Houthi advance in Yemen.

NYC and San Francisco are suing the Trump administration over a policy that would limit green cards for immigrants deemed likely to use safety nets.

Bettina Anderson, wife of Donald Trump Jr., said their "dear friend" Umar Kremlev hosted two nights of festivities after their wedding in the Bahamas.

By now it’s old hat to point out that the mainstream media bends over backwards to pretend that Donald Trump is a “normal” president. The number of times you could point to the coverage and question how the media would cover things if a Democratic president d…

The president wants the Smithsonian to add a colossal George Washington statue—and remove another work of abstract art in D.C.

The answer, unfortunately, is Jasmine Crockett.

With the midterms approaching, Trump is backing automated license plate readers, data centers, and efforts to keep AI development moving at full speed.

New York City and other local governments are suing the Trump administration to block its new rule linking benefits to green cards

The BBC's AI correspondent Marc Cieslak explains what artificial intelligence is and whether it could cause a threat to humanity.

"The Trump Administration has stopped AI 'people' from doing bad, or potentially bad, 'things,' like Dario (Anthropic!)" President Donald Trump wrote.

Landowners, ranchers and business owners in the Big Bend region of Texas along with a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the region's landscape a...

AI development is "walking a narrow middle path," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.

Strange times make for strange bedfellows.

Hugging Face has asked to become one of the outside auditors of the AI labs. Clement Delangue announced the Open Alignment Initiative on X on Saturday. He posted it four hours after Dario Amodei said Anthropic would let third-party evaluators inside. Alignmen…

Gulf nations may prioritise domestic investments over US commitments amid economic pressures, says new report.

Anthropic CEO urges restricted China access to AI tech, sparking accusations of US technological dominance strategies.

President Donald Trump said Monday that he would be a sufficient guardrail against rogue artificial intelligence, claiming that any efforts to limit the tech...

Trump blames Ukraine’s attacks for global diesel shortage, linking the crisis to Russia's war rather than US actions.

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to repeal rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natur...

Microsoft has published a code of conduct for the models it builds itself, and the commitment at the centre of it is blunt. MAI models “will never resist human interruption, correction, or shutdown”. The document went up on Monday alongside a six-week public …

Michael Burry of "The Big Short" fame said AI companies were helping themselves by calling for slower progress to head off any threats to humanity.

Senate negotiators are drafting a bill that would let the US government stop the release of an AI model. Courtney Rozen reported the terms for Reuters. Her sources are two Senate aides, a person familiar with the deliberations and a lobbyist involved in the t…

Now that streaming subscriber growth has slowed, we’ve noted repeatedly how the streaming TV sector is falling into all of the bad habits that ultimately doomed traditional cable TV. That has involved chasing pointless “growth for growth’s sake” megamergers, …

A hot job title, "embedded evaluator," has entered the AI space — and AI chiefs say these people will stand between humanity and the apocalypse.

Saudi Arabia asked for the meeting to be postponed, but Tehran says it will continue to seek a regionally backed bill.

By Francois Murphy VIENNA, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The United States blocked Iran's nuclear chief from attending this week's U.N. atomic watchdog meeting in Vien...

By Kristina Cooke and Ben Kellerman Sept 14 (Reuters) - Immigration arrests in the U.S. have soared in recent months, aided by more local law enforcement coo...

Some key leaders at artificial intelligence companies call for a slowdown in AI development. And, Iran-Gulf diplomacy hits a setback as talks in Oman are delayed.

It follows the Anthropic CEO 's calls for a slowdown in AI development, in a way that China doesn't pull ahead.

One of the U.S. Air Force officers shot down over Iran in April, spoke out in a “60 Minutes” interview, describing the ordeal and how he managed to survive....

"Look, the president understands—he and I have talked about it quite a bit—... the bond market has taken out more governments than howitzers."

Democratic state parties announced Monday that they are launching an operation for the midterm elections they're calling the "New Battlefield Project,” inten...

Lovable CEO Anton Osika shared C.S. Lewis's warning on atomic bombs: "They may break our bodies, but they need not dominate our minds."

Evanston, Ill., became the first U.S. city to compensate Black people for historical discrimination. The Justice Department is trying to kill its program before other cities follow suit.

Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has hit back at a call from the head of Anthropic for the U.S. to curb China’s artificial intelligence capabilities

The Pentagon is recruiting from the immigrant community, including legal permanent residents, or green-card holders, at a rapidly growing pace.

Lawmakers from both chambers return to D.C. for the final push before the November midterms, the first time since July 23 that both chambers have been on the Hill.

The Justice Department’s push to pursue a sweeping conspiracy probe into former officials behind investigations targeting President Donald Trump has descende...

Officials at the Kennedy Center warn it faces “certain fiscal collapse” within weeks unless President Donald Trump’s name is added back to the building, acco...

House Freedom Caucus member Tom Tiffany apparently was in a crashing plane this weekend, and then just dusted himself off without injury.

By Ellen Zhang and Marius Zaharia BEIJING/HONG KONG, Sept 14 (Reuters) - A year after shifting production and sourcing out of China to avoid higher U.S. tari...

Dario Amodei’s essay on Saturday made the case that the AI industry must slow itself down. It also asked Washington to “not sell powerful AI chips or semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China” and to crack down on smuggling and on remote access to data c…

Donald Trump was watching golf at his Doonbeg resort in Ireland on Sunday when reporters asked him about the AI industry’s sudden appetite for slowing itself down. He said the United States leads China, that he wants to keep it that way, and that “whoever win…

The strategic Strait of Hormuz remains the conflict's primary flashpoint.

Board of trustees recommends that the main building be closed immediately due to costs, US newspaper reports.

New warnings from the artificial-intelligence industry have revived debate over whether advanced AI models could escape human control and threaten humanity

A federal judge late Sunday ordered that the U.S. Postal Service not implement President Donald Trump's executive order limiting mail balloting, adding anoth...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is betting he can make billions flow north. About 300 CEOs and senior executives from some of the world’s biggest invest...

President Donald Trump has agreed to a significant portion of a stringent ethics proposal that is part of broader cryptocurrency legislation headed for a key...

The OpenAI CEO said it's because he'd rather deal with AI safety concerns as a private company.

The April rescue operation to recover the downed aircrew saw the first US boots on the ground in Iran in 46 years, American officials say.

This is an addendum to my original Meditations on AI post, and a response to a few other articles from last year.

Vandals spray red paint on Charlie Kirk statue days after its unveiling to mark one year since his death.