Trump News for Wednesday, September 16, 2026

President Trump reacted to Wednesday's Fed rate hike, saying “Interest Rates in the United States should be 1%, or less" and acknowledging he discussed with Kevin Warsh the Fed chair's plans for how to vote ahead of time."I talked to Kevin and I said, ‘you mi…

Apple executive chairman Tim Cook is expected to attend a White House state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping, reports Bloomberg. Cook stepped down as Apple CEO and transitioned to executive chairman on September 1, with John Ternus taking over. Pa…

Both sides agreed to expand air travel and resume direct commercial flights.

The unanimous decision comes as prices have remained stubbornly high and despite Trump's demands for lower rates.

The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates. Now, if you want to finance a tech upgrade, you’ll pay more in interest.

The FBI director allowed a Senate hearing to turn into a discussion of bestiality.

The pending munitions package is worth $2.8 billion.

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: President Donald Trump’s Fed gambit has officially fai…

She says she's following Trump's mandate to dismantle her department.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is seen from the Georgetown Waterfront on September 15, in Washington, DC. - Andrew Harnik/Getty Images One day after a dramatic meeting of the arts institution’s Board of Trustees, during which members – m…

The Federal Reserve hiked rates Wednesday for the first time in 3 years. President Trump said the FOMC should cut.

Trump says the U.S. should stop trading with most other countries in the world.

Is AI going to kill us all?  In Silicon Valley, it’s not such a novel question. But after Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon quit his job last week and posted on X that AI “could kill us all by the end of the decade,” a lot more people are asking.  “This is not a…

The Interior Secretary says the move is necessary to combat what he calls ideological bias.

Trump says the country has made progress against narcotics since Maduro's removal, may also remove Colombia and Bolivia.

The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Wednesday that he’s going to block a proposed sale of $2.8 billion in heavy weaponry to Israel o...

An Afghan man arrested last year in connection with the Abbey Gate suicide bombing at the Kabul airport during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was sentenced.

Bettina Trump, née Anderson, is a socialite, model, and influencer who comes from a prominent Palm Beach family.

Trump pushes for a solution to end Moscow's war against Kyiv as civilian deaths in Ukraine rise.

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in three years in a unanimous decision on Wednesday, with central bankers now seeing a second hike this year to arrest sticky inflation. The Federal Open Market Committee voted to raise its benchmar…

The Fed hiked rates by a quarter point at the September meeting. Inflation is a top priority, Warsh said.

US Senator Bill Cassidy presses Trump's pick for surgeon general on views over vaccines, public health.

WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Democratic and Republican U.S. senators asked President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday to declassify and release...

By Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The head of the U.S.

Automakers dispute the relevance of AM radio, but if the law passes the Senate, they'll have no choice but to keep it (or bring it back) in all their vehicles.

President Donald Trump's nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Nicole Saphier, faced her Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday. - Jose Luis Magana/AP Wednesday’s Senate confirmation hearing wasn’t the first time much of the American public met Dr. Nicole Saph…

"Leave the Kennedy center alone," Kerry Kennedy said on Tuesday.

I scream, you scream, we all scream because our food is filled with rocks.

Both the president and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., have made numerous false claims about the vaccines’ efficacy and safety

Experts say Michael Whatley could bear the brunt of voters' economic frustrations.

The Trump administration said more releases would be secured soon amid improved US-Belarus relations.

"Anthropic's CEO took the stage at a conference in San Francisco on Tuesday to reiterate his call for a slowdown of AI development," reports the Guardian, " while Nvidia's CEO argued against slowing its development. "Run as fast as you can." Amodei is callin…

Lawmakers are expressing broader willingness to regulate AI development, but the path forward may not be a quick one.

“The best way to guarantee safety is that the creators are liable for what they build and generate.”

Billionaire shale pioneer Harold Hamm’s Continental Resources Inc. reached a deal for an oil field in Venezuela as the Trump administration pushes US compani...

Trump administration falling for misinformation from 'fringe groups' alleging discrimination against white Afrikaners.

The speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, speaks to reporters at the US Capitol on 16 September 2026 in Washington DC.Photograph: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, announced on Wednesday that he would again cancel…

Hinojosa keeps chipping at Abbott's lead, but two new polls disagree on how close she really is with Election Day months away in the governor's race.

Already, close to 100 lawmakers who started this Congress will not be around for the next one, according to an NPR analysis, driven by record-setting retirements and primary defeats.

WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The U. Senate Commerce Committee approved legislation on Wednesday to bar government officials from pressuring private compan...

The crypto industry’s top legislative priority fell short of the 60 votes needed to even reach the Senate floor.

BBC Verify's Ben Chu examines what impact rising energy costs could have on the global economy.

Trump says he supports the cameras simply because law enforcement does, no matter that they can be misused or abused.

Carleton College recently joined a list of schools, including Harvard and Yale, that have eliminated student loans from their financial aid packages.

WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The Republican chairman of the U. Senate health committee on Wednesday blamed the Trump administration's approach to vaccines...

The conservative activist was speaking to a crowd of thousands on the university campus when he was shot and killed by a gunman positioned on a roof.

Former Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed US President Donald Trump’s war on Iran.

President Donald Trump threw a "tantrum" when he learned a federal judge had again blocked his name from the Kennedy Center, a board member recounts.

If only it were that simple.

How a Reagan-era program to promote vaccine production could play a role in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s crusade against the medications.

High energy costs at the pump and strategic setback for US in the Iran war will likely cost Trump in the midterms.

Washington’s biggest question this week: Why is President Donald Trump is so furiously against an AI slowdown in the wake of apocalyptic warnings from some t...

Good Samaritans chased down a suspected car thief after he allegedly hit a woman on the boardwalk and abandoned the vehicle.

Trump lashes out at justices who rejected his federal mail ballot plan, raising questions on his next electoral moves.

Don’t wait for a mass-extinction event before holding AI developers accountable.

This shows “a systemic failure to monitor and track urgent pregnancy-related healthcare concerns and ensure that those women receive proper treatment and care,” the Women’s Refugee Commission’s Zain Lakhani explained.

China says the US-Israel war on Iran highlights flaws in the Middle East's 'existing security architecture'.

Back in December, President Donald Trump professed to be “surprised” that his hand-picked board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing...

The federal workforce shrunk by roughly 216,000 workers in 2025, according to federal data.

The OpenAI CEO says AI firms should follow the aviation industry by reporting, investigating, and learning from failures.

Newly declassified FBI documents are providing a clearer picture of the gunman who nearly assassinated President Donald Trump at a 2024 campaign rally in But...

The package of 2,000-pound bombs comes amid Israel's genocidal war on Gaza and its occupation of southern Lebanon.

By Timour Azhari, Alexander Cornwell and Gram Slattery Sept 15 (Reuters) - U.S. officials met representatives of Yemen's Houthis in Oman over the weekend, fi...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed making Canada the European Union's first associate member, a striking overture as U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs drive Ottawa closer to Europe.

The Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term, according to a tracking...

My mid-week morning reads: ​• Costly Medicine: Claudia Sahm on Fed Week — the FOMC is highly likely to hike a quarter point Wednesday, and the Middle East and AI headlines stealing attention are the same stories driving the inflation risk. (Claudia Sahm) • Th…

The family of Charlie Kirk alleges that a "series of stunning failures and reckless decisions" by Utah Valley University led to the conservative activist's assassination.

The EU has proposed making Canada its first associate member as Mark Carney seeks to diversify trade away from the US.

By Brad Brooks COLUMBIA FALLS, Montana, Sept 16 (Reuters) - More than 15 years after the U.S.

DETROIT, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Florida car dealer Bill Wallace says the majority of customers lately are asking about hybrid options, eager for relief from hig...

On Wednesday, the Senate committee on health holds a confirmation hearing for three top health officials, including surgeon general. Dr. Nicole Saphier is President Trump's third attempt to nominate a surgeon general.

Sept 16 (Reuters) - Saudi warplanes pounded Yemen, the Houthis said on Wednesday, as the Iran-backed fighters solidified their gains after a lightning advanc...

(Refiles to add Iran's foreign minister's first name in paragarph 3) BEIJING, Sept 16 (Reuters) - China encourages Iran and the U.S. to remain rational, exer...

Roughly 25,000 people have been deported to so-called third countries.

Because of a data lag, the current reality of access may be even worse.

Saudi Arabia accused Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels overnight of trying to attack Islam’s holiest city, prompting condemnation from countries in the regio...

The US president has pushed the issue to the forefront of American politics - even at the risk of losing supporters.

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“Every lab has the responsibility and incentive to move at the pace required to train its models safely, and the ability to take its own actions to ensure that happens,” said Mark Zuckerberg in a post on X on Tuesday. In the context of these days, when everyo…

The remarkable revelation comes after previous warnings about countries such as Russia possibly weaponizing a global frontier long agreed in treaties to be used for only peaceful purposes.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says South Africa has not addressed US concerns over racial inequality.

Clipped From Video The United States has deployed weapons in space and will use them to defend American forces, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Monday. It’s the first public acknowledgment that the nation has such capabilities in orbit and a potential s…

For a third time, the US House approved a war powers resolution, halting Trump's ability to continue military action.

Pyongyang blew up the Inter-Korean Liaison Office building in June 2020 after days of rising tensions.

“We don’t need any new laws. We don’t need new regulations,” Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang said on Tuesday, on the main stage of Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco. Earlier in the same keynote, Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei mad…

A South Korean court has ruled that North Korea should pay the South 44.6 billion won ($32.5 million) for blowing up a joint liaison office between the count...

Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie seized the House floor Tuesday, launching a longshot bid to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “for high crimes and misdemeanors."

President Trump berated a congresswoman during a board meeting, then posted that he would abandon the Kennedy Center if his name isn’t added to it.

Vice President JD Vance urged House Republicans to make Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed a boogeyman if their own opponents aren’t “that cra...

Report by nonpartisan research body finds that replenishing depleted munitions stockpiles could take up to five years.

Senate takes first step to advance legislation to drastically overhaul college sports system as we know it, passing a procedural vote for a full Senate vote, 74-24.

The Russian businessman who paid for the afterparty at President Donald Trump’s eldest son’s wedding has close ties to the Kremlin.

They both fear that AI could wipe out humanity.