Trump News for Monday, September 21, 2026

The hardline pro-Israel senator has been flirting with the idea of switching parties. Now he’s using Republican campaign infrastructure. The post John Fetterman Is Fundraising on GOP Donor Email Lists appeared first on The Intercept.

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's trip to New York for a speech at the United Nations started Monday with a detour to Gracie Mansion for an hourlong chat — and a trip down memory lane — with Mayor Zohran Mamdani.The president, appearing with Mamdani af…

Critics called the merger a "bad deal for the future of film entertainment, independent journalism and democracy"

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he was pleased he would be welcoming US President Donald Trump to the city.

United States should lead global AI safety cooperation, OpenAI argues.

The U.S. says Chinese companies have shared wartime satellite imagery with Iran.

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 proposed triumphal arch is go…

Mayor Mamdani and President Trump spoke in front of Gracie Mansion. Trump called the project "a big job." [ more › ]

Communities across the U.S. continue to push back against proposed data center projects.

This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. It’s time for yet another United Nations General Assembly meeting in Manhattan — just one year after Preside…

No better way to reach your base than by insisting that they are inferior.

The president is also set to meet with Gulf leaders impacted by the war with Iran during his trip to New York City.

Folk legend Art Garfunkel says he’s so troubled by the direction of the country under Donald Trump that he’s considering leaving the United States altogether. Garfunkel told The Guardia…

The Republican Senate nominee in Iowa is trying to criticize the Iran war’s effect on ordinary people—without mentioning President Trump or her own voting history.“Iowans are being squeezed and shouldn’t have to foot the bill at the pump or the checkout line …

US President Trump unveiled a new White House helicopter pad as major US TV networks stayed away in protest.

Satire is dead. But it’s been dead since the first Trump administration, back when people were “owning the libs” with a combination of horse dewormers and willfully contracting COVID. Bleach consumption was discussed. It was a whole thing. Not enough of those…

Donald Trump has vowed to appeal a judge’s ruling in the networks’ challenge of his ban on their access to the White House, even though a federal judge has yet to issue a ruling in the case. Shortly after CNN, Politico and MS NOW filed suit on Monday against …

Paramount’s settlement with the 12 Democratic state attorneys general appeared to be a Yom Kippur affair, with the final signoff coming after sundown on Sunday. California Attorney General Rob Bonta was cagey when asked about the exact timeline for the agreem…

Advocates and scientists warn that giving political appointees power over research grants would “upend” U.S. science

Tom Kean Jr. Recent polling shows Rep. Tom Kean, Jr. down 5 points ahead of the debate on Sunday. [ more › ]

The Trump administration has agreed to pay at least $410 million to facilitate its so-called “third-country deportations” for immigrants. As of the end of June, 31 countries, mostly in Latin America or Africa, have made deals to take immigrants expelled from …

So should we start holding OpenAI accountable for it or are we waiting for something?

The potential ownership of CBS News and CNN under one corporate owner has generated months of fear, anxiety and loathing at both networks, but the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery settlement tries to resolve some of the issues with the establishment of an edi…

An Iranian couple seeking refuge in the United States faces a cruel new form of family separation. The post Immigration Roulette: Husband Granted Asylum, Wife Locked Up Awaiting Deportation appeared first on The Intercept.

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes.

North Korea test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles on Sunday, just days after publicly ridiculing anyone who hopes to see the country give up its nuclear arsenal. North Korea launched the tw…

Republican support for Trump dips to 73 percent, down from 82 percent, as war and inflation concerns dominate polls.

CNN, MS Now, and Politico jointly filed a lawsuit on Monday to overturn President Trump’s decision over the weekend to bar their reporters from the White House. This is an alarming escalation in the president’s wars against the media, independent institutions…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now hiding the locations of thousands of immigrants who received a final deportation order. The Associated Press reports that the agency’s online detainee locator database no longer contains any record of these individua…

When your dad is one of the richest men in the world — and a Trump pal — you get the media conglomerate you want.

Donald Trump’s attempts to silence the media have only turned out to silence him.The president participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony for his new helipad on the South Lawn of the White House Monday, speaking in front of a hard-hatted crowd wearing neon yel…

One month after a Honduran migrant was deported to a country in Africa, a federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to return him to the United States.

President Donald Trump stressed the US will "be careful" in how it handles AI.

Paramount has reached a settlement with California and the 11 other states that sued to block its planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The settlement removes a major roadblock standing in the way of the massive media merger. Paramount C…

Apparently autumn is when President Donald Trump feels free to admit to his anti-free speech, anti-free press ways. For a guy who constantly lied about being in support of free speech, despite regularly suing people and news organizations for their speech, he…

New Social Security Administration data reveals a curious wrinkle in the politics of baby names: the Trump-family name climbing the charts in 2025 isn’t Donald or Trump. It’s Barron — t…

Ellison-led Paramount will avoid daily $7m fee if the $110bn Warner Bros merger closes by September 30.

“I was hearing from people in the campaign world that there’s this new strategy of paying political influencers to post content,” said Marc Berman, the California assemblyman. “Some were good about disclosure and others were a bit fast and loose.” His bill is…

The primary group mobilizing opposition to the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger condemned the state attorneys general settlement of their antitrust lawsuit to block the transaction. Just minutes before California Attorney General Rob Bonta was to appea…

The Forbes 2026 list of America's 400 richest billionaires includes just 10 people under 40. Many owe their fortunes to the booming AI industry.

China removes two top generals over corruption, disloyalty as part of an ongoing anti-corruption crackdown.

The 2026 midterm elections are just 43 days away. All of the key primaries have been decided. With summer officially behind us, the fall campaign is now underway.So where do things stand — nationwide — in the race to control Congress? Which party has a better…

Three news organizations whose journalists were banned from the White House last week are suing President Trump and three of his top advisers in federal court, demanding that access for their reporters be immediately restored.“This morning, we notified the go…

Federal agents on Sunday reportedly injured a U.S. citizen, who ended up at the hospital for his injuries. The Guardian reports that local police officers in Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, were called to the scene of an argument between two people a…

The Justice Department is pressing on with its “grand conspiracy” case against federal officials who investigated President Trump, even after the head of that effort—counselor to the attorney general Joe diGenova—controversially resigned.DiGenova, a former Re…

Representative Lauren Boebert’s various affairs are apparently just a bunch of fake news, according to the MAGA lawmaker and her allies.The House Ethics Committee received a sworn complaint last week that accused Boebert of having sexual affairs with three of…

President Donald Trump is looking for a way to veto billions of dollars’ worth of scientific grants from the National Institutes of Health in order to punish elite universities.Following a contentious meeting Friday, the White House began drafting an executiv…

Treasury Secretary says airports and companies servicing Iranian carriers risk being cut off from the US dollar system.

South Dakota’s outgoing secretary of state, a Republican, is endorsing a Democrat to replace her.Monae Johnson, whose job includes administering elections, is supporting Terrence Davis, a former police officer, in November’s upcoming election, The New York Ti…

President Donald Trump announced that he wants to build a military complex in a public traffic circle—as part of a strange bid to save his plans for his Triumphal Arch.Trump wrote on Truth Social Sunday that he plans to build a “top grade Military Complex/Tri…

The use of the Pelican has provoked interest among military analysts as to whether it is a tactical ballistic missile.

The entire presidential television press pool has agreed to suspend their coverage in the wake of President Trump’s decision to ban CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from the White House. The TV press pool specifically is made up of five networks: Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC,…

When Donald Trump travels to New York on Monday, there will be no primary TV pool, after major networks declined to replace CNN in the regular rotation after it was banned from White House and other coverage of the president. CNN was scheduled to serve as the…

Moments before Donald Trump banned three of America’s biggest news organizations from the White House Friday, he was chatting with Natalie Harp.His beloved executive aide had reportedly shown Trump a compilation of coverage from MS NOW in which several broadc…

Today, I’m talking with Mark Gurman, who is the world’s best-sourced Apple reporter — both as Bloomberg’s chief Apple correspondent and the host of the upcoming podcast Power On.  Earlier this month, Apple hosted its annual iPhone hardware event, virtually ev…

By Mohammed Ghobari and Jana Choukeir DUBAI, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Houthi fighters pushed to seize strategic heights in Yemen on Monday to cut off the Red Sea coast from remaining areas held by Saudi-backed forces, after a report that President Donald Trump had…

Washington and Beijing discuss AI hotline idea amid escalating competition and restrictions on advanced technologies.

President Donald Trump is throwing his weight behind artificial intelligence, framing it as a transformative economic force and pledging federal support to help the industry grow. Trump says artifi…

Trump says ban targets ‘fake news’, which poses a ‘threat to our National Security’.

The president's ban on CNN, POLITICO and MS NOW is the latest in a long line of press defeats

Documents obtained by POLITICO show a Russian state company blueprint for increasing drone carbon fiber production as the Kremlin escalates air war over Europe.

I’ve written a lot about how Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos convinced Republicans to redirect billions in taxpayer money away from future-proof fiber optic upgrades, and toward their low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband networks they’d already planned to deplo…

As college costs and student debt have Americans doubting the value of higher education, there's growing interest in high-paying jobs that don't require a degree - and in public policy supporting training for them. But six-figure jobs that skip a bachelor's d…

POLITICO, CNN and MS NOW to seek restraining order to restore reporters' access.

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the September 21 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent.A new po…

The outlets said they plan to file a lawsuit against the government on Monday.

Camera operators working for MS NOW were turned away from the White House over the weekend after the U.S. Secret Service confiscated their press badges at a security gate. [Read More]

The Texas Democratic nominee for Senate is teaching evangelical voters that Christians can be liberal

CNN, Politico and MS NOW are suing Donald Trump and other White House officials after the president banned him from the complex. In the lawsuit, the news outlets are asking a federal judge to immediately restore their access, which was denied on Saturday, a d…

The oil and gas sector shrank 26 percent, new official data shows, pointing to the costs of the US-Israel war on Iran.

MS NOW, CNN and Politico said they filed suit against the federal government following a decision by President Donald Trump to ban the three news organizations from newsgathering at the White House, the latest fracture in the relationship between the presiden…

Three news organizations whose journalists were banned from the White House last week are suing President Donald Trump and three top advisers, calling the abrupt lockout a "direct assault on the First Amendment."POLITICO, CNN and MS  NOW said in a joint stat…

Here’s a brief history of Yemen’s war - from the Houthi takeover in 2014 to the latest escalation.

In key races from Arizona to North Carolina, Democrats are hammering Republicans for their votes on Epstein files

Students and faculty across the country were punished for their actions in the wake of the conservative activist’s murder. Benjamin Wofford reports on how a recent graduate of Texas Tech’s law school is still trying to clear her name.

In close contests for governor and a Senate seat, candidates from both parties claim that they’re fighting a corrupt system. Peter Slevin reports.

From orbital weapons to AI risks and weaker emissions rules

Everyone, it seems, is turning on Donald Trump these days. Two-thirds of Latino voters—a bloc that helped propel him to victory less than two years ago—now disapprove of his presidency. He has a 44-point deficit with young voters, another group he performed s…

“If something cannot go on forever,” the economist Herbert Stein once said, “it will stop.” A logician would scorn this as a tautology, but it’s a useful one for contemplating all sorts of problems that never seem to end. Some things that feel like they can’t…

If I said to you, “Quick, name three states with competitive Senate races,” I’m guessing you’d probably say Texas, Michigan, and Maine. Those are the three that get the most consistent media attention. Then, under those three, there are a number of races in r…

Barf Bag: I hate to agree with the late president, but...

US attempts to slow down Chinese progress on AI through economic restrictions could backfire.

US president Donald Trump has announced that the planned 250-foot-high triumphal arch in Washington DC, designed by Atlanta-based Harrison Design, will now be a military base with drones and snipers. According to Trump, who announced the plan in a Truth Socia…

While many Republican candidates, even in some critical tossup races, still back President Trump's baseless claims about election integrity, some GOP voters say they are ready to move on.

A striking new poll finds Democrat Mary Peltola leading GOP Senator Dan Sullivan by 46-41 in the Alaska Senate race. This is big news: Because quality polling of Alaska is so rare, it’s a real indicator that a Senate majority is now truly gettable for Democra…

Another leg up in gas prices to begin September underscores the political headwind that President Trump and Republicans face on the issue, with less than seven weeks left before the midterm elections.The average price of US regular gasoline was $4.32 per gall…

Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to meet U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time

Jake and Logan Paul spoke to U.S. service members inside the Pentagon on September 17, toured the building, stopped at the 9/11 memorial, and posed for photos with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. O…

Top US and Chinese officials held talks in New York on Sunday ahead of a Trump-Xi summit this week.

President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to discuss AI safety and trade at their summit in Washington this week.

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Tehran threatens retaliation as Trump weighs military action while Qatar pushes to revive talks.

It comes after European Commission President proposed "opening the door" for Canada to become an associate member of the EU.

Flames and large plume of black smoke seen rising near Riyadh airport - Reuters As world leaders prepare to gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this week, a growing number of flashpoints across the Middle East are raising conce…

EXCLUSIVE: As Hollywood prepares to celebrate Yom Kippur at sundown tonight, a framework for a settlement of the antitrust suit hampering Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has hit some political potholes on the way to what some hop…

NEW YORK (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday the U.S. has proposed a new “notification mechanism” for artificial intelligence incidents that could affect national security, part of weekend discussions ahead of talks at the White House this wee…

Measures targeting the court itself could disrupt payments, IT services and investigations.