Trump News for Saturday, September 26, 2026

Iran’s Pezeshkian says Tehran no longer trusts US talks, shortly before Trump rejected its Hormuz proposal.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has put "strategic autonomy" at the forefront of Canada's address to the United Nations General Assembly today.

By Stephen Prager for Common Dreams President Donald Trump has said every American should want a data center in their town. But his home county in Florida just voted to block them. In a 6-0 vote, commissioners in Palm Beach County—home to the president’s luxu…

The US president said he would end a so-called 'EV mandate' that steered consumers to electric vehicles.

Outgoing Texas Sen. John Cornyn told CNN's Manu Raju that he won't fundraise for Ken Paxton, who was endorsed by Trump and then lost the primary to the former AG, saying Paxton is a flawed candidate and that this is how some majority parties become minorities…

Both Moscow and Kyiv have stepped up attacks after the deadliest summer since 2022 — the year Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson says humans who set in motion AI agents are the ones who will be held accountable for their actions.

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov attacked the US and its western allies as "warmongers" in a tirade at the UN where he sought to drive a wedge between the US and Europe and justify his country's own bloody invasion of Ukraine.

The White House said the two leaders agreed on using the term "super intelligence" rather than "artificial intelligence" to describe the technology.

Greenland is exposing a US-EU rift in the Arctic. Europe’s new security agenda meets American power, with consequences for Russia and China. Read Full Article at RT.com

Republicans are pouring campaign money into battleground states as new polls show them struggling in red territory.

Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella has emerged as close ally the of Trump administration in South America.

State of the Union: Axios reports that negotiations are still ongoing. The post Iran War Day 211: Trump Rejects Ceasefire, Reportedly Plans Post-Election Bombing appeared first on The American Conservative.

A heading on the White House's announcement reads "DELIVERING FOR AMERICANS."

A judge restored the network's White House access on Thursday. By Saturday, it was blocked from Air Force One

US President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping.

With the countries' friendship under strain, we dug into our archives for stories about their relationship since Trump's reelection.

Early in 2026, Tom Tiffany bragged about gas prices falling and repeated the mantra, "Promises made, promises kept." Shortly after Trump started his illegal and unnecessary war with Iran, that campaign slogan fell apart as gas prices started to soar. By mid-…

The US president said the fears over AI were just 'hoaxes'.

The Cuban foreign minister's comments come days after the US told the UN that ‘freedom will be coming’ to the country.

A huge Texas-Tennessee matchup had a little extra pageantry.

She’s back on the campaign trail – and some Democrats wish she’d go back to Brentwood.

210 days after launching the war, Trump rejected a proposal that could reopen the critical strait within a week

The two sides appointed a committee to review selection of candidates for Supreme Court of Justice.

New strikes come after the US proposes a fresh round of Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks in the UAE.

A US Navy sailor who finally returned home to California after 10 grueling months aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln was greeted by a ransacked apartment and stolen car.

President Donald Trump's threat to curtail diesel shipments abroad comes with a risk: the perception that he's reneging on his promise to shower the world with U.S. fuels.That move would inflame tensions between the U.S. and Europe while jeopardizing American…

Raw Story reporter Matt Laslo recently got quite an admission from Alabama Senator and gubernatorial candidate Tommy Tuberville. “I read very little," Tuberville said. "I want my own opinion, not somebody else's." Tuberville soon proved he is as ignorant as h…

Tehran submitted a proposal via Qatar to reopen the strait and resume nuclear talks within a week if Washington agreed.

OpenAI disclosed Friday that its artificial intelligence agents had interacted with several U.S. government websites in unexpected ways, discovered as part of an ongoing review into the company’s models’ unanticipated behavior.

Chinese President Xi Jinping left Washington on Friday at the end of a state visit that extended the US-China trade truce but produced no major new agreements. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the two countries had agreed to extend their trade truce to 1…

President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met this week as questions linger over the U.S. war in Iran, China's purchase of Iranian oil and the future of artificial intelligence development.

The White House on Friday night removed CNN from joining President Donald Trump on his trip to Tennessee on Saturday, where it was supposed to cover the president on behalf of major TV networks.

The US Ambassador to China David Perdue made an appearance on Fox's America's Newsroom this Friday and was asked about his statement during an interview on CNBC where he said that Trump told Xi ​that direct or indirect support for Iran was "totally unacceptab…

Give me the "American Idol" version of meadowlark songs.

Some residents oppose renewables. Others see property rights — and the chance to benefit from energy developments on their land — as fundamental. This fall, county leaders will decide.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are preparing a vast oversight agenda, with investigations of President Donald Trump, his family and his administration if the party sweeps control of the chamber from Republicans in the November elections. The undertaking i…

Idealistic tech executives believe superintelligent machines will inevitably arrive—and that when they do, homo sapiens must step out of the way.

President Donald Trump mused openly before the United Nations about whether he should annihilate Iran. It's a stark contrast to how his predecessors have spoken about wielding US military power.

SHANGHAI, Sept 26 (Reuters) - China said on Saturday it had agreed with the US on a $30 billion reciprocal tariff-reduction arrangement and on launching a dialogue on ‌AI, under an eight-point consensus reached during President Xi Jinping's visit to Washingto…

CNN's Jake Tapper hosted a segment on Thursday highlighting a report from The Atlantic citing multiple outside advisors to Trump telling him to take over the 2026 midterm elections by declaring martial law or by any other means. Tapper normally wouldn't bothe…

Our finicky daily links: Trump rejects Iran offer, AI wobbles, US and Japan bond yields spike, super high sea transit costs, data center revolt, tariff hatred, German economic breaking point, Russia grain deal proposal, anthropogenic role in infectious diseas…

How past major powers fought for control over the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el‑Mandeb

One man is waging war against the network from the White House — and it's not Donald Trump

Trump rejects Iranian ceasefire terms, threatens to attack in November. US casualty count continues to mount. The war between Saudi Arabia and Yemen continues to heat up.

There’s no evidence of any organized efforts to cheat the American electoral system

One of the most frustrating things about the capitulation of elite institutions to Donald Trump—from law firms to universities to media companies—has been that the logic of the situation so clearly counseled the opposite. As many have noted throughout Trump’s…

These races weren’t supposed to be close. Now they very much are.

Sara Krolewski I grew up in a neighborhood manufactured by the University of California, Irvine. It felt like a utopia for academics—until the university forsook its mission of serving the public. The post The Promises and Compromises of the Universi…

Analysts say Trump may opt to resume attacks on Iran after November midterm elections.

White House says the two countries agreed to open a 'bilateral communication channel' for AI incidents.

The MAGA movement promised to put ordinary people first. A year in, they have fallen to the bottom of the Trump administration’s priority list.

The battle over AI's promise and perils is not a clash between two opposing sides, but a debate among a range of competing voices and ideologies. Here is a guide to who's who in that debate.

The White House has signalled that CNN will be barred from an upcoming Air Force One trip, replacing the news organisation with a conservative network.

Defend Our Juries say Sunday's action is an 'integrity test' for the UK's new premier.

Disrupted oil exports, costlier imports, and a weaker dinar expose Iraq's economic dependence on oil, foreign goods.

The White House announced Friday evening that it was rescinding over $800 million in congressionally appropriated funds across a range of government programs.

U.S. President Donald Trump has posted an image of the Strait of Hormuz labeled “Trump Strait” shortly after Iran proposed a deal to open the waterway within a week if the U.S. meets certain conditions. Meanwhile, Iranian media outlets say the country's pres…

CNN was scheduled to fly with US President Donald Trump for his trip to Tennessee on Saturday.

The White House has signaled that CNN will be left off Air Force One for President Donald Trump's Saturday trip in the latest media restriction in an ongoing dispute with First Amendment implications.

US State Department Spokesman Tommy Pigott says President Donald Trump ‘holds all of the cards’ in talks with Tehran.

Real America's Voice News replaces CNN on Air Force One amid escalating tensions between President Trump and US media.

The leaders of Israel interpret the biblical narrative to justify expropriating land from Palestinians who have lived there for millennia

The White House said Friday that it planned to cut $810 million in bipartisan, congressionally approved funding, spurring criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

America shouldn’t let polarization prevent careful thinking about this new technology. The post The Left Is Right About AI appeared first on The American Conservative.

Photo Credit:Greenland and Denmark Pixabay // Pixabay Content LicenseBy Stephen HelgesenDespite the Scandinavian-style gloom in Denmark over the U.S. Greenland deal, it's actually a good deal for both sides.

Photo Credit:AI data center pixabayBy Mario Alexis PortellaThe U.S. is ahead of China in the AI race, and the Chinese know it. But the technological gap with China has narrowed dramatically.

Pete Hegseth and Trump got a dubious win today: a 2-1 panel of the DC Circuit found that the designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk was not unlawful. It dismissed Anthropic’s challenge despite (1) a different court having found the exact opposite not…

The White House excluded CNN from Air Force One for Trump's Tennessee trip, replacing it with conservative outlet Real America's Voice News.

The White House has blocked CNN from flying on Air Force One as the TV pool network traveling with Donald Trump on his trip to Tennessee on Saturday. A CNN spokesperson confirmed reports that the network was pulled from its scheduled rotation providing covera…

YouTube, TikTok, and Meta's Facebook and Instagram all seem to be either chickening out or taking Elon Musk's side.

The White House signalled Friday night that CNN would be left off Air Force One for U.S. President Donald Trump's Saturday trip, the latest media restriction from the administration in an ongoing dispute with First Amendment implications.

EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen has warned the bloc could face its worst winter since 2022 amid soaring energy prices Read Full Article at RT.com

Xi Summit ends, long on pomp, short on progress... (First column, 2nd story, link) Related stories:White House blocks CNN from Air Force One trip...

President Trump moved to cancel almost $1 billion in spending that was approved by Congress, marking the second time his administration has employed a rarely used tactic that some lawmakers in both parties have called illegal.

Facebook found liable in New Mexico for deceptive actions; TikTok settles $100m lawsuit with Alabama over safety claims.

The following is the transcript of the interview with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian airing on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Sept. 27, 2026.

Iran's Masoud Pezeshkian, who is also a physician, says he has visited Iran's supreme leader twice and talked with CBS News' Margaret Brennan about Mojtaba Khamenei's health.

Saudi Arabia has not ruled out developing nuclear weapons, according to a classified US intelligence assessment that has fueled concerns in Congress over President Donald Trump’s nuclear cooperation agreement with Riyadh

U.S. President Donald Trump is cancelling nearly $1 billion US in spending approved by Congress, the White House announced on Friday, using a rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant services and diversity-focused initiatives.

The Supreme Court on Friday sided with the Trump administration in its push to use a controversial database to review state voter rolls. David Becker, executive director at the Center for Election Innovation and Research, joins CBS News to discuss what this m…

"The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT," wrote Trump.

The growing concerns over the safety of artificial intelligence and the speed of its development have many calling for government regulation. Recently, President Trump said he plans to appoint an adviser and create an AI force. J.B. Branch, director of federa…

The Supreme Court on Friday again blocked a Missouri congressional map that could have given Republicans an edge in the midterms. Earlier, the high court also allowed the Trump administration to use an expanded database to check voter citizenship. CBS News le…

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