Trump News for Tuesday, September 29, 2026

At DevDay 2026, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman weighed in on the job market and called tokens a "terrible" metric. He also shared how he uses the Dots agents.

US president brushes aside concerns about his popularity as voters express frustration over cost of living, war on Iran.

Accord says companies will implement 'robust internal controls' for their AI systems as concerns mount over safety.

Former US special counsel rejects claims that his probes improperly targeted Republicans and conservative groups.

We know why.

It is unclear exactly how the new cuts will be carried out, or whether such a dramatic reduction amid the Iran war would disrupt day-to-day military operations.

The US executive branch is no longer acknowledging the existence of "artificial intelligence." Going forward, official policy websites, policy documents, and press releases will refer only to "Super Intelligence," thanks to a new executive order signed by Pre…

The high court grants an emergency petition ahead of expected arguments in the case, slated for December.

States feel emboldened to try and subvert democracy because the Supreme Court has enabled them to.

President Trump gathered top artificial intelligence leaders in Washington on Tuesday and doubled down on his opposition to government intervention, suggesting that "self-regulation" is the answer to growing worries about the technology getting out of human c…

President Donald Trump left a White House lunch with more than two dozen tech leaders on Tuesday, still set against the backdrop of new AI safety rules. He told reporters the executives had agreed that companies should police themselves, NBC News reported. “T…

New York City plans to place a tax on multi-million-dollar second homes. A judge ruled Tuesday that its rollout needs to be redone.

Individuals and firms in China, Pakistan, Turkiye, Iran and Saudi Arabia sanctioned as part of a pressure campaign.

Experts weigh in on the president’s “unbelievably sexist and idiotic remark.”View Entire Post ›

This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. Today’s newsletter is a heavy one — so please feel free to skip it if you need to. But as the uproar over an…

CNN reports that Rep. Jamie Raskin sent a letter to Apple this week challenging the company’s explanation for removing ICEBlock from the App Store last year. Here are the details. more…

Gemini, Grok now serving as front door to federal resources on unfinished, poorly designed website

Trump retaliated against Canada's counter-tariffs on $20bn worth of US imports by banning $1bn of Canadian goods.

Detectives are entering a vital stage of the investigation, with many of the public's questions unanswered, the BBC's Daniel Sandford writes.

The Trump administration can continue deporting migrants to third countries without prior notice after the Supreme Court paused a lower court order blocking the policy.

The national conversation about AI in the US is full of fear: fear about AI’s potential to end humanity, fear of data centers moving in, fear that government officials will do absolutely nothing even as the industry pleads for regulation, you name it. But the…

By Andrew Chung Sept 29 (Reuters) - The US Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump's administration resume deporting migrants to countries other than their own without offering them the chance to show the harms they may face, bolstering a tool his…

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The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume deportations of migrants to countries that are not identified in their removal orders. It also plans to hear full arguments on the case.

Two rallies will each be in congressional districts and states that appear to favor the Republican Party in the 2026 midterm elections.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security has tapped $20 million to pay for the campaign-style ads glorifying President Donald Trump that have drawn widespread criticism from Republicans and Democrats as a blatant misuse of taxpayer dollars that l…

America.gov for now functions like a chatbot comparable to ChatGPT or Claude, pointing users to official gov't websites.

JMSN sent a cease-and-desist letter to the White House after his song 'Love Me' was used in a promotional ad for Donald Trump without permission.

US President Donald Trump has said he does not want to cooperate with China on AI governance, arguing that it would help Beijing catch up with American companies. He spoke on Tuesday in Washington shortly before hosting AI executives for lunch at the White Ho…

Iran's military has issued an open letter accusing Trump of lying to US citizens about the state of the ongoing war.

The Trump administration used funds from Homeland Security to air TV ads featuring President Donald Trump in recent days, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Donald Trump hosted a lunch for the top AI leaders on Tuesday. Jensen Huang and Elon Musk were by his side on a seating chart.

In a July 2026 letter addressed to U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Apple said its decision to remove ICEBlock and similar apps that crowdsourced the real-time locations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from the App Store was "…

"The firm has received 10 reports of the AIR3 glasses overheating including reports of a burning sensation to the face and the left side of the ear."

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg are joining other business leaders at the White House on Tuesday for a lunch event on artificial intelligence. The event will be hosted by President Donald Trump, together with Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House. …

Another Trump loyalist tasked to help lead a controversial conspiracy probe targeting President Trump's political foes has resigned from the DOJ, sources say.

The sudden change was precipitated because of Chinese displeasure over one document that the U.S. had planned to show.

By Nate Raymond and Luc Cohen Sept 29 (Reuters) - Lindsay Clancy's lawyers argued on Tuesday that prosecutors had not proven the Massachusetts woman killed her three children in 2023, in a shift from their previous defense that she was not criminally responsi…

A Republican senator's attempt to throw evidence at a long-running conspiracy theory against Jack Smith blew up in his face during a heated congressional hearing Tuesday.A phenomenal moment in the Senate.Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith …

Let’s start this off by clearing the air: Stephen Miller looks exactly like the sort of person who wants to elevate white people above everyone else. Sure, he doesn’t have the Hitler ‘stache or a blond pompadour, but he’s the same bit of unspectacular “whiten…

Federal prosecutors have charged the Austin man an ICE agent shot earlier this month with a single count of resisting and assaulting a federal officer, according to court documents. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan national, was shot by an ICE offi…

The US president continues to push back on calls to establish guardrails around artificial intelligence, arguing it will stifle growth.

Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.

Bill Gates says AI crossed two danger thresholds early this year: it can now help a bioterrorist, and it can power a crippling cyberattack. He made the case on The Ezra Klein Show, in an interview published by The New York Times on Tuesday. “We crossed the cy…

The Trump administration has launched a revamped website, America

Apparent confusion over team names derailed a line of questioning as Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) grilled former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday about his attendance at a basketball game, suggesting the prosecutor may have coordinated with others bringing …

Eric Schmitt thought he was cornering former Special Counsel Jack Smith over a conspiracy theory about his prosecution of Donald Trump. He was wrong.

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Missouri may not use a newly drawn Republican gerrymander during the 2026 congressional election. This decision should surprise no one because, about two weeks ago, the Supreme Court ruled that Missouri may not use a new…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has lauded its revamped website America.gov as a way to simplify Americans’ access to information and services scattered across a plethora of agency sites, but President Donald Trump probably won't like some of the a…

Both sides remain interested in a diplomatic settlement but differ on how to achieve one.

AI poses a shared risk for the countries, but competition looms, analysts said.

President Donald Trump launched America.gov on Tuesday, unveiling what the administration has billed as a new AI-powered gateway to federal information and services that aims to streamline Americans’ interactions with the government.The website, which Trump i…

Russian cash helped Essar, the firm behind the steel factory, manage major debts. Now the group's investing in the US.

Over the past six months, dozens of people pitched in to create the MN Stolen Neighbors Quilt, which is made of 12,500 squares, each one representing an immigrant abducted in Minnesota by the Trump re

I genuinely can’t overemphasize how never-appropriate it is for the Trump administration to percolate the goals of Project 2025 into our ever-rotting autocracy, but its latest timing is nothing short of disturbing.

AI safety warnings are not “fake news”, Pope Leo XIV said on Monday. He told reporters the world should heed the concerns of AI experts. He spoke on his flight back to Rome after a four-day trip to France. He said he was not in “panic mode”, and that he sleep…

After weeks of Washington being gripped by a new wave of fear about artificial intelligence gone awry, the Trump administration will take a sharply different take Tuesday, seeking to convince a skeptical public that the nation is instead about to embark on a …

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he hopes safety guardrails for AI will be “voluntary”, speaking to CNBC on Tuesday. Johnson spoke on the channel’s “Squawk Box” hours before a meeting with AI leaders and President Donald Trump in Washington. “I hope it’s volun…

Lindsay Owens, author of the incredible new book Gouged, tells us why the Robin Hood theory of surveillance pricing is a myth.

Rep. Ro Khanna plans to introduce a bill that would ban AI models that improve themselves until federal safeguards exist, Garrett Downs reported for CNBC on Monday. Khanna, a Democrat from California, shared a summary of the Human Control Over AI Act with CNB…

In the piece Dave Willner and I published last week about why “the apocalypse won’t be sexy,” we discussed how the real threat wasn’t “rogue” out of control AI tools, but rather humans doing stupid shit, sometimes because they stop thinking in the presence of…

Can you imagine a job where calling for the public executions of your enemies was perfectly fine to do? How about "GOP politician"?

Top execs at companies like Anduril, Adobe, and KPMG are using personal AI agents for tasks like booking dog walkers and flu shots.

The election is only 5 weeks away, so Republicans are fearmongering about a migrant caravan while also bragging about having secure borders.

The Trump administration has weakened fuel efficiency standards for new cars. And, prosecutors have reopened a Cornell University fraternity rape case.

US President Donald Trump is set to meet the heads of several major AI companies at the White House on Tuesday, according to Reuters, amid mounting pressure on the government to establish regulations for the technology, with House Speaker Mike Johnson also at…

As Canada’s international trade minister and foreign minister, I learned that the only thing that works with this president is strength.

Trump’s envoy wants to trade Russian political prisoners for U.S. sanctions relief, creating a path to business deals before the war in Ukraine ends.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard urged Americans in a message ahead of U.S. midterm elections to take to the streets and rally against Donald Trump, claiming the U.S. president's war in the Middle East has failed. Meanwhile, in the occupied West Bank, settlers ri…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two federal indictments against President Donald Trump, told lawmakers on Tuesday that he “will not be silenced by continued threats of prosecution” from the Trump administrat…

Police roadblocks and a cordon remained in place in the southwestern British village of Whelford on Tuesday morning near RAF Fairford.

Smith has rejected assertions he or his prosecutors were motivated by politics.

Washington's top diplomat calls the suspected plot 'a very serious situation' after five were arrested over the weekend.

The meeting comes as AI leaders are issuing dire warnings about the threat of AI and calling for steps to slow it down before it outsmarts humans.

Among sanctioned crypto wallets reviewed for the study, 84% transacted in USDT.

Turkey's bid for regional influence comes at a time when the Middle East has been hit by profound shocks that started with the Hamas-led 2023 attack on Israel, and continues with the stalemated, seven-month-old war on Iran.

Five men arrested on terror charges near U.K. air base released on bail, Trump administration rolls back fuel efficiency standards for new vehicles, prosecutors reopen Cornell fraternity rape case.

Jaimie Bethea, a 21-year-old mass communication specialist, had been deployed on the USS Fort Lauderdale for more than 11 months. She died by suicide in June.

The former transportation secretary says weaker fuel-economy standards could raise long-term costs for drivers and leave U.S. automakers further behind China.

By Toby Shepheard and Will Russell FAIRFORD, England, Sept 29 (Reuters) - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the "hands of a foreign actor" were involved in an incident in which five men were arrested on suspected explosives and terrorism offences near a …

The 81st United Nations General Assembly ends with AI, Palestine and wars dominating speeches.

Justice Alito recused himself from a climate change case that could benefit him financially ... which probably means it's already decided.

What to know about the Iran war today:President Trump denied a report from Axios that he had offered Iran sanctions relief and access to frozen funds in ongoing negotiations. The president confirmed Monday that American and Iranian negotiators are engaged in …

“[Democrats] allow people in the music industry to influence them, and these people clearly don’t have their best interests at heart,” Minaj told Lara Trump.

Sept 29 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said he has offered Iran nothing to end the war, rejecting media reports that cited US officials saying he was willing to ease sanctions and release frozen funds for "concrete" steps regarding Iran's nuclear ‌prog…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and mo…

White House officials tried to convince the USPS to agree to a plan requiring mail-in ballots be sent via Certified Mail.

The bill's supporters, which include the NCAA, say it will tame what they call a "Wild West" era of college sports as litigation chips away at long-held rules around eligibility, transfers and pay.

And how midterm maps and ongoing court disputes are scrambling this election

OpenAI is scrapping the planned release of its next-generation AI model after researchers raised safety concerns during internal testing, Newsweek has confirmed.An OpenAI spokesperson told Newsweek Monday evening that safety leaders made the decision not to s…

Because fuel inefficiency and smog are Americans' most popular issues right now.

The Trump administration’s final fuel economy rule promises $1,300 off the average new vehicle, but will that matter if fuel prices continue to climb?

US President Trump rejects a news report claiming his administration offered Iran sanctions relief and frozen funds.