Trump News for Thursday, October 1, 2026

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Report stating that Trump administration directed funds towards right-wing groups comes ahead of presidential election.

President Trump will again meet with top investors in his namesake meme coin in what critics call another example of the president attempting to profit from his position.

A federal judge has ordered a U.S. attorney from Western Washington who was fired by President Donald Trump in July to immediately be reinstated to the position.

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The president insists the war is worth it. An American majority disagrees

Donald Trump's meme coin offers invites to an exclusive VIP dinner, and a reception with president to top investors ahead of midterms.

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Nearly 70 percent of Americans say the US-Israeli war is not worth fighting, marking a significant spike since July.

A member of Trump's family addressed a risk that the White House has largely sought to downplay: The Iran war could cost Republicans the midterms.

In yet another moment of "this guy is not competent to be President of the United States" moment, Donald Trump demonstrated how pilots used to use "little steering-wheels" to control airplanes. The plane he was discussing, the Boeing 737 MAX, certainly still …

U.S. "knew" Iran was going to try and attack an asset in the United Kingdom, DHS Secretary says

ICC and Axa terminate agreement amid mounting US criticism and looming financial restrictions on the court, FT reports.

The fatal shooting of Renee Good by a federal immigration agent last January in Minneapolis set off a firestorm of protests around the U.S. Her family is speaking out for the first time.

The center's executive director says the building will "remain temporarily closed" pending an ongoing safety assessment.

Donald Trump has been claiming for years that all elections he hasn’t (or won’t) win are rigged. This also goes for mid-terms — especially this one — where Republicans seem likely to lose seats to Democratic Party members. We won’t know if Trump will try to b…

It's horrifying to imagine Trump asking AI for advice.

The program povides a dollar-for-dollar credit of up to $1,700 for individuals.

Some Virginia residents already face the reality of having a data center in their backyard.

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cannot confirm that IT equipment it left in four closed offices is secure, a watchdog has found. J.J. McCorvey reported the audit for Bloomberg. The bureau ended the leases on its New York, Chicago, San Francisco an…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is dispatching roughly 9,000 troops aboard a group of ships to the Middle East, a U.S. official said Thursday. The bolstering of the American military presence comes as President Donald Trump warned anew that new strikes ag…

Following his meeting with top AI executives yesterday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order declaring that artificial intelligence will henceforth be known as "super intelligence." The order, which applies to federal government, call he made last…

How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?

The president's new interview with Time magazine is just the latest evidence his brain is completely broken.

The new guidance comes after several vehicle stops ended in shootings.

The case is the latest dispute over US President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown.

Some student-loan borrowers thought they reached their deadline to move off the SAVE plan. Then they got a "final notice" giving them another month.

Lawsuits accuse Trump officials of recklessness and civil rights violations in Renee Good's fatal Minneapolis shooting .

The Trump administration began this week mailing out $500 Affordable Care Act checks to enrollees who were allegedly overcharged for coverage. Here's what to know.

In a Time interview, Trump avoids directly endorsing Netanyahu but defends him over reported October 7 warnings.

The Treasury Department said that over 60 million children have been automatically enrolled in Trump Accounts, according to guidance filed with the Federal Register. "Millions of children have already enrolled in Trump Accounts. With automatic enrollment, ove…

MAGA media was ready to amplify the Missouri senator's conspiracy theory. It turned out to be laughably false

Lawyers for Good's family say US officials created "an unprecedented environment for state sponsored violence" in Minneapolis.

A memorial at the site of the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in January.Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters The family of Renee Good, the woman killed by immigration agents in January in Minneapolis, filed two federal lawsuits again…

President Donald Trump has ruled out nationalising America’s leading AI labs. But the US might still take a stake in OpenAI and Anthropic, he told TIME in an interview published on Thursday. Eric Cortellessa and Sam Jacobs interviewed Trump at the White House…

The governor signed laws relating to AI-driven layoffs, workplace surveillance, deepfakes, medical AI, and more, on Wednesday.

The lethal drug administered in Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute Christa Pike has been used in multiple states that carry out the death penalty and by the U.S. government after President Donald Trump resumed federal executions during his first term. Pi…

Nearly 1 million Americans are set to receive $500 ACA refund checks. Here's who qualifies, which states are included, and how payments work.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to review a Trump administration policy denying bond hearings for immigrants as the government carries out a sweeping crackdown. The justices will consider whether immigrants who have been living in the…

UK, US and Israeli officials point to Iranian involvement but remain tight-lipped on details.

The Trump administration previously said the legal justification cannot be released due to national security implications.

CNN will not be the TV pooler covering President Donald Trump’s trip to Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday, despite being listed on the schedule earlier in the week. The change signaled once again that the White House was restricting the network from certain acce…

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Renee Good's family files lawsuits against Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who shot her, and Trump administration officials.

The MAGA Louisiana governor has buried his deals with Meta and SpaceX under a mountain of NDAs

"I Voted" stickers sit on a table at Naperville Municipal Center in Naperville, Illinois, on September 24, 2026, on the first day of early voting ahead of the November 3 midterm elections. - Kamil Krzaczyski/AFP/Getty Images Election Day is still a month aw…

WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said he regretted nominating three Supreme Court justices — Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and ‌Brett Kavanaugh — who have opposed him in recent rulings, according ‌to a Time Magazine interview. The Rep…

President Donald Trump told TIME magazine that he would consider pardoning members of his administration.

Corporations have long enjoyed creating toothless “self-regulatory” regimes that exist primarily to pre-empt real government oversight. While the quality of these orgs can vary somewhat, generally they’re just a toothless pantomime designed to pretend that co…

Pete Hegseth gave an hourlong speech about culture war nonsense and religious fervor, and he still really hates beards.

By ending the independence of federal agencies, the Supreme Court has taken another step toward the creation of an elected presidential dictatorship.

Another Trump enabler pays the price

President Donald Trump has said that Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton would make a good AI czar, Axios reported on Tuesday. Trump has said he wants to name a czar within three or four days. Maria Curi of Axios asked Trump who he wanted for the ro…

Mark Zuckerberg came up with the AI safety accord that President Donald Trump signed on Tuesday, Semafor and Politico reported. He also circulated the draft. Microsoft and Amazon did not sign it. Satya Nadella and Jeff Bezos both attended the White House lunc…

OMB director Russell Vought is quietly remaking the federal government, and Congress is next

It's hard to believe someone as foolish as Adam Kinzinger could exist, to place prediction market bets on his own pardon.

Trump’s proposed budget hides $1 trillion in military spending from the public by spreading it across disparate government agencies. The post The Pentagon’s Secret Budget appeared first on The Intercept.

For the many millions of people who receive SNAP, grocery budgets will stretch a little further this month.Starting Oct. 1, the maximum SNAP benefit for a family of four in the 48 contiguous states and D.C. will climb to $1,023 a month.The annual bump is mean…

AI has a bad reputation — but calling it "super intelligence" doesn't help. The issue isn't "artificial," it's the word "intelligence."

If you're one of these business leaders, this is the term you agreed to use whether you like it or not.

The Trump administration used an emergency measure this summer to change the language of the federal voter-registration form used by U.S. service members abroad and citizens residing outside the country, potentially restricting some eligible American voters a…

Disability rights advocates are angered by the latest reversal but are rallying behind proposed legislation and working with states to strengthen protections for community integration.

Israel's prime minister says a pilot may have tried to crash a plane traveling to Tel Aviv, Trump visits Oklahoma to campaign for GOP candidates, Pete Hegseth announces new military initiatives.

After months of wait-and-watch, India is calling out differences with Trump head on as domestic pressure mounts.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance will both hit the campaign trail on Thursday, but they will be heading to heavily Republican areas to shore up lagging enthusiasm in their party ahead of next month’s midterm elections. Tru…

Andy Burnham says UK has 'strong indications' Iran involved in alleged security incident at RAF base used by US.

How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.

Trump is sending $500 checks to nearly a million Americans insured under the ACA ahead of the midterms, with a letter promoting his healthcare record.

Trump says the US may “blow up” Iran or strike a deal, insisting the standoff will end very soon one way or the other.