Trump News for Monday, October 5, 2026

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A 28-year-old lab technician's could be a highly fatal disease but a cause of death has yet to be released

WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's approval rating held at a record low in recent days, as many Hispanic voters panned his job performanc...

Wired reports that rural data center projects could become eligible for expanded federal Opportunity Zone tax benefits starting in 2027, with more than 100 planned or developing facilities potentially qualifying. "Right now, the only requirement to get the be…

Vance’s address came the same day he faced renewed scrutiny for defending Donald Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein during an interview.

Hispanic voters are twice as likely to favour Democratic Party over Trump's Republican Party in the November elections.

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: Donald Trump is trying to bribe his way out of a midte…

The wave of voter anger that swept the globe in 2024 is still rolling.

Russian authorities quarantine hospital, monitor 200 contacts after suspected pneumonic plague death in Siberia.

President Trump’s reaction to the death of a lab worker in Russia due to a suspected plague is not reassuring.Speaking to reporters Monday, Trump was asked if he was concerned, and he tried to explain the U.S. government’s response, saying that he was concern…

President Donald Trump said the US was ready to help Russia with the reported plague case (Brendan SMIALOWSKI) Russia on Monday sought to downplay reports that a laboratory technician had died of plague, even as President Donald Trump said Washington was clo…

The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) dropped by almost 800,000 barrels last week, and the Trump administration moved forward with plans to sell another 40 million barrels in the coming months.New data released on Monday by the US Department of Energy sh…

Elon Musk says he will rename the just renamed SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI to align with the White House directive.

The Democratic Party will refuse to approve any of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominations in the event it takes back control of the Senate, drawing perhaps the strongest line in the sand against the White House to date. “The bottom line is: One of the re…

The Pentagon confirmed on Sunday it had removed the B1 bombers from the base in England back to their home stations in America.

The White House blocked Politico from traveling with Donald Trump on Air Force One on Monday for the president’s trip to Nebraska. A Politico spokesperson confirmed that the publication was excluded from the out-of-town travel pool, the handful of reporters w…

Mexico's Sheinbaum has expressed concern about US officials overstepping norms on security cooperation.

Trump shifts blame for fuel price hikes to blue states like California and Ukraine strikes on Russian oil refineries.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career” and that he also “should’ve stopped” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from becoming Hea…

It's Trump's latest stop in a campaign travel swing that includes notable stops in red states.

61% of US voters oppose data center construction, with the sentiment expressed equally across Republican and Democrat supporters.

President Trump’s ill-advised, poorly executed war in Iran was foreshadowed months before.The Washington Post reports that the Trump administration’s handling of Yemen’s Houthi militia attacking ships in the area in 2025 had Pentagon leaders raising concerns …

Suddenly, gas prices have absolutely nothing to do with the Iran war, according to the U.S. president.After spending months denying and downplaying the fact that gas and diesel prices have become more expensive, Donald Trump finally conceded Monday. The only …

Vice President JD Vance claimed Monday that Donald Trump’s taxpayer-funded propaganda videos are actually “not partisan.”The Trump administration has used at least 5.6 million taxpayer dollars to buy a series of at least 15 campaign-style advertisements touti…

File photo of Fort Washington Park on the banks of the Hudson River in Manhattan. The shooting during a botched robbery occurred amid heightened tension over immigration enforcement. [ more › ]

America’s FBI directors are expected to be fiercely independent. Kash Patel is not.Instead, Patel appears to be completely under the thumb of the White House, bending over backward to enact the president’s retribution campaign, according to a new report by Th…

Finally. Now, it doesn’t matter what Trump wants his DOJ minions to do. If he’s going to try to pin a botched repair job on people who just happened to stick a hand into his algae-infested, liner chunk-filled Reflecting Pool/metaphor for his entire presidency…

Just weeks ahead of the midterm election, a federal judge appointed by former President Joe Biden took aim at the federal law barring foreigners from voting in American elections, characterizing it as "unconstitutional."Chelsea Cox is a Jamaican national who …

It labelled the company a "supply chain risk" earlier this year, but multiple sources said Anthropic's Claude model was recently widely used.

President Trump has the lowest approval rating in Kansas of any president since Herbert Hoover—who was widely blamed for causing the Great Depression. This is yet another ominous sign for Republicans ahead of what has become a midterm battleground for the Sen…

On her way out of the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem may have gotten one of her donors a sweet deal.President Trump fired Noem from the Cabinet in March over a series of scandals including how DHS handled contracts. But, she didn’t leave the age…

Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have used peace negotiations with Russia to concoct a multibillion-dollar deal to benefit their foreign business partners and political allies.  In the latest installment of the most corrupt administration in history, the dynam…

“I haven’t slept through the night in six months,” Markwayne Mullin said. Poor him! He totally has it worse than the people abducted by ICE.

UN warns US boat strikes in the Caribbean counter-drug war may violate international law and human rights principles.

Meanwhile, Kristi Noem has now been with "Shield of the Americas" for most of a year and we're still not sure what this job is.

The president feels absolutely no remorse about doxing Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton.Donald Trump rationalized the stunning overstep while speaking with reporters Saturday, defending the decision to post Cotton’s personal phone number as a method to pressure hi…

Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt—who resigned from her post in August to spend more time with family after birthing her second child—just got a new job at Fox News. “Karoline’s firsthand experience in the White House and on the presidential…

Today, I’m talking with Senator Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California. Sen. Schiff sits on a number of committees with oversight into tech and AI: intellectual property, antitrust, privacy and technology — it’s all there. I really wanted to ask him about ho…

Karoline Leavitt has a new gig. The former White House press secretary has joined Fox News as a contributor, the network announced Monday. She’ll begin her new role providing commentary and analysis on November 1. “Karoline’s firsthand experience in the White…

Slovenia’s domain registry recorded 20,276 new .si web addresses in the 24 hours to Monday afternoon, the live counter on Register.si shows. The .si country code matches the initials of “super intelligence”, the name President Donald Trump has told US agencie…

Defense startups like Palantir, Anduril, and SpaceX own the technology they're building for the U.S. military. What happens if they decide their interests no longer align with those of the United States'?

Crude exports bypassing Hormuz surged in September, yet oil prices remain high. Could a secret fee be the reason?

Trump FCC Boss Brendan Carr loves to insist he’s being tough on robocalls, which have increasingly rendered U.S. voice communications networks less and less usable. Except whenever you actually dig into his plans, it usually involves making it easier for big …

The Trump administration is breaking a fundamental promise of political impartiality.

The one-time payments, which Trump announced on Oct. 2, are meant to lower what seniors pay for Medicare Part B premiums. The White House says they’ll start going out in early October, mostly…

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 5 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 Fox N…

Karoline Leavitt is getting a job at Fox News, keeping the Trump-admin-to-Fox-to-Trump-admin pipeline alive.

Nine months ago, regime change in Cuba appeared imminent. Then reality set in.

Today's Iran war news: As the Saudis double down on failure with a new Yemen offensive, the debate over the state of oil and the economy continues.

The rising Democratic star has what his GOP opponents lack: old-fashioned sex appeal

WASHINGTON (AP) — On a sunny, cloudless morning on March 1, the day after President Donald Trump started the war against Iran, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan was coordinating critical Army supplies out of Port Shuaiba in Kuwait. In an instant, a drone…

The U.S. Senate has blocked the Ratepayer Protection Act in a 57-43 vote, killing legislation that would have pushed regulators to consider making data centers pay the incremental grid costs created by their massive electricity demand.

Christian Zionism made support for Israel a Republican cause. America First Republicans are challenging that consensus.

For decades, the Heritage Foundation was a conservative powerhouse. Can it stay relevant in the influencer age? Emma Green reports.

In a year that’s shaping up so well for Democrats, things still look dicey in Maine.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection told Blaze News exclusively that a 35-year-old woman from Mexico was caught smuggling cocaine into the U.S. Tuesday.The discovery was made after a CBP officer referred the woman driving a 2017 Nissan Rogue for secondary insp…

The Supreme Court formally begins a new term, taking on a wave of appeals from President Trump along with major cases on guns, religious freedom, and climate change.

Democrats are heading into the last month of the midterm elections campaign with ambitions going deeper and deeper into red territory, while Republicans are grim about their hopes of holding on to either chamber of Congress. Historically, the opposition part…

Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX’s artificial intelligence unit, SpaceXAI, will change its name to SpaceXSI. The plan follows an order from US President Donald Trump directing federal agencies to drop the term “artificial intelligence.” Musk confirmed the…

The Supreme Court begins a new term Monday with significant cases on climate change, religious rights, and immigration

A Rockwell B1 Lancer heavy bomber takes off from RAF Fairford in Fairford, United Kingdom, on October 04. - David Bown/Getty Images The United States has moved long-range bombers back to their American home stations after an unspecified new threat, accordin…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said it attacked a boat suspected of being used to smuggle drugs in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday, killing four people, as the Trump administration continues its yearlong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America.…

The infamous hate group is trying to rebrand itself as the 'Knights Party' in an attempt to grow its base.

Immigration, gun rights and climate change are on the Supreme Court docket (Stefani Reynolds) The US Supreme Court opens its new term on Monday with the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, gun rights and the fate of climate change lawsuits on the d…