Trump News for Thursday, October 8, 2026

By Julia Harte and Kristina Cooke NEW YORK, Oct 8 (Reuters) - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot and wounded a man on Thursday in his car with a child ‌present in the vehicle in the Bronx borough of New York City, according to ‌the mayor, city…

An official at the Pentagon told Al Jazeera that former US Army Major Nidal Hasan's execution would be 'livestreamed'.

Vice President JD Vance announced that Microsoft and several other tech firms can no longer participate in a program to provide legal residency to skilled foreign workers.

The president's rebrand of AI is brilliant, according to Silicon Valley billionaires

Susan B. Glasser reports from the campaign trail in Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Ohio, and Nebraska, as President Trump stumps for Republican midterm candidates.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The Trump administration is suspending Microsoft, Adobe, and several other technology companies from a program that helps skilled foreign workers obtain permanent residency in the United States, accusing th…

The Russian and Iranian presidents met in Turkmenistan ahead of regional summit.

People around the president are using their roles to cash in. They learned it by watching him.

Vance singled out Microsoft, accusing the company of fraud.

Democrat James Talarico has been off the campaign trail for about a week as he battles the flu – prompting attacks from President Trump and his GOP opponent Ken Paxton.

The National Medal of Science is annually given to scientists and engineers for major contributions in their fields.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.” Hegseth, speaking to the conservative TV outlet Real America…

The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group returned to its Southern California homeport on Thursday

Having no remotely credible reason to encourage voters to consider Mike Rogers over Abdul El-Sayed, America's angriest President resorted to racially motivated name-calling. Diaper Don pulled out all the stops on his classic rhetoric of hate: calling Abdul "…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was given an award by Trump, hours after the administration accused the company of visa fraud.

A golden statue of Donald Trump was unveiled this week at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. Jens Galschiøt's 8.5-foot sculpture depicts the gold-leafed president naked and sitting on the back of a smaller man in bronze. Trump holds the scales of …

The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier returns to the San Diego Bay after deployment Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, in San Diego. | Jae C. Hong “Home is the sailor, home from sea.” Robert Louis Stevenson penned that line almost 150 years ago — but on Thursd…

Rebranding Artificial Intelligence as "Super" Intelligence will work about as well as rebranding data centers as "theme parks." Following Donald Trump's lead, billionaire and phallic-shaped rocket enthusiast Jeff Bezos says he prefers calling AI "SI" because …

President Trump struggled to speak coherently during a ceremony Thursday.

The Social Reckoning's controversial scene is one of the most eye-rolling moments of cinema we've witnessed in 2026 so far.

Asked whether he thought Guilfoyle was asking for the payment in exchange for something, Deters told ABC News "absolutely."

A long-awaited permitting reform proposal would make renewables easier to build, but at a potential cost to communities and the environment.

The Democratic party has announced they’re suing Donald Trump for his recent attempt to flood the midterm airwaves with propaganda he’s falsely claiming are “public service announcements.” The DNC complaint was filed in federal court in Washington, and names …

The damage, documented in a Congressional Budget Office report, comes as Trump faces criticism over war's cost.

NASA is launching two new science and technology initiatives to deepen scientific understanding and accelerate the innovation that will shape America’s future in space. The initiatives are announced in conjunction with the White House Office of Science and Te…

Four men detained at an ICE detention center in rural Georgia used the facility's video conferencing software to expose both the conditions inside and President Donald Trump's hostile takeover of the immigration courts. In the five-minute video, the men descr…

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

Kalshi prediction markets can face Tennessee and Ohio gambling laws after a Sixth Circuit ruling, adding to a split over federal oversight. The post Sixth Circuit Opens Kalshi Contracts to State Gambling Laws appeared first on ReadWrite.

The Trump administration wants to prosecute Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who was one of the star witnesses for the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol.Punchbowl News reports that the Department of Ju…

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Hey, this guy is a judge now! Let that seep in for a bit. Emil Bove used to work for the DOJ. Then he went to work for Trump, acting as his personal lawyer starting in 2023. Upon Trump’s return to office, he was brought back to the DOJ to serve as an “associa…

High unemployment entitles borough residents to a waiver from the new requirement, officials said. [ more › ]

By Luc CohenNEW YORK, Oct 8 (Reuters) - US prosecutors on Thursday charged ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores with conspiring to torture political opponents and American citizens, adding to the drug trafficking case the coupl…

Byford, who ran New York City's transit system from 2018 to 2020, has praised President Donald Trump's leadership in the rebuild of the Midtown train hub. [ more › ]

President Donald Trump said "anyone" who still calls it artificial intelligence is an "enemy" of the White House.

Five American technology companies are pledging $2.4B in AI tools and compute credits to federal science at a White House summit, with Nvidia giving $1B and Google the smallest share at $150M. The same administration suspended Microsoft from a residency progr…

The MAGA Cultural Revolution is exhausting.

A federal judge said he will rule by Tuesday on Donald Trump’s ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House grounds, while he pressed the government’s lawyers on the different justifications offered by the president and in the DOJ’s legal defense. U.S. Di…

The Trump administration is suspending some tech companies, including Microsoft, from an immigration program that lets an employer hire foreign workers that can reside permanently in the US, as reported by Reuters. In a press conference, Vice President JD Van…

Somehow, intending to leave people thinking he meant he is protecting Southern California, home to a good percentage of the United States military might, R&D, and educational institutions, Grandpa Pudding Brains once again invites Iran to shoot missiles it do…

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites. Delegations from the U.S. and Iran entered negotiations in June aimed at a wa…

The USS Abraham Lincoln is returning home to San Diego Thursday after supporting the Iran war during a record long deployment of 265 uninterrupted days at sea that included reports of deteriorating conditions among its crew.

Convicted felon Tina Peters met with convicted felon Donald Trump, and then her attorney started gabbing about seized ballots and civil war.

As the Golden Age of deep-space exploration begins, NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy are advancing the development of safe, reliable, next-generation nuclear technologies for space. Together, the agencies will supercharge civil space exploration, unlock…

In announcing Project Meridian and a new Autonomous Warfare Command, War Secretary Pete Hegseth is inviting conflicts of interest. The post Pete Hegseth’s Military of the Future: Defined by AI and an Utter Lack of Oversight appeared first on The Intercept.

Reports that Trump aides were paid to advise Bosnian Serb leader ahead of parliamentary election raise alarm.

Michael and Susan Dell's $6.25 billion gift is being distributed across the Trump Accounts of 25 million children this week.

American diplomats are supposed to represent the interests of the U.S. above everything else.David Milstein, an aide to U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, was running cover for the Israeli government, suppressing reports critical of Israeli actions, The…

President Donald Trump did nothing as one of his rallygoers attacked a peaceful protester.Trump struggled to get through his address at a campaign rally in San Antonio, Texas, Wednesday night as his remarks were repeatedly interrupted by at least seven separa…

A crew member who quit "Pawn Shop" says they wouldn't have taken the job had they known more about the pro-ICE action movie — raising questions about what indie productions should disclose before workers sign on.

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Holding insurers accountable could be a point of agreement in a divided Washington

The US Department of War has offered chipmaker Wolfspeed a conditional loan of up to $1.5bn over 30 years. In return, Wolfspeed would give the department warrants to buy up to 7.5% of the company. Wolfspeed filed for bankruptcy protection in June 2025. The de…

Ken Paxton has been avoiding the debate stage for months, but now Donald Trump apparently wants to see him debate James Talarico.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth did a ‘two pushup’ forfeit after factual errors addressing US sailors.

Last Tuesday's post "Pneumatic, pneumonic, whatever" was based on a New York Post headline announcing that "Trump calls reported pneumatic plague outbreak ‘big problem for Russia’". It was implicit in the discussion that the headline writer was ignorant or ca…

Democrats appear headed toward a big victory. But a small polling error could mean a dramatically different outcome.

Pass-through income is the biggest source of inequality that no one talks about.

“The administration is delaying this report because attacks on medication abortion will backfire with voters, but extremists will try to ban abortion as soon as the election is over.”

The Michigan Senate candidate masterfully baits Donald Trump after leaving Fox hosts swooning

The USS Abraham Lincoln near the city of Pattaya in Thailand on 6 September 2026. Photograph: Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP/Getty Images The USS Abraham Lincoln, the US aircraft carrier that has been deployed for nearly a year and has spent months supporting …

Family separation has become just another devastating consequence of the president’s mass deportation agenda.

Hundreds of imperiled species, including North Atlantic right whales and rusty patched bumble bees, could face greater threats from industry and development.

A statue of Donald Trump, wearing no clothes and sitting atop of a man struggling under his weight, was unveiled in the European Parliament building in France.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday flatly refused to comment on a new report alleging that U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before taking up her post. Rubio told …

A new DHS proposal could require US colleges to pay fees before recommending international graduates for work authorization.

At least 10 protesters were removed from a Trump rally in San Antonio as he was heckled during his speech.

It’s becoming very apparent that we failed to learn a key lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic: infectious diseases aren’t partisan; they will come for us all. While Donald Trump and RFK Jr. play their little partisan games over the measles outbreak, the disease…

The State Department has accused the man of paying bribes to Fijian citizens to advance Chinese interests.

Trump has faced a bipartisan backlash over ads that critics say violate prohibitions on taxpayer-funded propaganda.

Trump hails what he called "historic" enrollment of 70 million American children into his Trump Accounts.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — President Donald Trump, facing protesters and a poor political climate, fought to rally Texas voters behind Senate candidate Ken Paxton on Wednesday night in a bid to stave off sweeping Democratic victories in the nation's most populous red…

Proposed rule would choke off a crucial STEM talent pipeline, policy specialists say