Trump News for Monday, October 26, 2026

Nicki Minaj’s appearance at a Trump rally took a darker turn after critics used her “leave the children alone” comment to revisit the criminal histories of her husband and brother.

President Trump and his allies are ending the campaign with naked but nonsensical appeals to anti-Muslim bigotry.

The court sent the suit back to a district court, which will hear it on Tuesday.

A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration's late-breaking effort to force California to separate mail-in ballots from 20,000 purported noncitizens.A 2-1 ruling from a panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the Justice Dep…

Former FBI director ‌James Comey is facing a third criminal case from ​U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, ​accusing him of sharing sensitive ​national security information, according to court documents ‌made public on Monday.

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Comey, who was fired during Trump's first term, has been accused of unlawfully divulging national security information

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is attempting to prosecute James Comey for what it calls a decade-old leak of classified information, an effort the former FBI director's lawyers immediately dismissed as invalid and outside the time limit for when t…

“As Congress continues to debate the fate of this authority, lawmakers must be able to discuss these abuses openly."

Maurene Comey had argued that she was fired because her father, former FBI chief James Comey, was target of Trump's ire.

CNN and Politico again were restricted from traveling with President Donald Trump on Air Force One on Monday, only the latest effort by the White House to punish outlets for content it does not like. CNN was scheduled to be the TV pool and Politico the print …

It is not clear where the money for this reward would come from.

The Democratic candidate for the US Senate has been the subject of Islamophobic attacks from Trump.

Democrats have been emphasizing lots of issues in the runup to the 2026 midterms: The Iran war. The state of the economy and healthcare. Corruption. And…hotness. Specifically, their candidates: The internet is awash in clips of Michigan candidate Abdul El-Say…

Maurene Comey believes she was let go from her job as a federal prosecutor because her father is the former FBI director.

In the home stretch to the midterms, the Department of Justice has taken to throwing any legal concoction at the wall to see if it will stick. As I wrote last week, the department has devolved from tenuous to utterly groundless legal arguments. The latest, a …

Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is struggling to book venues in his home state just days before the midterms, amid growing backlash to his unreasonably cruel attack ad against Democratic opponent Amy Acton. Two Ohio restaurants—Elliot’s Wood Fire…

The proposed rule is a major step forward in addressing a form of fraud that has robbed SNAP recipients of millions.

Vivek Ramaswamy’s dirty political schemes are making history.The Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee’s boorish ad campaign against Democratic candidate Dr. Amy Acton has inspired one of Ohio’s oldest newspapers, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, to break company …

Maurene Comey served as a federal prosecutor in Manhattan for around a decade. A judicial ruling finding her dismissal unlawful adds to concerns of politically motivated firings at the DOJ.

Maurene Comey said she was given no reason for her July 2025 firing from the Manhattan federal prosecutor’s office. On Oct. 26, a judge ruled that the Trump administration had removed her unlawfully.

The plaintiffs argue they are losing access to vital information media outlets covering Trump used to provide.

GOP strategy and POTUS Trump’s behavior are spiraling in parallel as the 2026 midterms come to a close. Note: I’ll be doing an election-night open thread next Tuesday, November 3rd to discuss the results of the American mid-terms as the results come in. The m…

On November 3, Americans decide which party controls the US Congress for the second half of Donald Trump's presidency.

A new rape allegation has been leveled against President Trump in a report released by House Democrats Monday detailing the White House’s cover-up of the Jeffrey Epstein files. Beatrice Keul, a model and former Miss Switzerland, told Democrats on the House Ju…

The Trump administration last year illegally fired Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, from her job as a federal prosecutor in New York, a federal judge ruled Monday.

It’s no surprise that President Donald Trump thinks that the oil and gas business is more important than lowering gas prices: He’s the one making a fortune.A new report published Monday by the Democrats on the Congressional Joint Economic Committee revealed t…

"I hope Nicki wasn't insulted, but we love Nicki. She's been with us for a long time."View Entire Post ›

CORINTH, Miss. (AP) — President Donald Trump heads Monday to Mississippi, as he continues a closing midterm campaign blitz that highlights Republicans' challenges ahead of an election that could drastically shift power in Washington and statehouses across the…

A judge ruled against President Donald Trump and the DOJ over the firing of Maurene Comey from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

Two bishops in images that show them praying with Trump have said they believed the meeting was private.

A judge ruled Monday that Maurene Comey was wrongfully terminated from her position as the former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, ordering the Justice Department to reinstate her with backpay.Comey, the daughter of former FBI Di…

Ukraine has repeatedly faced low stockpiles of crucial interceptors needed to defend against deadly Russian missile attacks.

President Donald Trump left open the possibility of relocating White House reporters in an Oct. 24 social media post: “I may move the Fake News to a less obnoxious location.” The White House’…

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, Oct 26 (Reuters) - The Trump administration's abrupt firing of former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey was unlawful, a US judge ruled on Monday, in a victory for ‌the eldest daughter of former FBI director and longtime Donald Trump adve…

President Donald Trump can’t stop talking about other people’s posteriors during his midterm campaign blitz.  At a rally in Port Huron, Michigan, Saturday, Trump continued to rave about Ohio Senator Jon Husted’s buttocks. “I looked at his ass, and I’ve never …

Two Catholic bishops have expressed intense regret at their recent photo op with President Trump, calling the widely-circulated images of their White House meeting an exploitative act that was “publicized by the administration without the consent of the parti…

President Donald Trump spent part of a midterm rally in Michigan praising the "beautiful"'" butt of Nicki Minaj, before she spoke at the event.

The AI agents took less than 12 hours to hack into Anthropic, the report says.

Countering Houthi advances in Yemen will be a major focus for Saudi Arabia and its allies in Tehran.

Iran’s anti-negotiation hardliners turn against President Pezeshkian over negotiations with the US.

Does the Lula victory in Brazil, despite heavy-handed Trump, Meta and no doubt CIA meddling, signal that Trump is now officially a lame duck?

NASA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding expanding cooperation in Earth observation, geospatial analytics, and advanced data technologies, supporting USDA’s data modernization plan for United States agricult…

Nicki Minaj sparked an online debate after viral footage of her appearance at Donald Trump’s latest rally in Michigan left people questioning her unusual movements.

ELLSWORTH, Kansas — David Rankin has never been one for putting up campaign lawn signs. As a lifelong Republican in a town of 3,000 — where Donald Trump has won by 50-point margins since 2016 — he’s never seen a reason to put a candidate’s name in his yard. B…

NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats and outside watchdogs are planning a massive presence at the polls on Election Day driven by concerns that President Donald Trump will further leverage the vast resources of the federal government to interfere with a midterm that cou…

The Pentagon and private capital have teamed up to militarize the island nation. The post Bankrolling American Empire in the Philippines appeared first on The Intercept.

Even if they can't repeal the 19th Amendment, opponents of women's suffrage are gaining power in the GOP

Governorate's Druze majority in deadlock with Syrian government.

Health care advocates Healthcare advocates at an April rally in Albany looking to preserve insurance coverage at risk because of federal funding cuts. Some consumers will face higher prices partly brought on by federal spending cuts. [ more › ]

Trump has said voting is vulnerable even as his administration has undermined the agency supposed to protect it

Since taking up his post in Paris, Kushner has become known for lobbing provocations onto France’s domestic scene at sensitive moments. As he put it, “Nobody has the courage to say what I say.”

Donald Trump won big in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley in 2024—but now Latino voters are turning on him.

“Records are important,” said the mother of a woman killed by her Navy colleague. We found nearly twice as many domestic-abuse killings by servicemembers as the DoD listed. The post Pentagon Records Missed Almost Half of Troops’ Domestic Abuse Killings appear…

If it wasn’t clear before Saturday, it should be obvious now that there’s a part of Donald Trump that wants the Republicans to lose the midterm elections next week. Why else would he say what he said at that Georgia rally on Saturday?“Our country is making hu…

The number one thing on the No Kings coalition’s wish list should be obvious to anyone familiar with its nationwide rallies: Vote out as many Trump-appeasing congressional Republicans as possible in November and replace them with Democrats.That’s where the fo…

President Trump intensified his anti-Muslim rhetoric against Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday, portraying him as a threat to national security and questioning his loyalty to the United States.

As both parties prepare for the final leg of the campaign, here are some of the most closely watched Senate races.

President Trump is planning to open up some of the nation's last pristine forests to road building and timber companies. But those who work in the woods say it won't do enough to revive the industry.

Donald Trump seethed wildly at NBC reporter Monica Alba after she asked him tough questions about his support for that vile ad attacking Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton for supposedly lying about her past. Alba pointed out that Acton’s childhood involv…

Republicans spurned by President Donald Trump aren't interested in rescuing their would-be replacements.Instead, a growing number of retiring or ousted GOP incumbents from Nevada to North Carolina are sitting those races out, and in some cases, openly bucking…

Donald Trump made sexually explicit remarks about musician Nicki Minaj who was speaking at a rally in Michigan.

Nosebleed tanker rates have led to lower premiums and even discounts for US and African oil shipments.

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28.

Judge questions Trump-led effort to exert greater influence over elections process ahead of upcoming midterm vote.

Al Jazeera looks at the key takeaways from the US president's campaign event in Michigan ahead of the midterm vote.

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in Sparrows Point, Maryland, on October 6. - Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images US forces in the Middle East are prepared to launch new, potentially major, military operations against Ir…

Donald Trump posted more than 1,300 words slamming Bill Maher, just nine days after praising the “great ” dinner at the White House with the Real Time host. Trump was upset over some of the jokes and comments that Maher made on Friday’s show. Maher praised th…

President Donald Trump called Nicki Minaj’s backside “one hell of a beautiful ass” and asked her to stand during his October 25 Republican rally at McMorran Place in Port Huron, Michigan. “That’s hard to miss. Stand up.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won reelection Sunday, defeating Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of US President Donald Trump, in a razor-thin race that capped a deeply polarized presidential race.

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, was re-elected Sunday in a result that provides relief to critics of widening U.S. influence in Latin America.

Trump has launched another fierce anti-Muslim attack on Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

Trump's statement comes as Iran says renewed US-Israeli attacks 'will achieve no different outcome'.