Trump News for Tuesday, October 27, 2026

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By Dawn Kopecki NEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The US Federal Election Commission's website has been targeted by a hacker or hackers, according to an email see...

Just when you, a tech CEO, thought it was safe to say “AI” again…

What happens to the right’s immigration views when the target for deportation is one of their own?

The president declined to accept the midterm election results Tuesday as he unleashes the DOJ on states

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’s revenge campaign is getting increasingl…

A grand jury has refused to indict former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson on charges of lying to Congress over her testimony regarding Jan. 6, sources confirm.

This is going to be very bad for transparency.

News comes one day after Brazil's Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to hand over his passports in money-laundering probe.

US president seeks to highlight Venezuela operation as Iran war makes affordability a key midterm issue.

With a week to go until the 2026 midterm elections , you'd be forgiven for thinking that President Trump and former President Barack Obama were running against each other this year.While campaigning for Democrats in Ohio over the weekend, Obama mocked the va…

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump returned to Texas on Tuesday in a final attempt to boost Senate candidate Ken Paxton, whose close race in a normally reliable conservative-leaning state has Republicans worried about losing control of the chamber.Most Rea…

Latest strike brings death toll of campaign decried as extrajudicial killings to 243 people since September 2025.

The Russian-occupied city of Oleshky has had no electricity, gas or water for three years, as residents reported having to eat weeds to survive.

The industry is racing to secure allies in Congress before pro-crypto President Donald Trump leaves office in 2029

A blue wave in the midterms could stymie Donald Trump’s election-denial schemes.

Federal Judge Anna Reyes criticized the government and concluded that the administration likely violated environmental laws in its plans for East Potomac Golf Course.

US President Donald Trump says he will respect the results of the November 3 midterm elections if they are ‘honest’.

Trump is set to attend campaign rallies in Texas on Tuesday.

“There were kids doing the morning assembly at my elementary school who were smoother at their presentations,” a critic said about Zacharia.

In its latest gift to oil and gas companies, the Trump administration is expected to announce plans today to weaken rules that guard against methane leaks. Methane is a smog-forming pollutant and a powerful greenhouse gas that's up to 80 times as potent as ca…

Trump's comments come as his administration files legal challenges to Democrat-led US states over election integrity.

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that immigration judges can’t postpone deportation cases, giving President Trump another tool in his mass deportation agenda. The court denied an emergency request to reinstate administrative closure, the practice that allows j…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior State Department official said Tuesday that Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will be granted U.S. visas after his weekend loss to incumbent Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a hotly contested race that bucked a trend o…

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz got into a screaming match with Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla on Tuesday, after Parrilla approached Waltz’s podium mid-speech and called him a liar.This comes as the U.N. prepares to v…

Donald Trump took another stab at an AI rebrand on Tuesday, this time vowing to ban the use of the term “artificial intelligence” in “all relevant documents” and “everything else.” The president’s preferred name is “super intelligence,” something he emphasize…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's chief medical officer has resigned, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Justice Department called on election officials in Washington state to requester some 400 ballots it says may belong to noncitizen voters.

A federal judge has barred the government from clearing more trees or making other alterations to D.C.'s East Potomac Park without proper notice. Trump says his administration will appeal.

Republicans are increasingly feeling the drag of high costs, and more say that the president's economic policies have made conditions worse.

Jennifer Shuford, a well-respected infectious disease researcher, cited a desire to spend more time with her family

Every Republican wants to paint Obama as an out-of-touch elitist—except one.

The 2026 midterm elections are just 7 days away. So where do things stand — nationwide — in the race to control Congress? Which party has a better chance of, you know, winning? To get a sense of that, it helps to geek out over some cold, hard data.The usual c…

He’s suing (again) over the president’s unauthorized use of the song at political rallies

By Andrew Chung Oct 27 (Reuters) - The US Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to reinstate the authority of immigration judges to temporarily postpone deportation cases, keeping in place an agreement between President Donald Trump's administration and Republica…

Lula’s fourth term may have spared BRICS an internal fracture at a time when Trump is trying to reassert US power.

If Minaj becomes Trump’s press secretary, credit her drive to outdo a bigger New York rapper.

Tehran remains firm on demands despite diplomatic urgency to prevent escalation in the ongoing US-Israeli conflict.

The Iran war and Trump's criticisms of allies have led Asia-Pacific countries to recalibrate their calculations.

Government officials said a series of recent attacks and threats have highlighted the vulnerability of U.S. military bases. The post Pentagon Fears Drone Attacks on U.S. and Foreign Bases appeared first on The Intercept.

Brazil's opposition party accepts Lula's election victory, but Flávio Bolsonaro won't concede, while President Trump calls the vote "rigged" without offering evidence.

Voters will head to the poll for the midterm elections on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

New data from the Energy Information Administration showed that gas prices since Jan. 20, 2025 have averaged $3.458 per gallon — the first time in President Trump's second term that overall average gas prices have surpassed the average seen during President…

Competing claims over the ceasefire mark the latest tensions between the White House and the Vatican.

Russia struck Kyiv multiple times on Monday night, hours before a humanitarian ceasefire in Oleshky took effect.

The US and Israel have teased strikes around their elections, particularly against Iran's civilian infrastructure.

With U.S. and Israeli elections days away, the Iran war may be entering a more dangerous phase

After decades of avoiding the subject, Democratic candidates are speaking in explicitly moral terms.

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 9 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.Donald Trum…

Republicans currently hold majorities in the House and Senate. How many seats must Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer flip to seize control of Congress?

President Donald Trump spoke about renaming the Atlantic Ocean to the "American Ocean" at a rally in Mississippi on Monday.

Neil Young says a Trump fundraising committee played “Rockin’ in the Free World” before Donald Trump took the stage at an October 12 rally in Youngstown, Ohio, without a license or his permission. …

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill A councilmember and immigration activists criticized the governor for not doing more after ICE seemingly admitted to violating a court order. [ more › ]

Right-wing media is crying foul over Lula’s win, floating conspiracy theories

Ocean water could help dissipate the heat from data centers, but the infrastructure could threaten endangered whales

From heat maps to Signal chats to war rooms, volunteers across the US are ready to act if federal immigration agents show up on Election Day.

It's worrisome when presidents are allowed to break rules and disregard democratic norms without consequence

Any way you slice or dice the productive output of the Trump White House and its Republican Party enablers, what you find is a heaving portion of deceit, double-dealing, and self-enrichment. And the public has noticed: Ahead of the midterm elections, voters s…

After receiving 30-day "final notices" to transition off the SAVE plan, the first batch of student-loan borrowers has to take action by November.

Election officials from coast to coast are facing a slew of challenges ahead of the high-stakes midterms.

Donald Trump is stewing about elections big time. He raged at Senator Lisa Murkowski for opposing his dumb effort to rig the Alaska Senate race, fumed over imagined voter-fraud in the midterms, and seethed that the right’s huge loss in Brazil was “rigged.” It…

Pakistan has gained diplomatic visibility under Trump, but analysts question how much the relationship has delivered.

The First Lady has claimed credit for the Oleshky truce, which the Pope had worked to secure in a phone call with Putin. “Our prayer was exploited for partisan political purposes,” says a prelate who attended the White House gathering with the US president. A…

Top officials from four countries to continue talks for peace and security as Saudi forces down more Houthi missiles.

A golfer walks in front of cut down trees at East Potomac Golf Links near Hains Point in Washington, DC, October 19, 2026. - Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images A federal judge extended an order blocking tree removal from a Washington, DC golf course President Donal…

The localised ceasefire, secured by US First Lady Melania Trump, will allow evacuations and aid deliveries to Oleshky.

The judge handling the Justice Department's bid to block certification of Alaska's Senate race if the Republican narrowly loses showed skepticism of DOJ's legal strategy.

US President Donald Trump has suggested renaming the Atlantic Ocean the ‘American Ocean’ at a Republican rally.

Almost no one expects Donald Trump to keep his word, but unlike most, Neil Young ain’t taking any crap from the former Apprentice host. Having repeatedly told Trump to keep his MAGA mitts off his classic Rockin’ in the Free World song, the 80-year-old Grandfa…

The Trump-Lula relationship may have thawed, but several issues could reignite tensions between the two leaders.

President Donald Trump took seven minutes out of his Monday night rally in Corinth, Mississippi, to defend his focus on White House renovation projects after one of his predecessors, Barack Obama, compared the redecorated Oval Office to an over-the-top Cheese…

Trump pushes unsubstantiated claims about Brazil's presidential vote but says he 'didn't take sides' in the race.

US appeals court blocks government effort to stop California from tabulating ballots from list of alleged non-citizens.

The Trump administration is attempting to prosecute James Comey for what it calls a decade-old leak of classified information. Comey's lawyers immediately dismissed the effort as invalid and outside the time limit.

Regulatory pushback stalled the field. But researchers are optimistic about mind-altering drugs as potential treatments for depression and mood disorders.