Trump News for Friday, November 13, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of the United States, China and Russia plan to meet Thursday on the sidelines of next week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in China's tech hub of Shenzhen — an unprecedented gathering of the heads of the world's bigges…

The cause is still unknown

As networks reported on a highly unusual nationwide ground stop of all flights in the United States, Donald Trump made another pitch for Congress to pass a federal film & TV tax incentives. On Truth Social, Trump listed the bipartisan group of lawmakers who s…

Supporters and donors have been encouraging GOP Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to run for president in the 2028 cycle, sources told ABC News.

The complaint follows a ProPublica investigation that found Alicia Jackson, a high-ranking federal health official, publicly endorsed a  change in hormone therapy policy while owning stock in a company that provides access to menopause treatments.

Democrats must stand with their voters and block the NDAA's provisions to cooperate even more closely with Israel. The post Congress Might Sneakily Use Lame Duck to Deeply Intertwine the U.S. and Israeli Militaries appeared first on The Intercept.

Can’t win with Trump, can’t win without him

When a defense secretary has to make a public case that he is not an embarrassment to the president, he has already lost the battle.

Stephen A. Smith sat down with Donald J. Trump, which is remarkable given the likely stench in the room from the 80-year-old president. Whether the foul odor comes from a man who built his life on a mountain of lies or if Natalie Harp called in sick for diape…

Donald Trump's Cabinet, particularly Scott Bessent, has big questions on why Howard Lutnick allowed Nvidia to sell chips to Megaspeed.

Jensen Huang spent four years substituting his own judgment for that of the U.S. government. His downfall was inevitable, and probably isn’t over.

Trump says "status quo" is what Gulf Arab allies want as Iran war hits stalemate and midterms force pivot from threats of attacks to economic pressure<br><br>

Part the First: MAHA in Action Leads to Fatal Inaction.  Vitamin K was discovered nearly a hundred years ago as a compound necessary for efficient blood clotting.  From the Nobel Foundation: In addition to carbohydrates, proteins and fats, our bodies need vit…

The Oxford professor talks with David Remnick about threats to Europe from American skepticism, Russian aggression, and ascendant far-right parties.

The staff writer Ishaan Tharoor on the political backlash to the war, and why the President cannot easily extricate the U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider President Donald Trump’s ban on asylum at the southern border, a pillar of the Republican president’s far-reaching crackdown on immigration. The Trump administration wants to overturn lower court …

Cole Tomas Allen is facing a new charge of terrorism.

By not showing discipline on the Pete Hegseth impeachment vote, Democrats seem poised to repeat the mistakes of the past. The post The Hegseth Vote Was Jeffries’s First Big Test. He Failed. appeared first on The Intercept.

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito thinks that many of the lower court judges were “unjustified” in blocking President Trump’s policies. Alito made the comments at a Federalist Society panel on Thursday. “They are dedicated and they are skillful,…

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The young Republicans had grown restless even before their disastrous election, tired of President Donald Trump, his war and his handpicked candidates.Now about a dozen members of Ohio State University College Republicans plopped down their b…

Bombshell story. The spy narrative is collapsing already. Is there clear & convincing evidence that Alice Huang was a Chinese spy? - AG says no. (“no conclusions reached”). - CIA says no. (“not yet convinced”). - DNI says no (“not entirely accurate and over…

Stelco's US owner blames Trump's tariffs for layoffs, but its support for those same tariffs has raised questions.

It's perhaps never been more frightening to engage in air travel in the U.S., with systems that feel like they're teetering on collapse.

CNN polling guru Harry Enten described another massive collapse for Trump and Republicans in the aftermath of the midterm elections by highlighting the massive generational shift of the youth vote to Democrats. Trump scored relatively well in 2024 overall as…

Donald Trump is still racist, and he still somehow doesn't understand why Black people don't support him at the ballot box.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has reportedly agreed to testify before lawmakers next month as the spotlight on him grows harsher amid Nvidia's (NVDA) turmoil.Both Democrats and Republicans alike are raising questions about whether Lutnick went too far in …

The change comes as the implementation of a new rule proposed by the USDA, which would narrow eligibility for food stamp recipients.

Scott Bessent told CNBC that several government agencies "were in favour of putting Megaspeed on the entity list for months".

Midterm gains give party room to overhaul NDAA funding, including provision to integrate US-Israeli military industries.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Democrats take over Congress in January, one of their many oversight targets will be Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whose overhaul of longstanding vaccine guidance and cuts to medical research over the past two years have drawn f…

Republicans made major promises on immigration — but Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck isn’t the only one to notice that the party has lost significant ground with Hispanic voters despite those promises.Former Trump administration official Bianca Rodriguez te…

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday his department had favored putting Singapore-based cloud computing firm Megaspeed on ‌the US entity list for months but that it was ‌up to the Commerce Department to act, adding th…

PM's caretaker government can legally go to war, though it would likely inflame domestic divisions.

The midterms punished the grievance-fueled litigation of Republican attorneys general, replacing them with a new crop of Democratic AGs.

Vice President JD Vance is seriously considering shelving his dreams of a 2028 presidential campaign, as GOP hopefuls are rushing to distance themselves from President Donald Trump. Vance was once considered the GOP frontrunner for 2028, but people close to h…

As Democrats prepare to take control of Congress in January, party leaders say they intend to hold Trump officials accountable with stepped-up hearings and investigations. The administration, however, has responded with threats to launch its own investigation…

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Silicon Valley claims to know the future. So why did it get the midterms so wrong? —Aaron Zamost, a tech communications c…

While Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was in bed with a Chinese spy, Donald Trump was in bed with Nvidia, to paraphrase a New Republic headline. The article notes that Donald Trump was told at least twice and probably three times that his crony and multimillion-dolla…

Jensen Huang's personal life may have triggered the crisis, but the questions now reach into the White House itself.

The secretary of state has spent more than $1.2 million in taxpayer funds on personal flights—including taking military jets to football games.

The National Transportation Safety Board says the New York Times distorted its comments to attack President Trump. The paper's aviation safety story has bigger problems than just politics. It gets a major crash wrong and credits a pilot hours rule for a safet…

Our serviceable daily links: Nvidia 'scandal' pressures Trump. Russia refuses Minsk III. Polar vortex bad news for Europe. And Van Hollen challenges Schumer.

Vice President JD Vance has become a man without a political purpose, shackled to a deeply unpopular, waning presidency.

Mohammadjamal Azizi, an Iranian refugee living in Tujunga, panicked when his wife called him last month about a message from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement instructing her to contact Iranian government officials in Washington about her case.The Unit…

Pete Hegseth has "a lot to answer for," says Nick Turse. Tom Morello gets into being "agents of history, not just on election day." The post Hegseth Dodges Impeachment, for Now. And Tom Morello on Fighting for the World You Want appeared first on The Intercep…

On Wednesday, Rep. Thomas Massie successfully collected the 218th signature on a petition to force a vote on another Epstein Files Transparency Act.

The US-Iran war is trapped in an ongoing 'no war, no peace' situation, analysts say.

The self-styled visionaries of Silicon Valley, leaders like OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and SpaceX boss Elon Musk, have built careers claiming to see the future. Long-term vision is currency: Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg built a 10-year road map for Facebook …

When Democrats take power, they should take aim at the president’s censors, like Hegseth and FCC Chair Brendan Carr. The post Next Time, Impeach Pete Hegseth for Press Censorship appeared first on The Intercept.

Massachusetts and Connecticut invested millions into offshore wind in the hopes the once-blossoming industry would jump-start local economies. But amid Trump’s multifront war on the industry, workers say they’re watching opportunity dry up.

Barf Bag: Apart from being outwardly sadistic, this is all... a very deliberate misreading of the room.

The expansive subpoena asked the American Federation of Teachers headquarters for information related to a vandalism case against Michigan students. The post Trump Subpoenas Teachers Union for Info on Pro-Palestine Students appeared first on The Intercept.

The Banking Committee says the ex-tech CEO and the commerce secretary could face legal action if they fail to appear.

Under pressure from US sanctions against the International Criminal Court, the Netherlands is cooperating in its dismantling, sources say.

Trump’s latest statement should accelerate the region’s move towards a layered and networked security architecture.

ICE carried out 483,200 deportations in 2026. Democrats prepare to investigate tactics used.

President Donald Trump said he spoke to Jensen Huang the day before he resigned as Nvidia CEO and that he spoke about his family.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has functioned for nearly two years as an extension of the White House, unchecked by a Republican-controlled Congress as it pursued investigations into President Donald Trump's enemies, fired waves of career employees …

Despite knowing a war with Iran would be manufactured for Netanyahu's survival, many would still rally behind it.

Texas Democrat Senator-elect James Talarico has urged his party to work with President Trump.

Van Hollen is known for his anti-war positions and championing progressive causes.

IRGC says it hit radar in retaliation for an 'enemy' air attack on a telecom tower in Iran's Hormozgan province.

Calling Cuba a failed nation, the US president hints at attack on the country before his term ends.

Jensen Huang resigned this morning as Nvidia's CEO following reports of affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy. Right now, the company is being led by its CFO on an interim basis. But President Donald Trump is already throwing around one person he…

Jeffries is poised to become speaker of the House in January, when incoming representatives are sworn in.