
The Guardian - 53 min 50 sec ago
Amid unpopular Iran war and persistent inflation, governor says state has had its name since before US existed Democrats have hit back against Donald Trump 's suggestion that the state of New Mexico should be renamed "New America", accusing the US president of trying to distract from his war on Iran and rising prices. The administration moved to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America" hours after Trump's return to office in January 2025. In August, as trade tensions...

Daily Signal - 1 hour 5 min ago
President Donald Trump posted a map on Monday showing Canada, Mexico, Central America, Greenland, Iceland, and parts of the Caribbean as territories of the United States of America. The president shared the image depicting several foreign countries covered by the American flag on his social media platform Truth Social. Trump has previously expressed interest in...

Mother Jones - 1 hour 19 min ago
Since 2020, President Donald Trump and his allies have been hinting that they might send federal forces to "protect" polling places hints that have come more frequently as Trump's approval ratings crater and the midterms draw closer. In mid-May, Trump made a Mob-boss-like threat: "I would do anything necessary to make sure we have honest elections." […]...

The Hill - 1 hour 51 min ago
Following the mistrial, prosecutors have the option of retrying the case, making a plea deal or dropping the charges.

NBC News - 1 hour 52 min ago
Lindsay Clancy's attorney spoke out for the first time Tuesday since her state murder trial ended in a mistrial, including calling on President Donald Trump to pardon his client.

ABC News - 1 hour 58 min ago
President Donald Trump has posted numerous memes on social media over the long weekend appearing to propose renaming the state of New Mexico to "New America."...

The Guardian - 2 hours 11 min ago
Farewell, New Mexico. The war isn't going well and nowhere on Earth is safe from the US president's favourite displacement activity Busy times for crayon-wielding US president Donald Trump, Earth's most tireless freelance cartographer, who at the weekend celebrated the US labouring under the highest diesel prices in its history while his "two-week" Iran war edges into its seventh month with a social media spree in which he pushed renaming New Mexico as New America. In some ways...

The Hill - 2 hours 26 min ago
President Trump on Tuesday morning will give remarks alongside the Steel Workers of America to honor first responders and the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The event, marking nearly 25 years since the tragedy, will feature a steel beam recovered from the South Tower of the World Trade Center site as part...

The Guardian - 2 hours 40 min ago
The US president says criticising his soaring investment portfolio is very unfair'. Tell that to the millions of Americans struggling with the cost of living If I had a dollar for every time Donald Trump said something inane, I would be a very rich woman. But even with an income that steady, I could never hope to be as flush as the president. A Forbes calculation from March puts his net worth at about $6.5bn and it's growing rapidly. Trump made $2.2bn in 2025 via business interests that...

The Hill - 2 hours 41 min ago
President Trump on Monday said oil prices "will drop precipitously" after the Iran war is won, as Iran seeks to maintain its control of the Strait of Hormuz with a "restricted zone." "Oil prices will drop precipitously, like everything else is dropping (but more!), when we WIN the war with Iran," Trump wrote on Truth...

The Hill - 3 hours 26 sec ago
The GOP is set for an unusual midterm convention in Dallas this week that is intended to drive Republican voters to the polls. To appeal to voters and raise enthusiasm, President Trump is making the convention very much about himself. But some in the GOP are skipping the event, as they seek distance from the...

CNBC - 3 hours 26 min ago
U.S. President Donald Trump posted a stream of AI-generated images and a series of sweeping and unverified claims on Truth Social on Sunday...

The Raw Story - 3 hours 44 min ago
President Donald Trump's social media blitz over the past several days has sparked concern among onlookers, but one post in particular ignited an international episode that led to the summoning of a U.S. ambassador, Reuters reported Tuesday. Among Trump's countless online posts published over the past few days was one that depicted all of North America including Cuba, Mexico, Canada, Greenland and Iceland as being part of the United States. While Trump has actively sought to acquire Greenland...

ABC News - 4 hours 14 min ago
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to ban the sale of aircraft from Canada's Bombardier unless it manufactures planes in the United States...

ABC News - 4 hours 24 min ago
Republicans will descend on Dallas this week for a two-day convention dreamed up by President Donald Trump to rally his party in this year's midterm elections...

The Guardian - 4 hours 27 min ago
Stalemate between two nations leads to tit-for-tat measures on wide range of imports. Plus: Captain Kirk recalls 60 years of Star Trek Don't already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. Canada's retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars' worth of US imports have come into effect , escalating a trade fight that has been marked by intensifying tensions between Donald Trump and Mark Carney. The tariffs range from 15% to 50% and apply to products covering $20bn in imports...

The Hill - 4 hours 43 min ago
In today's issue: Midterm season enters home stretch Investigation launched into Amazon plane crash New Mexico naming controversy Dan Driscoll's possible replacements President Trump predicted in a Labor Day message on Truth Social that Republicans would win "big" on Election Day. But Republicans are facing stiffening economic headwinds as election season kicks into high...

The Guardian - 4 hours 53 min ago
Letter alleges Fifa president has abused his power' Donald Trump links and FFE scandal among objections More than 100,000 people have added their names to a complaint against Gianni Infantino, alleging the Fifa president has "at a minimum, abused his power, violated his duty of political neutrality, and violated his duty of loyalty" through his interactions with Donald Trump. The Reboot Fifa campaign was launched before the World Cup with the aim of delivering "the biggest complaint...

The Guardian - 4 hours 53 min ago
The president apparently plans to focus on the person he most admires himself even if Republicans would rather he didn't With the midterm races officially beginning this week, a big question hanging over the Republican party is how Trump will allocate his giant stash of Super Pac money. As of 31 July, Maga Inc had more than $400m on hand, larger than the cash reserves of any of the major party committees. But he's barely spent any of it yet. Why not? Continue reading...

Yard Barker - 5 hours 23 min ago
Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka are two of the marquee names in the field for this week's Irish Open on the DP World Tour. They will also be joined by Jon Rahm, Shane Lowry, Tyrrell Hatton, Patrick Reed and several more top players.

The Independent - 5 hours 49 min ago
Iceland summoned the U.S. ambassador on Monday after President Donald Trump posted an image on social media showing the island and other countries covered by the American flag...

The Guardian - 5 hours 52 min ago
Voters will choose candidates across full slate of federal, state and local offices over next two days President Donald Trump said that Canadian private jet maker Bombardier would no longer be allowed to sell its planes in the United States unless it started manufacturing in the country. "NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES! Their products aren't good enough!" Trump said in a post on Truth Social. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Canadian private jet maker Bombardier...

Forbes - 5 hours 53 min ago
The Toronto Blue Jays were at the center of political debate after U.S. President Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario amid a trade dispute.

The Independent - 6 hours 13 min ago
President Donald Trump is embracing his inner cowboy, seeking to gallop into this week's Republican convention in Dallas...