
Mother Jones - 41 min 51 sec ago
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Donald Trump this month announced plans to rescind a landmark rule that has protected old-growth forests in the US for 25 years. If finalized, the rollback is expected to benefit the companies that Tom Schultz, chief of the US Forest Service, […]...

The Guardian - 48 min 51 sec ago
Cao has been serving as acting navy secretary since John Phelan departed the job unexpectedly and without explanation in late April Sign up for the US Breaking News email Hello and welcome to the US live politics blog. Donald Trump has picked acting navy secretary Hung Cao to take on the job permanently amid concerns that some sailors have been stretched to the limit during his Iran war. Senator Ed Markey won the Democratic primary in Massachusetts, beating back a challenge from Seth Moulton, who...

The Raw Story - 1 hour 3 min ago
A member of President Donald Trump's first administration delivered Wednesday a stark warning to his former boss over what he describes as the White House's "convoluted" plan to deal with a sinister partner. Elliott Abrams, Trump's former special representative to Venezuela, in a Washington Post editorial shredded the president's deal to claim 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil as an "unconstitutional" gambit and warned he was relying on a dangerous partner to push...

The Guardian - 1 hour 11 min ago
The president's call for the FCC to scrutinize Kristin Welker's innocuous remarks is a sign of desperation With his approval ratings tanking, the crucial midterm elections looming, and his war with Iran turning into a quagmire, Donald Trump has entered full freak-out mode. It's not hard to tell. Just look at what happened this week when he lashed out at Kristen Welker, the well-respected host of NBC's Meet the Press, and one of the best-known journalists in the nation. Continue reading...

The Independent - 1 hour 19 min ago
The national debt has surged past $40 trillion in the first 19 months of Trump's second term...

The Independent - 1 hour 35 min ago
US Centcom said it had struck IRGC air defences and maritime assets as Iran targeted American bases across the region...

The Independent - 1 hour 37 min ago
Top aides to President Donald Trump are pushing to keep the Iran war from escalating before November's midterm elections...

ABC News - 1 hour 43 min ago
Oil giant Chevron is confirming that it is expanding its operations in Venezuela, just days after President Donald Trump announced an ambitious deal to develop the nation's oil reserves and give the Pentagon a stake in the profits...

BBC - 2 hours 13 min ago
BBC Verify fact checks President Trump's funding claims about Nasa.

NY Post - 2 hours 36 min ago
Pierre Damas Bel's family believes he took his own life as a result of President Donald Trump's immigration agenda.

The Independent - 2 hours 56 min ago
President Donald Trump says he's nominating acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao for the permanent job...

UPI - 6 hours 35 min ago
President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated Hung Cao to be secretary of the Navy amid an ongoing shakeup of the U.S. military.

The Guardian - 8 hours 11 min ago
Ship has been plagued by reports of deteriorating living conditions and poor mental health because of lengthy deployment The USS Abraham Lincoln, an US aircraft carrier at the centre of a row over conditions on board after months at sea as part of Donald Trump's war against Iran, has arrived off a Thai port. Reports of deteriorating living conditions and poor mental health on the vessel, including attempted suicides , have made headlines around the world, provoking criticism of the president's...

The Guardian - 10 hours 10 min ago
This live blog is now closed. New system for screening mail-in ballots risks denying entire batches, says whistleblower Sign up for the US Breaking News email Democratic senator Chuck Schumer is introducing a bill that would reverse Donald Trump's most recent tariffs, among them the new 50% duty on Canadian goods, MS Now reported . While the Senate minority leader's proposed legislation has virtually no chance of becoming law, Schumer hopes that his proposal shows that Democrats are actively...

The Raw Story - 10 hours 38 min ago
President Donald Trump admitted that he's not trying to bring Iran to the bargaining table in a Truth Social post . On Tuesday night, Trump let the admission slip during an attack on "ABC Fake News." In the post, he wrote, "I'm not trying to force Iran to the bargaining table," and "I couldn't care less if they sign a worthless, to them, agreement." He also signed off with, "When are the Iranian people going to rise up and fight?"...

Deadline Hollywood - 11 hours 34 min ago
A day after endorsing a bipartisan move for a federal film and TV tax incentive, Donald Trump is doubling down on the initiative. With jobs, jobs, jobs and production, production, production at the heart of the so-called Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act, the former Emmy nominee is getting a lot of love from […]...

BBC - 11 hours 35 min ago
The move follows an order by President Donald Trump as part of Washington's trade spat with Canada.

The Guardian - 11 hours 38 min ago
In a major LGBTQ+ rights victory, the justice department cannot force the state to ban trans girls from women's sports A federal judge has dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit challenging California's policy of allowing transgender youth to play on sports teams that match their gender, a major loss for Donald Trump and the Department of Justice (DoJ). The justice department had been fighting for a year to force California to ban trans girls from women's sports, with the president...

The Guardian - 11 hours 40 min ago
Acting secretary picked for top role as critics accuse president of overworking sailors during war with Iran Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is nominating acting navy secretary Hung Cao for the permanent job, giving the navy combat veteran the nod as concerns have emerged that some sailors have been stretched to the limit during the Iran war. Cao has been serving as acting navy secretary since John Phelan departed the job unexpectedly and without explanation in late April. Continue reading...

The Guardian - 11 hours 53 min ago
Government talks up pact but Venezuelan opposition alarmed that democracy yet to return after Maduro exit Trump administration officials on Tuesday defended a highly contentious deal giving the US control of a significant chunk of Venezuelan oil reserves, arguing that the sweeping agreement would help stabilize and rebuild democracy in the shattered South American country while giving Washington vital access to strategic crude reserves. Last week, Donald Trump announced a "groundbreaking"...

The Raw Story - 12 hours 41 min ago
The Wall Street Journal's conservative editorial board warned that rising bond yields carry a message that President Donald Trump ignores at his peril. In a Tuesday editorial , the paper's editors argued that climbing yields on long-dated government debt are not a catastrophe but a long-overdue return to normal, while cautioning that the picture could darken fast if Washington refuses to change course. The board pointed to a global selloff that pushed the 10-year Treasury note to 4.8 percent...

NY Post - 13 hours 4 min ago
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday complained President Donald Trump has failed to fulfill an 11-month-old promise to restore millions in federal funding to New York’s homeland security operations. Trump said on Truth Social last year he had reversed cuts that took New York’s federal counterterrorism budget from $287 million down to...

Daily Signal - 13 hours 40 min ago
FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL — A watchdog group is pressing New York to act against the lawyer for E. Jean Carroll for allegedly failing to disclose that Democrat donor Reid Hoffman bankrolled the defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump. In July, the National Legal and Policy Center filed a bar complaint with the Attorney Grievance...

The Guardian - 13 hours 42 min ago
Proposal is how state department could enforce Trump's executive order targeting what it calls birth tourism' The US state department has proposed requiring parents applying for passports for their children to provide proof of their own citizenship or immigration status as part of Donald Trump's latest effort to limit birthright citizenship . The draft guidance, reviewed by Reuters, is the first detailed look at how the state department could enforce Trump's 6 August executive order...