
The Hill - 9 hours 20 min ago
President Trump said on Sunday that Israel "won't have any choice" but to accept any potential deal to end the war with Iran. "I call the shots. I call all the shots. He doesn't call the shots," Trump said in a phone interview with the Financial Times, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The...

Huffington Post - 10 hours 4 min ago
The FIFA boss' growing alliance with Donald Trump has done little to win over critics across Washington ahead of soccer's biggest tournament.

The Guardian - 10 hours 5 min ago
President posts screenshot on Truth Social attacking Californian election, after walking out of NBC interview after refusing to substantiate his claims of election rigging Sign up for the Breaking News US email Welcome to our coverage of US politics. Donald Trump has repeated a claim made during an NBC interview on Sunday that he walked out of claiming that the California gubernatorial race is rigged. Later today Trump is expected to attend a campaign rally in New Jersey, before attending the Knicks...

The Guardian - 10 hours 10 min ago
The vote reflects his diminished standing at home and loss of leverage over Iran as he scrambles to exit a disastrous war Donald Trump suffered a significant setback last week. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed a measure under the 1973 War Powers Resolution . It directed the White House "to remove all US forces from hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran". This occurred several weeks after the US Senate voted 50-47 to advance its own version of the bill. (A final...

Huffington Post - 10 hours 21 min ago
Vanity Fair reported that some of the A-listers invited by UFC CEO Dana White are planning to skip the president's controversial fight night.

The Hill - 10 hours 22 min ago
President Trump on Monday urged Israel and Iran to stop shooting "immediately" after Tehran stepped in to back its proxy, Hezbollah, in the wake of an offensive campaign by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in Lebanon. "Israel and Iran must immediately stop shooting,'" Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. "Both sides, Israel and...

Newser - 10 hours 26 min ago
Madison Square Garden's first NBA Finals game in 27 years is doubling as a political and celebrity showcase. President Donald Trump says he'll be in the building Monday for Game 3 between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs, after confirming Knicks owner James Dolan invited him. The NBA...

Mother Jones - 10 hours 41 min ago
For my upcoming book, United States of Oligarchy, I spent the last few years reporting on the activities of a small group of billionaires who have amassed increasing sway over US politics and policy. Chief among them, of course, is Elon Musk, who used a small fraction of his enormous wealth to put Donald Trump back in the […]...

The Guardian - 10 hours 42 min ago
Direct exchange of fire between warring nations in apparent defiance of Trump was in response to an Israeli attack on Beirut, and breaks April's ceasefire. Plus: incredible pictures of the Beatles' final tour of the US Good morning. Israel has again attacked Iran , in apparent defiance of the US president, Donald Trump, who had said in an recent interview that "I call all the shots", not the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. The attack was the first exchange of direct strikes...

NBC News - 10 hours 46 min ago
President Donald Trump abruptly ended his weekend interview with Meet the Press Moderator Kristen Welker after he was pressed for evidence to back up his baseless claims of election fraud in California's primary races. The president also defended his administration's controversial $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund. NBC's Garrett Haake reports for TODAY.

NBC News - 10 hours 50 min ago
Iran and Israel exchanged strikes for the first time since the April ceasefire as tensions rise once again in the Middle East. After Iran's attack, President Donald Trump said he would ask Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "not to retaliate" and that he will have to accept any deal the U.S. negotiates with Iran, saying, "He won't have any choice I call all the shots." NBC's Richard Engel reports for TODAY.

The Raw Story - 11 hours 25 min ago
A former Israeli diplomat reacted in real time to a social media post by President Donald Trump on the latest developments in the Iran war. The 79-year-old president demanded "Israel and Iran must immediately stop 'shooting,'" and former Israeli consul general Alon Pinkas appeared minutes later on CNN to offer his analysis of the extremely short Truth Social post. "This is something you would expect from the president to say, you know, the diplomatic lingo of show restraint,...

Forbes - 11 hours 34 min ago
Musk's boosting of baseless claims about the primaries in California follows similar efforts by President Donald Trump to discredit the process as fraud without any evidence.

The Independent - 11 hours 35 min ago
President Donald Trump warns of great trouble and consternation' to come as he again alleges fraud to deprive Republican candidates of victory without providing evicence...

The Raw Story - 11 hours 53 min ago
President Donald Trump publicly pleaded with Israel and Iran to halt their fighting early Monday as the two countries traded their worst strikes since the April truce, threatening to collapse the peace deal Trump had declared was days away from completion. "Israel and Iran must immediately stop 'shooting,'" Trump posted on Truth Social at 5:36 a.m. Eastern. "President DONALD J. TRUMP." The all-caps signature did not appear to have the desired effect. By morning, Israel was...

The Independent - 12 hours 23 min ago
Donald Trump said he never guaranteed that the US would not get involved in any new wars, despite stating he would not get involved during his 2024 presidential campaign.

The Independent - 12 hours 48 min ago
Donald Trump plans to be back at Madison Square Garden in New York to watch Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs...

Huffington Post - 13 hours 10 min ago
Home Of The Brave's $15 million "Sticker Shock Summer" campaign blames Trump's tariffs, tax bill and policies for making everyday life more expensive.

Huffington Post - 14 hours 26 min ago
The White House chief of staff responded to a Daily Mail report claiming she is ready to leave.

Twitchy - 14 hours 46 min ago
President Donald Trump's Meet the Press interview (interrogation?) aired Sunday, and it went pretty...

Huffington Post - 15 hours 4 min ago
Trump's latest AI fever dream gave Obama's presidential library a trashing. ultimate trashing.

The Guardian - 16 hours 3 min ago
Despite Donald Trump's calls for calm, Israeli military says it struck military targets in central and western Iran in response to attacks by Tehran Israel strikes Iran despite Trump plea as Middle East crisis threatens to escalate The EU's top diplomat has urged calm after Iran and Israel traded strikes , testing the fragile truce and threatening to drag the Middle East region back into war. "Overnight, we have seen escalation again," Kaja Kallas said on Monday. I think the region...

The Guardian - 16 hours 16 min ago
This blog is now closed our live coverage of the Middle East crisis continues here Donald Trump also aggressively pushed back against claims that he broke a key campaign promise to keep the US out of new foreign conflicts. "Well, well, first of all, I didn't guarantee no war," Trump said during the Meet the Press interview. "Why would I have built the strongest military in the world?" Continue reading...

The Guardian - 16 hours 24 min ago
In today's newsletter: Researchers are giving us new insights into early detection and treatments, but with access to life-saving care remaining uneven patients still have a long road ahead Good morning. Israel has returned fire on Iran following a wave of missile strikes, the first attacks between the two countries since April's ceasefire, despite Donald Trump reportedly urging Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate. The escalation threatens to drag the Middle East back into a regional war...