
The Guardian - 9 hours 44 min ago
Ethics experts and Democrats express alarm as Trump uses office to grow his personal fortune to unprecedented' level Donald Trump's use of his second presidency to grow his personal fortune has alarmed legal and ethics experts and congressional Democrats as he has reaped an "unprecedented" $2.2bn in 2025 revenues by amassing big cryptocurrency holdings, benefitting from wealthy foreign interests, expanding his Truth Social business and more, while federal oversight of his actions...

Mother Jones - 10 hours 14 min ago
The US government doesn’t have many watchdogs left. Donald Trump fired a whole bunch of them shortly after returning to power, and many others have been pushed out since. We do still have a Government Accountability Office (GAO), for what it’s worth, and one week ago, that office published a report detailing the remarkable lack […]...

NBC News - 10 hours 15 min ago
President Donald Trump is announcing Karoline Leavitt will be departing as White House Press Secretary at the end of August after more than a year and half on the job. NBC's Garrett Haake reports for TODAY.

The Guardian - 10 hours 43 min ago
The order cannot affect change, and is only undermining trust in vaccines' as CDC guidance remains the same Donald Trump's executive order on vaccines does not change the US recommendations for the shots but experts say it does create confusion and doubt about vaccines, which will lead to more illness and possibly deaths among children and will make it harder for families and pediatricians to protect them. The executive order was an attempt to reinstate sweeping changes to the vaccine schedule...

The Guardian - 10 hours 57 min ago
Youngest White House press secretary in history says she wants more time to be the best mom'. Plus are we losing the battle against AI slop in the music charts? Good morning. A familiar face in Donald Trump's administration is departing, as the US president announced that Karoline Leavitt was stepping down to spend more time with her family. The president said Leavitt, who became the youngest person to serve as White House press secretary on his return to office in January 2025, "will...

The Independent - 11 hours 12 min ago
Rapper was pardoned by Donald Trump last year after a number of run-ins with the law...

The Independent - 11 hours 19 min ago
The biggest obstacles to President Donald Trump's order on vaccines may be the logistical challenges it poses for U.S. parents, health providers and drugmakers...

Fox News - 11 hours 43 min ago
Donald Trump calls Gov Greg Abbott's data center stance a "mistake," saying the industry "could be bigger than oil" as Texas power grid concerns intensify.

Los Angeles Times - 11 hours 44 min ago
As Trump afflicts the U.S. with a prolonged civic bout of Montezuma's Revenge, Mexican food's role in the overall mess he has left us with is notable.

Fox News - 11 hours 47 min ago
President Donald Trump announces that he is nominating federal Judge Lee Rudofsky for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

ABC News - 12 hours 32 min ago
Democrats are gathering to finalize their 2028 presidential primary calendar this week, setting the stage for a wide open contest to succeed President Donald Trump and chart a path ahead as the party's voters oscillate between progressive and more mode...

The Next Web - 12 hours 42 min ago
The Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation have sued President Donald Trump over a Trump Media service that sells paid early access to his Truth Social posts, arguing that a sitting president should not be allowed to put a price on his own official words. The service, called Truth API, gives paying subscribers […] This story continues at The Next Web...

The Next Web - 13 hours 42 min ago
President Donald Trump has signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum authorising US federal law enforcement to conduct offensive cyber operations against transnational criminal organisations operating abroad. Washington, in short, is giving itself formal permission to hack the hackers, and it is roughly as consequential as that sounds. The memorandum takes aim at foreign criminal groups […] This story continues at The Next Web...

The Independent - 16 hours 33 min ago
Donald Trump argued the Iranian navy has been destroyed and they cannot enforce the closure of the strait...

Huffington Post - 17 hours 2 min ago
The president posted on Thursday that the U.S. has "total control" of the Strait of Hormuz.

The Guardian - 19 hours 33 min ago
This live blog is now closed. Karoline Leavitt will step down as White House press secretary Sign up for the Breaking News US email Core inflation, which measures price changes without volatile goods like food and gas, rose by 0.2% in July , after not really changing in June compared to the month prior. While the latest data shows there has been a 2.9% drop in gas prices from June to July, there has been a 25% hike compared to this time last year . Continue reading...

The Independent - 21 hours 17 min ago
Democrats are still reeling from the 2024 election, where Harris replaced President Joe Biden in the late stages of the race and lost to Donald Trump...

The Raw Story - 21 hours 19 min ago
A New York Times photographer on Wednesday revealed several suspicious new details in President Donald Trump 's plane swap amid a threat. Douglas Mills, a photojournalist who was on Air Force One with the press corps as the group headed back from Turkey after a NATO summit in July with Trump and several administration officials, told CNN's Erin Burnett the incident was "alarming" after learning Trump had left the plane in a catering truck. Burnett mentioned that Mills and other reporters...

Electrek - 22 hours 13 min ago
On today's time-sensitive episode of Quick Charge , we revisit the idea that even a broken clock is right twice a day as we examine US President Donald Trump's takes on electric vehicles, range anxiety, highway road signs, and why he's absolutely right .

NY Post - 22 hours 32 min ago
Steven Cheung serves as the White House Communications Director for President Donald Trump.

UPI - 23 hours 15 min ago
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, will leave the post to spend more time with her family, President Donald Trump said.

The Guardian - 23 hours 25 min ago
Trump's most prominent spokesperson won regular plaudit from her boss for her unflinching defense of his agenda Donald Trump's most prominent spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, is leaving the White House . The US president announced on Wednesday that his press secretary would depart at the end of the month. Leavitt, who has served in the role since Trump's returned to power in January 2025, won regular plaudit from her boss for her unflinching defense of his agenda, but faced frequent criticism...