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Diddy's Team Confirms Trump Pardon Talks

But the president doesn't seem keen on the idea

(Newser) - Sean "Diddy" Combs' legal team has confirmed they've approached the Trump administration about a possible presidential pardon, following Combs' conviction last month on two charges related to prostitution. "It's my understanding that we've reached out and had conversations in reference to a pardon,"...

Trump Creates 2028 Olympics Task Force

He says military, National Guard might be used for security at LA Games

(Newser) - President Trump on Tuesday established a task force on the 2028 Olympic Games being held in Los Angeles that he said would ensure the event is "safe, seamless, and historically successful." The 2028 Games will be the first Olympics to be hosted by the US since the 2002...

Trump Says He 'Probably' Won't Run in 2028

But he says he'd like to because he has 'the best poll numbers' he's ever had

(Newser) - President Trump didn't rule out running for a third term in a wide-ranging interview with CNBC 's Squawk Box on Tuesday. He boasted that he had received the "highest vote in the history of Texas, a record that they say won't be beaten unless I run...

Tuesday's Odd Sight: Trump on White House Roof

President appears on top of the West Wing, apparently to scope out future renovations

(Newser) - Sometimes, President Trump takes questions in the West Wing. On Tuesday, he fielded some from on the West Wing. Trump appeared on the roof of the White House with a small group and t ook questions from surprised reporters on the ground below. "Sir, why are you on the...

Trump Rules Out One Name to Replace Jerome Powell

Scott Bessent will be staying put at Treasury

(Newser) - It's been abundantly clear for some time that President Trump would like someone other than Jerome Powell in the Fed chair's, well, chair. But that person will not be Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, reports Politico , and the decision was mutual. "I love Scott, but he wants to...

Trump's New Complaint May Worry Big Banks

'The banks discriminated against me very badly,' he says amid reports of a coming crackdown

(Newser) - On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration is preparing to crack down on banks thought to be discriminating against conservatives. On Tuesday, President Trump himself didn't exactly dispel the banks' worries. In an interview with CNBC , Trump didn't confirm the report, but he did...

Russia Scraps Nuclear Treaty: 'Expect Further Steps'

Kremlin zaps missile pact as tensions with US escalate

(Newser) - Russia is officially backing away from any pretense of abiding by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, with the country's Foreign Ministry announcing that it "no longer considers itself bound" by the treaty, reports NBC News . The move was accompanied by stark warnings from former president Dmitry...

Wall Street Journal Has a Question About That Firing

Editors see Trump's move to oust labor statistics official as a mistake

(Newser) - The right-leaning editorial page of the Wall Street Journal is not a fan of President Trump's decision to fire a Bureau of Labor Statistics official after a weak jobs report. The editors see a credibility problem going forward, and they use the example of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer's...

Pope Leo Is Winning the Newsmakers Popularity Contest

Pontiff tops Gallup list of prominent US, world figures, with 57% favorable approval rating

(Newser) - Sorry, Volodymyr—Pope Leo XIV is a bit more popular than you. Gallup has a new survey out listing the favorability ratings for more than a dozen prominent US and world luminaries, and the new pontiff comes in at No. 1, with a 57% favorable rating (11% unfavorable, 31% no...

MTG Urges Trump to Commute Santos' Sentence

Ex-congressman is serving 7 years for fraud, identity theft; Trump apparently hasn't ruled out commutation

(Newser) - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is calling on President Trump to commute the sentence of George Santos, the former New York congressman now serving a seven-year sentence for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Greene, a vocal Trump ally, posted a letter to the Justice Department on X that argued...

Place Bolsonaro Under House Arrest, Judge Orders

Former president backed by Trump has supported foreign intervention in Brazil's case, ruling says

(Newser) - Brazil's Supreme Court issued an order Monday to place former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is standing trial on charges of plotting a coup to keep himself in power, under house arrest. Justice Alexandre de Moraes wrote that the ruling is in response to the former president's lack of...

Charlamagne Fires Back at Trump's 'Sleazebag' Remarks

But 'I don't want you rattled,' radio host says

(Newser) - Charlamagne tha God, whose remarks about issues including the Epstein files in an interview with Lara Trump drew an angry response from President Trump, fired back on his radio show Monday. On The Breakfast Club, the host addressed Trump's Truth Social post point by point, Politico reports. Trump called...

Trump Enters the Fray Over Sydney Sweeney Ads

President says the 'tide has seriously turned' against 'woke' criticism

(Newser) - President Trump is Team Sydney. The president on Monday weighed in on the social media circus that has erupted over the actor's viral jeans campaign for American Eagle. Critics on the left see the jeans/genes theme as a nod to eugenics and even white supremacy, and defenders on the...

600 Former Israeli Officials Issue a Plea to Trump

Hundreds of ex-security leaders ask president to help end the war in Gaza

(Newser) - In a rare public appeal, hundreds of former Israeli security officials have asked President Trump to use his sway with Benjamin Netanyahu to help end the war in Gaza.
  • "Your credibility with the vast majority of Israelis augments your ability to steer prime minister Netanyahu and his government
...

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We Need a Better Way to Collect Jobs Data

Trump firing calls attention to the Labor Department's process

(Newser) - The Labor Department revised previous jobs numbers so dramatically last week that President Trump said they had to have been "rigged." (He even fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.) Skeptics reject the idea of rigged numbers, but even some in this camp say the...

Trump Defends His Controversial Firing

Jobs numbers were 'rigged,' he asserts in Monday post

(Newser) - President Trump is doubling down on his rationale for firing a top statistician in the Labor Department. In a Monday morning post on Truth Social , the president again asserted that the numbers were cooked in a surprisingly weak jobs report that came out on Friday. In the wake of the...

Senate Leaves DC With No Deal on Trump Nominees

Republicans say they may change rules to speed up nominations when they return in September

(Newser) - After days of contentious back-and-forth, during which President Trump told Chuck Schumer he could "go to hell," the Senate ultimately left Washington, DC, for its August recess Saturday night without a deal on confirmations for dozens of Trump nominees still awaiting advancement. Lawmakers say the president privately instructed...

Democratic Lawmakers in Texas Just Fled Their State

Move is intended to deny House Republicans a quorum in redistricting vote

(Newser) - Democratic lawmakers announced Sunday they're leaving Texas to try to prevent passage of a new congressional map President Trump wants drawn to win more GOP seats in the 2026 elections. The decision, designed to deny House Republicans a quorum, exposes Democrats to fines and other civil penalties, the AP...

Trump Wants 'His Own People' Counting Jobs, Hassett Says

Others maintain McEntarfer couldn't have altered report's numbers

(Newser) - The director of the White House National Economic Council defended President Trump's firing of the official charged with compiling employment data, saying Sunday that the president needs information he can trust. "The president wants his own people there, so that when we see the numbers, they're more...

Trump's Presidency: Largely Spent at His Own Properties

Forbes tallies 75 days spent at his golf clubs and hotels

(Newser) - President Trump has spent roughly one-third of his presidency visiting his own properties, blending the business of the nation with the business of his brand like no modern president, Forbes reports, breaking down exactly how Trump has spent his time in his second term. Specifically, he visited his own...

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