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Trump Says He'll Block Opening of Canada-US Bridge

Trump demands compensation, cites unfair treatment from Canada

(Newser) - President Trump is now threatening to shut down a major cross-border project he once championed, the CBC reports. The US president said in a lengthy post on Truth Social Monday he would block the opening of the new Gordie Howe International Bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, unless the...

Hunter Hess Defends Free Speech After Trump Attack

Skier affirms love for US while defending right to criticize it

(Newser) - Hunter Hess says he's ready to ski for his country—and to keep saying that country can do better, CBS News reports. The US freestyle skier and first-time Olympian clarified his views Monday after President Trump blasted him as a "real loser" for earlier remarks that he had...

Autoworker Who Called Out Trump Keeps His Job

UAW says Ford didn't discipline TJ Sabula

(Newser) - A Michigan autoworker who shouted an accusation at President Trump during a factory visit still has his job, his union says—despite the president reportedly telling him he'd be fired. UAW Vice President Laura Dickerson told a political conference in Washington on Monday that TJ Sabula was not disciplined...

Kai Trump Is Quickly Developing Her Own Brand

Trump's 18-year-old granddaughter leverages TikTok fame and White House access

(Newser) - President Trump's eldest grandchild says she wants no part of politics—but her social-media life is thriving in the heart of it. Kai Trump, 18, has built an 8-million-strong following across social media sites like TikTok and Instagram , chronicling her days as a student-athlete and granddaughter of the president,...

Trump Calls US Skier a 'Real Loser'

Skier had voiced mixed feelings about representing US amid divisions

(Newser) - An American skier's ambivalence about wearing the flag on the world stage has drawn a rebuke from President Trump, USA Today reports. Hunter Hess, a US freestyle halfpipe skier at the 2026 Winter Games in Italy, said ahead of the opening ceremony that competing for the United States brings...

Netanyahu, Trump to Meet About Iran

US negotiators held talks with Iran's on Friday

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is heading to Washington next week, with Iran will be front and center. On Wednesday, his office said, he'll meet with President Trump to discuss the ongoing negotiations between the US and Iran, Reuters reports. Those talks are unfolding indirectly: US and Iranian officials...

Trump Yanks Back Obama Protections in Atlantic

Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument will open for commercial fishing

(Newser) - President Trump has again moved to open a protected ocean area to commercial fishing, this time targeting the only national marine monument in the Atlantic. In a proclamation issued on Friday, Trump authorized commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, roughly 130 miles off Cape Cod...

Trump on Racist Obama Post: 'I Didn't Make a Mistake'

No apology for post from his account showing Obamas as apes, though he says he condemns it

(Newser) - President Trump's racist social media post featuring former President Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted Friday after bipartisan backlash calling the video offensive. However, Trump said later Friday he won't apologize for the post. "I didn't make a mistake,...

After Bipartisan Backlash, Trump Deletes Video

White House says racist video depicting Obamas as apes was 'erroneously' posted by staffer

(Newser) - President Trump hit delete Friday after posting a video that Democrats and some of his Republican allies called racist. The minute-long clip, shared in a Truth Social post late Thursday, pushed claims about 2020 election fraud before ending with Barack and Michelle Obama's faces pasted onto cartoon apes as...

Video Posted by Trump Portrays Obamas as Apes

White House dismisses criticism, calls video part of Lion King meme context

(Newser) - President Trump went on a Truth Social posting spree overnight, and one of the videos he put up includes a clip of Barack and Michelle Obama depicted as apes. Democrats are incredulous, while the White House is accusing them of "fake outrage." The details:
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Trump May Be Aiming to Add Name to Penn Station, Dulles

Multiple reports say White House requested the move in talks over New York infrastructure funds

(Newser) - President Trump may not be done adding his name to landmarks. Several reports say the White House asked Chuck Schumer to add the president's name to Penn Station and to Dulles airport in DC during talks on federal funding for a major New York infrastructure project. Punchbowl News first...

Trump Unveils Site for Cash, Direct-to-Consumer Drug Sales

TrumpRx platform mostly is intended for patients not using insurance coverage

(Newser) - President Trump has introduced a new government website, TrumpRx , designed to help patients buy discounted prescription drugs sold directly by pharmaceutical companies or through pharmacy coupons. The platform, announced Thursday, is aimed largely at people willing to pay cash and skip using their insurance; administration officials say it could especially...

Anti-ICE Chant From Crowd Throws Wrestlers for a Loop

Las Vegas fans echo challenger Brody King's stance

(Newser) - A Las Vegas wrestling crowd briefly turned a title bout into a political rally Wednesday night, erupting into an anti-ICE chant that stopped the action. Before the opening bell of the AEW World Championship Eliminator Match, a loud, repeated, expletive-laced chant targeting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement spread through the...

Trump Calls Out a 'Moron' at National Prayer Breakfast

He discusses Thomas Massie, alleged retaliation against enemies, and making it into heaven

(Newser) - President Trump dipped into politics at Thursday's National Prayer Breakfast, maybe most notably by referring to a GOP representative as a "moron," reports the Hill . Trump targeted Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie during his remarks in Washington, telling attendees at the annual bipartisan event that Massie is a...

Trump Says He Had 'Excellent' Talk With Xi

Presidents discuss Iran, Taiwan, soybeans

(Newser) - President Trump said Wednesday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the situation in Iran in an "excellent" wide-ranging call as the US administration pushes Beijing and others to further isolate Tehran. Trump said the two leaders discussed a broad range of other critical issues in the US-China...

Routh Will Spend Life in Prison for Trying to Shoot Trump

He aimed a rifle through shrubbery at golf course in September 2024

(Newser) - A man convicted of trying to assassinate President Trump on a Florida golf course in 2024 was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison. US District Judge Aileen Cannon pronounced Ryan Routh's fate in the same Fort Pierce courtroom that erupted into chaos in September when he tried to stab...

More Parents Rebuff a Key Vitamin K Shot for Newborns

Doctors blame misinformation, anti-vaccine rhetoric for refusal on shot, which helps prevent brain bleeds

(Newser) - Pediatric providers say that newborns in the United States are increasingly leaving the hospital without a long-standard vitamin shot that prevents dangerous bleeding, reports the New York Times . The injection delivers vitamin K, which infants lack at birth and don't get in sufficient amounts from the placenta or breast...

Toppled Columbus Statue Finds New Life at White House

Rebuilt Baltimore monument would mark latest culture-war change to the grounds

(Newser) - Christopher Columbus may soon be watching over the White House lawn. President Trump is moving to place a Columbus statue on the south side of the grounds near E Street, according to three people familiar with the plans, in what would be the latest high-profile tweak to the presidential complex,...

Trump Administration Unveils Coal Mascot 'Coalie'

OSMRE spokesperson 'Coalie' isn't getting a great reception

(Newser) - The Trump administration is hoping a grinning cartoon lump of coal can help revive a dying industry . The character, "Coalie," was unveiled in an image posted on X by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who called the mascot a "spokesperson" for President Trump's "American Energy Dominance...

Feds Barred From Using Tear Gas on ICE Protesters

Temporary order bans chemical, projectile munitions in Portland, Ore., in most cases

(Newser) - Federal officers are temporarily barred from using tear gas at protests outside a Portland immigration building, an Oregon judge ruled Tuesday, just days after agents fired gas into a crowd of demonstrators that local officials described as peaceful and which included young children. US District Judge Michael Simon ordered federal...

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