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Sources: Trump Weighs Ending Iran War Without Hormuz Open

Decision could prolong Iran's control of key global oil chokepoint, sources say

(Newser) - President Trump is signaling to aides he's ready to declare victory over Iran without fully reopening one of the world's most critical oil routes, according to sources who spoke to the Wall Street Journal . Administration officials tell reporters Trump has privately said he's prepared to wind down...

Florida on Board to Rename Palm Beach Airport for Trump

DeSantis signs bill, but FAA must still sign off

(Newser) - A Florida airport is on track for a high-profile name swap, USA Today reports. Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed a bill to rechristen Palm Beach International Airport in honor of President Trump, who lives at his nearby Mar-a-Lago resort. The longtime New Yorker, who previously lived in the Trump...

Trump Lashes Out at 'Stupid' Courts Ahead of Birthright Case

'Dumb Judges and Justices will not a great Country make'

(Newser) - President Trump is again taking aim at the courts—this time as the Supreme Court prepares to weigh one of his most controversial executive orders. In a Monday Truth Social post, the president blasted what he called a "stupid" judicial system and "dumb judges and justices" as the...

SCOTUS Could Overturn 128 Years of Precedent

Birthright citizenship fight revives 1898 case of Wong Kim Ark

(Newser) - More than a century ago, the US Supreme Court ruled that Wong Kim Ark was a US citizen. That 1898 case, in which the government tried to block Wong from returning to his country of birth after a visit to China, recognized that the 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship to anyone...

Report: Trump Wants to Go After Iran's Uranium

Plan to seize a half-ton of enriched uranium seen as high-risk escalation, reports WSJ

(Newser) - President Trump is actively considering a ground operation inside Iran to haul out nearly half a ton of enriched uranium, US officials say—a mission military experts describe as exposed and highly risky. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the plan under discussion would send American forces into at least...

Cory Booker: Democrats Have 'Failed'

Senator calls for new leadership focused on repairing divisions

(Newser) - Sen. Cory Booker thinks his own party is coming up short. In an interview on NBC 's Meet the Press tied to his new book, the New Jersey Democrat said the party has "failed this moment," arguing that internal "purity tests" have shrunk its coalition to one "too small to...

Trump's New Comments on War Lift Wall Street

President cites progress in talks, but also adds a threat of heavier bombardment

(Newser) - President Trump on Monday suggested that peace talks were making progress, but he also threatened to expand bombardment of Iran should those talks collapse. In a Truth Social post, Trump said the US was negotiating with a "new, and more reasonable, regime," but he warned that a deal...

US Troop Buildup in Middle East Tops 50K

Surge comes amid talk of possible special operation ground raids

(Newser) - The US troop presence in the Middle East has quietly swelled to a level not seen in decades, now hovering above 50,000. The latest additions: 2,500 Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and 2,500 sailors, plus about 2,000 paratroopers from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division,...

Trump Has 'No Problem' With Russian Tanker Bringing Oil to Cuba

President says 'somebody' should get oil to Cuba

(Newser) - President Trump on Sunday night said he has "no problem" with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a US oil blockade, the AP reports. "We have a tanker out there. We don'...

Trump-Modi Call on Iran War Includes Musk

Leaders report discussing Strait of Hormuz

(Newser) - Elon Musk joined a phone call this week between President Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the war with Iran, according to two US officials, an uncommon role for a private citizen on a sensitive wartime discussion. The officials said it was not clear why Musk was included...

Tiger Woods Out on Bail, With Words From Trump

'I feel so badly. He's got some difficulty,' president says of golfer after latest car accident

(Newser) - Tiger Woods was released on bail late Friday, hours after his Land Rover clipped a truck and rolled onto its side, leading to his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence, officials said. Woods had been traveling at "high speeds" on a residential road and after the crash...

Minnesota Is at Center of Saturday's 'No Kings' Protest

Organizers predict 9M-plus at rallies across the nation demonstrating against Trump administration

(Newser) - Organizers of Saturday's "No Kings" rallies across the US predict that the protests against the Trump administration could result in one of the largest demonstrations in US history, with Minnesota at center stage. Organizers say more than 3,100 events are registered in all 50 states, with 9...

Report: ICE Chief Has Been Hospitalized Twice for Stress

Officials say Todd Lyons once became so agitated that a bodyguard fetched a defibrillator to be safe

(Newser) - The man charged with executing President Trump's hard-line immigration crackdown has, by multiple accounts, been buckling under the strain. Acting ICE chief Todd Lyons has been hospitalized at least twice over the past seven months for stress-related problems, current and former administration officials tell Politico , once growing so distressed...

Iran Hits Saudi Military Base, Injuring 10 US Service Members

Two of those service members are seriously hurt, officials say; planes also reportedly damaged

(Newser) - An Iranian missile attack on Friday wounded at least 10 US service members and damaged several planes at a military base in Saudi Arabia, according to two US officials familiar with the situation. Two of the troops were seriously wounded, one of the officials said. The attack on Prince Sultan...

Forbes Has a New Estimate of Trump's Net Worth

Magazine attributes $3B jump to crypto, branding deals

(Newser) - President Trump's bank account, at least on paper, is looking markedly fatter in Forbes' latest deep dive . The magazine pegs the president's net worth at $7.3 billion as of September—up $3 billion in a year—largely on the back of postelection crypto gains and a stock...

Trump Signs Order to Pay TSA Workers

Directive comes after measure to end funding impasse stalls in Congress

(Newser) - President Trump is stepping around Congress to get airport security workers paid. He signed a directive on Friday ordering the Department of Homeland Security to pay TSA employees, reports the Wall Street Journal . Details were not immediately clear on when the money would move. Technically, Trump doesn't appear to...

Report: US May Send 10K More Troops to MidEast

Trump says he has extended deadline for Iran to reopen Strait of Hormuz

(Newser) - The Pentagon is reportedly eyeing a major troop boost in the Middle East even as the White House talks up possible diplomacy with Iran. The Wall Street Journal , citing Pentagon officials "with knowledge of the planning," reports that the Defense Department is considering sending as many as 10,...

Trump Casts His Eye Toward Historic Treaty Room

President asked preservation committee members on tour if it would make a nice guest suite

(Newser) - President Trump is weighing another change to the White House, talking about converting the historic Treaty Room into a guest bedroom with an updated bathroom, the New York Times reports. The room, located in the second-floor residential quarters, has served as a Cabinet meeting space, a presidential office, and the...

Trump Explains 'Big Present' From Iran

He says officials let oil tankers sail through Strait of Hormuz as a gesture of good faith

(Newser) - During Thursday's Cabinet meeting, President Trump explained the " very big present " he said the US had received from Iran on Tuesday. The president said Iran had agreed to let Pakistan-flagged oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz as a gesture of good faith, the Telegraph reports....

ICE Agents Now Checking IDs at Airports

Immigration officers expand duties to ease TSA crunch

(Newser) - ICE officers are now checking IDs alongside TSA at the nation's airports, part of a push to try to ease long lines amid the partial government shutdown, reports the Hill . Acting TSA chief Ha Nguyen McNeill told lawmakers on Wednesday that ICE officers have trained for several days in...

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