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Trump Picks Critic to Run Bureau of Labor Statistics

EJ Antoni had called for Trump to fire Erika McEntarfer

(Newser) - President Trump has turned to the Heritage Foundation for an ally to oversee the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after accusing the last commissioner without evidence of manipulating jobs report data and firing her . EJ Antoni, chief economist at the foundation and a Project 2025 contributor, has been a staunch critic...

DC Attorney General: Trump Move 'Unlawful'

Democrat Brian Schwalb says violent crime is down in the district

(Newser) - After President Trump put DC's police force under federal control and announced he'd be deploying the National Guard as well, District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb slammed the move, per the AP . "The administration's actions are unprecedented, unnecessary, and unlawful," said Schwalb, a Democrat....

Trump Sees 'Land Swapping' as Key to Ukraine Peace

President says he will tell Putin, 'You've got to end this war'

(Newser) - President Trump said Monday that Russia and Ukraine must agree to "land swapping" in order to end their war, reports the BBC . However, he didn't provide details, and both the BBC and Reuters point out that while Russia holds a large swath of Ukrainian territory in the east,...

Analysis: Historic Shift Is Happening With American Capitalism

Trump's variant is labeled 'state capitalism with American characteristics'

(Newser) - A Wall Street Journal analysis by Greg Ip sees a pronounced, even historic, shift happening under President Trump. As recently as a generation ago, the thinking was that China's economy would begin to resemble America's more and more. "Instead, capitalism in America is starting to look like...

Trump Sending National Guard Onto Streets of DC

President says crime in the capital is out of control, though stats seems to undermine that

(Newser) - President Trump is deploying the National Guard onto the streets of Washington, DC, and placing the district's Metropolitan Police Department under temporary federal control, reports the Washington Post , which describes the moves as an "extraordinary flex of federal power."
  • "I'm announcing a historic action to
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Trump Golf Resort Uproots Vietnam Farmers

Villagers offered little cash and rice to leave fertile farmland

(Newser) - Plans for a $1.5 billion Trump-branded golf resort in Vietnam are sparking anxiety among local farmers who say they are being forced off their land with little compensation. Nguyen Thi Huong, a farmer in Hung Yen province near Hanoi, was told to vacate her small plot for a...

Trump to DC&#39;s Homeless: Get Out Now
Trump to DC's
Homeless: Get Out Now
Aug 11, 2025 6:25 AM CDT

Trump to DC's Homeless: Get Out Now

He vows to make Washington 'the most beautiful Capital in the World'

(Newser) - President Trump has ordered homeless people to move out of Washington, DC, "immediately." "We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital," he wrote Sunday morning on Truth Social , not long after arriving at his Virginia golf club from the White House, the...

Trump Is Rearranging White House Portraits Again: Sources

Portraits of Obama, both Bushes reportedly moved to a less-prominent area

(Newser) - In a move that highlights persistent tensions between the current president and his predecessors, President Trump has relocated official portraits of Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and George H.W. Bush to less visible spots in the White House. According to sources cited by CNN , the Obama portrait now...

FBI Agents Will Patrol DC Streets Amid Trump Crackdown

Agents from specialized divisions pulled for overnight crime-fighting shift: sources

(Newser) - Sources say the FBI is sending 120 agents to patrol the streets of Washington, DC, as President Trump threatens a federal crackdown on crime and vows to "clear out" the city's homeless—sparking tension between local and federal authorities over the future of policing in the nation'...

US May Invite Zelensky to Alaska Summit, Too

Putin and Trump meet next week

(Newser) - As President Trump prepares for a high-stakes summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, NBC News reports that the White House is weighing a surprise move: inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to join the talks. "It's being discussed," a person briefed on the discussions tells the outlet....

European Leaders Counter Putin's Ceasefire Proposal

Ukraine joins meeting of those not invited to Alaska

(Newser) - Ukrainian and European leaders shut out of the upcoming presidential summit in Alaska held their own meeting on Saturday with US officials, in an effort to understand the American and Russian positions on peace talks and make their own clear. The session was hosted by Vice President JD Vance and...

Armenia-Azerbaijan Deal Names New Route for Trump

Peace deal squeezes out Iran and Russia

(Newser) - The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan shook hands at a White House peace summit before signing an agreement aimed at ending decades of conflict. President Trump was in the middle on Friday as Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan flanked him on either side. As the...

Trump Is Thinking About Reclassifying Marijuana

Cannabis industry donations, lobbying fuel push for policy shift that would reclassifiy drug

(Newser) - President Trump is considering a shift on marijuana policy that could see the drug reclassified as less dangerous—a move that pot industry leaders have aggressively lobbied for, and that could open the door to looser regulations and more profits for cannabis companies. The push gained steam after Trump...

Report: Putin Wants Eastern Ukraine in Deal to Stop War

Ukrainian President Zelensky's reply: 'Ukrainians will not gift their land to the occupier'

(Newser) - President Trump says he's set to meet with Vladimir Putin on Friday in Alaska, with plans to discuss ending Russia's invasion of Ukraine, though the Russian leader seems to already have his asks in mind. The Wall Street Journal reports that Putin delivered a proposal this week to...

Trump Says He'll Meet Putin Next Week in Alaska

White House had said it would hold talks with Moscow even without Ukraine

(Newser) - President Trump announced Friday on social media that he'll meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 15 in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. More details will follow, Trump said, per the AP . Earlier in the day, Trump said their talks will include discussion of Russia...

Trump Ousts IRS Chief 2 Months Into His Tenure

Billy Long was seen as an untraditional choice from the start

(Newser) - President Trump has ousted Billy Long as IRS commissioner just two months into the job, marking the agency's sixth leadership change this year, the New York Times reports by way of sources. Reuters confirmed the report via an unnamed White House official. No reason has been given for...

Intel CEO Declines Trump&#39;s Call to Resign Over Ties to China
Intel CEO Resists Trump's Call
Aug 8, 2025 3:00 PM CDT

Intel CEO Resists Trump's Call

Lip-Bu Tan defends record, suggests administration has bad information about ties to China

(Newser) - Recently appointed Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is balking at President Trump's insistence that he resign over his past connections to Chinese tech companies. Trump made the demand in a post after a Republican senator questioned Tan's ties to China's government, military, and businesses, calling Tan "...

Trump Eyes Massive IPO for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

IPO could raise $30B, reshape mortgage market control

(Newser) - The Trump administration is advancing plans to take mortgage behemoths Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac public in an IPO that could fetch around $30 billion and potentially value the duo at $500 billion or more, possibly by later this year, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. Officials are...

Justice Department Subpoenas Trump Foe Letitia James

Feds investigating whether New York state attorney general violated Trump's civil rights

(Newser) - President Trump's Justice Department is going after one of his most prominent foes: New York state Attorney General Letitia James. The department has issued two subpoenas to James, report the New York Times and the AP .
  • One subpoena focuses on James' widely publicized civil fraud case against Trump , which
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Trump OKs Military Action on Latin American Drug Cartels

Move signals a shift from law enforcement to military involvement

(Newser) - President Trump has quietly authorized the Pentagon to use military force against certain Latin American drug cartels, stepping up an already aggressive push to label these organizations as foreign terrorist threats. The directive, confirmed to the New York Times by sources familiar with internal discussions, paves the way for...

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