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SCOTUS Says Transgender Military Ban Can Proceed

Court's 3 liberal justices dissent

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed President Trump's administration to enforce a ban on transgender people in the military while legal challenges proceed. The court's three liberal justices said they would have kept the policy on hold, the AP reports. The court acted in the dispute over a...

Carney: Canada Is 'Not for Sale.' Trump: 'Never Say Never'

Canadian leader meets with president in the Oval Office

(Newser) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited President Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday, and the public portion of their meeting might be captured in two lines:
  • Carney: "It's not for sale," the prime minister said of Canada, reports the New York Times . "It won't
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Trump: Imprisoned County Clerk Must Go Free

Demands Tina Peters be freed in Colorado after her conviction on tampering with voting machines

(Newser) - President Trump is calling for the release from prison of a former county clerk in Colorado who breached voting machine protocols back in 2020. Trump can't pardon Tina Peters because she was convicted of state crimes, explains 9NEWS . But he can ramp up pressure on state officials, which is...

To Help Hollywood, Newsom Wants to Work With Trump

California governor suggests $750M federal film tax credit program

(Newser) - Weeks after suing the Trump administration over President Trump's troublesome tariffs, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is offering to work with the White House. After Trump suggested putting 100% tariffs on foreign films to revitalize the American film industry, Newsom on Monday offered to partner with the administration to create...

Trump Responds to Brouhaha Over Fake Pope Photo

Says he didn't post it, but maintains 'Catholics loved it' and media can't take a joke

(Newser) - President Trump is shrugging off criticism about a fake photo that emerged over the weekend depicting him as pope. The image surfaced on Trump's Truth Social account, then got further circulated by the White House itself.
  • "I had nothing to do with it," Trump told reporters Monday
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MTG Suggests Trump Is Being Manipulated

'They think they can manipulate the president, but you can't manipulate the base'

(Newser) - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is not happy with the direction of the Trump administration, warning people "in the president's ear" are "lying to him." The Georgia Republican appeared on Steve Bannon's War Room on Monday and expanded on an X post from over the weekend,...

Trump Administration Makes Surprise Move on Mifepristone

Department of Justice is continuing Biden administration's legal course in lawsuit

(Newser) - In a perhaps surprising move from the Trump administration, the Department of Justice is continuing a legal course first plotted by the Biden administration in a case involving the abortion drug mifepristone. As CBS News reports, when the Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling in favor of the abortion pill...

Struggling With Tariffs, Mattel Agrees Prices Are Going Up

Trump has made dolls the face of Americans' trade war sacrifice

(Newser) - Mattel Inc., the maker of Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels cars, and other iconic toys, said Monday that it will raise prices for some products sold in the US—one of the steps it's taking to deal with President Trump's tariffs. The California company said the price increases are...

White House: 'No Final Decisions' on Movie Tariffs

'I'm not looking to hurt the industry; I want to help the industry,' Trump says

(Newser) - President Trump's Sunday night announcement that he plans to slap a "100% Tariff" on foreign films sent shockwaves through Hollywood, but he didn't provide details, and the White House didn't have many new ones to add on Monday. "Although no final decisions on foreign film...

Reopening Alcatraz Won't Be Cheap
Reopening Alcatraz
Won't Be Cheap
May 5, 2025 11:49 AM CDT

Reopening Alcatraz Won't Be Cheap

President Trump says it would symbolize law and order

(Newser) - Alcatraz, the former island prison in California's San Francisco Bay, hasn't accepted inmates in 60 years. The prison was closed in 1963 because it was too expensive to operate, "costing three times as much as most other federal prisons," per the San Jose Mercury News . It...

Former Proud Boys Leader Recounts Chat With Trump

Enrique Tarrio was at Mar-a-Lago with his mother

(Newser) - President Trump has countless meet-and-greets with guests at Mar-a-Lago, but one such encounter over the weekend stood out. Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and his mother spoke with Trump while at the Florida resort on Saturday night, reports the New York Times . Tarrio says he thanked the president for...

Trump's Surprise Tariff: Foreign Movies

President promises penalty on films made in 'foreign lands'

(Newser) - President Trump announced a new round of surprise tariffs Sunday, this time on the entertainment industry. "I am authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies coming into our Country that...

Trump: We're Making Alcatraz a Prison Again

Though it's not clear how president's plan might be carried out

(Newser) - President Trump announced Sunday that he's moving to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the former prison on an island in California's San Francisco Bay that shut its doors in 1963 and is currently a popular tourist destination. In a post on Truth Social, Trump directed federal agencies—including...

Trump Discounts Recession, Says 'I Don't Know' on Due Process

President also addresses a third term and dolls and strollers in interview

(Newser) - President Trump in an interview aired Sunday pushed back against analysts' predictions about a recession, said he might abandon Ukraine-Russia peace talks, and, despite the oath he took on Inauguration Day, deferred to his lawyers about whether the president is obligated to uphold the Constitution's due process guarantee. He...

Trump Budget Would End National Endowment for Arts
Trump's Next Target:
Arts Funding
May 3, 2025 4:35 PM CDT

Trump's Next Target: Arts Funding

Nonprofits receive emails saying their grants are canceled

(Newser) - President Trump already had eliminated most grants by the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities this term, after trying to shut them down in his first term. He returned to that goal in the budget proposal for the next fiscal year released Friday, the...

In a First, Judge Knocks Down Trump Order Against Law Firm

Action against Perkins Coie for political reasons is unconstitutional, ruling says

(Newser) - For the first time, a court has permanently blocked President Trump from punishing a law firm for political reasons. US District Judge Beryl Howell issued an injunction late Friday prohibiting the enforcement of any portion of Trump's order targeting Perkins Coie, along with a strong denunciation, NBC News reports....

Trump's Late-Night Pic of Himself as Pope Riles Internet

One self-described Trump supporter called the AI-created image 'disrespectful and insulting'

(Newser) - Just days after Pope Francis died last month, Donald Trump riffed that he'd like to be the next leader of the Catholic Church. Now, as the Vatican is gearing up for the conclave starting Wednesday that will select a new pontiff, the US president is extending the joke, this...

Republicans Rip Trump Budget, Especially the Defense Part

Senators say Congress will have to increase military spending

(Newser) - Three senior Republican senators responded with sharp criticism and sarcasm to President Trump's proposed 2026 budget on Friday, comparing the numbers to their party nominee's campaign promises about a strong national defense. The senators also suggested that since the final decision isn't Trump's, they'll take...

Trump Calls for $163B in Cuts Next Year

President also wants to increase defense spending

(Newser) - President Trump unveiled a 2026 budget plan on Friday that calls for sweeping cuts to federal programs and an increase in defense spending. Some key highlights follow, though the Wall Street Journal offers a reminder that any presidential blueprint is largely a "symbolic wish list" meant to lay out...

Trump Says He'll Rename Veterans Day

'We are going to start celebrating our victories again'

(Newser) - President Trump says he is renaming Veterans Day to celebrate victory—and he's giving Victory in Europe Day a new name as well. "Many of our allies and friends are celebrating May 8th as Victory Day, but we did more than any other Country, by far, in producing...

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