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Trump Loved Hegseth's News Conference on Iran

'One of the greatest ... and most confirming' he's ever seen, says president

(Newser) - Defense chief Pete Hegseth and Dan Caine, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, held a rare Pentagon news conference on Thursday to discuss and praise the airstrikes on Iran, and they had one particularly influential viewer—their boss:
  • "One of the greatest, most professional, and most 'confirming'
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House GOP Balks as Senate Rewrites Trump Tax Bill

Senate changes on Medicaid, SALT drive Republican backlash

(Newser) - House Republicans are threatening to derail a sweeping tax and immigration bill backed by President Trump and Senate GOP leaders, citing major changes to the original House version. The Senate's rewrite of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act adds deeper Medicaid cuts, which detractors warn could hurt rural...

Trump Considers a Move to Undermine Fed Chief

President may announce his pick to replace Powell earlier than normal

(Newser) - President Trump is considering an early announcement of his pick to succeed Fed Chair Jerome Powell in a bid to undermine the man he calls "a very stupid person" for not cutting interest rates. Powell's term doesn't end until May. A replacement is usually announced three to...

After Leak, Administration to Tell Congress Less

Officials say release of assessment on Iran bombing was meant to undercut Trump

(Newser) - Unhappy with the leak of a preliminary assessment of the damage done to Iran's nuclear facilities in a US bombing that disagrees with his own, President Trump plans to restrict the classified information his administration shares with Congress. "We are declaring a war on leakers," a senior...

Trump Assails Spain After NATO Meeting

Says country will see heftier tariffs if they don't agree to higher defense spending

(Newser) - President Trump said Wednesday that he was leaving the NATO summit with "a little bit different" view of NATO after seeing the "unbelievable ... love" and "passion" world leaders showed for their countries, reports the Guardian . That generous view didn't extend to Spain, which wouldn't agree...

Trump's F-Bomb Set Him Up for Some Late-Night Riffs

Stephen Colbert suggests president was 'projecting' with his expletive-containing comment

(Newser) - President Trump's live TV f-bomb dominated late-night punch lines on Tuesday, with hosts airing the clip in which the president, on White House grounds, told reporters that Iran and Israel "don't know what the f--- they're doing" after violating a ceasefire.
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! : "That'
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NATO Agrees to Trump's Funding Demand

US has been demanding that other nations pay more, at least 5% of their GDP

(Newser) - NATO leaders on Wednesday agreed on a massive hike in defense spending after pressure from President Trump, per the AP . The 32 leaders endorsed a final summit statement saying: "Allies commit to invest 5% of GDP annually on core defense requirements as well as defense- and security-related spending by...

Trump References Hiroshima in Iran Strike Comments

Said both brought conflicts to an end

(Newser) - After swinging at reports that America's bombs dealt a relatively minor setback to Iran's nuclear problem, President Trump described the US strike on Iran in historic terms: by likening it to the war-ending decision to drop atomic weapons on Japan. The Guardian reports that while at the NATO...

Trump Contradicts Intel Assessment of US Strikes

President says Iran's program was set back 'decades,' not months

(Newser) - President Trump apparently isn't putting much stock into reports that America's bombs dealt a relatively minor setback to Iran's nuclear problem. When asked about the matter at the NATO summit in the Netherlands on Wednesday, Trump countered that Iran's program was likely set back "decades,...

Trump Shares 'Fawning' Message From NATO Chief

'You will achieve something NO American president in decades could get done,' Rutte says

(Newser) - President Trump flew to the Netherlands for a NATO summit on Tuesday—but NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte didn't wait for his arrival to start praising him. In a private message the president shared in a Truth Social post, Rutte congratulated Trump for his "decisive action in Iran,"...

How the Iran-Israel Ceasefire Came Together

Trump spoke with Netanyahu, then a Qatari official, who relayed the message to Iran

(Newser) - One name is emerging as a key figure in helping President Trump secure a ceasefire between Israel and Iran—the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. A rough chronology, from various reports.
  • On Monday afternoon, shortly after Iran's relatively low-key retaliation against the US, Trump called
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Trump Drops an F-Bomb Venting at Iran, Israel

They don't know 'what the f--- they are doing,' he says after reports of ceasefire violations

(Newser) - Before he set out for the NATO summit in Europe on Tuesday, President Trump made clear he wasn't happy with reports that the Iran-Israeli ceasefire had already been violated. But the full extent of his remarks—including an f-bomb—show just how unhappy he was:
  • "We basically have
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ICE Messes With Wife, Dad of Marine Corps Veterans

'It's just a hell of a way to treat a veteran,' says legal rep for one family

(Newser) - A US Marine Corps veteran said he was shocked to see a video on social media of his father, a landscaper in Southern California, being beaten by masked US Border Patrol officers as he was pinned to the ground during an immigration arrest, the AP reports. The Saturday arrest of...

Trump: Iran, Israel Have Agreed to &#39;Total Ceasefire&#39;
Trump Announces Iran,
Israel Ceasefire Deal
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Trump Announces Iran, Israel Ceasefire Deal

Neither nation immediately confirms agreement, and airstrikes haven't stopped

(Newser) - President Trump called for "Peace and Harmony" in the Middle East after Iran fired missiles at a US base in Qatar on Monday—and soon afterward, he announced that a ceasefire deal had been reached between Israel and Iran. He said that the agreement would take effect after both...

Trump Calls for 'Harmony' After 'Weak' Iranian Attack

President says nobody was injured in Iran's response to bombing of nuclear facilities

(Newser) - Iran fired missiles at the largest US military base in the Middle East on Monday—but President Trump signaled that the US does not plan to retaliate. He said "hardly any damage was done" by the barrage of missiles fired at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar. Trump said...

Trump: 'Everyone, Keep Oil Prices Down'

'I'm watching,' he says

(Newser) - Oil prices have remained relatively stable despite US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites—and President Trump wants them to stay that way.
  • "EVERYONE, KEEP OIL PRICES DOWN. I'M WATCHING!" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Monday. "YOU'RE PLAYING RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF THE
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Trump Aims to Oust GOP Congressman After Criticism

Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky called attacks on Iran unconstitutional

(Newser) - GOP Rep. Thomas Massie has apparently ticked off President Trump one too many times. The president's political operation has launched a campaign to oust the Kentucky Republican, reports Axios .
  • The 54-year-old Massie has libertarian views and a history of opposing Trump's initiatives , notes Time . Most recently, he was
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Trump's Two-Week Deadline Wasn't Real

President was already all but certain he would authorize strikes on Iran, say multiple accounts

(Newser) - Several outlets are offering behind-the-scenes accounts of how and when President Trump gave the green light to bomb Iranian nuclear sites , and they're unanimous about one key point. When Trump said on Thursday that he would make a decision within two weeks, the deadline was a deliberate deception to...

Mahmoud Khalil Addresses Supporters, Describes Detention

The US permanent resident is back home, says detention 'felt like kidnapping'

(Newser) - Mahmoud Khalil gave his first interview since being released from ICE detention to the New York Times , and he tells the newspaper the moment he was taken into custody "felt like kidnapping." The 30-year-old Palestinian, a US permanent resident with a green card, was in the lobby of...

Experts Suggest Iran Strike Is 'Incomplete'

Even as Trump insists sites were 'obliterated'

(Newser) - President Trump late Sunday used the word "obliteration" to describe what the US strikes did to Iran's nuclear facilities, but that's not what some early assessments indicate.
  • Trump's post on Truth Social: "Monumental Damage was done to all Nuclear sites in Iran, as shown by
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