President Donald Trump

September 18, 2026 8:27 AM

Trump says progress made toward establishing US Army base in Poland

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that progress is being made toward establishing a US Army base in Poland, crediting "the bold leadership" of Polish President Karol Nawrocki. "If this happens, the location will be announced very soon. This will be a historic step for our Great U.S./Polish Alliance," Trump said in a post on Truth Social. Nawrocki later thanked Trump on X, saying that Poland was "ready to continue our efforts to strengthen our defense cooperation," and adding: "I can assu...

September 17, 2026 10:40 AM

US officials met Iran-backed Houthis in Oman over the weekend, sources say

US officials met representatives of Yemen's Houthis in Oman over the weekend, five sources familiar with the matter said, days after the Iran-backed militia seized a strategic stretch of the Red Sea coast in a sweeping offensive that routed Saudi-backed forces. The meeting, which has not been made public, was held at the US Embassy in Muscat, three of the sources said on the condition of anonymity. Two sources said that Oman's government, a longtime regional mediator, helped organise the meetin...

September 15, 2026 8:48 AM

Trump dismisses AI safety alarm, says US already has tools to police industry

President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. already has guardrails in place to regulate and prosecute AI companies, appearing to play down concerns expressed by industry leaders about the misuse of artificial intelligence harming people. Public alarm about the potential danger posed by AI is growing, after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said last week he had resigned, in part because the "people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade." AI-rela...

September 10, 2026 12:59 PM

Trump says Iran war to end after US midterm elections, threatens to attack Pickaxe Mountain

President Donald Trump said he expected the war with Iran to end after the November U.S. midterm elections and threatened again to attack a site associated with the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme after the two sides launched their biggest wave of attacks on shipping since the start of the six-month-old war. Tensions in the region were high, with Saudi civil defence authorities on Thursday issuing emergency alerts in the southwest city of Khamis Mushait for the fourth time in 24 hours, as ...

September 10, 2026 9:00 AM

Trump offers $5,000 to every American if Republicans win midterm elections

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would pay every American adult a $5,000 "Trump dividend" if Republicans retain control of Congress in November's midterm election, an extraordinary attempt to persuade voters to back his party. Trump made the proposal at his Republican Party's first-ever midterm convention, but it was not immediately clear how the payments would work or whether they would be legal. With approximately 270 million U.S. adults, the idea would cost around $1.35 trillion. ...

September 9, 2026 8:34 AM

US to ban Canadian motorcycle, dairy, alcohol imports as trade war sizzles

The United States banned a broad swath of Canadian alcoholic beverages, motorcycles and dairy products from import on Tuesday, sharply escalating an already acrimonious trade spat. The import bans, which go into effect on September 29 and were published on the White House's website, came after Canada's own retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods took effect after midnight on Tuesday. Those Canadian levies themselves followed 50% tariffs that the United States imposed on some $20 billion of Canadian ...

September 4, 2026 11:12 AM

No talks with Iran until attacks on commercial ships stop: US

The United States will not hold negotiations with Iran until Tehran stops attacking commercial ships, US Vice President J.D. Vance has said, warning that Washington could use economic, military, diplomatic and covert pressure to protect global energy supplies and prevent Iran from rebuilding its nuclear programme. "The President's been very clear, we're not talking to them and we're not going to talk to them unless they stop shooting at commercial shipping," Vance said at a White House press br...

September 3, 2026 9:46 AM

Judge blocks Trump’s new bid to curb birthright citizenship, citing Supreme Court precedent

A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump's latest attempt to limit birthright citizenship, granting a preliminary injunction against an executive order that the administration said would target “birth tourism.” US District Judge Deborah L Boardman in Maryland on Wednesday issued the injunction until a class-action lawsuit brought by immigrant families and advocacy groups is resolved. “The Supreme Court has spoken: Children in the certified class are citizens at birth,” Boardm...

August 31, 2026 2:32 PM

Google Maps now show ‘Lake America’ in US, not ‘Lake Ontario’

Google Maps has changed the name of "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" for U.S. users to reflect President Donald Trump's executive order renaming the lake, according to a Google statement. Trump announced on Thursday that he was changing the name of the smallest of the five Great Lakes, part of an escalating trade feud with Canada that has prompted the two countries to impose reciprocal tariffs on billions of dollars in goods. The president's order affects the U.S. Geographic Names Information ...

August 31, 2026 9:33 AM

Trump says Iran’s Kharg is being ‘blown to smithereens’, but gives no details

Iran's energy hub of Kharg Island is being blown to smithereens, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday in a one-line social media post accompanied by an AI-generated video clip. There was no other evidence that the Iranian energy hub was under attack. The White House and the U.S. Defense Department did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment outside regular business hours. There was no immediate response to Trump's post on Iranian media. "Kharg Island being blown to smith...