• 'No serious dispute' that Comey's seashell post could be read as a Trump threat, prosecutors say

    'No serious dispute' that Comey's seashell post could be read as a Trump threat, prosecutors say

    Aug 19, 2026 03:57 PM EDT

    ... months after an earlier and unrelated case against him was dismissed, part of a Trump retribution campaign targeting one of the president’s vocal critics. Trump fired Comey as head of the FBI in 2017 as Comey was overseeing an investigation into potential ties between Trump's 2016 presidential campaign ...

  • Kennedy Center tells court it won't try to restore Trump's name to the building before Sept. 8

    Kennedy Center tells court it won't try to restore Trump's name to the building before Sept. 8

    Aug 19, 2026 03:40 PM EDT

    Cooper ruled in May that letters affixed to the building spelling out Trump’s name were added illegally and he ordered their removal, a decision that the administration failed to persuade courts to overturn. Since then, a tarp has covered the area where the letters were once installed, frustrating those ...

  • Trump says U.S. and Canada reached last-minute deal to delay 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports

    Trump says U.S. and Canada reached last-minute deal to delay 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports

    Aug 19, 2026 03:27 PM EDT

    ... certainty a signed interim agreement would provide. “This limbo state is not anyone’s preferred outcome,” she said, urging negotiators to reach a deal quickly. Trump’s approach to dealing with Canada marks an extraordinary departure from the traditionally cooperative relationship between the two countries. Trump has hit Canadian goods ...

  • South Korea relationship shift highlights Trump's transactional approach to allies

    South Korea relationship shift highlights Trump's transactional approach to allies

    Aug 18, 2026 10:30 PM EDT

    President Trump is straining one of America’s closest alliances after scaling back joint military exercises with South Korea. He cited their cost, his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Seoul’s refusal to join the Iran war. It's the latest example of Trump taking a transactional approach to alliances. Geoff Bennett discussed more...

  • Judge blocks the Trump administration from moving FBI headquarters out of Maryland to DC office building

    Judge blocks the Trump administration from moving FBI headquarters out of Maryland to DC office building

    Aug 18, 2026 10:13 PM EDT

    A U.S. judge on Monday blocked plans to move the FBI's headquarters to a federal office building in Washington, finding that President Donald Trump's administration illegally tossed out a previously approved plan to build a new facility nearby in Maryland. The ruling is the latest development in ...

  • Trump cast a mail ballot in Florida's primary despite spreading falsehoods about mail voting fraud

    Trump cast a mail ballot in Florida's primary despite spreading falsehoods about mail voting fraud

    Aug 18, 2026 08:35 PM EDT

    ... time Trump voted by mail during this term of his presidency. He cast a mail ballot in a March special state house election. In 2020, Trump voted by mail in the primaries. As a New Yorker, he also sometimes voted absentee. In 2004, when Trump couldn’t figure out his ...

  • Why is Trump threatening to bomb Oman?

    Why is Trump threatening to bomb Oman?

    Aug 18, 2026 08:02 PM EDT

    ... described the talks as “proceeding in a positive and constructive atmosphere,” while in the same statement condemning repeated attacks on ships transiting the strait. WATCH: Trump says USS Lincoln's deployment was 'not nearly long enough' After a meeting Tuesday between Oman’s foreign minister and his Egyptian counterpart, Egypt ...

  • Trump is taking credit for sharply declining drug prices. The reality is more complex

    Trump is taking credit for sharply declining drug prices. The reality is more complex

    Aug 18, 2026 06:52 PM EDT

    ... Warren of Massachusetts last week questioned that claim in a letter to the Trump administration, saying Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has admitted that TrumpRx doesn’t store patient, health or prescription information. “Without this information, the accuracy of any claim of savings made by the Trump administration is ...

  • U.S. and Canada hold last-minute negotiations to prevent Trump's 50% tariffs

    U.S. and Canada hold last-minute negotiations to prevent Trump's 50% tariffs

    Aug 18, 2026 03:26 PM EDT

    ... sanctions, no investigation is required. Nor is there any limit on how long the tariffs can stay in place. In announcing the Section 338 tariffs, Trump claimed that Canada discriminates against American exports of autos, alcohol and cheese. Trump is angry because Canada and China were the only countries that ...

  • Florida holds primaries for governor and Congress, testing Trump's grip on adopted state

    Florida holds primaries for governor and Congress, testing Trump's grip on adopted state

    Aug 18, 2026 02:40 PM EDT

    ... and dominate, then Democrats could be facing another rough fall campaign. Miami-Dade will be especially notable. Democrats carried the county comfortably through 2016, when Trump lost it to Hillary Clinton by 30 percentage points. Four years later, Trump closed the gap to 7 points before carrying it in 2024 ...