Tuesday, 26 August 2025

Trump announced he is moving to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, claiming she committed mortgage fraud. Cook's legal team countered that Trump has no authority to remove her, and she plans to sue the administration, setting up a significant legal battle over Fed independence.

Trump threatened to impose tariffs on countries that discriminate against U.S. technology companies, citing potential levies against the UK's digital services tax and EU states including France, Italy, and Spain.

International postal services, including those from Australia and Europe, suspended deliveries to the U.S. following Trump's removal of a rule that exempted parcels valued under $800 from his tariffs.

The Trump administration agreed to restore $6.8 billion in education funding after a lawsuit by 23 states led by California's attorney general, settling claims that federal education funds had been withheld.

A federal court dismissed Trump's lawsuit against Maryland judges over deportations, with a Trump-nominated judge ruling that Maryland judges are constitutionally immune from suits over their judicial actions.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met with Trump, encouraging the president to engage with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un while discussing U.S. military presence in Korea.

Democratic governors, including Gavin Newsom of California, JB Pritzker of Illinois, and Wes Moore of Maryland, clashed with Trump over his proposals to deploy federal forces to address crime, with Pritzker mocking Trump's health after Trump criticized his weight.

Trump demanded nothing less than $500 million from Harvard University during a cabinet meeting with his education secretary, continuing his dispute with the university over diversity-related issues.

The NAACP sued Texas over congressional redistricting, arguing that redrawn maps strip Black voters of political power and violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

A whistleblower alleged that staff from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uploaded sensitive Social Security data belonging to hundreds of millions of Americans to a vulnerable cloud server.