Friday, 28 August 2026

President Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' amid the ongoing trade war with Canada. The move drew criticism from Canadian officials, environmentalists, Native American groups including the Seneca Nation who cited treaty violations, and sparked widespread mockery on social media and among Canadian businesses.

Far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was detained by ICE at New Orleans airport for overstaying his visa after failing to appear at an immigration hearing in July. Yiannopoulos, a former Trump supporter, is being held for deportation to the United Kingdom.

Trump signed an executive order to create the U.S. Space Academy, a new military academy to serve the Space Force, NASA, and the civilian spaceflight industry. Trump also presented Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II astronauts.

A federal judge again denied President Trump's request to move his Manhattan criminal hush money case to federal court, saying his arguments were 'neither new nor legally sufficient.' This represents another legal setback in Trump's efforts to overturn his 2024 conviction.

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's Postal Service regulations designed to restrict mail-in voting for the second time, with the ruling coming just days before mail ballots were to be sent for the midterm elections. The Trump administration appealed the decision.

A federal judge ruled that the Pentagon's blacklisting of AI startup Anthropic as a 'supply-chain risk' was unlawful retaliation for the company's constitutionally protected expressive activities in opposing Pentagon AI policies.

Wyoming's Republican Governor Mark Gordon expressed concerns to his Attorney General about 'aggressive' behavior by Trump administration election monitors who observed the primary election in Cheyenne, calling their conduct 'very odd.'

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh gave his first major speech at Jackson Hole, warning that inflation remains elevated and the Fed has 'work to do' if prices don't ease, raising expectations that interest rate hikes may be coming despite not spelling out a clear path forward.

Trump administration is pushing to give a parcel of Yosemite National Park land to Nevada-based private developer Kingsbarn Realty Capital to construct a private road to development outside the park. Democrats and former Park Service officials have expressed strong opposition to the proposed land swap.

Trump rollback of the 'roadless rule' protections for U.S. national forests could accelerate extinction of approximately 400 endangered species by opening more than 45 million acres to roads, drilling, and logging operations.

Trump announced the U.S. has reached an agreement with Venezuela securing 'majority U.S. control' of a large portion of Venezuela's oil reserves, calling it 'the biggest oil deal in world history.' Chevron is reportedly in talks to expand operations in Venezuela as the Trump administration pushes U.S. companies to invest more in the country's oil industry.