Sunday, 30 August 2026

Trump threatened to report NBC's Kristen Welker to the FCC after she described his primary endorsement record as having mixed results, continuing his pattern of using federal regulators as personal enforcers against media outlets.

Google Maps renamed Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' for U.S. users following Trump's executive order, while Canada responded by erecting a large 'Lake Ontario' sign and Trump posting AI videos of himself kicking over a Lake Ontario sign.

Trump announced the U.S. will refill its Strategic Petroleum Reserve using Venezuelan oil under a deal his administration negotiated, claiming the agreement will help boost domestic energy supplies.

The U.S. military struck Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first known military action between the two nations in over a month as the six-month war continues with periodic escalations.

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Postal Service from implementing a strict new mail voting rule that could disproportionately affect Democratic voters in battleground elections heading into the midterms.

Iceland voted to reject EU accession talks in a referendum with 52.5% voting against the proposal, with Trump's push to acquire Greenland adding security concerns to the debate about EU membership.

Arab American voters in Michigan who supported Trump in 2024 are abandoning the Republican Party amid the ongoing U.S.-Israel war on Iran and related foreign policy concerns, threatening Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers.

An Afghan national granted protection in the U.S. was deported to the war-torn Central African Republic, part of dozens of deportations to nations where individuals have no ties, according to reports of ICE overreach.

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched successfully aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket after surviving Trump budget cuts, with Trump calling NASA officials to congratulate them on the launch.

A lawsuit alleges that KRSM, supplier of fuel to Freedom Fuel Network gas stations promoted by Trump, failed to pay for nearly $4 million worth of gasoline, raising questions about the administration's endorsement of the discount fuel brand.

A 25-year-old US citizen born in Denver, Brian José Morales García, was allowed to return to the United States after being deported to Mexico in April following a traffic stop in Central Texas. Despite presenting his birth certificate and Social Security card, DHS deported him anyway, disputing his citizenship. His lawyers secured his return by submitting additional hospital records and a certified Colorado birth record as part of an ongoing lawsuit; his attorney warned the case demonstrates the federal government is "willing to racially profile, detain and deport US citizens."