Saturday, 5 September 2026
Key Events (11)
A federal judge reinforced an order halting Trump's planned 250-foot triumphal arch, requiring the administration to provide 48 hours' notice before construction begins on the site.
Trump signed an executive order to remove endangered species protections for grey wolves, with conservationists warning the move could derail recovery efforts while ranchers support the action.
Cuban and Afghan immigrants deported from the US under Trump's administration arrived in Guyana, continuing the administration's expansion of third-country deportations with more than 30 deals struck.
Trump threatened strikes on Iran's Pickaxe Mountain nuclear facility, escalating the conflict as oil tankers were struck off Kharg island during the ongoing Iran war.
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow with a new Trump peace plan for ending the Ukraine war, with Putin ordering a three-day halt in strikes on Kyiv ahead of negotiations.
The Trump administration ordered Pentagon staff to take polygraph tests in an unusually sweeping hunt for leakers following reports of dwindling US weapons stocks, with about 50 officers interrogated over media leaks.
The US military struck three Iranian oil tankers after Iran launched ballistic missiles toward two US Navy warships, continuing the tit-for-tat escalation of the Iran war that has killed 18 American service members.
Trump-backed super PAC MAGA Inc. announced $10 million in spending for the Texas Senate race supporting Republican Ken Paxton against his Democratic opponent, marking major midterm spending commitments.
Trump granted clemency to 30 individuals, including Emory Jones, a Roc Nation executive and Jay-Z's longtime associate, who had a federal drug conviction.
Trump weighed in on the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, saying she will pay 'the price' after a mistrial was declared with the jury deadlocked 11-1 in the Massachusetts case.
President Trump pardoned Emory Jones, a longtime friend and business associate of Jay-Z and executive at his Roc Nation company. Jones was convicted in 2000 of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and sentenced to 188 months in federal prison. A letter from Jay-Z helped secure a 37-month reduction in 2010. The pardon was facilitated by Alice Marie Johnson, Trump's 'pardon czar,' as part of a batch of 30 clemencies.