Trump’s bombing of Iran’s nuclear research facilities in 2025, and this year’s expansive bombing campaign and naval blockade, prompted a new round of Iranian threats against Trump – and a direct warning by the US president in response. In July, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Iran had made threats “to assassinate, or attempt to
When speaking about autism the president said: “It’s many, many times what it used to be years ago, and it gets progressively worse. And we had progressively more and more vaccines.” He said it was “one in 10,000 20 years ago”. While that rate has increased over the last two decades, it did not grow
A child is prepped to receive an MMR vaccine at Lurie Children’s Primary Care in Chicago. Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune /Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune /Getty Images President Trump signed an executive order Monday related to childhood vaccines in an Oval Office ceremony, flanked by top health officials and a conservative commentator
US President Donald Trump is heading to Ohio to watch high school students compete in the Patriot Games, a sporting event set up by his administration to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. Two teenagers were picked from every US state to compete in the games, which are taking place in the city of
The federal government’s tariff windfall is evaporating faster than expected, and the Congressional Budget Office says it’s blowing a $200 billion hole in this year’s budget. CBO now projects the fiscal 2026 deficit will hit $2.1 trillion, according to the nonpartisan scorekeeper’s Monthly Budget Review released Monday—up from the $1.9 trillion the agency forecast in
In July, after months of delicate negotiations, Trump announced a “major milestone” in the implementation of his plan to end Israel’s war in Gaza. Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trump said that the Board of Peace had reached an agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups in the territory.