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July 11, 2026
Trump threatens Iran after chants for his death erupted at Khamenei funeral
Trump threatens Iran after chants for his death erupted at Khamenei funeral US president warns the US will decimate Iran amid alleged assassination plots as regional mediators try to save MoU. US President Donald Trump gestures as he leaves after a news conference at the 2026 NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkiye [File: Flip Singer/EPA] By Heba Habib, AFP and Reuters Published On 11 Jul 2026 11 Jul 2026 United States President Donald Trump has threatened Iran after the funeral of slain Supreme Lea ...
Go to discussionTrump plan would fence Pennsylvania Avenue outside White House
12h The Trump administration plans to erect new fences on the ends of Pennsylvania Avenue NW outside the White House, the latest effort to boost presidential security, according to three people who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the plans. The White House and Secret Service would be able to close the new fences, planned where Pennsylvania Avenue intersects 15th and 17th streets NW, and prevent pedestrian access in front of the White Ho ...
Go to discussionWhich Air Force One is going to Trump library? Son's comments raise questions
Updated July 10, 2026, 4:10 p.m. ET WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has been saying for more than a year that the Boeing 747 jet donated by Qatar to use as Air Force One eventually will be the centerpiece of his presidential library. “I don’t get it,” Trump said in May 2025, pushing back at any suggestion he will keep the plane for himself after he leaves office: “It’ll go to my library." Yet Eric Trump, the president's son who is overseeing the library's planning, suggested in a ne ...
Go to discussionTimes Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media
July 11, 2026, 12:10 a.m. ET The Trump administration issued subpoenas on Friday to several journalists for The New York Times, after the news outlet reported this week on security concerns involving President Trump's new Qatari-donated Air Force One. The subpoenas -- which seek to force the reporters to testify before a federal grand jury in Manhattan on Wednesday -- were an extraordinary escalation in President Trump's efforts to threaten and intimidate independent news organizations. In s ...
Go to discussionJudge grants Trump admin's request to dismiss January 6 case against Proud Boys
PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2026, 12:17 AM ET A federal judge on Friday dismissed the seditious conspiracy case against several Proud Boys members — granting a request from Trump’s Justice Department and undoing one of the Biden administration’s most celebrated victories against those who it said inspired the January 6, 2021, attack on American democracy. US District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, begrudgingly agreed to drop the case against the four members, saying he “lacks the authority to ...
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