Closing summary
This brings our live coverage of the second Trump administration to a close for the day. We will be back on Wednesday. Here are the latest developments:
Donald Trump denied that the signature on a 2003 birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein, the late sex offender he socialized with for more than a decade, was his. The scrawled signature, “Donald”, closely resembles several other examples of his signature on notes and letters from the same time period.
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, cited a report in the conservative press with what she said were the conclusions of “three separate signature analysts who said this absolutely was not the president’s authentic signature”. No such report appears to exist.
The US supreme court paused a judge’s order that required the Trump administration to promptly take steps to spend billions in foreign aid that the president has sought to withhold.
Trump distanced himself from Israel’s airstrikes on Hamas negotiators in Qatar, writing that “it was not a decision made by me” and it “does not advance Israel or America’s goals”. He later told reporters he was “not thrilled about it”.
Trump said that he would be announcing, “probably tomorrow”, that federal troops would be dispatched to help police in a state where the governor favors the idea.
Trump was jeered inside a restaurant in Washington DC by Code Pink protesters who recorded themselves on video confronting the president at close range with the chant: “Free DC! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!”
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Trump heckled by protesters inside Washington DC restaurant chanting: 'Trump is the Hitler of our time!'
Video posted on social media by Jessica Sidman, the food editor of the Washingtonian, captured some jeers and boos for Donald Trump when he stepped out of his limousine to dine at Joe’s seafood restaurant, blocks from the White House, on Tuesday.
Trump booed as he enters Joe’s Seafood a block from the White House. pic.twitter.com/oGVWj0pPmp
— Jessica Sidman (@jsidman) September 9, 2025
That reception was fairly mild compared with how Trump was greeted inside the restaurant by members of the feminist grassroots organization Code Pink, who recorded themselves on video confronting the president at close range with the chant: “Free DC! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!”
As Trump urged the Secret Service to clear the women away from his table, waving his arm and saying: “Come on, let’s go!” one woman shouted at him: “What do you want your legacy to be?”
Others shouted: “He’s terrorizing communities in DC! He’s terrorizing Gaza! Communities all over the world, from Puerto Rico to the Philippines!”
A White House pool reporter outside the restaurant reported that that woman emerged from the restaurant still chanting: “Free DC! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!” and were led across the street by law enforcement.
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