The Latest Breaking News from Donald Trump

Why is a Homeland Security shutdown happening and who is affected?

Depending on how long the shutdown lasts, some federal workers could begin to miss paychecks

The Independent UK · Feb 13

Hot Mess at the DHS

Plus: boat subsidies, metaphor alerts, and more Epstein fallout...

Reason · Feb 13

Trump wants to keep his official White House portrait from his first term out of public view: new report

Official presidential portraits are typically hung in the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery after they have permanently left office

The Independent UK · Feb 13

The biggest bombshells about Kristi Noem and her top aide Corey Lewandowski from the Wall Street Journal’s expose

Newspaper describes ‘constant chaos’ at Department of Homeland Security under Noem’s leadership

The Independent UK · Feb 13

US inflation falls to 2.4% in January after Trump’s tariffs led to price fluctuations

Economists predicted a slight easing of inflation, although it’s unclear whether Fed will again cut interest rates

The Guardian - US · Feb 13

Tony Blair urges Labour to reverse ban on new licences for oil drilling in the North Sea

Former prime minister’s think tank says government’s clean power plan is ‘leading the UK in the wrong direction’

The Independent UK · Feb 13

Do special election results spell doom for Republicans in 2026?

On Feb. 7, 2026, Chasity Verret Martinez won a special election to fill a vacant seat in the Louisiana House. That’s an outcome that might not mean very much to people outside of the state or even outside her Baton Rouge-area district.

The Conversation · Feb 13

Trump insists Iran talks must continue, but military action is not off the table

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington on February 11 appears not to have achieved what many observers saw as its central purpose: to persuade Donald Trump to harden his demands on Iran to the point that negotiations between the countries fail. According to reports, Trump told Netanyahu he…

The Conversation · Feb 13

The Latest: AP learns that the US is sending its largest aircraft carrier to the Middle East

The world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R

The Independent UK · Feb 13

Can tax help Malawi out of a health funding crisis deepened by Trump’s aid cuts?

The country is having difficulty rolling out tax measures aimed at trying to revive an ailing economy that has been further weakened by falling aid spending

The Independent UK · Feb 13