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Police say at least five arrested during Sunday’s protests near Medinah

By Steve Zalusky
Sep 29, 2026 3:03 pm - Bloomingdale police confirmed Tuesday that officers made at least five arrests during protests and counter-protests near Medinah Country Club on Sunday as President Donald Trump attended the Presidents Cup golf tournament.
Ex-Trump prosecutor Smith forcefully defends investigations as Republicans assail his team's tactics

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Sep 29, 2026 2:06 pm - Former special counsel Jack Smith forcefully defended his prosecutions of President Donald Trump and his investigative tactics, pushing back against repeated Republican efforts to paint him and his team as partisan political operators during a Senate hearing Tuesday that divided along familiar party lines.
Trump touts America.gov, but its government-sourced AI answers undercut many of his statements

By MEG KINNARD, CHRIS RUGABER and WILL WEISSERT
Sep 29, 2026 11:03 am - The Trump administration has lauded its revamped website America.gov as a way to simplify Americans’ access to information and services scattered across a plethora of agency sites, but President Donald Trump probably won't like some of the answers his new site says are sourced from government information.
Trump announces a new $15B Iowa steel plant and claims it will be the nation's biggest

By COLLIN BINKLEY
Sep 29, 2026 8:23 am - President Donald Trump on Monday announced a new $15 billion steel plant being built in Iowa, highlighting an economic victory in a key battleground state where Republicans face competitive midterm races.
News organizations ask court to bar White House enforcement of access ban until case is resolved

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Sep 29, 2026 7:22 am - Three news outlets that President Donald Trump abruptly banished from White House grounds this month asked a federal court to block the ban until the case is resolved, saying the administration has “persisted in unpredictably and inconsistently implementing its ban” despite a judge’s restraining order — including selectively barring CNN from White House pool duties.
From motorcycles to booze, US ban on $1 billion worth of Canadian imports goes into effect

By PAUL WISEMAN
Sep 29, 2026 7:09 am - U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles.
Questions surround counterterror probe into US air base after suspects were freed on bail

By ALASTAIR GRANT and SYLVIA HUI
Sep 29, 2026 7:00 am - A surprise decision by the U.K.'s counterterror police to release five suspects on bail during an investigation into a suspected bomb plot targeting a U.S.-operated air force base in England has raised questions and concern from many, including U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Andrew Bailey, an FBI deputy director, says he’s leaving the post after just over a year in the job

By ERIC TUCKER
Sep 28, 2026 1:50 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — Andrew Bailey, one of the FBI's two deputy directors, announced Monday that he was leaving the position after just over a year on the job and would be r...
Trump asked China's president if he wanted to buy US arms, ambassador says

By BEN FINLEY
Sep 28, 2026 9:00 am - President Donald Trump has asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he wanted to buy weapons from the United States, the U.S. ambassador to China said.
Trump administration lowers fuel economy standards, critics say at a significant environmental cost

By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
Sep 28, 2026 8:12 am - The Trump administration on Monday released new fuel economy standards that relax regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks. The new rules were released shortly after President Donald Trump rejected an Iranian proposal to open the Strait of Hormuz, sending oil prices soaring.

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