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Trump Pardons 5 Former NFL Players
Trump Pardons 5
Former NFL Players
Feb 13, 2026 6:27 AM CST

Trump Pardons 5 Former NFL Players

Their convictions ranged from fraud to drug trafficking

(Newser) - President Trump has pardoned five former NFL players, one of them posthumously, for a variety of offenses. In a post on X Thursday night, White House pardon czar Alice Marie Johnson said Trump had granted presidential pardons to Hall of Famer Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry, and...

Trump: Republicans Who Vote Against Tariffs Will Pay

President warns of 'consequences' as Democrats plan a series of votes

(Newser) - Six House Republicans bucked their party and President Trump on tariffs Wednesday, and the president is threatening payback. "Any Republican, in the House or the Senate, that votes against TARIFFS will seriously suffer the consequences come Election time, and that includes Primaries!" the president wrote in a Truth...

Report: Trump Official Met Billionaire Before Canada Bridge Threat

GOP donor has long opposed rival Detroit-Windsor crossing

(Newser) - A Detroit billionaire with a lot riding on the US-Canada border appears to have had the president's ear just before a new cross-border bridge came under fire. Matthew Moroun, whose family controls the privately owned Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, met Monday in Washington with Commerce Secretary Howard...

Trump Orders Pentagon to Buy Power From Coal Plants

Presidential effort is increasing pollution and costs that will be passed down, advocates and regulators say

(Newser) - President Trump on Wednesday ordered the Defense Department to favor coal-fired electricity in its long-term power contracts, extending his administration's efforts to support the coal industry by tapping one of the federal government's largest energy customers. At a White House event, Trump signed an executive order instructing the Pentagon...

House Votes to Cancel Tariffs on Canada, Rebuking Trump

6 Republicans back passage of mostly symbolic measure

(Newser) - Lawmakers in the House delivered a bipartisan message to President Trump on his trade policy Wednesday, voting to cancel tariffs on Canada in a move that directly challenges his approach to international commerce. Six Republicans joined Democrats to approve a resolution from Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks that would terminate the...

Trump Attacks GOP Leader of National Governors Association

President accuses 'RINO' Kevin Stitt of misrepresenting his position on White House meeting

(Newser) - President Trump attacked the Republican leader of the National Governors Association on Wednesday as tensions mounted between the White House and the bipartisan group of state leaders ahead of the organization's annual meeting next week.
  • In a Truth Social post, Trump blasted Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican who
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In Armenia, JD Vance Uses 'Genocide' Term, Then Zaps It

VP marks a Trump administration first by referring to 'Armenian genocide,' then deletes his post

(Newser) - JD Vance's history-making trip to Armenia just picked up an asterisk. The vice president on Tuesday became the first in his office to visit the country, laying a wreath at Yerevan's Armenian Genocide Memorial—then briefly went further than his boss ever has, via a now-deleted post on...

GOP Revolt Means House Will Vote on Trump Tariffs

Republican Rep. Don Bacon blasts the 'significant' tariffs as an economic misstep

(Newser) - House Republicans have lost a vote intended to shield President Trump's tariffs—leaving Democrats free to force votes on them. On Tuesday, the House narrowly rejected a GOP rules maneuver that would have postponed any vote on canceling Trump's tariff-related emergency until after July 31. By law, resolutions...

Police Chief Said Trump Called Him About Epstein in 2006

'Thank goodness you're stopping him, everyone has known he's been doing this'

(Newser) - When it became public knowledge that detectives in Palm Beach were investigating Jeffrey Epstein, one of the first people to call the police chief was Donald Trump, according to newly released Justice Department records. Then-Chief Michael Reiter told the FBI in 2019 that Trump told him in 2006, "Thank...

Trump Says He'll Block Opening of Canada-US Bridge

Trump demands compensation, cites unfair treatment from Canada

(Newser) - President Trump is now threatening to shut down a major cross-border project he once championed, the CBC reports. The US president said in a lengthy post on Truth Social Monday he would block the opening of the new Gordie Howe International Bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, unless the...

Hunter Hess Defends Free Speech After Trump Criticism

Skier affirms love for US while defending right to criticize it

(Newser) - Hunter Hess says he's ready to ski for his country—and to keep saying that country can do better, CBS News reports. The US freestyle skier and first-time Olympian clarified his views Monday after President Trump blasted him as a "real loser" for earlier remarks that he had...

Autoworker Who Called Out Trump Keeps His Job

UAW says Ford didn't discipline TJ Sabula

(Newser) - A Michigan autoworker who shouted an accusation at President Trump during a factory visit still has his job, his union says—despite the president reportedly telling him he'd be fired. UAW Vice President Laura Dickerson told a political conference in Washington on Monday that TJ Sabula was not disciplined...

Kai Trump Is Quickly Developing Her Own Brand

Trump's 18-year-old granddaughter leverages TikTok fame and White House access

(Newser) - President Trump's eldest grandchild says she wants no part of politics—but her social-media life is thriving in the heart of it. Kai Trump, 18, has built an 8-million-strong following across social media sites like TikTok and Instagram , chronicling her days as a student-athlete and granddaughter of the president,...

Trump Calls US Skier a 'Real Loser'

Skier had voiced mixed feelings about representing US amid divisions

(Newser) - An American skier's ambivalence about wearing the flag on the world stage has drawn a rebuke from President Trump, USA Today reports. Hunter Hess, a US freestyle halfpipe skier at the 2026 Winter Games in Italy, said ahead of the opening ceremony that competing for the United States brings...

Netanyahu, Trump to Meet About Iran

US negotiators held talks with Iran's on Friday

(Newser) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is heading to Washington next week, with Iran will be front and center. On Wednesday, his office said, he'll meet with President Trump to discuss the ongoing negotiations between the US and Iran, Reuters reports. Those talks are unfolding indirectly: US and Iranian officials...

Trump Yanks Back Obama Protections in Atlantic

Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument will open for commercial fishing

(Newser) - President Trump has again moved to open a protected ocean area to commercial fishing, this time targeting the only national marine monument in the Atlantic. In a proclamation issued on Friday, Trump authorized commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, roughly 130 miles off Cape Cod...

Trump on Racist Obama Post: 'I Didn't Make a Mistake'

No apology for post from his account showing Obamas as apes, though he says he condemns it

(Newser) - President Trump's racist social media post featuring former President Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted Friday after bipartisan backlash calling the video offensive. However, Trump said later Friday he won't apologize for the post. "I didn't make a mistake,...

After Bipartisan Backlash, Trump Deletes Video

White House says racist video depicting Obamas as apes was 'erroneously' posted by staffer

(Newser) - President Trump hit delete Friday after posting a video that Democrats and some of his Republican allies called racist. The minute-long clip, shared in a Truth Social post late Thursday, pushed claims about 2020 election fraud before ending with Barack and Michelle Obama's faces pasted onto cartoon apes as...

Video Posted by Trump Portrays Obamas as Apes

White House dismisses criticism, calls video part of Lion King meme context

(Newser) - President Trump went on a Truth Social posting spree overnight, and one of the videos he put up includes a clip of Barack and Michelle Obama depicted as apes. Democrats are incredulous, while the White House is accusing them of "fake outrage." The details:
  • The video: The clip
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Trump May Be Aiming to Add Name to Penn Station, Dulles

Multiple reports say White House requested the move in talks over New York infrastructure funds

(Newser) - President Trump may not be done adding his name to landmarks. Several reports say the White House asked Chuck Schumer to add the president's name to Penn Station and to Dulles airport in DC during talks on federal funding for a major New York infrastructure project. Punchbowl News first...

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