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2026-06-26: Trump Roundup

So far today: 2026-06-26 10:05am GMT

ecns.cn (2026-06-25). Trump: Iran will not possess a nuclear weapon, and I have agreed to that 100%. ecns.cn

Tom Engelhardt (2026-06-26). Addicted to War? War Fever, Trump Style. juancole.com (

WSWS (2026-06-26). Trump administration requests approval of $87.6 billion for Iran war. wsws.org The White House padded its request for $87.6 billion—down from the previously discussed $200 billion—with items aimed at getting the votes needed in both chambers of Congress to pass the military appropriations.

Lynda Carson (2026-06-26). Postmaster General, David Steiner, threatened to restrict delivery of mail-in-ballots. indybay.org Postal workers handling mail-in-ballots at Post Office, in these very grim times when postal workers are under attack, and the convicted felon President Donald J. Trump, and his myrmidon billionaire Postmaster General, David Steiner, are viciously trying to unlawfully restrict our votes!

Jared Szuba (2026-06-25). Iran attacks cargo ship off Oman, testing Trump's Hormuz Strait deal. al-monitor.com The first Iranian attack on a cargo vessel since the ceasefire comes as top US diplomat Marco Rubio huddled with Gulf Cooperation Council ministers in Manama to reject Iran's claims to control the Strait of Hormuz.

Editor (2026-06-25). War On Iran: — Israel, and Trump himself, are hindering conflict solution. mronline.org The talks between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran as agreed upon in their Memorandum of Understanding are veering off course.

WSWS (2026-06-25). Türkiye launches police dragnet ahead of NATO summit: War, dictatorship and permanent revolution. wsws.org As it prepares to roll out the red carpet for US President Donald Trump and other imperialist war criminals, the Erdoƒüan regime is seeking to suppress all opposition to war, genocide and militarism.

WSWS (2026-06-25). Democrats choose 5 more military-intelligence veterans as congressional candidates. wsws.org The ranks of what we have termed the "CIA Democrats" are likely to increase again in November. | As it prepares to roll out the red carpet for US President Donald Trump and other imperialist war criminals, the Erdoğan regime is seeking to suppress all opposition to war, genocide and militarism.

Democracy Now! (2026-06-25). Democracy Now! 2026-06-25 Thursday. democracynow.org Headlines for June 25, 2026; "Utter Devastation": Thousands Feared Dead in Venezuela After Double Earthquakes; Prairieland Nine: Texas ICE Protesters Get Up to 100 Years in Prison as Trump Targets Anti-Fascists; "How to Think About AI": Cory Doctorow on Big Tech, Understanding AI, Labor Automation & More | Headlines for June 25, 2026; "Utter Devastation": Thousands Feared Dead in Venezuela After Double Earthquakes; Prairieland Nine: Texas ICE Protesters Get Up to 100 Years in Prison as Trump Targets Anti-Fascists; "How to Think About AI": Cory Doctorow on Big Tech, Un…

Alex Poppe (2026-06-25). I was DOGEd from USAID: 14 Million Will Die. juancole.com Tulsa, OK (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) — JD Vance recently sat down with "Interesting Times" podcast host Ross Douthat. When Ross Douthat pointed out that the Trump administration had been "more hostile than any prior Republican administration…to the way we do humanitarian aid," the vice president argued that conservative or centrist parties "keep winning landslide elections in Latin America" because [before President Trump retook office] aid dollars "went to fund a left-wing NGO complex that actually tilted Latin American elections in favor of the far-left parties. Now, maybe that was the polic…

| Reuters | (2026-06-25). Trump, Republican senator engage in shouting match over Iran war. tribune.com.pk US President Donald Trump faced pointed criticism over the Iran war in a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans on Wednesday, shortly before his administration asked Congress for tens of billions of dollars to pay for the conflict. | Several Republicans who attended said Trump engaged in a shouting match with Senator Bill Cassidy, who said the administration needed to explain a framework deal Trump signed last ‌week that gives Iran financial incentives but falls short of the goals he laid out at the war's beginning. | "The American people need to know more than we are being told,…

Editor (2026-06-25). Trump 'trampled' voter privacy by feeding info into Homeland Security system, judge says. mronline.org The ruling struck at the core of President Donald Trump's project to assert authority over state-run elections ahead of the November midterms.

Mark Brody (2026-06-25). Opposing a Bad Idea: The Liberals Who Are Criticizing Trump's Peace Deal From the Right. portside.org Opposing a Bad Idea: The Liberals Who Are Criticizing Trump's Peace Deal From the Right |

Jordan Atwood (2026-06-25). Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns 'antifa' label into prosecution tool. nationofchange.org The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.

Shireen Akram-Boshar (2026-06-25). New Report Highlights Growing Partnership Between Surveillance Tech and ICE. truthout.org A new report has outlined the massive expansion in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)'s use of surveillance technologies and partnerships with technology companies during President Donald Trump's second term. The report, released this week by Mijente, Just Futures Law, and Surveillance Resistance Lab, explains that billions of dollars of taxpayer funds have been diverted for… |

Mark Brody (2026-06-25). Court Says Trump Can Still Fast-Track Deportations. portside.org Court Says Trump Can Still Fast-Track Deportations |

Mark Gruenberg (2026-06-25). In scathing language, judge tosses Trump subpoenas of Minnesota leaders. peoplesworld.org ST. PAUL, Minn.—In scathing language about abuse of power, the chief U.S. District Court Judge in Minnesota, Patrick Schiltz, threw out subpoenas the Donald Trump regime served on top officials for alleged obstruction of ICE anti-immigrant sweeps during Operation Metro Surge. In his ruling, Judge Schiltz also called the subpoenas part of a coordinated, and …

Chris Walker (2026-06-25). Right-Wing Supreme Court Rules in Trump's Favor in 2 Anti-Immigration Cases. truthout.org The conservative-controlled U.S. Supreme Court rendered two anti-immigration decisions on Thursday, allowing the Trump administration to turn away asylum seekers at the border and stripping hundreds of thousands of people of temporary protected status. In a case titled Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, the court sided with a Trump administration policy to turn away asylum seekers at the U.S. |

Newswire Editor (2026-06-25). Voting Rights Groups Applaud Ruling Declaring 2026 Executive Order Interference with Voter Rolls and Mail-In Ballots Unconstitutional and Unlawful. commondreams.org A federal court today declared unconstitutional key portions of President Trump's executive order restricting mail voting. The executive order, issued in March 2026, unlawfully attempted to seize control of elections by ordering the Department of Homeland Security to compile a list of U.S. citizens and by directing the U.S. Postal Service to restrict mail voting. The decision came in a case brought by 23 states and the District of Columbia, led by California.The court declared that Sections 2 and 3 of the executive order are legally void and barred federal agencies from using the executive order as a basis to…

Thomas Newdick (2026-06-25). Trump Set To Clear Critical F110 Turbofan Engine Sale For Turkey's Kaan Fighter. twz.com

Elizabeth Hagedorn (2026-06-25). Supreme Court backs Trump move to end Syrians' deportation protections. al-monitor.com The decision affects some 6,100 Syrians who live in the United States.

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