News Alerts of the hour – President Donald Trump

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• Update ⋅ September 26, 2026 NEWS President Donald Trump administration uses rare authority to claw back nearly $1B in spending approved by Congress PBS President Donald Trump's Office of Management and Budget described the funding cut as focused on “the most harmful government spending.
• President Donald Trump embraces Xi as a peer, testing a new approach to China – The Washington Post The Washington Post President Donald President Donald Trump and first lady Melania President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, at the National Archives in .
• President Donald Trump rejects Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and other Middle East news PBS Pezeshkian's speech to the gathering pushed back against President Donald Trump's latest threat to “annihilate” the Islamic Republic, but he ended by saying Tehran .
• President Donald Trump threatens 'annihilation', Hormuz talks and more – CNN CNN This week, developments on the Iran war included threats from President Donald Trump to drive Iran “into hell with no chance of survival” while Benjamin Netanyahu .
• At Summit, Xi Sought to Tilt President Donald Trump's Stance on America's Place in Asia The New York Times In his talks with President President Donald Trump, the Chinese leader used praise, warnings and wartime history to challenge American support for Taiwan and .