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Trump & Co Watch October 2026

Ilhan Omar says she 'will not be silenced' after US agents raid her home (LINK) — 12 October 2026

Trump Media advisor Katie Zacharia named White House press secretary (LINK) — 11 October 2026

Federal judge orders pro-Trump TV ads funded by taxpayers off air immediately (LINK) — 11 October 2026

— The administration had said in a court filing Saturday that the Department of Homeland Security, via a vendor, had placed ad buys through Sunday and had told the vendor to not purchase ads beyond that day. The judge ordered the Trump administration to "cancel or cause to be cancelled" any ads from airing or being disseminated, including those set to air Sunday night. The administration was barred from using funds appropriated to DHS to "develop, create, disseminate, place, distribute, publish, or air the challenged advertisements".

'Time for Ukraine to get new president,' says Trump after Zelensky condemns US diesel deal with Russia (LINK) — 10 October 2026

GOP lawmakers reject U.S.-Russia diesel deal: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) unveiled a bipartisan bill on Saturday that he says would block Trump from lifting sanctions, called the Ronald Reagan Peace Through Strength Act (LINK) — 10 October 2026

New Republic: Another member of Trump's inner circle works for Russian-linked group: chief of staff Susie Wiles's daughter works for Continental Strategy, a political lobbying firm that has a $35,000-per-month contract to represent a small self-governing territory in Bosnia and Herzegovina known as Republika Srpska (LINK) — 9 October 2026

— Two of the president's closest advisers, Chris LaCivita and James Blair, took time out of their pre-midterm elections schedules to travel to the Balkans to assist in that territory's elections. The two men were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars each to provide counsel on voting issues to the government, which is led by far-right nationalists. Republika Srpska is closely aligned with Russian President Vladimir Putin and has made a considerable effort to make inroads with Trump and his allies.

Vance says 9 elite US universities will be investigated over possible foreign visas fraud (LINK) — 8 October 2026

Trump Accounts top 70 million as new stock-donation rules open door to 'mega donors', official says (ground news LINK) — 8 October 2026

Trump wants to turn his West Palm Beach golf course into the new Camp David (ground news LINK) — 7 October 2026

Newsom calls for 25th Amendment to remove President after Trump's remarks on California (LINK) — 6 October 2026

Trump suggests letting Iran 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego at campaign event (LINK) — 5 October 2026

US Appeals court to hear lawsuit against RFK Jr. overhaul of the childhood vaccines schedule (LINK) — 5 October 2026

AOL: National Economic Advisor Says Trump 'won't inflate our way out of debt.' Trump says, Yes we will (LINK) — 3 October 2026

'God Made Trump' is just one of the president's taxpayer-funded ads set to hit airwaves for midterm blitz (LINK) — 3 October 2026

— The White House has defended the ad campaign as 'educational' and 'unapologetically patriotic'.

Trump demands Europe release emergency diesel reserves or risk being cut off from US supplies (LINK) — 1 October 2026

Heather Cox Richardson: Trump's defiance of Constitution: reportedly taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Middle Eastern countries hurt by Russia's war on Ukraine and diverting it to right-wing governments in Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia (LINK) — 1 October 2026

US: Judge overturns Trump's decision to fire court-appointed U.S. attorney in Seattle: Justice Department said it will appeal (LINK) — 1 October 2026

Guardian: Forget 'superintelligence': error-prone AI nearly sparked World War Three this month: almost brought the US into war with China (LINK) — 1 October 2026

— CNN report published on 18 September, which hasn't been verified by other major outlets, says due to government reliance on error-prone systems that are marketed by their manufacturers as being close to superintelligent. An intelligence report that claimed a chinese ship was transporting components of nuclear weapons. Military personnel made plans to intercept the Chinese vessel, complete with aircraft and soldiers ready to board the ship. A military skirmish of this kind between China and the US could quickly escalate and spiral into world war three. It was only moments before executing on the plan that American officials further investigated the intelligence report and found that it had been generated with the use of a chatbot and contained erroneous information about the vessel's contents.