President Donald ‌Trump says he will issue a $5,000 ⁠payment to every adult citizen in the United States if Republicans secure a majority in Congress.“Here is my promise,” Trump said on Wednesday at the first of its kind Republican Midterm Convention. “If the Republicans win the House of Representatives and the United States Senate, both of ‌them ... ⁠because of our tremendous strength and ‌success economically, I will issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for $5,000.”It’s been one year since Turning Point USA founder and conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University. Prosecutors allege that Tyler Robinson, 23, fatally shot Kirk. Robinson pleaded not guilty at a hearing on Sept. 1 to a murder charge that a judge ruled could carry ‌the death penalty. Republicans at the midterm convention on Wednesday broke out in chants of “Charlie, Charlie,” in recognition of Kirk after Trump acknowledged that Thursday is the one-year anniversary of his death.

A first of its kind, the Republican midterm convention kicks off for two days in Dallas on Wednesday, with President Donald Trump delivering the keynote address on the first night and closing remarks on the second night.Trump administration officials are set to dominate the other keynotes. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will be among the featured speakers, along with former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.U.S. Central Command said all attacks from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have failed, pushing back against IRGC claims that Iran struck two U.S. Navy destroyers in the Middle East. The U.S. military said U.S. forces have successfully destroyed 10 Iranian tankers in the past week.

Nearly 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, President Trump honors 9/11 first responders and officials at the White House, where a steel beam recovered from the original World Trade Center that was attacked is on display.Canada’s tariffs on American goods, ranging from seafood to furniture and worth $20 billion, went into effect just after midnight on Tuesday as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney sought to counter Trump’s tariffs on Canada following after trade talks collapsed last month.Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced the tariffs on Aug. 25, following the collapse of trade talks between Washington and Ottawa on Aug. 21.Trump immediately imposed tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian exports to the United States beginning on Aug. 22.

President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Sept. 7 that he loved the idea of renaming New Mexico as “New America.”“Many people suggested changing the name of New Mexico, one of the great vote-cheating states of all time, to NEW AMERICA. So much more prestigious and beautiful for the people of that potentially incredible State. Wow, I Love It!!!” Trump wrote.New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham rejected the idea in a post on X.“New Mexico’s name isn’t up for debate—it’s been ours since before the United States existed,” Grisham, a Democrat, wrote.NTSB has launched an investigation into Sunday's Amazon cargo plane crash in Miami that killed at least five people.Arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico, the jet overshot a runway at Miami International Airport, hitting multiple vehicles.

U.S. payrolls accelerated in August as the economy unexpectedly created 162,000 new jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This marks the best monthly employment gain since March. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent for the second straight month.Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday that the United States has the tools to increase pressure on Iran to stop it from firing ships in the Middle East. He said that “everything that could happen is on the table.”“Economic pressure, military pressure, diplomatic pressure, covert pressure ... these are tools in the president's toolkit,” he said.

Vice President JD Vance holds a press briefing, the first since Karoline Leavitt stepped down as press secretary. Leavitt had her final day in the role last week and will continue to advise the president at MAGA Inc. super PAC.President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will campaign hard for Republican candidates ahead of November's midterm elections, saying he has planned extensive travel to states with high-stakes races. At a White House dinner for congressional Republicans, Trump touted his success campaigning for the party and promised a busy schedule of appearances in the final month.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed reports that he seeks to force Iran into negotiations following the latest strikes against Tehran, saying the United States is currently in a better position. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that the U.S. military has almost complete control of the Strait of Hormuz, the critical waterway for global oil and gas shipment that Iran has sought to control.Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial resumed deliberations Wednesday, a day after telling the judge they couldn’t agree on whether the Massachusetts mother was criminally responsible for killing her three children.A former labor and delivery nurse, Clancy doesn’t deny strangling her three young children at the family’s home in 2023, but she says postpartum psychosis led to her actions. Prosecutors argue that she knew what she was doing. Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility.

The U.S. military said it began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Iran at 12:00 PM Eastern on Tuesday. "The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region," the U.S. military's Central Command said in a statement on X.A Bank of America vice president is the woman killed in a stabbing attack in New York City’s Times Square. The NYPD identified 32-year-old Erin Piacenti of Chester, New Jersey, as the victim. The attack happened Monday in the heart of Times Square.

U.S. President Trump told Fox News’ Trey Yingst on Monday that there will be a response to Iran’s strikes on U.S. bases in Jordan. "We're going to hit them hard,” Trump said. U.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Iran's Larak Island on Sunday, ​a U.S. official said, marking the first known American strikes on Iran since ‌late July. The strikes were an attempt to protect operations in the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. Central Command completed the clearing of sea mines from the strait’s international shipping routes last week.One person is dead, and others are missing after flash flooding in the Grand Canyon, the National Park Service said on Aug. 30. The body of a 46-year-old man was found near Crystal Rapids along the Colorado River, the service said late Sunday. A local medical examiner was on site. The service said there was no additional information to share about the death at this time.

President Donald Trump said on Friday that farmers and ranchers will, in the future, be able to process food they produce.“For years I have heard that they have had a tremendous problem with the Big Processors, who many say are a nasty Monopoly,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, his social media website.A district judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing parts of a rule that aim to tighten mail-in voting requirements ahead of the November congressional elections.U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston issued a temporary restraining order at the behest of some states and voting rights groups, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Aug. 24 ruling that led to the lifting of earlier injunctions blocking Trump’s plans to ensure only U.S. citizens receive and cast ballots.