👤 John Bowden

2026-09-20 · The Independent · Politics

Stressed Trump’s stark warning on Iran: ‘If and when do I blow the entire nation up?’

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2026-09-20 · The Independent · Politics

Trump’s efforts to turn DC into a gilded bunker reflect his increased political isolation

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2026-09-20 · The Independent · Politics

Trump says 250-foot arch will now be a military complex for attack drones, snipers and ammo

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2026-09-20 · The Independent · World

Trump cuts weekend trip at Camp David after Middle East warning and heads back to DC – with two top golfers at his side

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2026-10-02 · The Independent · Politics

Trump’s ‘super intelligence’ is being mocked by tech industry insiders: report

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2026-09-29 · The Independent · Politics

Trump renames AI to ‘super intelligence’ and tells Americans they have no choice but to trust it

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2026-08-19 · The Independent

🔮 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is among the Trump administration figures making an emergency campaign swing through Iowa — and the state’s prominence as home to the first-in-the-nation caucuses has some speculating whether he may join other more obvious contenders in a bid for the 2028 GOP nomination. assertive

2026-09-06 · The Independent

🔮 Donald Trump’s energy chief hesitated to say whether gas prices would go up or down, with the midterms only two months away. assertive

2026-09-06 · The Independent

🔮 He is intimidated by competence and retreats to ginning up culture wars instead of soberly attending to the vital work of our national defense and the health and well-being of our fighting force,” wrote Tillis on X. “I urge the President to find a new leader at the Pentagon who will retain and empower our military talent rather than diminish it,” the senator added. assertive

2026-09-07 · The Independent

🔮 Paxton’s reputation may not be helping: His vulnerabilities, highlighted by Cornyn and his allies during their bitter primary, stem from an ugly divorce from his wife, Angela, as well as an impeachment effort in the Texas state legislature headed up by his fellow Republicans. assertive

2026-09-12 · The Independent

🔮 As he cajoled voters from the Dallas stage Wednesday evening, the president’s message turned to a surprise topic: A $5,000 payout he said would go to every adult American — if Republicans keep their majorities in both chambers of Congress this fall. assertive

2026-09-14 · The Independent

🔮 The senator said in a statement that he would cast a vote Monday evening, when the chamber was set to vote on a nomination to fill an opening on a district court bench in Ohio, shortly before he spoke to reporters on the Hill. assertive

2026-09-14 · The Independent

🔮 The senator’s return to Capitol Hill was left shrouded in mystery as the Senate gaveled in Monday afternoon, with his aides only telling reporters that they “hoped” he would be able to return this week, unsure if it would occur. assertive

2026-09-16 · The Independent

🔮 Vice President JD Vance’s political evolution on MAGA and Donald Trump is well known, but a new report claims he went out of his way to try and stop the man who would later make him his running mate. assertive

2026-09-17 · The Independent

🔮 He announced last year that he would not stand for re-election, shortly after stepping down as leader of the Republican Senate conference and allowing his close ally Sen. John Thune to take over. assertive

2026-09-20 · The Independent

🔮 The president posted on Truth Social that the planned 250-foot structure will now be loaded up with “large numbers of drones, plus Snipers,” and insisted that the commemorative structure on the grounds of one of America’s most sacred spaces — Arlington National Cemetery — would become a “top grade Military Complex.” “At the strong request of the United States Military, and for National Security purposes, I have agreed to convert the magnificent Triumphal Arch, planned since the Civil War Era many years ago, at the Receptive Circle adjoining the Arlington Memorial Bridge, into a top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch, to house, store, and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, plus Snipers, on both the roof and plaza areas, and additionally have and hold large quantities of sniper ammunition in storage,” wrote the president. assertive

2026-09-20 · The Independent

🔮 The president told Fox’s Trey Yingst that for him, the “question” was “if and when” it would be required to “blow the entire nation up” if Iran’s government did not submit to his demands. assertive

2026-09-20 · The Independent

🔮 The midterms, on November 3, are set to be held under a cloud of gas prices which are now well north of $4 a gallon nationally and climbing even higher as energy supply shortages on the global market continue. assertive

2026-09-20 · The Independent

🔮 Will Donald Trump put a drone port on every roof in Washington D.C.? mixed

2026-09-21 · The Independent

🔮 Trump added that the technology would determine geopolitical dominance for years to come, and dubbed it “SUPER INTELLIGENCE”, part of his effort to rebrand the technology and repulse a wave of national skepticism about AI chatbots and the transfer of human roles to AI agents. assertive

2026-09-22 · The Independent

🔮 President Donald Trump’s conflict with Iran continues to grow increasingly unpopular, shattering what was previously thought to be the barrier to how the president’s ratings could go, new polling suggests. assertive

2026-09-22 · The Independent

🔮 The senator’s office did not address why, as ProPublica’s report revealed, her office steered millions of dollars’ worth of government contracts to Navatek, or why a deputy to Reed at his super PAC emailed Kao and sought his phone number, so that Collins could call him and thank him for his support. assertive

2026-09-28 · The Independent

🔮 And, yes, the cameras were there rolling: Fox News took a TV pool slot on Sunday, traveling with journalists aboard Air Force One, a signal that the combined networks’ defiance in the face of CNN’s removal from its scheduled press pool rotations may not be absolute. assertive

2026-09-28 · The Independent

🔮 The president spoke to reporters at the White House during an announcement of a new $15bn steel plant set to be built in Iowa, a lifeline for Republicans in that and other Midwestern states. assertive

2026-09-29 · The Independent

🔮 The president spoke to reporters at the White House during an announcement of a new $15bn steel plant set to be built in Iowa, a lifeline for Republicans in that and other Midwestern states. assertive

2026-09-29 · The Independent

🔮 The effect will be immediate: Work will be needlessly complicated for federal employees, while millions of Americans will continue calling the technology “artificial intelligence”. assertive

2026-10-01 · The Independent

🔮 That figure, according to media analytics firms, combines all social media impressions on all sites — including content on sites like TikTok, X and YouTube that may come across a user’s feed through the site’s suggested content features, but is not actually ever necessarily viewed. assertive

2026-10-01 · The Independent

🔮 Donald Trump claimed once again that he had the “best numbers” of any president, even as his approval poll ratings continue to slide and Americans are feeling serious economic pains stemming from the war in Iran. The president was in Denton, Texas, on Thursday at a manufacturing plant on Thursday as part of a two-state swing that will also include a visit to Choctaw tribal lands in Oklahoma. assertive

2026-10-02 · The Independent

🔮 There are obviously — I think every single person who voted for us in 2024 could find something where they wish maybe congressional Republicans had gone further,” said Vance. assertive

2026-10-02 · The Independent

🔮 Tech insiders and industry lobbyists told Politico, some privately, that the attempted renaming of artificial intelligence will likely not catch on. assertive

2026-10-05 · The Independent

🔮 In a post on Truth Social on Sunday, he complained that polls “have ALWAYS underestimated MAGA” and pointed to his approval rating in the Trumpworld pollster McLaughlin & Associates as evidence that Republicans could still pull off a midterm win. “You won the election in 2024 with 49.8 percent of the popular vote and the latest McLaughlin Poll, taken this month, has your job approval at 49% — the exact same as your vote share. assertive

2026-10-06 · The Independent

🔮 The president spoke Tuesday afternoon in front of a combat vessel at Sparrows Point, Maryland, where he announced that defense contractor Anduril would build the facility to support the construction of the Navy’s new autonomous submarine craft. assertive

2026-10-07 · The Independent

🔮 Those peacemaking efforts, he says, are ongoing and will soon include “another one” — even though there’s no signs yet of meaningful progress in talks between the U.S. and Iran regarding another ceasefire. assertive

2026-10-08 · The Independent

🔮 Those peacemaking efforts, which he claims to tally at eight thus far, are ongoing, he says, and will soon include “another one” — even though there’s no sign yet of meaningful progress in talks between the U.S. and Iran regarding another ceasefire. assertive