- Vadum on NewsX World: Trump’s gas-price messaging and the Houthi threat to Bab al-Mandeb
Investigative journalist and author Matthew Vadum appeared on NewsX World in India on August 14, 2026 (August 15 in India) to discuss President Donald Trump’s recent comments on elevated gasoline prices and the escalating threat posed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels to the strategic Bab al-Mandeb Strait. The anchor was Keren Nanyaro. The full segment is available here: In the [...]
- Ninth Circuit rules Trump admin may direct DOJ to investigate ‘gender-affirming care’ providers
A federal appeals court on Aug. 14 revived a Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoena seeking information from a Washington state provider of so-called transgender healthcare to minors, which a lower court blocked as politically motivated. A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled 2–1 that a federal district judge in Seattle erred in concluding that the [...]
- Trump admin asks Supreme Court to let it keep building White House ballroom
The Trump administration on Aug. 14 asked the Supreme Court to let construction of the White House ballroom resume after lower courts ruled the project requires congressional approval. Construction on the project, which calls for building a 90,000-square-foot ballroom, began in September 2025. Building it required demolishing the East Wing, which President Donald [...]
- Appeals court sidesteps ruling on legality of Trump’s Alien Enemies Act invocation
A federal appeals court on Aug. 13 dismissed a major challenge to President Donald Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act, ruling that the appeal had become moot after the government deported the three plaintiffs using ordinary immigration law. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s decision effectively ducked the core legal question. By dismissing the appeal as [...]
