In Case You Missed It … This Week in News

A lot happened in the world this week – Make sure you didn’t miss it with Liberty Nation GenZ’s weekly news roundup!

Sunday, May 3, 2026

Car Loaded with Explosives Hits Portland Club

“A driver is dead after allegedly deliberately crashing a car loaded with improvised explosive devices into a historic social club in Portland, Oregon,” Fox reported. During a news conference Saturday afternoon, Portland officials said that employees of the Multnomah Athletic Club saw a vehicle driving slowly toward the club around 2:50 a.m., local time, before it plunged through a window and burst into flames. The driver was killed, and law enforcement determined that multiple incendiary and improvised devices were in the vehicle, along with propane tanks.

Trump Reviewing a New Iranian Proposal to End the War

On Saturday, President Donald Trump told the press he was reviewing a new proposal from Iran to stop the war. “I’ll let you know about it later,” he said before boarding Air Force One. “They’re going to give me the exact wording now.” Shortly after telling reporters about the new proposal, Trump took to social media to explain his skepticism, adding that he “can’t imagine that it would be acceptable in that they have not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years.”

Trump Threatens to Withdraw Even More Troops From Germany

President Trump said on Saturday that he might pull even more troops out of Germany. This comes just a day after his announcement that he had ordered the Pentagon to withdraw about 5,000 service members from the country.

Monday, May 4, 2026

Trump: US Will ‘Guide’ Ships Through Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump on Sunday announced “Project Freedom,” an operation in which the US will “guide” ships of “neutral and innocent bystanders” through the vital Strait of Hormuz as the war with Iran continues. “Countries from all over the world, almost all of which are not involved in the Middle Eastern dispute going on so visibly, and violently, for all to see, have asked the United States if we could help free up their ships, which are locked up in the Strait of Hormuz, on something which they have absolutely nothing to do with – they are merely neutral and innocent bystanders,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “For the good of Iran, the Middle East, and the United States, we have told these countries that we will guide their ships safely out of these restricted waterways, so that they can freely and ably get on with their business.”

Trump Calls for Jeffries Impeachment After SCOTUS Comments

President Donald Trump called for the impeachment of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) after the New York Democrat called the US Supreme Court “illegitimate” in the wake of its decision on race-based congressional redistricting in Louisiana.

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Iran Foreign Minister: ‘Project Freedom’ Is Impediment to Peace

Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday said negotiations to end the war with the US are ongoing but are being hindered by “Project Freedom,” the American operation to guide foreign ships through the vital Strait of Hormuz sea passage.

Official: US Prepares Visa Sanctions Against China Over Migrants

China is “slowing its efforts to repatriate Chinese nationals who are in the US illegally, a senior Trump administration official ​told Reuters, warning that Washington was prepared to increase travel restrictions on the country if Beijing didn’t reverse course,” the wire service reports.

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Trump Announces Project Freedom Pause in Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced he is issuing a pause in his “Project Freedom” operation that has had US ships “guide” neutral-nation vessels through the vital Strait of Hormuz sea passage as the war with Iran continues.

EEOC Sues New York Times for Discrimination Against White Male

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court accusing The New York Times of passing over a more qualified white male for a real estate editing post due to a desire to appoint a minority candidate to the position.

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Trump Defends Cost Increase for White House Ballroom

President Donald Trump on Wednesday cited security concerns when justifying rising cost estimates for building a grand ballroom at the White House. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) earmarked $1 billion in federal funds on Tuesday for security improvements for the project, attached to a long-term Border Patrol funding bill.

Trump Pays Tribute to Ted Turner: ‘One of the Greats’

Ted Turner, the business mogul who founded CNN and owned the Atlanta Braves baseball team, died Wednesday at the age of 87 at his home in Lamont, Florida, following a long battle with Lewy body dementia. President Donald Trump saluted him in a Truth Social post.