Trump Admin Aims to Return Manufacturing Back to US With New Foundry School
The Trump administration on Sept. 3 announced the New Foundry School, a project that aims to bring manufacturing back to the United States.
The White House has identified the offshoring of manufacturing as a major national security concern. The new project aims to train the U.S. workforce, in partnership with educational institutions, to revive its industries without relying on other nations that could potentially become adversaries.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance made the announcement at the Donald Trump Institute of Peace.
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Vance also applauded the vision.
“We’re gonna reinvest in American workers,” he said.
Lindsay Clancy Trial Ends in Mistrial
The Lindsay Clancy trial ended in a mistrial on Sept. 4 after days of deliberations and a deadlock, as jurors failed to reach a verdict.
Clancy had been on trial over the murder of her three children, which prosecutors say was calculated; she pleaded not guilty, saying she was suffering from postpartum psychosis.
Clancy, who was on several forms of medication, said that after hearing voices in her head, she strangled her three kids with exercise bands in the basement of her Duxbury, Massachusetts, home.
Afterward, she cut her wrists and neck, then proceeded to jump out of the window to commit suicide. She survived but was left paralyzed from the waist down.
The prosecution will now decide whether to pursue a retrial.
Defendant Lindsay Clancy watches jurors enter the courtroom, as the jury resumes deliberations, in Plymouth Superior Court, in Plymouth, Mass., on Sept. 4, 2026. Greg Derr/Pool via Reuters
Trump Rejects Claims of Low Ammunition
President Donald Trump rebuked claims that the United States is running low on ammunition in the Middle East in its fight against Iran.
“We have virtually unlimited amounts of Mid to High Grade Ammunition.”
There have been numerous reports in recent months estimating that the U.S. military is running low on ammunition in its war against Iran, which first started early in the year.
“We are producing Munitions at levels never seen before. We are stockpiling and preparing for any contingency that could happen,” Trump further explained.
A forklift moves 155 mm shells at Dover Air Force Base, Del., on April 29, 2022. Alex Brandon/AP Photo
House Rejects Proposal to Limit Supreme Court Justices to 9
The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal on Sept. 2 that would limit the number of Justices on the nation’s highest court to nine.
Constitutional amendments need a two-thirds majority to pass in the House.
The Supreme Court in Washington on Aug. 31, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Tupac Trial Ends With Guilty Verdict
The Trial for the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur ended with a guilty verdict this week, with Duane “Keffe D” Davis being convicted of 1st-degree murder, following years of speculation.
Although Davis, 63, did not physically commit the murder, jurors said he planned the incident and provided the weapon that killed Shakur—one of the rap industry’s most famous artists—at the height of his fame.
The incident was said to be a retaliatory act after Shakur had assaulted Davis’s nephew hours earlier, following a Mike Tyson fight.
Shakur was killed in 1996 near the Las Vegas Strip. He was a passenger in a car being driven by former Death Row Records CEO Marion Hugh “Suge” Knight Jr. when a white Cadillac pulled up beside them at a red light and opened fire.
Knight survived the attack but Shakur died in hospital six days later.
Duane “Keffe D” Davis appears at Clark County District Court in Las Vegas, Nev., on Aug. 12, 2026. Steve Marcus/via Reuters
Music Giants Sue Anthropic Over Alleged Copyright
Music giants Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell, among others, are accusing artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic of stealing their music to train AI, in what they describe as one of the “most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history.”
The lawsuit was filed on Aug. 28.
Pages from the Anthropic website and the company’s logo are displayed on a computer screen in New York City on Feb. 26, 2026. Patrick Sison/AP/File
Tiger Woods Changes Plea Deal to Avoid Jail Time
Decorated Golfer Tiger Woods changed his plea deal to no contest on Sept. 2 in order to avoid jail time following his March rollover crash in Florida.
Woods, 50, who was charged with reckless driving, was also given a $1,000 fine and had his license suspended for five years as part of the agreement.
The 15-time major champion was driving his Land Rover at a high rate of speed near his Jupiter Island, Florida, home in a 30-mph zone when he clipped a truck turning into a driveway and rolled the SUV.
Woods passed a breathalyzer test but refused a urine sample.
No Contest means the defendant accepts the charge without admitting guilt.
Tiger Woods leaves the Martin County Courthouse in Stuart, Fla., on Sept. 2, 2026. Saul Martinez/Getty Images
New York City Bans AI in Schools
New York City has suspended AI from pre-school through middle school, with older students being subject to AI awareness training schemes in an attempt to curb its influence in the city.
Teachers will also be banned from using AI to grade assignments, and screen time policies will also be implemented.
This new directive, aimed at 2-K through 8th grade, is expected to affect 600,000 students between 4 and 14, amounting to two-thirds of the city’s total enrollment.
“Just because technology is everywhere, doesn’t mean it belongs everywhere,” New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at a Sept. 2 press conference.
Students attend a class in New York City, on June 24, 2022. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images
