NATIONAL NEWS

Trump vents online about service provider after conference call marred by glitch

Jun 30, 2025, 2:03 PM

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters as he meets with Congo's Foreign Minister T...

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters as he meets with Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, and Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS

(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

WASHINGTON (AP) — On Monday afternoon, the president of the United States was just another person complaining online about his service provider.

Donald Trump wrote in a pair of posts on Truth Social that he was trying to hold a conference call with faith leaders from all over the country but was unable to start the call because of technical difficulties.

“AT&T is totally unable to make their equipment work properly,” the Republican president said in a post. “This is the second time it’s happened. If the Boss of AT&T, whoever that may be, could get involved — It would be good. There are tens of thousands of people on the line!”

Trump then followed up with another post in which he said, “AT&T ought to get its act together.”

Representatives for AT&T responded to a post from the White House press secretary sharing Trump’s complaints.

“We’ve reached out to the White House and are working to quickly understand and assess the situation,” AT&T said.

The issue was resolved and the call started 20 minutes late, according to a White House official who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Trump rarely shies away from posting his gripes on social media, whether the target is foreign leaders, media organizations, elected officials or telecommunication companies.

The call he was delayed from holding was not on his publicly released schedule.

Between 8,000 and 10,000 leaders of Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths were on the call, the first of a series that the White House expects to regularly hold with religious leaders.

During the call, according to the official, Trump spoke for about 15 minutes and touted provisions in his big tax breaks and spending cuts bill, like the boost to the child tax credit, the Israel-Iran ceasefire and African peace deals he brokered, and the pardons he issued for anti-abortion activists.

National News

Associated Press

Inmate fatally shoots North Carolina officer before being caught in stolen vehicle, sheriff says

MURPHY, N.C. (AP) — A federal inmate escaped from custody at a medical clinic in western North Carolina and fatally shot a detention officer with his own gun Monday, then fled in a stolen vehicle before being captured in another county, a sheriff said. The inmate had been taken to an orthopedics office in Murphy […]

2 hours ago

FILE - A voter drops off their ballot at a dropbox on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Portl...

Associated Press

Voters favored casting early and mail ballots in last year’s presidential election, report shows

ATLANTA (AP) — Casting mailed ballots remained popular among voters in last year’s presidential election, even as President Donald Trump has tried to undercut the process through a wide-ranging executive order. A a target of conspiracy theorists since the 2020 election. The findings, based on data collected at the local level and submitted by states, […]

2 hours ago

Associated Press

New York City doctor pleads guilty to sexually abusing patients in hospital

NEW YORK (AP) — A doctor pleaded guilty Monday to sexually abusing sedated patients at his New York City hospital and raping women who were unconscious at his home. Zhi Alan Cheng admitted to abusing seven women, including three female patients he was treating at New York-Presbyterian Queens hospital, the Queens district attorney’s office said. […]

3 hours ago

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters as he meets with Congo's Foreign Minister T...

Associated Press

Trump vents online about service provider after conference call marred by glitch

WASHINGTON (AP) — On Monday afternoon, the president of the United States was just another person complaining online about his service provider. Donald Trump wrote in a pair of posts on Truth Social that he was trying to hold a conference call with faith leaders from all over the country but was unable to start […]

4 hours ago

FILE - Barry Morphew leaves a Fremont County court building in Canon City, Colo., with his daughter...

Associated Press

Husband of Suzanne Morphew back in Colorado to face murder charge for a second time

DENVER (AP) — The husband of a woman whose remains were discovered over three years after she was reported missing on Mother’s Day 2020 has arrived in Colorado to face a first-degree murder charge in her death for a second time. Barry Morphew was being held in the small city of Alamosa on Monday, 12th […]

4 hours ago

FILE - Demonstrators holds up a banner during a citizenship rally outside of the Supreme Court in W...

Associated Press

Federal judge seeks clarity on whether birthright citizenship order means babies could be deported

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday questioned when the Trump administration will try to enforce its birthright citizenship executive order and asked if the government would attempt to deport U.S.-born children of people who are in the country illegally or temporarily before restrictions on birthright citizenship might take effect in late July. Justice […]

4 hours ago

Trump vents online about service provider after conference call marred by glitch