Trump defends DOJ subpoenas of NY Times reporters; Google also was targeted

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement on American nuclear innovation in the Oval Office at the White House on July 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. Eric Lee | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Friday defended his Department of Justice's issuance of subpoenas to New York Times reporters, as it was revealed that Google also received a subpoena in the same criminal investigation of the leak of information about the president's new Air Force One plane.Trump's defense of the subpoenas came a day after the DOJ told a federal judge in New York that it was withdrawing those demands for grand jury testimony by Times reporters and their phone records in connection with an article about the president's Qatari-donated plane."We're not after journalists," Trump told reporters in the