President Trump announced on Sunday that Dan Scavino, his deputy chief of staff, will head the White House Presidential Personnel Office. Scavino, a longtime trusted adviser to the president, will replace Sergio Gor, whom Trump is tapping to be ambassador to India. “I am pleased to announce that the great Dan Scavino, in addition to…
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Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said on Sunday that President Trump “should get a lot of credit” on the deal between Israel and Hamas as the president plans to head to the region. “How much credit does President Trump deserve for this deal?” CNN’s Dana Bash asked Kelly on “State of the Union.” “Think he should…
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Finally, after many long years, law and order is returning to our nation’s capital. In March, President Trump signed an executive order to “Make the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful,” and part of that means giving law-abiding residents the power to protect and defend themselves. Unfortunately, up until this point, it has been intentionally…
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Vice President Vance said on Sunday that the 20 remaining living hostages should be released from Gaza “any moment now” as the president prepares to travel to the Middle East to welcome them home. “It really should be any moment now, Kristen,” Vance told Kristen Welker in an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,”…
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Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said on Sunday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are “doing the Lord’s work” as the agency faces criticism over its tactics. “I think the ICE agents are doing the Lord’s work. They’re doing what the president promised the American people he was going to do when he ran for…
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Trump is setting off for Israel and Egypt to celebrate the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas.
President Trump on Monday is set to address Israel’s legislature, the Knesset, and attend a Middle East peace ceremony in Egypt following a potential deal between Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza. Trump’s Knesset address is set for 11:00 a.m. local time, a little under two hours after he is expected to…
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“I love tariffs,” President Trump has said. “My favorite word is ‘tariff.’” Thanks to the tariffs he has imposed on about 90 countries, he claims, “we’re becoming rich as hell. … And when we finish this out, there’ll never be any wealth like what we have.” The United States has “already solved inflation, we’ve solved…
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) praised President Trump for being “willing to take the heat” after thousands of furloughed federal employees were laid off during the government shutdown. “What’s fascinating, if you watch, Trump has now begun to systematically lay off people permanently,” Gingrich said Sunday on the “Cats Roundtable” radio show hosted by John…
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The Rafah crossing will reopen to allow passage between Gaza and Egypt following Israel and Hamas’s agreement to a peace deal and the first phase of a ceasefire. A European Union Border Assistance Missions (EUBAM) monitoring mission will resume its duties, according to a statement from Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto on Friday. The crossing will reopen…
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New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D) described the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James as political retribution, which he added is the “only thing” President Trump can deliver on. “Look, I think we’ve seen, whether it be with [former FBI Director] James Comey, whether it be with Attorney General James, that…
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Months of relative calm in the long-simmering trade war between the U.S. and China may be coming to an end.
Demonstrators will once again take to the streets for “No Kings Day,” a nationwide series of protests against the Trump administration, on Oct. 18. While protests against President Trump have not been uncommon since his first term, “No Kings Day” kicked off on June 14. These gatherings were organized in response to the U.S. Army’s…
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“I don’t know who told President Trump this was a good idea, but it has made people not want to vote,” Laura Loomer wrote.
More than 4,000 federal employees across several departments were laid off on Friday as the government shutdown stretched into the weekend, with no new deal between Democrats and Republicans in sight. Details found in a Department of Justice (DOJ) court filing list the number of layoffs per department or agency. The most significant number of…
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The defense secretary announced Friday at the Pentagon that the U.S. will “build a Qatari Emeri Air Force facility” in Idaho, then issued a correction amid backlash.
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said on Saturday that he will not be “intimidated” or “deterred” by President Trump’s perceived retribution threats, as a growing number of officials on the commander in chief’s perceived enemies list face charges. The California Democrat, both a frequent critic of the president and target of his ire, said in a…
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A federal appeals court on Saturday partially restored President Trump’s control of the National Guard in Chicago and across Illinois, but prevented him from being able to actually deploy servicemembers in the Prairie State. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit granted the Trump administration’s request for an administrative stay in part, meaning…
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The conservative commentator lashed out on Friday on CNN after Democratic panelist Jamal Simmons offered his take on the supposed snub.
The U.S. has about 1.3 million active-duty service members.
President Trump on Saturday directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to use all of the department’s “available funds” to go toward paying military servicemembers during the government shutdown. Throwing blame toward congressional Democrats and naming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Trump said that troops will not receive their upcoming paychecks. Servicemembers are scheduled to receive…
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He didn’t hold back.
The Smithsonian Institute announced Saturday that its museums will be closed starting Sunday as the lapse in government funding persists. “Due to the government shutdown, Smithsonian museums are temporarily closed beginning on Sunday, Oct. 12, along with our research centers and the National Zoo,” the organization wrote on the social platform X. “We will update…
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The Trump administration on Friday laid off dozens of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the government shutdown persists in Washington. The firings at one of the nation’s top public health agencies follows a series of turmoil around leadership changes and a stark update to guidance on health and vaccine…
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The president shared an artist’s illustration on his Truth Social platform on Friday for his latest design project in Washington, D.C.