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The National Capital Planning Commission released more than 9,000 pages of public comments opposing President Donald Trump’s $400 million ballroom project ahead of a Thursday public hearing. The U.S. Commission on Fine Arts and the NCPC are overseeing the controversial ballroom’s construction. In January, the Trump-stacked CFA approved the ballroom. The... Read more

President Donald Trump is taking part in a White House event focused on pressing large technology corporations to sign a pledge ensuring they ward off higher electricity bills tied to data center power demand. [embedded content] The president’s event is set to start at 3 p.m. and is expected to... Read more

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins sparred over War Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s comments against press coverage of the Iran conflict and the six U.S. service members who have died since the operation started. The spat occurred during a Wednesday afternoon press briefing when Collins questioned... Read more

President Donald Trump will attend the soon-to-be-held dignified transfer of six American service members killed so far by Iran in Operation Epic Fury.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made the announcement during her Wednesday press briefing. “These heroes represent the very best among us. They laid down their lives in... Read more

President Donald Trump has flooded the zone on Iran this week, deploying top administration officials to win over the public regarding the continuous military operation.It’s a strategy Trump has employed for years, but this time around, some Republican insiders suggest that having “too many cooks in the kitchen” is hampering... Read more

Welcome to Wednesday’s Washington Secrets. Today, we offer a handy list of the shifting reasons for Donald Trump’s conflict in Iran, and we explain why Rubio is ready to “unleash Chiang” …You could hear the irritation as Marco Rubio addressed reporters, contempt dripping from every word. “Listen, let me explain... Read more

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President Donald Trump’s administration is on the defensive, not only from Iranian strikes in the Middle East but also from incoming criticism from members of his own base.Secretary of State Marco Rubio‘s concession on Monday that the U.S. started proactively striking Iran in the early hours of Saturday morning because... Read more

President Donald Trump bashed Keir Starmer over his lack of cooperation in Operation Epic Fury, unfavorably contrasting him with another British prime minister, Winston Churchill.Starmer apparently declined to allow U.S. heavy bombers to use the U.K.’s base in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. Speaking to reporters next to a... Read more

President Donald Trump threatened to cut off all U.S. trade dealings with Spain in response to the European nation’s opposition to increasing NATO defense spending and its refusal to allow the United States to use its base during strikes against Iran.“Spain has been terrible. In fact, I told Scott (Bessent)... Read more

President Donald Trump denied on Tuesday that Israel was responsible for dragging the United States into a brewing conflict with Iran.Trump said during an impromptu press conference in the Oval Office with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that Iran was likely to attack first and that, if anything, the U.S. forced... Read more

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the next leader of Iran should be someone from within the current regime, rather than Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the late shah.Trump made the remarks during an impromptu press conference in the Oval Office with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. “Some people like... Read more