The White House has released the official portrait of first lady Melania Trump, portraying her standing over a desk in a similar manner to her husband. The photo, taken in the White House’s Yellow Oval Room, was released to the press on Monday afternoon. The Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard drew...
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In his first domestic trip after last week’s inauguration, Vice President JD Vance vowed to fight through Washington bureaucracy to help residents of Damascus, Virginia, recover from last year’s devastating Hurricane Helene. “We’re going to try to make sure the federal government does right by them,” Vance said of the...
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President Donald Trump is reinstating military members who were discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, an action that could affect thousands of former service members. Trump will sign an executive order reinstating active and reserve military personnel, with their former rank, full back pay, and benefits, who were let go by...
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President Donald Trump issued a host of executive orders on his first day, aiming to reverse many of former President Joe Biden’s policies and kick-start his own “America First” agenda. Here’s the rundown of the actions Trump took in his first hours, as well as in the days since: Immigration...
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President Donald Trump issued an executive order giving the federal government more control over California’s water management after sparring with Democrats, who he said have slow-walked Los Angeles’s recovery efforts. The order gives the Federal Emergency Management Agency and half a dozen agencies authority to override California state laws and...
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Democrats are criticizing President Donald Trump in his administration’s infancy for not delivering on a promise to lower grocery prices “immediately” after he took office. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) co-wrote a letter with Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), which was signed by 20 Democrats and sent to Trump on Sunday evening....
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order that establishes a task force to conduct a review of the Federal Emergency Management Agency after he trashed the agency in trips to North Carolina and California earlier this weekend. Trump teased an overhaul of FEMA in both stops, saying in North Carolina...
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Newly confirmed CIA director John Ratcliffe previewed what the agency will look like going forward under his leadership, including preventing it from becoming partisan toward specific candidates. Ratcliffe was confirmed on Thursday as the new director of the Central Intelligence Agency, part of President Donald Trump’s plan to reshape the...
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Vice President JD Vance backed President Donald Trump‘s opening moves in his first interview since being sworn in. In an interview with CBS News’s Face the Nation, Vance clashed with host Margaret Brennan over issues such as immigration and recent moves by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Here are...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called out President Donald Trump for pardoning all 1,583 people who faced charges for their actions at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump spent his first hours in office issuing mass clemencies, commutations, and pardons for these former rioters. Some 1,230 had been convicted...
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Tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who was tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to co-chair the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, is now expected to abandon his post at the organization, according to a report. CBS News reported on Sunday that people close to Elon Musk, who is the other co-chair,...
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President-elect Donald Trump reveled in his return to Washington during his inauguration eve rally, previewing several orders he plans to make on day one that include many promises he made on the campaign trail.Trump is expected to sign a flurry of executive orders regarding immigration and government reform once he...
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