https://themetropolistribune.com/ A Republican News Outlet en-us Fri, 13 Nov 2026 18:45:00 -0800 https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/dot-digital-corridors.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/dot-digital-corridors.html Fri, 13 Nov 2026 18:45:00 -0800 Alex Nation The Department of Transportation on Friday launched the Great American Digital Corridors Program, a $20 million effort to help states share live highway safety data along interstate corridors. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-xi-putin-trilateral.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-xi-putin-trilateral.html Fri, 13 Nov 2026 17:40:00 -0800 Sarah World The White House said Friday that President Trump will close his visit to China next week with a three-way meeting with Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, the first ever among the leaders of the three nations. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-film-tax-credit-bill.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-film-tax-credit-bill.html Fri, 13 Nov 2026 16:15:00 -0800 Alice Nation President Trump said Friday that he is working with Sen. Tim Scott and other lawmakers to pass a federal tax credit meant to bring film and television production home from Canada, Britain and Australia. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-coast-guard-new-orleans.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-coast-guard-new-orleans.html Fri, 13 Nov 2026 15:40:00 -0800 Marcus Nation President Trump praised the Coast Guard, first responders and Gov. Jeff Landry on Friday after a tanker struck a docked river cruise ship in New Orleans and every person aboard was accounted for. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/b21-raider-weapons-test.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/b21-raider-weapons-test.html Fri, 13 Nov 2026 14:30:00 -0800 Alex Nation The Air Force said Friday that a B-21 Raider test aircraft released a conventional weapon last week, moving the sixth-generation stealth bomber from flight testing to a functional weapons platform. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/rubio-asfura-honduras.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/rubio-asfura-honduras.html Fri, 13 Nov 2026 13:35:00 -0800 Sarah World Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Honduran President Nasry Asfura in Washington on Friday and thanked him for Honduras’ partnership on defense, security and immigration. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/supreme-court-asylum-ban.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/supreme-court-asylum-ban.html Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:40:00 -0800 Marcus Nation The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s request to review lower-court rulings against the president’s proclamation suspending asylum claims at the southern border. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/guatemala-cartel-terror-designations.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/guatemala-cartel-terror-designations.html Fri, 13 Nov 2026 11:35:00 -0800 Sarah World The State and Treasury departments on Friday imposed terrorist designations on three Guatemala-based drug trafficking groups that officials say move narcotics for Mexico’s largest cartels. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/bessent-iran-threats.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/bessent-iran-threats.html Fri, 13 Nov 2026 10:45:00 -0800 Alex Nation Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday that Iranian death threats against him will not change the Trump administration’s economic pressure campaign against Tehran. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/miller-lobbyist-memo.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/miller-lobbyist-memo.html Fri, 13 Nov 2026 09:40:00 -0800 Marcus Nation White House staff now need prior approval from the White House Counsel’s office before meeting with registered lobbyists, under a new memo from Chief of Staff Stephen Miller’s office. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/duffy-air-traffic-control.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/duffy-air-traffic-control.html Fri, 13 Nov 2026 08:30:00 -0800 Alex Nation Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and budget director Russell Vought asked Congress to “act swiftly” on $30.1 billion to complete the overhaul of the nation’s air traffic control system and airports. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/wh-executive-action-record.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/wh-executive-action-record.html Fri, 13 Nov 2026 06:55:00 -0800 Eric Scotch Nation The White House on Friday listed what it called historic results President Trump has delivered in 21 months through executive action, from border security and falling crime to energy and deregulation. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/barrasso-year-end-agenda.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/barrasso-year-end-agenda.html Fri, 13 Nov 2026 06:50:00 -0800 Alex Nation Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso said Republicans will confirm dozens of conservative judges, finish confirming President Trump’s nominees, pass permitting reform and keep the government funded before the year ends. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/sanders-book-tour.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/sanders-book-tour.html Fri, 13 Nov 2026 06:45:00 -0800 Sarah Nation Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders opened the national tour for her new book at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and credited strong conservative policy for Republican wins in her state. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/homan-caravan-warning.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/homan-caravan-warning.html Fri, 13 Nov 2026 06:35:00 -0800 Marcus Nation White House border czar Tom Homan said members of a migrant caravan heading north are “wasting their time,” and President Trump shared the interview on Truth Social. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/ice-record-deportations.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/ice-record-deportations.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 21:30:00 -0800 Alex Nation ICE carried out 483,200 deportations in fiscal 2026, the most in the agency’s history, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/melania-tomb-unknown-soldier.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/melania-tomb-unknown-soldier.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 19:40:00 -0800 Sarah Nation First Lady Melania Trump, who took part in the Veterans Day wreath-laying at Arlington National Cemetery, shared a reflection on the Americans who gave their lives and the sentinels who guard the tomb. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-native-american-heritage-month.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-native-american-heritage-month.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 19:35:00 -0800 Alice Nation In a message for National Native American Heritage Month, President Trump honored Native Americans who have served in uniform and highlighted land, housing and education steps taken by his administration. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-military-families.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-military-families.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 18:40:00 -0800 Alice Nation President Trump on Thursday honored the families of America’s service members for National Military Families Month and highlighted the Military Spouse Commission he created in August. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-entrepreneurship-month.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-entrepreneurship-month.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 18:35:00 -0800 Alex Nation President Trump on Thursday saluted America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners, pointing to the Working Families Tax Cuts Act and an aggressive deregulatory agenda. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-lilly-pennsylvania.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-lilly-pennsylvania.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 17:25:00 -0800 Alex Nation President Trump on Thursday shared Eli Lilly and Company’s groundbreaking on a $3.5 billion plant in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, a site expected to create 850 high-wage jobs and about 2,000 construction jobs. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-hewitt-interview.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-hewitt-interview.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 16:35:00 -0800 Alex Nation President Trump told radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday that he wants to “get Cuba done” before leaving office, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the lead, and said he would have “no hesitation” about using force against Iran. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/zelenskyy-dublin-envoys.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/zelenskyy-dublin-envoys.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 15:40:00 -0800 Sarah World Hours after meeting Putin in Moscow, U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner briefed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy near Dublin. Both sides said the largest prisoner exchange of the war is coming. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/witkoff-europe-talks.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/witkoff-europe-talks.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 14:20:00 -0800 Sarah World After meeting Putin at the Kremlin, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said European representatives will join the next round of Ukraine peace talks. “We’ve set a new meeting,” he said. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/hegseth-sentinel.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/hegseth-sentinel.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 14:19:00 -0800 Alex Nation Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth awarded the Joint Service Commendation Medal to Specialist Thomas Iglesias, the Army sentinel who reminded his party to keep silence at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/senate-cook-judges.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/senate-cook-judges.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 14:18:00 -0800 Alice Nation The Senate confirmed Alabama Supreme Court Justice Greg Cook as a federal judge on Thursday and voted to end debate on two of President Trump’s appeals court nominees. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/lepage-maine.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/lepage-maine.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:35:00 -0800 Marcus Nation Former Gov. Paul LePage won Maine’s 2nd Congressional District after the state’s ranked-choice tabulation, finishing the final round with 50.81 percent of the vote. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/melania-fort-rucker.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/melania-fort-rucker.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 12:25:00 -0800 Alice Nation The first lady visited Fort Rucker to honor soldiers and military families, and she asked Americans to keep service members in mind this Thanksgiving. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-military-reconciliation.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-military-reconciliation.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 10:20:00 -0800 Marcus Nation In a Truth Social post Thursday, the president said he is rebuilding the armed forces “bigger and better than ever before” and urged Senate leadership to act on the defense reconciliation measure. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-cook-nvidia.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-cook-nvidia.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 08:24:21 -0800 Eric Scotch Nation In a Truth Social post Thursday, the president praised the outgoing Nvidia chief executive and said the former Apple chief executive is the “only one man” to take his place. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/rubio-wang-apec.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/rubio-wang-apec.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 06:08:30 -0800 Sarah World The State Department said the secretary of state and China’s foreign minister discussed the president’s travel to the APEC summit in China and agreed that leader-level conversations can advance peace and denuclearization. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-vance-corruption.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-vance-corruption.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 05:42:00 -0800 Alex Nation In a Truth Social post Thursday morning, the president said he had asked Vice President JD Vance to focus his “complete and total attention” on corruption in Democrat-run cities and states. “We don’t need a deal with Iran,” he wrote. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-thune-filibuster.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-thune-filibuster.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 04:59:31 -0800 Alice Nation In a Thursday Truth Social post, the president said the Senate “can no longer be the place ‘where things are sent to die’” and pointed to the SAVE America Act on voter ID and proof of citizenship. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/alaska-count.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/alaska-count.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 04:59:31 -0800 Marcus Nation Wednesday’s count cut Democrat Mary Peltola’s lead over Sen. Dan Sullivan to 3,975 votes, down from 4,250 a day earlier. Ballots from overseas may arrive through Nov. 18. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/kremlin-envoys.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/kremlin-envoys.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 04:59:31 -0800 Sarah World Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met the Russian leader after U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi produced an agreement on a large prisoner exchange. Putin also thanked first lady Melania Trump for her role in a humanitarian mission. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-mexico-caravans.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-mexico-caravans.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 04:59:31 -0800 Eric Scotch Nation In a Truth Social post Thursday morning, the president said the caravans “will not be accepted” and that the Border Patrol and ICE had been informed. “There will be no leniency!” he wrote. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/moscow-talks.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/moscow-talks.html Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Sarah World Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner landed Thursday, Russian media reported, a day after negotiations in Abu Dhabi. Kushner said the sides would finalize a large humanitarian release of prisoners. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-arlington.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-arlington.html Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Sarah Nation The president laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, spoke at Arlington National Cemetery, and posted a video of his remarks on Truth Social. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/israel-iran.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/israel-iran.html Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Sarah World KAN reported the directives on Wednesday, as President Trump, in a Truth Social post, said Iran “cannot have a Nuclear Weapon” and that the United States is “locked and loaded.” https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/brooklyn-collapse.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/brooklyn-collapse.html Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Marcus Nation The three-story building came down around 4 p.m. Wednesday near Bedford and Flatbush Avenues. Firefighters searched the rubble into the night. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/white-house-warning.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/white-house-warning.html Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Rolling With DJ Adam Nation Will Scharf wrote that threats meant to deter public service may cross that line. A U.S. attorney separately directed that records be preserved in an inquiry into White House ballroom donors. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-times.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-times.html Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Alex Nation In two early-Wednesday Truth Social posts, the president said a call to C-SPAN was fully scheduled at the network’s request, and that a report about a lawsuit involving his Bedminster club “did not involve President Trump.” https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/venezuela-oil.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/venezuela-oil.html Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Alex Nation The president also said the United States had recouped the cost of its operation in the country “many, many times over,” and on Truth Social pointed to “Victories in Venezuela and Iran.” https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/hegseth-impeachment.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/hegseth-impeachment.html Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Rolling With DJ Adam Nation The president wrote on Truth Social that every Republican except Rep. Thomas Massie voted in favor of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, whom Trump has called a “Great American Patriot.” https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/alaska-sullivan.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/alaska-sullivan.html Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Marcus Nation On Truth Social, the president said votes he described as going to a “Fake Dan Sullivan” should be given to the incumbent senator, and that “time is of the essence.” https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/john-thune.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/john-thune.html Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Alice Nation The South Dakota senator, running unopposed, was reelected Tuesday after the conference voted 31–15 to proceed with the ballot. President Trump called him “a very fine man.” https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/jim-jordan.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/jim-jordan.html Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Marcus Nation Jordan, the Judiciary Committee chairman, defeated Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, 106 to 73, in a secret-ballot election on Tuesday. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/bbc-ruling.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/bbc-ruling.html Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Alex Nation On Truth Social, the president quoted District Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz as saying the BBC had “edited a video to make it appear as though President Trump made a statement he never made.” https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-judges.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-judges.html Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Alice Nation On Truth Social, the president named Grayson Lambert for South Carolina, Elliot Gaiser for the Northern District of Texas, and James Sullivan for the Western District of Texas. https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-qatar-iran.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/trump-qatar-iran.html Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Sarah World On Truth Social, the president said Gulf states prefer to continue what he called “the Greatest Naval Blockade in History” and “Operation Iron Gate,” and that the United States is “locked and loaded.” https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/macneil-envoy.html https://themetropolistribune.com/articles/macneil-envoy.html Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Alice Nation On Truth Social, the president said MacNeil “knows how to create jobs, bring Manufacturing back home, and put America First.”