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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday that Iranian death threats against him will not change the Trump administration’s economic pressure campaign against Tehran.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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ICE carried out 483,200 deportations in fiscal 2026, the most in the agency’s history, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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First Lady Melania Trump visited Fort Rucker to honor soldiers and military families. “The sacrifices of military families don’t make the headlines, but you are the foundation for the world’s most capable military,” she said.
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President Donald J. Trump on Thursday called on Senate leadership to “IMMEDIATELY move on the 350 Billion Dollar Reconciliation Bill,” saying it would give the nation’s troops “the DECISIVE ADVANTAGE they deserve.”
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President Trump said former Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook should replace Jensen Huang, who resigned Thursday as Nvidia’s chief executive. “A Legend replaces a Legend!” the president wrote.
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President Trump said he asked Vice President JD Vance to focus on corruption in Democrat-run cities and states, and wrote, “We don’t need a deal with Iran.”
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President Trump said tariffs on Mexico will be “IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED” unless Mexico stops migrant caravans moving north, adding, “There will be no leniency!”
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President Trump congratulated John Thune on “another year of leadership” and urged Senate Republicans to terminate the filibuster.
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New results cut Mary Peltola’s lead over Sen. Dan Sullivan to 3,975 votes, and a judge rejected her campaign’s request for rejected-ballot records.
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House Republicans blocked a resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. On Truth Social, President Trump said the effort “has miserably FAILED.”
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President Trump marked Veterans Day at Arlington, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and posting his remarks on Truth Social.
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President Trump said a ruling by Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz of the Southern District of Florida was “a huge victory” in his case against the BBC.
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President Trump announced three federal judicial nominations on Truth Social and called on the Senate to confirm 161 pending nominations, including 25 federal judges.
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On Truth Social, President Trump disputed two New York Times reports, saying a C-SPAN call was scheduled at the network’s request and that a lawsuit at his Bedminster club did not involve him.
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President Trump said on Truth Social that Sen. Dan Sullivan had won the Alaska election and alleged fraud and confusion in the count. Those claims are the president’s.
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Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio defeated Rep. Steve Scalise, 106–73, and will lead House Republicans in the next Congress.
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Senate Republicans reelected Sen. John Thune of South Dakota as their leader on Tuesday. President Trump called him “a very fine man.”
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President Trump said Venezuelan oil revenues will reach “hundreds of billions very soon,” and on Truth Social cited “Victories in Venezuela and Iran.”
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White House counsel Will Scharf warned that a process designed only to abuse or instill fear may cross into “blatant criminality.” A U.S. attorney also issued a records-preservation directive.
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President Trump announced on Truth Social that David MacNeil, founder of WeatherTech, will serve as special envoy for manufacturing.
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A three-story building collapsed Wednesday afternoon in Flatbush, Brooklyn, killing one person and injuring 12, the Fire Department said.