Alex
National Affairs & Economic Correspondent
Alex is a Republican and the national affairs and economic correspondent at The Metropolis Tribune. Trained in public policy and economic analysis, he focuses on national legislative trends and market realities.
He breaks down how nationwide policy decisions, inflation and industry shifts affect local businesses and working families across American cities. His reporting is timely and clear and is written as Republican news.
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Trump’s Transportation Department launches a $20 million program to share real-time highway safety data across state lines
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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Air Force says the B-21 Raider is now a functional weapons platform after its first weapons-release test
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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Bessent says he will not be “cowed” by Iranian death threats and that the pressure campaign is working
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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Duffy and Vought ask Congress for $30.1 billion to finish modernizing air traffic control and the nation’s airports
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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Barrasso lays out Senate Republicans’ year-end agenda: judges, nominees, permitting reform and funding
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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ICE sets all-time records for deportations and arrests in fiscal 2026
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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Trump marks National Entrepreneurship Month, citing tax cuts and more than 1,500 regulations eliminated
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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Trump spotlights Lilly’s $3.5 billion medicine plant in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley
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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Trump tells Hugh Hewitt he wants to ‘get Cuba done’ and would not hesitate on Iran
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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Hegseth honors Tomb of the Unknown Soldier sentinel: ‘We love soldiers. We love standards.’
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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Trump calls a Florida court ruling in his case against the BBC ‘a huge victory’
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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Trump says the New York Times ‘lied’ about a C-SPAN call and omitted a key fact in another report
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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Trump says Venezuelan oil revenues will reach ‘hundreds of billions very soon’
President Trump said Venezuelan oil revenues will reach “hundreds of billions very soon,” and on Truth Social cited “Victories in Venezuela and Iran.”