President Trump said Monday he is ready to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War. Mr. Trump said he would likely bring back the Pentagon’s previous name in about a week. The president and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have pledged to reestablish the military’s “warrior ethos” and have often bemoaned the name change made after World War II ended…… Continue Reading
Trump Asks Congress for Billions to ‘Beautify’ D.C. Streets
President Trump said he’s going to obtain $2 billion from Congress to beautify the streets of the District, a plan that’s been on his mind and has been called for with executive orders. “I’m giving out a contract very soon…we’re going to be raising about $2 billion from Congress, and Congress is happy to do it,” Mr. Trump told reporters Friday…… Continue Reading
Trump Says 15% Tariffs on South Korea Will Stay
President Trump said the U.S. trade deal with South Korea will remain in place, with 15% tariffs on South Korean goods, after meeting Monday at the White House with President Lee Jae-myung in talks that also covered a shipbuilding deal, a potential summit with North Korea and the cost of U.S. troops stationed on the peninsula. In their first meeting…… Continue Reading
Trump Warns of Sanctions, Tariffs if Putin, Zelenskyy Fail to Meet
President Trump said he’ll consider “massive” sanctions and tariffs if Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy don’t set up a meeting within two weeks. “We’re going to see whether or not they have a meeting,” Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Friday during an announcement about the 2026 World Cup…… Continue Reading
Trump Creates National Design Studio to Modernize Federal Services
President Trump created a National Design Studio to be headed by a new chief design officer to enhance federal digital and physical services. Airbnb Inc. co-founder Joe Gebbia has been tapped to fill the role, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. Mr. Trump signed the executive order creating the studio…… Continue Reading
Kennedy Center Will Host World Cup Draw, Trump Says
President Trump says the World Cup draw will take place on Dec. 5 at the Kennedy Center in Washington. The draw is a closely watched affair that determines how the 48 qualified teams are grouped at the start of next year’s soccer tournament. In effect, nations will learn what teams they’ll face in the early round. The U.S., Canada and Mexico are hosting the tourney…… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Chair Powell Hints at Rate Cut
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is signaling that a long-awaited cut to interest rates may be warranted in September. Mr. Powell, in his final address to an annual Fed symposium, said the central bank faces a “challenging situation” as it weighs possible price increases from tariffs and the risk of slowing employment…… Continue Reading
James Dobson, Influential Christian Psychologist, Dies at 89
James C. Dobson, a bestselling Christian author and psychologist whose views on families influenced several presidents, died Thursday morning of unspecified causes in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was 89. The Dr. James Dobson Family Institute, a ministry originally founded as Family Talk in 2010, issued a statement about his death…… Continue Reading
Education Department Puts NOVA Schools on ‘High-Risk’ Status
The U.S. Department of Education said Tuesday that it will place five Northern Virginia school districts on high-risk payment status for defying the administration on transgender access to bathrooms in violation of federal law. The school districts, or “divisions,” will be downgraded to reimbursement status within the federal grant system…… Continue Reading
Trump Targets ‘Woke’ Habits of Smithsonian Museums
President Trump said Tuesday he’s getting his administration’s lawyers involved against what he calls the “woke” habits of the Smithsonian museums in Washington. “The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of ’WOKE,’” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social Tuesday…… Continue Reading
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