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May 11, 2026
Nonprofit sues to stop Trump’s changes to Reflecting Pool, a historic site
President Donald Trump wants to resurface the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool by July 4. A D.C.-area foundation claims he failed to get federal reviews.
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May 8, 2026
White House prepares to replace FDA leader Marty Makary amid agency turmoil
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has faced criticism over his leadership of the agency that oversees vaccine and drug approvals.
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May 5, 2026
GOP offers $1B for White House security, sparking dispute over ballroom
Senate Republicans maintain their budget reconciliation proposal would authorize security construction, but not Trump’s ballroom. The White House disagrees.
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May 3, 2026
Trump says U.S. will guide ships through Strait of Hormuz
He called the operation starting Monday a humanitarian gesture for nations “that have done absolutely nothing wrong” but whose crews have been stranded for weeks.
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May 3, 2026
Trump hosts PGA Tour at Doral — and he’s the big winner
For a decade, golf’s biggest league shunned the president. In his second term, they’ve welcomed him back.
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May 2, 2026
Trump returns to public events, delivering profane speech
In his first public speech since the White House correspondents’ dinner, the president mocked transgender weightlifters and the “medical crap” an adviser was telling him.
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May 1, 2026
Medicare portal database exposed health providers’ Social Security numbers
It is the latest technical problem related to the Trump administration’s push to create a national directory of health providers.
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April 30, 2026
Trump drops embattled surgeon general pick Casey Means, announces new nominee
Means’s nomination stalled as some Republicans questioned her credentials. The new nominee, Trump’s third pick for the role, is Nicole Saphier a radiologist and Fox News contributor.
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April 30, 2026
Despite Trump’s push, most Americans still oppose his ballroom, poll finds
The president’s planned 250-foot arch and a Treasury department plan to put Trump’s signature on paper money are also unpopular ideas.
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April 29, 2026
Trump to host Artemis astronauts, as he eyes more trips to the moon — and Mars
The president is celebrating investments he made in his first term that needed years to pay off, as he continues to seek “American dominance in space.”
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April 28, 2026
Trump asks judge to let him build ballroom, citing correspondents’ dinner attack
In a legal filing, the administration blamed historic preservationists who “suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome” for seeking to block the project.
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April 27, 2026
White House to review security in light of shooting at correspondents’ dinner
“If adjustments need to be made to protect the president, they will be made,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Monday.
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April 27, 2026
National Trust rejects Trump demand to drop ballroom suit in wake of shooting
The nonprofit pushed back against the Justice Department’s claim that the lawsuit endangers Trump, calling it “irresponsible,” and said he must follow the law.
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April 26, 2026
Inside the chaotic correspondents’ dinner shooting: ‘Get down, get down!’
For the third time in three years, President Donald Trump found himself under the threat of gunfire. This time the Washington press corps was in the room.
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April 25, 2026
Trump’s changes to Reflecting Pool worry preservationists, locals
Some warned that the president’s blue-tinted resurfacing would distort the experience for visitors and make the national symbol resemble a “large lap pool.”
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April 25, 2026
Trump eager to show off latest White House project to King Charles
The president’s black granite path is the newest change to the West Wing, following gold lettering, Oval Office gilding and a “Presidential Walk of Fame.”
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April 23, 2026
Trump to unveil new drug price deal with Regeneron amid affordability push
Regeneron would be the 17th drug company to agree to lower its prices as part of the administration’s Most Favored Nation initiative.
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April 22, 2026
White House pushes imminent easing of controls on marijuana
Under an administration plan, marijuana would be moved to Schedule III, like some common prescription painkillers. It now has the same Schedule I classification as heroin.
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April 21, 2026
Trump fought to keep the ballroom fundraising contract secret. Here’s what’s in it.
The agreement governing hundreds of millions in private donations was kept secret until a watchdog group sued and a judge ordered it disclosed.
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April 19, 2026
We analyzed Trump’s public remarks. His White House ballroom is a top priority.
The president has publicly highlighted his White House ballroom project on roughly a third of the days this year, a Washington Post analysis found.
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April 18, 2026
Trump officials push Theodore Roosevelt for Pro Football Hall of Fame
“I think we’re going to see Theodore Roosevelt inducted,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said at an event on Thursday.
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April 17, 2026
Trump plans to ease access to psychedelics like psilocybin, ibogaine
The president will direct federal agencies to boost research into the drugs and support clinical trials, moves championed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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April 16, 2026
Trump’s 250-foot arch receives early design approval as public pans it
The Commission of Fine Arts asked the architect for revisions, with one member suggesting the project could be downsized by leaving out gold-plated statues.
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April 16, 2026
Federal judge sets new limits on Trump ballroom construction
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon clarified that some national security work can continue while the overall project is halted.
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April 16, 2026
White House sidesteps vaccine skeptics in potential CDC leadership reset
A new team could mark a shift away from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s unpopular vaccine agenda ahead of the midterms.
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April 16, 2026
Trump’s top arts commissioner says D.C. needs three arches, not one
Rodney Mims Cook Jr. tried to build an arch in D.C. for years. Now his panel will review the president’s own proposal — and Cook says two more should be built, too.
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April 15, 2026
White House favors Erica Schwartz, former deputy surgeon general, to lead CDC
Schwartz would be Trump’s third nominee to lead the CDC. She left government in 2021, after the Biden administration passed her over for acting U.S. surgeon general.
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April 13, 2026
White House says it’s boosting affordability through physician reforms
A new report distills the Trump administration’s strategy as officials jockey to shape health care messages ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
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April 11, 2026
Federal judges say White House ballroom construction can continue, for now
President Donald Trump has claimed that a building pause poses a risk to national security.
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April 10, 2026
Trump officials unveil designs for president’s controversial 250-foot arch
Military veterans have sued to halt the project, saying it would alter key views of Arlington National Cemetery.
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