Trump’s closing midterm speech spends about 20 minutes on the reopened Reflecting Pool, shut for months by algae and liner tears from the renovation he ordered.
Federal judge orders notice within an hour of any approval for Trump’s arch, as the administration eyes a Nov. 5 construction start.
Commerce Secretary Lutnick refused to let the Kennedy Center keep $10 million without Trump’s name attached, as returning it meant furloughs, a congresswoman’s brief alleges.
Virginia and DC sue to stop Trump’s 250-foot arch, the third suit, as the administration says construction could start Nov. 5.
Trump-controlled Kennedy Center won’t say why it picked a little-known Minnesota firm that designs schools and churches to oversee its $257 million renovation.
Justice Department tells federal judge Trump’s 250-foot arch is needed for national security but can’t explain how, though it expects up to 22,000 tourists a day.
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool reopens after months closed for the administration’s repaint, whose peeling Trump still blames on vandals though the vandalism charge was dropped.
Democratic Rep. Beatty asks a judge to force release of about 180 Kennedy Center texts with Commerce Secretary Lutnick, withheld as privileged presidential communications.
Trump demands NBA star LeBron James apologize for stretching during the national anthem, three months after calling him “maybe a racist.”
Defense Secretary Hegseth’s staff gashed an Eisenhower World War II globe it was moving to his office with its own crew, not trained curators, The Washington Post reports.
Trump administration swaps career officials for political appointees on the federal planning commission set to vote Nov. 5 on his 250-foot arch.
White House claims executive privilege over Trump’s Kennedy Center communications in Democratic Rep. Beatty’s suit, which says he’s sued as board chair, not president.
White House review finds painting the Eisenhower building white would harm the 138-year-old landmark, but still prefers paint since cleaning won’t match the White House.
Theme parks close 12 coasters after rider is ejected and killed on Six Flags Over Georgia’s Goliath, as Cobb County police investigate.
Interior Department cancels national park maintenance and programming contracts and downgrades nearly 1,500 projects to “low priority,” internal Park Service records show.
Trump floats renaming the Atlantic or Pacific “Trump Ocean” or “Ocean of the Americas” after rebranding the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario.
Trump says he’ll give former pitcher Roger Clemens the Medal of Freedom, “a big step up” from the Hall of Fame that rejected him over steroid suspicions.
Thousands chant “ICE out now” as Springsteen sings for Renee Good and Alex Pretti, killed by federal agents, at Maryland’s Power to the People festival.
Kennedy Center Honors move off-site to a sports arena for the first time, as Trump ties the closed center’s renovation to adding his name.
MLB rules out a game at Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park, which The Washington Post reported Trump officials weighed, after local leaders objected.
Trump says he refused a Secret Service proposal to demolish the Oval Office, a year after tearing down the East Wing for his ballroom.
Satirical group behind the Trump-Epstein statue installs arcade games mocking Trump’s Greenland deal at DC War Memorial and online, shipping one to Greenland’s capital.
National Park Service’s deputy director scouts three Grand Teton sites for a Major League Baseball ballpark, WaPo reports, as White House says it’s no priority.
Whistleblowers say Kennedy Center director halted repairs in April to the leaks Trump now cites to close it, despite $9.3 million from Congress.
Trump calls a report that aides listed Ford’s Theatre, where Lincoln was assassinated, among sites to carry his name a “ridiculous lie.”
Trump says his proposed 250-foot arch near Arlington Memorial Bridge will become a military complex holding snipers, drones and ammunition at the military’s request.
Cobb County, Georgia, superintendent pulls Nobel laureate Toni Morrison’s 56-year-old novel “The Bluest Eye” from school libraries after reading only excerpts, with no review committee.
Hundreds form a human chain around the fenced Kennedy Center as Trump, asked if he will demolish it, says his administration “saved” the “dump.”
Federal judge orders 30 days’ notice before any Kennedy Center demolition, a day after Trump said it will be “ripped down” without his name.
National Park Service finds Trump’s 250-foot arch would harm views of the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington Cemetery but says build it anyway with “mitigations.”
Kennedy Center’s Trump-appointed executive director fences and closes the main building for seven days citing safety, one day after the board voted to close it pending a judge’s ruling.
Interior Department plans to post a dozen signs costing $84,000 outside the National Museum of American History warning visitors of Smithsonian leaders’ “anti-white animus,” The Atlantic reports.
Kennedy Center board votes to close an hour after a judge blocks Trump’s inscription a second time, and Trump says renovation won’t happen without his name.
Kennedy Center could close Tuesday over “certain fiscal collapse,” the Washington Post reports, as Trump offers to raise the money if his name goes on the front signage.
Trump calls for 30-foot George Washington “Colossus” and 5-year Smithsonian exhibition 3 days after its secretary announced retirement, saying museums focus “overwhelmingly” on the oppressed.
Reflecting Pool contractor admits its own primer and chemical errors caused the peeling Trump blamed on vandals, in government reports the New York Times reviewed.
Families read nearly 3,000 names at ceremonies in New York, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania marking 25 years since the September 11 attacks.
Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch, 73, the institution’s first Black leader, announces he will retire at year’s end, saying Trump’s “improper ideology” attacks played no role.
Kennedy Center chair fired by Trump buys the Blue sculpture the center tore down last week and will lend it to the National Gallery of Art, The New York Times reports.
Judge Tanya Chutkan orders 48 hours notice before any work beyond artifact surveys at the site of Trump’s 250-foot arch, a day after Interior Secretary Burgum said excavation starts within 2 weeks.
Kennedy Center closes its Grand Foyer after a chunk of ceiling falls during storms, and management calls the “limited” damage proof of the 2-year shutdown a judge blocked in May
Federal appeals court refuses to rehear Philadelphia’s fight to restore President’s House panels on 9 people Washington enslaved, leaving the city only a Supreme Court petition.
Interior Secretary Burgum says excavation for Trump’s 250-foot arch near Arlington Cemetery starts within 2 weeks, while veterans and preservationists sue to stop it as unauthorized by Congress.
Trump administration threatens to end federal artifact loans, grants and contracts to the Smithsonian “under current leadership,” escalating a year-long campaign over its slavery and diversity exhibits.
US Mint starts selling $1 coins with Trump’s face after its advisory committee refused to review them, putting the first sitting president on US currency since Coolidge in 1926.
Kennedy Center hauls away Joel Shapiro’s “Blue” sculpture by crane, closing Rock Creek Parkway for 7 rush-hour hours, days after Trump floated demolishing the building.
Kennedy Center removes Joel Shapiro’s “Blue” sculpture from its grounds with no explanation, 11 weeks after a court forced Trump’s name off the building.
Small Business Administration stages $1 million Shark Tank-style pitch contest September 18 judged by Nicki Minaj and other Trump supporters, hosted by actor Dean Cain.
Smithsonian puts the National Museum of the American Latino in a building it already owns, bypassing congressional approval after Trump’s budget stripped the museum’s funding.
Trump personally asks Apple to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America” on its maps, Interior Secretary Burgum says, days after Google complied and MapQuest refused.