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.
Supreme Court lets White House ballroom construction continue 5-4, Chief Justice Roberts dissenting, as the 65% complete project could finish before courts decide its legality.
Virginia removes Stonewall Jackson and 2 other Confederate statues from Capitol Square, leaving Richmond, the Confederacy’s former capital, with none 6 years after the 2020 protests.
National Park Service backs Trump’s 250-foot arch at Memorial Circle while finding it will adversely affect 6 national landmarks, including the Capitol and the Pentagon.
Trump will mark the 25th anniversary of 9/11 at the Pentagon rather than ground zero, in part because the Manhattan memorial bars politicians from speaking, the Times reports.
Judge cuts off DOJ’s claim that the Kennedy Center is “dilapidated” as a “non sequitur” while weighing whether Trump’s board can put his name on the facade and grounds.
Trump names his own budget office lawyer Mark Paoletta to lead the commission vetting his Triumphal Arch and other capital construction projects.
Justice Department tells a court the Kennedy Center faces demolition unless Trump’s board renames and renovates it, months after judges forced his name off the building.
Trump floats renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America” and denies Carney’s account that US demands to weaken Quebec’s French-language rules sank trade talks.
State Department moves to sell a Kehinde Wiley painting of Dominicans it commissioned in 2013, after officials called the Obama portraitist’s work “woke.”
IndyCar racers hit 160 mph past the National Archives and Capitol as Trump waves the green flag at his Freedom 250 Grand Prix.
Kennedy Center board member Rep. Beatty asks the court to block Trump’s name from returning September 8, calling the reworded inscription naked defiance.
Kennedy Center board votes to restore Trump’s name in September and close for renovations, telling the judge who ordered both undone in court filings.
Renderings in Trump’s Supreme Court filing show gold presidential seals on the ballroom exterior, gilding absent from the plans federal commissions approved.
Kennedy Center board votes 20-3 to add Trump’s name to the building three months after a judge ruled only Congress can rename it.
Kennedy Center must pay musician Chuck Redd $250,000 in legal fees after its retaliatory suit over his canceled Christmas concert protesting Trump’s name.
Florida AG Uthmeier threatens to charge WNBA players with assault after a flagrant foul on Sophie Cunningham, though no WNBA team plays in Florida.
Kennedy Center halts free public tours after 55 years, days after a volunteer guide criticized Trump’s overhaul in the New York Times.
Kennedy launches an HHS cooking show promoting his sauerkraut-heavy diet as food prices rise and his agency sheds staff.
Trump orders the Smithsonian’s American History museum to post signs warning visitors about exhibits a White House report calls radical social justice activism.
Transportation Secretary Duffy asks Congress to direct Amtrak to rename Penn Station, months after officials dangled $16 billion in tunnel funds for naming it after Trump.
Trump adds a Thomas Jefferson statue to the paved-over Rose Garden, a gift from the sculptor of his own fist-pump Defiance Monument.
Vance announces the birth of his fourth child, Alec Neel, the first baby born to a sitting vice president’s family since 1870.
National Park Service installs panels overnight at Philadelphia’s President’s House saying Washington’s enslaved staff enjoyed autonomy and theater tickets, replacing exhibits on slavery’s brutality.
Anonymous artists install a 10-foot gold Iran War Participation Trophy for Trump on the Mall, honoring his courage to participate regardless of the final score.
Sen. Whitehouse expands his Kennedy Center probe after whistleblowers describe no-bid contracts and rushed cosmetic work ordered to meet Trump’s FIFA Peace Prize deadline.
Federal planning commission approves preliminary plans 8-1 for Trump’s 250-foot arch that preservationists say would dwarf the Lincoln Memorial and loom over Arlington’s graves.
Smithsonian chief Bunch tells staff the White House report accusing the American History museum of “thinly veiled anti-Americanism” mischaracterizes its work.
Appeals court refuses a second time to restore Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center, finding his fundraising-harm claim backed by no evidence.
Treasury Secretary Bessent scraps the decade-old plan to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill while his department designs a $250 note featuring Trump.
Trump inflates his July 4 crowd claim from 375,000 during his speech to 422,000 the next day, offering no evidence for either figure.
Trump says he personally overruled a recommendation from every agency involved to cancel his storm-evacuated Mall celebration, where heat sent 34 people to hospitals.
White House Independence Day report brands Smithsonian leadership radical activists who cannot be trusted to tell America’s story, signaling Trump may install loyalists.
Interior Secretary Burgum says the same Trump-linked contractor whose $14.6 million no-bid Reflecting Pool paint job peeled will repair it, blaming vandals for the damage.
FIFA suspends U.S. striker Balogun’s automatic red-card ban for Monday’s World Cup match against Belgium after Trump personally asks FIFA chief Infantino to review it.
Storms force a two-hour evacuation of the National Mall before Trump delivers a partisan 250th anniversary speech stumping for his elections bill.
Extreme heat sends 11 Great American State Fair attendees to hospitals, seven needing advanced life support, as organizers delay Trump’s Saturday July Fourth celebration.
Federal judge demands assurances Trump won’t start East Potomac golf course renovations before the lawsuit resolves, citing his September 1 announcement and detailed Fazio plans.
Federal grand jury indicts 67-year-old Olympic canoeist on felony property destruction over Reflecting Pool sealant as Trump blames vandals for his failing $15 million repaint.
Trump tells the Theodore Roosevelt library opening he will give himself and his sons the Medal of Honor “for something,” then says he is only kidding.
