Treasury Secretary Bessent sidelines his chief information officer from AI policy after he warned OpenAI and Anthropic the White House was weighing model licensing, POLITICO reports.
Rhode Island Gov. McKee loses his primary 62-38 to former CVS executive Helena Foulkes, the first incumbent governor beaten in a primary nationwide since 2018.
Trump will fly the Qatari-gifted Air Force One to Ireland this month, 2 months after secretly leaving Turkey on another plane over security concerns.
Labor Department watchdog finds ex-Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer presided over a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating” workplace and used government funds for personal travel.
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.
White House orders agencies to make Login.gov the default sign-in for federal websites within 2 years, weeks after congressional auditors said it still hasn’t fixed fraud threats.
General Services Administration awards $1.1 million to one contractor for White House bowling alley lighting and an unexplained basement “studio,” 12 years after Republicans killed an Obama-era renovation.
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.
US Attorney Pirro’s special grand jury questions DC teachers about truancy and graduation rates in a rare federal probe of how the city supervises its youth, the Post reports.
Karoline Leavitt ends 585 days as White House press secretary and returns to the pro-Trump super PAC MAGA Inc. to work the midterms, with no successor named.
ATF investigates a “major” cyber incident after the ransomware group Qilin said it hacked the agency, without disclosing whether any data was stolen.
Trump names his own budget office lawyer Mark Paoletta to lead the commission vetting his Triumphal Arch and other capital construction projects.
Fired FEMA crew leader says she skipped Trump-sign homes after Hurricane Milton only when residents charged workers or signs warned of guns.
FBI seizes 3 internet domains Chinese government-backed hackers used to target NASA, the Federal Reserve, the Senate and 3 federal departments.
DHS inspector general finds a FEMA crew broke the Hatch Act by skipping 11 homes with Trump signs during 2024 Hurricane Milton recovery.
Secret Service puts 3 communications officials on leave, including its comms chief, stripping their clearances as leak investigations roil the agency.
Trump tells Michael Cohen he was weaponized and forced to testify in the hush money trial, as Cohen’s pardon application awaits White House action.
Trump signs the granite of his new $5 million helipad, paid by Marine One maker Sikorsky, saying guests could have cocktails there before ballroom events.
Judge allows paint tests on the granite Eisenhower Executive Office Building while weighing whether Trump illegally seized GSA authority over the project.
Renderings in Trump’s Supreme Court filing show gold presidential seals on the ballroom exterior, gilding absent from the plans federal commissions approved.
Trump administration formally calls the July missile threat against his plane an assassination attempt to argue the Supreme Court should allow ballroom construction.
Federal discrimination cases frozen for months suddenly restarted days after a union sued the EEOC, which calls the halt a judge’s error.
DOJ tells the DC Council its request that 10 governors withdraw Guard troops is impotent theatrics as the deployment enters a second year.
Trump’s White House construction will cost at least $927 million with taxpayers covering most of it through a maintenance account, a Post review shows.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt leaves at the end of August to spend more time with family, opening Trump’s most visible spokesperson role.
Trump nominates Project 2025 workforce-section coauthor Dennis Kirk as Interior’s inspector general, the office fielding five congressional requests including the Reflecting Pool review.
Trump names staff secretary Will Scharf White House counsel, elevating the personal attorney who won his Supreme Court presidential immunity case.
Hunter Biden says his father’s prostate cancer has metastasized into his bones and beyond, calling the former president’s condition painful and very debilitating.
GAO finds DOGE’s Wall of Receipts claimed billions from contracts never canceled, unable to verify 96% of the $47 billion in reported grant savings.
Senators demand the CFTC crack down on prediction markets offering wildfire bets, warning they could incentivize arson as Spokane burns.
Workers dismantle the presidential seal lettering from Trump’s White House helipad days after installing it, with the White House declining to explain.
Water system cyberattacks spread to Michigan as utilities in at least 7 states report intrusions to the FBI, some forcing full shutdowns.
FBI and EPA warn utilities nationwide after cyberattacks degrade water systems in 7 states, some forcing boil-water notices and manual operations.
State Department expands Trump-portrait passports nationwide, adding 250,000 books requiring in-person application at special events.
Interior Dept. asks Congress for $10 million more to cover Freedom 250 costs after promising private donors would fund events beyond the $150 million appropriated.
FCC exempts Musk’s Starlink from its ban on foreign-made routers, clearing until 2028 the sale of its Vietnam-built devices.
Treasury forces out its top tax official after he warned a White House request would break the law barring presidents from directing IRS audits.
U.S. Mint will produce $1 coins bearing Trump’s face despite a law limiting currency portraits to deceased individuals, Treasury Secretary Bessent announces.
DHS analysts twice ruled hackers inside its information-sharing network a false positive, letting intruders steal credential files from the system supporting World Cup security.
Health inspectors find fly swarms, 54-degree blue cheese, and misused pesticides at Trump’s Sterling, Virginia golf club, the fourth Trump property cited this year.
Park Service drains the Reflecting Pool a month after refilling it, as Trump’s $1.5 million beautification stands at $14 million with algae and peeling liner.
White House wraps the North Portico in scaffolding to repair column “dings” Trump spotted greeting world leaders, Interior Secretary Burgum says.
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 says defense contractor Sikorsky will pay the full cost of a granite White House helipad because its new Marine One helicopters scorch the lawn.
NASA chief Isaacman flies his vintage F-5 jet over the packed Mall celebration after the FAA denied his request, deeming the aircraft very high-risk.
Colorado Governor Polis fires two clemency board members who revealed the board unanimously rejected Tina Peters’ release twice before he freed her.
Trump nominates acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling to lead the department permanently, two months after Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid abuse-of-power allegations.
The Supreme Court overturns a 90-year precedent in a 6-3 ruling, giving Trump and future presidents power to fire independent regulators at will.
Trump brands D.C.’s likely next mayor a “Communist” days after her primary win, and Janeese Lewis George rejects the claims while saying she will still work with him.
Trump personally orders 47 trees planted in the public park outside the White House to mark his place as the 47th president.
