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.
The Treasury Department plans to launch a public website, fraud.gov, for Americans to report suspected waste and fraud in federal programs, taking effect immediately before any public comment.
The Interior Department argues a 1910 law capping Washington building heights does not apply to federal projects, clearing Trump’s 250-foot arch near Arlington.
ICE blocks New Jersey Democrats from speaking with Delaney Hall detainees after a dozen prior tours allowed it, requiring 24-hour written notice.
Wyoming Governor Gordon sues the tax board he appointed to force certification of home values it withheld over a 2024 cap creating unequal assessments.
Social Security chief Bisignano tells Congress the agency has not marked living people as dead, after a whistleblower described a DOGE and DHS plan to do exactly that.
The TSA plans to fly thousands of supervisors to Nevada or Georgia for overnight stays to attend a four-hour training, despite the administration’s efficiency push.
California Governor Newsom says Trump directed the Justice Department to investigate him and his wife as he weighs a 2028 presidential run.
HUD suspends federal funding for Los Angeles’s homeless services agency, citing fraud findings, as the mayor warns people will lose their lives.
Trump nominates Capital One executive Brian Johnson, who urged Congress to defund the consumer protection agency, to run it.
Vance refers Minnesota Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison to the Justice Department for criminal fraud investigation, the second federal probe targeting Walz this year.
Government watchdog finds wasted millions, a homicide and destroyed evidence at the largest U.S. immigrant detention camp, warning a $38 billion expansion risks repeating every failure.
White House AI policy adviser Sriram Krishnan will leave at the end of June, days after the administration floated taking government equity stakes in AI companies.
FBI fires five analysts behind retracted 2023 Catholic-extremism memo, latest purge under Director Kash Patel.
Trump announces a new promenade connecting the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac River, his latest project remaking Washington before the July 4 anniversary.
ICE will stop reporting detainee deaths that occur within 30 days of release, ending a rule that captured fatalities tied to detention conditions.
Federal planning commission keeps Trump’s 250-foot arch near Arlington Cemetery alive despite 1,700 mostly opposed comments, requesting more detail on height and air-traffic safety.
Trump’s presidential library says it cannot find a single Twitter direct message from his first term, despite evidence he sent them.
Trump quietly signs the voluntary AI testing order he postponed in May, after Sacks, Musk, and Zuckerberg lobbied against the tougher original.
