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President Donald Trump’s administration is taking control of Washington D.C.’s Union Station after three of his top officials were loudly heckled during a botched PR stunt at the transit hub.
The pre-Labor Day order included NASA, the National Weather Service and the agency that oversees Voice of America.
A new poll found President Donald Trump’s approval rating rising in August. Gallup’s August poll found that 40% of Americans approve of Trump’s work in the Oval Office. The numbers are a 3% increase from Gallup’s poll in July, where only 37% approved of the 47th president’s job.
The White House has provided similarly grandiose language recently about Trump’s fitness from Texas Rep. Ronny Jackson, a Republican who was physician to the president under Trump until March 2018. It was Jackson who said that year that Trump might’ve lived to be 200 years old if he had a better diet.
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White House says it fired transportation regulator in latest move to reshape Trump's government
Robert Primus, who has served on the independent Surface Transportation Board, said he would explore his legal options if prevented from carrying out his duties.
Retired Sgt. Michael Verardo, gravely wounded in Afghanistan, died at 40 as President Trump honored his sacrifice and legacy inspiring veterans’ Track Chair program.
The attempted ouster came after Trump railed for months against the Fed and its Chair Jerome Powell for declining to heed his call for lower interest rates. For his part, Trump says he removed Cook over mortgage fraud allegations against her. Cook sued Trump on Thursday over the attempted firing.
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said the U.S. planned to settle the war before the end of the year, though Israel showed no signs of halting its deadly campaign.
The U.S. tariff exemption for shipments under $800 ends permanently on Friday, US officials say, with a six-month transition period under which postal service shippers can pay a flat duty.
Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office, and First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Sergiy Kyslytsya will take part in negotiations with White House special envoy Steve Witkoff in the United States this week, according to a source familiar with the plans.