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New White House Counsel Isn’t a Yes Man, but He Won’t Say No, Either

26 août 2026 à 20:40
Will Scharf has proved his loyalty to President Trump, even filming a TV ad in which he blows away documents from the president’s legal cases. His new role will be to provide in-house legal advice.

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Will Scharf in the Oval Office earlier this month.

Man Accused of Bringing Guillotine to D.C. Is Arrested

26 août 2026 à 16:53
Philan-Tam-Duy Le, 35, of Julian, Calif., was taken into custody for “being in possession of the guillotine,” the police said.

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The Capitol Building earlier this month.

Chief Justice Allows Trump to Continue White House Ballroom Construction, for Now

21 août 2026 à 16:42
The 90,000-square-foot ballroom project has grown in size and scope, with the president’s lawyers saying it is intertwined with the renovation of an underground military bunker.

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The construction site for the new White House ballroom in March.

Trump’s Ballroom Is Rising at Breakneck Speed: 20 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week

18 août 2026 à 16:47
Although the fate of the ballroom is tied up in court, the Trump administration argues that the project is too far along to be stopped now.

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Joshua Fisher, the director of White House management and administration, estimated that the construction of the White House ballroom was 65 percent complete.

Judge Allows Limited Testing in Trump Plan to Paint Eisenhower Building White

18 août 2026 à 14:37
A federal judge ruled that initial preparatory steps, including testing out paints on the building’s gray granite exterior, could proceed for now.

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The Eisenhower Executive Office Building in May.

Judge Releases Woman Accused of Vandalizing World War II Memorial

18 août 2026 à 14:37
Prosecutors led by Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, argued that Melissa Farris posed a flight risk and asked the court to reverse its decision.

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National Guard troops patrolling the World War II Memorial in Washington after it was vandalized last week.

Judge Rules Trump Administration Can’t Scrap F.B.I. Move to Maryland

17 août 2026 à 19:15
The ruling is almost certainly not the end of the lengthy fight over the F.B.I.’s future headquarters, which has lasted for years.

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The J. Edgar Hoover F.B.I. Building in Washington last year. An imposing symbol of the F.B.I.’s vast federal powers when it opened in 1974, the building has long been deteriorating.

Killings Plunge in a City Once Known for Violence

17 août 2026 à 10:51
After decades of notoriously high murder totals, Baltimore and the people whose work entails dealing with the city’s most violent crimes are adjusting to a new reality.

Blanche Refuses to Say He’ll Always Be Independent of Trump as Attorney General

17 août 2026 à 08:48
The new head of the Justice Department said on “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the president had never asked him to prosecute specific people — and never would.

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Attorney General Todd Blanche has said President Trump has never asked him to do something illegal.

President Trump Takes Credit for Steep Crime Rate Declines

14 août 2026 à 18:02
Violent crime rates, including murder, have dropped precipitously. The trend began before the president’s current term.

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President Trump at an event in Garden City, N.Y., on Long Island on Friday.

DOJ Charges Kentucky Woman in World War II Memorial Vandalism Case

14 août 2026 à 15:04
Two felony charges have been filed against a Kentucky woman after spray paint was seen on the memorial in the capital.

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National Guard troops patrol the World War II Memorial on Friday after it was vandalized.

Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Greenlight White House Ballroom

14 août 2026 à 09:49
The planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom is estimated to cost $400 million and is part of the president’s broader effort to remake Washington in his own style.

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Construction of the new White House ballroom at the White House in July.

Trump Picks Project 2025 Co-Author for Role That Would Oversee Any Reflecting Pool Review

11 août 2026 à 09:46
Dennis Kirk, a former adviser to Tulsi Gabbard, is President Trump’s nominee for inspector general for the Interior Department.

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The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

D.C.-Area Airport to Close for 3 Hours for Grand Prix Event

10 août 2026 à 17:02
The Federal Aviation Administration has imposed other closures at Reagan National Airport over events for the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding.

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Ronald Reagan National Airport will face delays.

Trump Concedes There Was ‘Some Contractor Error’ in Reflecting Pool Renovations

10 août 2026 à 12:23
The president had insisted for weeks that the landmarks’ algae-stained waters and peeling lining were the fault of vandals, not the project itself.

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Investigators concluded that botched work by a contractor, not vandalism, had caused the Reflecting Pool’s recent problems.
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