The 79-year-old former real estate developer, who has sought to impose his taste on federal architecture and the White House, may be planning to build an arch on the other side of the Potomac River, according to an X post from AFP White House Correspondent Danny Kemp.

The White House said on Friday that it had started to conduct another round of layoffs targeting federal workers, as President Trump looked to seize on the government shutdown to cut agencies, cull the civil work force and pressure Democrats into accepting his fiscal demands.

Donald Trump arrived at a military hospital near Washington on Friday for what aides described as a routine health checkup that will nonetheless draw close scrutiny of the 79-year-old U.S. president's vitality.

President Donald Trump intended his recent Truth Social post imploring Attorney General Pam Bondi to take legal action against his opponents as a direct message, according to a Trump administration of

The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Senate Majority Leader John Thune had privately begged the president to contain the damage caused by the shutdown—warning him that sweeping cuts and layoffs could backfire and lead voters to blame Republicans.

Ms. Machado has urged President Trump to help oust Venezuela’s autocrat, Nicolás Maduro, and to back the result of an election that independent monitors say Mr. Maduro stole.

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the case at a news conference in which influencer Benny Johnson argued that violence had been "mainstreamed by the Democrat party."