Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Texas and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by Hurricane Harvey beginning on August 23, 2017, and…
Archive: August 25, 2017
Today, President Donald J. Trump granted a Presidential pardon to Joe Arpaio, former Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. Arpaio’s life and career, which began at the age of 18 when he enlisted in the military after the outbreak of the…
President Donald J. Trump poses with General Zulkifeli bin Muhammad Zin, left, Director General of the Malaysian National Security Council, and Malaysian Ambassador Zulhasnan Rafique, right, Thursday, August 24, 2017, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington,…
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY SUBJECT: Military Service by Transgender Individuals Section 1. Policy. (a) Until June 2016, the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (collectively, the…
WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY, 2017 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION On August 26, 1920, America ratified the 19th Amendment, securing for women a sacred right of citizenship: the…
PRESS BRIEFING BY PRESS SECRETARY SARAH SANDERS, TREASURY SECRETARY STEVEN MNUCHIN, NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER GENERAL H.R. MCMASTER AND HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISER TOM BOSSERT James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:55 P.M. EDT MS. SANDERS: Good afternoon, everybody. I hope you…
President Donald J. Trump continues to closely monitor Hurricane Harvey and the preparedness and response efforts of State, local, and Federal officials. Today, the President received a briefing from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Brock Long, Acting Secretary of…
President Donald J. Trump has signed an Executive Order imposing strong, new financial sanctions on the dictatorship in Venezuela. The Maduro dictatorship continues to deprive the Venezuelan people of food and medicine, imprison the democratically-elected opposition, and violently suppress freedom…
“The Trump administration is exploring new approaches for easing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that build on talks with a budding Sunni Arab coalition of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Jordan.” Could this be a game-changer for Middle East…
