President Donald Trump took action on Thursday to limit state-level regulations on artificial intelligence (AI) and create a new national framework, saying that the United States was in a race with China to develop the best technology. 
Trump signed an executive order directing his administration to challenge “onerous and excessive” AI regulations issued by states. The order also directed his administration to begin developing a national framework for AI. 
“One of the things it has is you have to have a central source of approval. When they need approval of things, you have to come to one source; they can&#8217;t go to California, New York, and various other places,” Trump said as he signed the executive order. 
“To win, United States AI companies must be free to innovate without cumbersome regulation. But excessive State regulation thwarts this imperative,&#8221; the executive order said. &#8220;State-by-State regulation by definition creates a patchwork of 50 different regulatory regimes that makes compliance more challenging, particularly for start-ups.&#8221;
The order added that the Trump administration was concerned about states’ embedding ideological bias into their models and unconstitutionally regulating interstate commerce. 
“My Administration must act with the Congress to ensure that there is a minimally burdensome national standard — not 50 discordant State ones. The resulting framework must forbid State laws that conflict with the policy set forth in this order,” the order added. &#8220;That framework should also ensure that children are protected, censorship is prevented, copyrights are respected, and communities are safeguarded.&#8221;
The order establishes an AI litigation task force to challenge state laws deemed overly burdensome, directs Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick to evaluate all state AI laws, and proposes restrictions on federal funding if states enact certain policies. 
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More than 1,000 bills have been introduced in state legislatures addressing AI, which the Trump administration said could disrupt the race with China for technological development.  
The signing of the executive order was attended by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, AI and crypto czar David Sacks, and Lutnick. Sacks noted that the Trump administration would not push back against states that have passed laws protecting child safety. 
Trump signed an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-signs-order-launching-manhattan-project-for-artificial-intelligence">executive order</a> last month creating a “national effort” to integrate AI into research and accelerate innovation and scientific discovery. The initiative, known as the &#8220;Genesis Mission,&#8221; focuses on developing an AI model to accelerate scientific discovery.

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NASHVILLE—Dealing with Vladimir Putin was just practice for President Donald Trump&#8217;s toughest tango yet: satisfying college football fans.
Vanderbilt Quarterback Diego Pavia on Tuesday asked Trump to sign an executive order expanding the college football playoffs from 12 to 16 teams. Pavia, a top NFL prospect, made his petition on X after Vanderbilt once again found themselves at number 14, despite a major win over in-state rival Tennessee.
Tagging Trump&#8217;s official account on X, Pavia said &#8220;MAKE THE EXECUTIVE ORDER PLEASE!&#8221;
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<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> MAKE THE EXECUTIVE ORDER PLEASE‼️👀 <a href="https://t.co/R37y5YofAo">https://t.co/R37y5YofAo</a>
— Diego Pavia (@diegopavia02) <a href="https://twitter.com/diegopavia02/status/1996088529651204360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 3, 2025</a></blockquote>
Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea co-signed his Heisman-contending quarterback&#8217;s request, calling the playoff system &#8220;flawed.&#8221;
&#8220;Let&#8217;s go,&#8221; Lea told The Daily Wire. &#8220;If they&#8217;re willing to listen, we will make our case. If we can have someone come in from over the top and say &#8216;this is what we are going to do,&#8217; at least there&#8217;s clarity in that.&#8221;
Vanderbilt isn&#8217;t the only team left out of the playoff party. Miami is currently on the outside looking in, which was enough for Secretary of State and former Florida Senator Marco Rubio to phone the president for a favor.
“As a point of personal privilege &#8230; if the University of Miami gets screwed out of the College Football Playoff, after going 10-2 and beating Notre Dame, the whole thing should be scrapped and (Trump) is gonna have to take over next year,” Rubio <a href="https://x.com/GeoMilian/status/1995938408670380454?s=20">said</a> during this week&#8217;s cabinet meeting.
&#8220;That&#8217;s good,&#8221; Trump replied.
It&#8217;s unlikely that Trump will sign an order before Sunday, when the official playoff bracket will be set. Nor is it clear that an executive order could get the NCAA to expand the playoffs.
But the prospect of Trump attempting to influence collegiate athletics is not entirely far-fetched. The president began his second term signing an executive order to keep men out of women&#8217;s sports. He also signed an executive order to stabilize college athletics by preserving opportunities for non-revenue sports and prohibiting &#8220;pay-for-play&#8221; payments.
College football fans for years have wanted a playoff after having a system where only the top two teams had a shot at the title. In 2014, they got a four-team playoff, but most say that’s not good enough. Last season, the CFP expanded to 12 teams — but the committee still can&#8217;t get it right in the eyes of some coaches, players, and fans.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve tangled the wires too much. I am baffled by the process &#8230; the movement of teams up and down,&#8221; Lea said. &#8220;I wake up this morning and Utah is below us and now Texas is above us. What in the world is going on.&#8221;
The Nashville native is fighting for Vanderbilt&#8217;s historic season to continue.
&#8220;This team deserves to be in the playoff, they deserve to compete for a national championship.&#8221;
A Hail Mary from Trump may do the trick.

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President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order laying the groundwork for his administration to designate chapters of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations. 
The executive order directed Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to begin preparing to designate chapters of the organization in Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists. Rubio and Bessent now have 30 days to submit a report on the designation of any Muslim Brotherhood chapters and 45 days to officially designate the chapters as terrorist organizations. 
The Muslim Brotherhood, a group founded in Egypt in 1928, has been linked to violent groups across the Middle East, including Hamas. 
“Its chapters in Lebanon, Jordan, and Egypt engage in or facilitate and support violence and destabilization campaigns that harm their own regions, United States citizens, and United States interests,” Trump wrote in the executive order. “A senior leader of the Egyptian chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood, on October 7, 2023, called for violent attacks against United States partners and interests, and Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood leaders have long provided material support to the militant wing of Hamas.”
The executive order also noted that the Muslim Brotherhood’s military wing in Lebanon joined Hamas and Hezbollah in launching rockets into Israel in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks.
“Such activities threaten the security of American civilians in the Levant and other parts of the Middle East, as well as the safety and stability of our regional partners,” Trump wrote. 
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<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/11/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-begins-process-to-designate-certain-muslim-brotherhood-chapters-as-foreign-terrorist-organizations-and-specially-designated-global-terrorists/">According</a> to the White House, the order&#8217;s “ultimate aim is to eliminate the designated chapters’ capabilities and operations, deprive them of resources, and end any threat such chapters pose to U.S. nationals and the national security of the United States.” 
Trump <a href="https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-says-he-will-designate-muslim-brotherhood-terrorist">previewed</a> the executive order on Sunday, telling Just the News that the final documents were being drawn up and that the action “will be done in the strongest and most powerful terms.”
Republicans in the House and Senate have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cruz-introduces-bill-to-name-muslim-brotherhood-a-terrorist-group">long pushed</a> for the Muslim Brotherhood to be designated as a terrorist organization. Last week, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott designated the Muslim Brotherhood, alongside the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), as foreign terrorist organizations.

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First Lady Melania Trump and President Donald Trump teamed up on Thursday to announce an executive order aimed at expanding resources for teenagers in the foster care system.
The <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/11/fostering-the-future-for-american-children-and-families/">executive order</a>, called “Fostering the Future for American Children and Families,” was signed by both Melania and President Trump, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/11/13/us-news/melania-trump-signs-executive-order-with-the-president-for-foster-children/">reported</a>. Its goal is to help young adults transitioning out of the foster care system by providing them with assistance for their next stage of life.
“Too many people from the foster care community end up homeless, in danger on America’s streets,” the first lady <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/videos/first-lady-melania-trump-announces-executive-order-on-fostering-the-future/">said</a> in advance of the signing. 
“It was 2021 when I developed the idea to establish an impactful platform with an important mission: to provide individuals from the foster care community the ability to secure an entry-level job position, and in turn… financial independence,” she continued.
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She added, “I predict this small spark today will ignite a profound and lasting nationwide movement. Our united resolve will foster a thriving future filled with compassion and innovation.”
Fostering the Future, which is a Be Best initiative, offers scholarships at the university and college levels to individuals within the foster care community.
Specifically, the order will increase access to Education and Training Vouchers and federal grants to support more credentialed programs and financial literacy for young people transitioning out of foster care. It will also expand educational opportunities by “facilitating state use of scholarship programs funded by tax-credited donations to scholarship-granting organizations for children in foster care.”
“We believe that every American child deserves a safe and loving home, and we’re determined to support the amazing families who helped make that happen,” President Trump said during the signing.
“The Bible tells us that one of the measures of any society is how it cares for vulnerable children and orphans. So important. And it’s so big in the Bible,” he added.
There are currently 328,947 children in the foster care system, per <a href="https://tableau-public.acf.gov/views/afcars_dashboard_main_page/in-care-overview?%3Aembed=y&amp;%3AisGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y">data</a> published by the Health and Human Services Department.

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President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that his administration would begin charging foreign tourists more to enter America&#8217;s national parks than U.S. residents.
The announcement at a rally in Iowa came as he signed two executive orders dealing with national parks, including one that directs Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to “appropriately” raise prices of entrance fees and recreation passes for non-residents. 
“To fund improvements and enhanced experiences across the park systems,” Trump said. “I’ve just signed an executive order to raise entrance fees for foreign tourists while keeping prices low for Americans. And we’re going to do that. The National Parks will be about America First, we’re gonna take it America First.” 
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> announces that entrance fees for foreign tourists at National Parks will be raised in order to fund park improvements and enhanced experiences: &#8220;The National Parks will be about AMERICA FIRST&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/fIUB7ET0tC">pic.twitter.com/fIUB7ET0tC</a>
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The <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/making-america-beautiful-again-by-improving-our-national-parks/">executive order</a> states that the additional funds raised will be used to enhance park infrastructure and make the parks more accessible and affordable for Americans. 
“From the awe-inspiring Grand Canyon to the tranquility of the Great Smoky Mountains, America&#8217;s national parks have provided generations of American families with unforgettable memories,” Trump wrote in the executive order. “It is the policy of my Administration to preserve these opportunities for American families in future generations by increasing entry fees for foreign tourists, improving affordability for United States residents, and expanding opportunities to enjoy America&#8217;s splendid national treasures.”
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The order also directs Burgum to establish rules granting American residents preferential treatment for permitting or in situations where a lottery system restricts entry to certain areas. 
In recent years, there has been an increase in tourism at national parks, with a <a href="https://www.nps.gov/subjects/socialscience/visitor-use-statistics-dashboard.htm">record</a> 331.9 million visitors in 2024. In response, more and more parks, such as Arches in Utah and Rocky Mountain in Colorado, have begun implementing timed-entry programs. 
The order also rescinded an Obama-era <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/19/2017-01383/promoting-diversity-and-inclusion-in-our-national-parks-national-forests-and-other-public-lands-and">executive order</a> that called for the National Park Service to promote diversity and inclusion, including in the workforce. 
The other executive order signed by Trump on Thursday created the “Make America Beautiful Commission,&#8221; composed of Burgum, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, and other cabinet officials. 
The commission was tasked with advising the president on how to “responsibly conserve America&#8217;s national treasures and natural resources” and “developing policies to recover fish and wildlife populations through collaboration rather than regulation.”
The commission was instructed “to expand access to public lands, national parks, national forests, and wildlife refuges while promoting a wide range of outdoor recreation opportunities like hunting, fishing, hiking, biking, skiing, climbing, boating, off-roading, and wildlife viewing.”

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The Supreme Court handed down an opinion on Friday in a case regarding President Donald Trump&#8217;s executive order on birthright citizenship, ruling that lower courts do not have the unilateral authority to block Trump&#8217;s agenda.
The justices <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a884_8n59.pdf">ruled</a> 6-3 along ideological lines, allowing Trump to try to end birthright citizenship in some parts of the country while legal challenges against his order proceed in others.
The ruling did not address the question of birthright citizenship itself, which is the practice of granting automatic citizenship rights for babies born on United States soil, regardless of their parents&#8217; citizenship status.
Previously, lower courts in Maryland, Massachusetts, and Washington state had issued nationwide injunctions that blocked Trump&#8217;s order from taking effect.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett penned the <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a884_8n59.pdf">opinion</a> for the majority.
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She wrote that &#8220;federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch; they resolve cases and controversies consistent with the authority Congress has given them.&#8221;
“When a court concludes that the Executive Branch has acted unlawfully, the answer is not for the court to exceed its power, too,” Barrett said.
Trump celebrated the ruling on Friday.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: &quot;This is SUCH A BIG DAY&#8230; this is a very big moment, and it gives power back to people that should have it&#8230; it only takes bad power away from judges.&quot;
&quot;This is a very monumental decision.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/FTTt8Ur8r9">pic.twitter.com/FTTt8Ur8r9</a>
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“Big one, wasn’t it? This was a big decision,” Trump said from the White House briefing room, calling the ruling an “amazing decision, one that we’re very happy about.”
Trump said a &#8220;whole list&#8221; of his policies can now move forward thanks to the decision, including ending sanctuary city funding, suspending refugee resettlement, and stopping federal taxpayers from paying for transgender surgeries.
Trump also praised Barrett, whom he nominated to the court in 2020.
“I just have great respect for her. I always have. And her decision was brilliantly written today — from all accounts,” the president told reporters.
Attorney General Pam Bondi celebrated Friday&#8217;s ruling and said she is “very confident” the Supreme Court will eventually rule in its favor on the merits of Trump&#8217;s order ending birthright citizenship.
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Today, the Supreme Court instructed district courts to STOP the endless barrage of nationwide injunctions against President Trump. This would not have been possible without tireless work from our excellent lawyers <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheJusticeDept</a> and our Solicitor General John Sauer.
This…
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Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion saying, &#8220;For good reason, the Court today puts an end to the &#8216;increasingly common&#8217; practice of federal courts issuing universal injunctions.&#8221;
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a dissent that was joined by Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Elena Kagan.
Jackson also wrote her own dissent, which stated that &#8220;the Court&#8217;s decision to permit the Executive to violate the Constitution with respect to anyone who has not yet sued is an existential threat to the rule of law.&#8221;
Barrett blistered Jackson&#8217;s dissent in the court&#8217;s opinion.
&#8220;We will not dwell on Justice Jackson’s argument, which is at odds with more than two centuries’ worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself. We observe only this: Justice Jackson decries an imperial Executive while embracing an imperial Judiciary.&#8221;
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Very sharp rebuke of Jackson&#39;s dissent. Last sentence ends: &quot;law against anyone, anywhere.&quot; ACB majority opinion concludes: &quot;JUSTICE JACKSON decries an imperial Executive while embracing an imperial Judiciary.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/CU9Ryss8rq">pic.twitter.com/CU9Ryss8rq</a>
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Barrett went on to say that Jackson &#8220;skips over&#8221; the &#8220;limits on judicial authority.&#8221;
&#8220;Because analyzing the governing statute involves boring &#8216;legalese,&#8217; &#8230;  she seeks to answer &#8216;a far more basic question of enormous practical significance: May a federal court in the United States of America order the Executive to follow the law?'&#8221; Barrett wrote. &#8220;In other words, it is unnecessary to consider whether Congress has constrained the Judiciary; what matters is how the Judiciary may constrain the Executive. Justice Jackson would do well to heed her own admonition: &#8216;[E]veryone, from the President on down, is bound by law.&#8217; That goes for judges too.&#8221;

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President Donald Trump’s new <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/12/trump-most-favored-nations-drug-price-order-what-to-know.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executive order</a> on prescription drug prices — which he called “one of the most consequential executive orders in our country’s history” — may well live up to the hype, but not in the way Trump intends.
Trump&#8217;s announcement of a “most favored nation” <a href="https://m.economictimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-trumps-most-favored-nation-drug-pricing-policy-and-how-will-it-reduce-costs-slash-prescription-drug-prices-by-30-to-80-percent/articleshow/121109365.cms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">policy</a> means the United States government will only pay drug prices equal to the lowest paid by any developed nation. This is what Germany, France, Canada, and the United Kingdom currently do: pay less for drugs than they’re worth. In turn, the United States picks up the tab when it buys up drugs for Medicaid.
We overpay, and it’s easy to write it off as unfair freeloading by Europe, a recurring theme for the Trump administration. But this remedy will not come without its costs, and consumers will feel it down the line.
The Trump administration&#8217;s solution for drug pricing is identical to its approach to tariffs. Instead of finding leverage in a target-rich environment to coerce Europe into paying market rates, thus giving American consumers a break, they’ve decided to join the race to the bottom. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) must be quietly pleased to see his socialist dream of price controls go mainstream within the MAGA coalition, even though he has <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-warning-trump-drug-pricing-executive-order-2071155" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> that Trump’s drug pricing measure would be better served by legislation.
If it was not clear to Republicans before, it should be now that free market policymaking is on the outs in the second Trump administration.
Let’s be honest about what’s happening. The White House wants to trim federal <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AmCRxm6P4o" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spending</a> without touching politically sensitive programs like Medicaid. To square that budgetary circle, they’ve decided to force pharmaceutical companies to sell their products to American patients at the same rate they’re sold to socialized healthcare systems abroad.
This move, unthinkable for a Republican administration two decades ago, assumes that America can have the world’s most innovative pharmaceutical sector and also ask “Big Pharma” to forgo the billions in profits they reinvest back into research and development. It’s a fantasy.
The United States is the engine of pharmaceutical innovation. Over half of all new drug patents originate here specifically because America allows firms to see a return on investment. Drug development isn’t like manufacturing sneakers or soda. It’s a high-risk, capital-intensive endeavor where failure is more common than success. A single treatment can take over a decade to develop, cost billions, and then <a href="https://med.uc.edu/depart/psychiatry/research/clinical-research/crm/trial-phases-1-2-3-defined#:~:text=Subjects%20in%20a%20Phase%20II,go%20on%20to%20Phase%20III." target="_blank" rel="noopener">never make it</a> to FDA phase III trials.
Cutting-edge treatments come to market and make the impossible suddenly possible, albeit at a premium price point. It’s true, on brand-name drugs, Americans <a href="https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/comparing-prescription-drugs#:~:text=In%202022%2C%20U.S.%20prices%20across,adjustments%20for%20estimated%20U.S.%20rebates." target="_blank" rel="noopener">pay a lot</a> more.
However, like clockwork, generics get developed and costs for the consumer crater. Generic medications account for 91% of prescriptions in the United States. For those, we <a href="https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1921730579675934991" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pay far less</a> for those drugs than nearly any other country, something Daily Wire editor emeritus Ben Shapiro <a href="https://youtu.be/XYBuphYtp6I?si=U5SKZ4aI99bvS70w&amp;t=2662" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> this week.
If Medicaid won’t pay a fair price, pharmaceutical companies will raise prices on private insurers to compensate. That means higher premiums and out-of-pocket costs for millions of Americans who get coverage through work or on the open market.
And that’s <a href="https://www.vox.com/2021/6/7/22522479/medicaid-health-insurance-doctors-billing-research" target="_blank" rel="noopener">assuming</a> companies continue to sell to Medicaid at all.
Why isn’t Trump hammering European nations that want access to American-made drugs and have them negotiate fair, value-based deals for our biotech? It’s a crown jewel of America that global elites travel near and far to access. We should be twisting wrists abroad, not kneecapping our pharmaceutical industry.
<div>If we want lower drug costs, allowing drug approval reciprocity — as <a href="https://www.paul.senate.gov/dr-rand-paul-introduces-legislation-to-modernize-fda-prescription-drug-approvals-and-lower-drug-prices/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.paul.senate.gov/dr-rand-paul-introduces-legislation-to-modernize-fda-prescription-drug-approvals-and-lower-drug-prices/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1747494596378000&amp;usg=AOvVaw27BgpCiXpYt8qvN3lERP1n">suggested</a> by Sen. Rand Paul — to increase competition between drug approval regulators globally would be a great start. The FDA’s approval process could also be reformed to accelerate trials and drug approval.</div>
America leads the world in medical breakthroughs for a reason. We cannot afford to surrender that leadership by copying the failures of Europe’s socialized health systems. Europe as we know it today is a warning, not a model.
Stephen Kent is the Media Director of the Consumer Choice Center.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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President Donald Trump on Monday morning signed an executive order to significantly reduce pharmaceutical drug prices for Americans.
The directive, Trump stressed, will bring fairness to Americans and cut out &#8220;the middlemen&#8221; to bring prices down so citizens will start to pay prices comparable to other developed nations.
&#8220;Starting today, the United States will no longer subsidize the drug prices of other countries,&#8221; the president said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve been subsidizing drug prices for the rest of the world, not just the European Union.&#8221;
By implementing a policy called &#8220;Most Favored Nation,” Trump said the U.S. is &#8220;gonna pay the lowest price there is in the world. We&#8217;re no longer paying ten times more than another country.&#8221;
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was with Trump at a press conference on Monday morning, said that other nations, particularly those in the European Union, must chip in for research and development. Kennedy said raising their prices by just 20% would dramatically reduce costs in the United States.
Trump teased the executive order Sunday night on Truth Social, saying it would reduce prices by up to 80%.
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JUST IN: PRESIDENT TRUMP&#8217;S &#8220;MOST IMPORTANT AND IMPACTFUL&#8221; TRUTH EVER ISSUED ⬇️
&#8220;I am pleased to announce that Tomorrow morning, in the White House, at 9:00 A.M., I will be signing one of the most consequential Executive Orders in our Country’s history&#8230;.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/YfyKzked0S">pic.twitter.com/YfyKzked0S</a>
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1921695676032856313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
During Trump&#8217;s first term, he introduced a regulation for certain cancer drugs and others to be the same price as they were abroad. The Biden administration, however, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-says-he-will-sign-executive-order-aimed-at-lowering-drug-prices-2a5b9b28" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abandoned</a> the regulation after a court struck it down on procedural grounds.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt discussed the order on Monday, saying online that other presidents &#8220;merely talked about addressing this problem – but President Trump is taking bold action to finally solve it and deliver a good deal for American families and seniors.&#8221;
&#8220;President Trump is signing a historic Executive Order to significantly reduce drug prices for Americans,&#8221; she posted on X. &#8220;This EO will help bypass costly middlemen and bring the prices Americans pay for prescription drugs in line with those paid by other nations.&#8221;
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President Trump is signing a historic Executive Order to significantly reduce drug prices for Americans.
This EO will help bypass costly middlemen and bring the prices Americans pay for prescription drugs in line with those paid by other nations.
Other Presidents merely talked… <a href="https://t.co/KTD37JonpH">pic.twitter.com/KTD37JonpH</a>
— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1921907172528607564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
White House Health Policy Adviser Calley Means, the brother of surgeon general nominee Casey Means, promoted the order online, posting on X, &#8220;The U.S. is less than 5% of the world’s population but produces 75% of worldwide pharma profits. That’s not the free market. It&#8217;s rank corporate capture.&#8221;
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The U.S. is less than 5% of the world’s population but produces 75% of worldwide pharma profits.
That’s not the free market. Its rank corporate capture.
— Calley Means (@calleymeans) <a href="https://twitter.com/calleymeans/status/1921923593090248806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
&#8220;&#8216;Price controls&#8217; would assume we have a free market in healthcare. It is not a free market when America, the largest purchaser of drugs in the world, pays 10 more for major drugs from American companies than Germany,&#8221; Means commented, responding to criticism of the order. &#8220;That’s corruption.&#8221;
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“Price controls” would assume we have a free market in healthcare.
It is not a free market when America, the largest purchaser of drugs in the world, pays 10 more for major drugs from American companies than Germany.
That’s corruption.
— Calley Means (@calleymeans) <a href="https://twitter.com/calleymeans/status/1921901461132243425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2025</a></blockquote>
The order follows another directive signed by Trump on May 5, which seeks to reduce the regulatory burden on the domestic production of critical medicines.
&#8220;One key area of concern is the length of time it takes to build pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in the United States today,&#8221; the order <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/regulatory-relief-to-promote-domestic-production-of-critical-medicines/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reads</a>. &#8220;New construction must navigate myriad Federal, State, and local requirements ranging from building standards and zoning restrictions to environmental protocols that together diminish the certainty needed to generate investment for large manufacturing projects.&#8221;
The order notes that estimates suggest building new pharmaceutical manufacturing plants &#8220;may take as long as 5 to 10 years, which is unacceptable from a national security standpoint.&#8221;
Within 180 days, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will take action to &#8220;update regulations and guidance that apply to the inspection and approval of new and expanded manufacturing capacity of pharmaceutical products, active pharmaceutical ingredients, key starting materials, and associated raw materials in the United States to eliminate any duplicative or unnecessary requirements and maximize the timeliness and predictability of agency review,&#8221; the order notes.

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President Trump quipped about &#8220;forgetting&#8221; the separation of church and state and declared &#8220;we&#8217;re bringing religion back to our country&#8221; during a National Day of Prayer event on Thursday.
&#8220;They said separation of church and state, they told me. I said, let&#8217;s forget about that for one time. We said, really? Separation? Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I&#8217;m not sure,&#8221; Trump remarked during the Rose Garden ceremony.
&#8220;But whether there&#8217;s separation or not, you guys are in the White House where you should be, and you&#8217;re representing our country,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-jokes-his-admin-forget-about-separation-church-state-were-bringing-religion-back">told</a> faith leaders at the event, adding, &#8220;We&#8217;re bringing religion back to our country.&#8221;
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President Trump: &#8220;We&#8217;re bringing back religion in our country. And we&#8217;re bringing it back &#8212; as I say &#8212; bigger and better and stronger than ever before.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/TM0Y0rx9gz">pic.twitter.com/TM0Y0rx9gz</a>
— CSPAN (@cspan) <a href="https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1917995948401193115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2025</a></blockquote>
Trump signed an executive order, first <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/donald-trump-to-establish-religious-liberty-commission?author=Mary+Margaret+Olohan&amp;category=Exclusive&amp;elementPosition=24&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Donald+Trump%E2%80%99s+Next+Executive+Order+Will+Establish+Religious+Liberty+Commission">reported</a> by The Daily Wire, establishing the Religious Liberty Commission to be composed of church clergy, legal experts, and other Trump allies tasked with identifying “threats to domestic religious liberty,” such as attacks on houses of worship and First Amendment violations, and recommending protective actions.
During the Rose Garden ceremony, Trump thanked Paula White, White House senior advisor and leader of the White House Faith Office, for her dedication to religious freedom and emphasized the importance of protecting religious expression in American life.
“Prayer is not a religious act, it’s a national necessity,” <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/01/trump-religious-commission-church-state-00321814">said</a> Paula White, later adding asking God in a prayer to grant the president “wisdom beyond human understanding and capability, and … divine dreams.”
“We call for a spiritual reset in our nation, a return to what is right, a reverence for what is sacred, a real alignment with your divine purpose,” she said.
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, vice chairman of the committee, along with former Housing Secretary Ben Carson, was also present at the event, praising the president: “There’s never been a president who’s invoked the name of Jesus more than you.”
Trump’s latest order builds on Trump&#8217;s previous executive action in February, establishing a &#8220;Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias,&#8221; which aimed to address what Trump <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/05/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-establishes-the-religious-liberty-commission/">described</a> as the Biden administration&#8217;s &#8220;egregious pattern of targeting peaceful Christians, while ignoring violent, anti-Christian offenses.&#8221;
Religious liberty concerns have escalated significantly in recent years, with numerous legal challenges arising across the country involving prayer in schools, religious symbols in public spaces, and faith-based organizations&#8217; hiring practices.
<a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/05/establishment-of-the-religious-liberty-commission/">The Religious Liberty Commission</a> is expected to hold its first formal meeting within the next several weeks, with the commission set to &#8220;terminate on July 4, 2026, which marks the 250th anniversary of American Independence, unless extended by the President.&#8221;

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to crack down on sanctuary jurisdictions impeding federal immigration enforcement.
The directive requires the Justice Department to compile a list of all sanctuary city jurisdictions and then take action to cut off or suspend federal funding to those places. Under Trump, cities across the country, like Boston, have already made it difficult for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to apprehend illegal immigrants.
&#8220;This invasion at the southern border requires the Federal Government to take measures to fulfill its obligation to the States,&#8221; Trump wrote in the executive order. &#8220;Yet some State and local officials nevertheless continue to use their authority to violate, obstruct, and defy the enforcement of Federal immigration laws. This is a lawless insurrection against the supremacy of Federal law and the Federal Government&#8217;s obligation to defend the territorial sovereignty of the United States.&#8221;
After the list of sanctuary jurisdictions is published, those entities would be given the chance to comply with federal law. If they don&#8217;t comply, they could lose federal funding.
The executive order also directs the Justice Department and Homeland Security to ensure that federal benefits are not provided to illegals in sanctuary jurisdictions and to &#8220;take appropriate action to stop the enforcement of State and local laws, regulations, policies, and practices favoring aliens over any groups of American citizens that are unlawful, preempted by Federal law, or otherwise unenforceable.&#8221;
The White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-protects-american-communities-from-criminal-aliens/">provided</a> examples of sanctuary jurisdictions refusing to cooperate with ICE. For example, authorities in Massachusetts declined to hold multiple illegal immigrants accused of raping children. The White House also said that officials in Philadelphia ignored an ICE detainer on a Honduran man who went on to rape a child.
Earlier this month, Trump called sanctuary jurisdictions &#8220;death traps&#8221; and promised to cut off federal funding.
&#8220;No more Sanctuary Cities! They protect the Criminals, not the Victims. They are disgracing our Country and are being mocked all over the World,&#8221; he posted on Truth Social. &#8220;Working on papers to withhold all Federal Funding for any City or State that allows these Death Traps to exist!!!&#8221;
While some jurisdictions have doubled down on their sanctuary status, New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams has walked back some of his city&#8217;s lax immigration policies. Earlier this month, he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-mayor-adams-reverses-sanctuary-policy-restores-ice-presence-on-rikers-island" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that ICE would be allowed to resume operations at Rikers Island jail to target criminal gangs and drug trafficking, reversing a previous policy banning the agency from the facility. Adams did specify that NYC would work with ICE on criminal matters, not civil.

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President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Monday requiring truckers to display proficiency in English, citing road safety concerns.
The move will reverse a 2016 memo from the Obama administration, which told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that it was <a href="https://hageman.house.gov/media/in-the-news/lawmaker-asks-dot-reverse-obama-era-english-proficiency-memo">not required</a> to place drivers who could not read English out of service.
“President Trump believes that English is a non-negotiable safety requirement for professional drivers, as they should be able to read and understand traffic signs, communicate with traffic safety officers, border patrol, agricultural checkpoints, and cargo weight-limit station personnel, and provide and receive feedback and directions in English,” a White House <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/04/28/exclusive-trump-to-sign-order-ensuring-truckers-can-speak-english/">document</a> first viewed by Breitbart News explains.
It goes on to explain that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will be required to “rescind and replace guidance to strengthen inspection procedures for compliance with English proficiency requirements.”
The impending order, which is expected to be signed at 5 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, will mandate the revision of “out-of-service criteria to ensure drivers violating English proficiency rules are placed out-of-service, enhancing roadway safety.”
Representative Harriet Hageman (R-WY) and Kevin Hawley, the President of the Wyoming Trucking Association, recently called for the federal government to enforce requirements that truckers be proficient in English.
“Many of our members have expressed frustration and concern over safety issues involving drivers who lack English proficiency — particularly those who are unable to read highway signs or communicate effectively during inspections or emergencies,” Hawley said, adding that the concerns are rooted in “a strong, shared commitment to safety.”
Trump’s impending order comes after the 47th president signed an <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/designating-english-as-the-official-language-of-the-united-states/">executive order</a> designating English as the official language of the United States.
“To promote unity, cultivate a shared American culture for all citizens, ensure consistency in government operations, and create a pathway to civic engagement, it is in America’s best interest for the Federal Government to designate one — and only one — official language,” the order asserted, adding that the decision will “reinforce shared national values, and create a more cohesive and efficient society.”

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A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump from implementing an executive order that requires voters to show documentation proving their U.S. citizenship to cast a ballot in federal elections.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Bill Clinton appointee, granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration from going forward with the proof-of-citizenship requirements as a lawsuit plays out, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-citizenship-lawsuit-4b683fe2e1106316fdb05621be9b7d0e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-executive-order-elections-voting-lawsuit-769caf1eceec29a13b4df78a931deb0b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a>, filed by the Democratic National Committee and leftist voting rights groups, claims that Trump&#8217;s order is &#8220;an unlawful action that threatens to uproot our tried-and-tested election systems and silence potentially millions of Americans.&#8221;
Trump&#8217;s <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/preserving-and-protecting-the-integrity-of-american-elections/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">executive order</a>, which he signed in March, aims to eliminate voter fraud in U.S. elections.
&#8220;Under the Constitution, State governments must safeguard American elections in compliance with Federal laws that protect Americans’ voting rights and guard against dilution by illegal voting, discrimination, fraud, and other forms of malfeasance and error. Yet the United States has not adequately enforced Federal election requirements that, for example, prohibit States from counting ballots received after Election Day or prohibit non-citizens from registering to vote,&#8221; the order states.
Another part of Trump&#8217;s order — requiring those enrolled in public assistance to have their citizenship assessed before receiving a voter registration form — was also blocked by Judge Kollar-Kotelly. The judge denied the plaintiff&#8217;s request to block the part of Trump&#8217;s order that tightens deadlines on mail ballots, according to the AP.
Opponents of the executive order argue that states can establish their own election processes and that only Congress can take action to override state laws related to federal elections.
The judge&#8217;s move means that yet another Trump action will be tied up in the courts and prevented from taking effect. Federal judges have blocked numerous Trump orders, including on cuts to federal agency staff, deportations, and birthright citizenship. As of Thursday, 108 different rulings have blocked or temporarily frozen Trump&#8217;s attempts to carry out his agenda, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/us/trump-administration-lawsuits.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.

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