Attività

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WINS

✅ RUSSIA | The President brought the war in Ukraine closer to a resolution after hosting the first summit with President Vladimir Putin of Russia since 2021, and speculated that they could be meeting again very soon.

✅ MAKE DC SAFE | President Trump federalized the D.C. police and mobilized federal law enforcement officer to help bring order to the chaos in the city. Since the start of the operation, more than 100 arrests have been made and the D.C. police will cooperate with ICE.

✅ VA CLAIMS | In fiscal year 2024, VA processed a total of 2,517,519 ratings claims, and this year the department reached an all-time high of 2,524,115 ratings claims issued Aug. 8 — nearly two months before the end of FY25 equaling a a 37% reduction in pending claims since Inauguration Day.

✅ US APPEALS | The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2–1 to let the Trump administration block billions in foreign aid, finding that grant recipients lack legal standing to challenge the president’s pause on funding.

✅ ECONOMY | Inflation beat market expectations once again remaining stable and unimpacted by tariffs which are raking in billions of dollars. Additionally, small business optimism is at a five-month high, and real wages are rising.