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Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt speaks at a Make Oklahoma Healthy Again kickoff event at the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. June 26, 2025. (REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo)
Feb 10, 2026

Governors to skip Trump meeting after White House invited only Republicans, source says

The National Governors Association canceled a White House meeting after President Trump excluded Democratic governors from scheduled NGA talks.

Construction in November 2025 at the former site of the White House's East Wing. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)
Feb 9, 2026

Legality of Trump’s $400M private funding for White House ballroom at issue

A federal judge is expected to soon rule on whether President Donald Trump’s planned $400 million White House ballroom project can proceed.

Gov. Wes Moore joined Daily Record government affairs reporter Hannah Gaskill for the 2026 Eye on Annapolis Summit on Jan. 14, 2026. (Maximillian Franz/The Daily Record)
Feb 9, 2026

Moore among Democratic governors excluded from White House bipartisan event

President Trump excluded Democratic governors from traditional White House events tied to the National Governors Association summit in Washington.

Steel lattice towers carry high-voltage transmission lines in Lewis Center, Ohio. (Eli Hiller/For The Washington Post)
Jan 21, 2026

White House, governors confront rising energy costs as data centers expand

A bipartisan coalition of governors joined the White House to hatch a plan aimed at protecting ratepayers from rising energy costs.

The seal of the U.S. Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo)
Jan 9, 2026

Trump administration says it is creating DOJ division to tackle fraud

President Donald Trump's administration said it was creating a new division at the Department of Justice to combat what the White House called "rampant" fraud across the U.S.

Demolition of the East Wing of the White House on Oct. 23. The demolition is to make room for a new ballroom. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post)
Jan 7, 2026

Advocates sue Trump officials for answers on East Wing asbestos risks

Public health advocates sued the Trump administration, seeking FOIA records on asbestos inspections and abatement tied to the White House East Wing demolition.

Work continues on the construction of the ballroom at the White House, Tuesday, Dec., 9, 2025, in Washington, where the East Wing once stood. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Dec 16, 2025

Trump administration: White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security

The Trump administration says the White House ballroom construction project must continue for unexplained national security reasons.

Work continues on the contruction of the ballroom at the White House, Tuesday, Dec., 9, 2025, in Washington, where the East Wing once stood. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Dec 15, 2025

Trump sued by preservationists seeking reviews, congressional approval for ballroom project

President Donald Trump has been sued by preservationists seeking an architecture review and congressional approval over his White House ballroom project.

President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in Washington, en route to Joint Base Andrews. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Nov 28, 2025

Trump, Jack Nicklaus to revamp ‘president’s golf course’ at MD’s Joint Base Andrews

President Donald Trump says he's teaming up with legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus to revamp the golf courses at Joint Base Andrews.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., praises President Donald Trump's peacemaking efforts leading to a ceasefire pausing two years of war in the Gaza Strip, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Oct 13, 2025

Gov’t. shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history.

Students walk past the "Great Dome" atop Building 10 on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass, April 3, 2017. (AP File Photo/Charles Krupa)
Oct 10, 2025

MIT president disapproves of WH proposal to adopt Trump policies

The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said she “cannot support” a White House proposal asking to adopt President Donald Trump's political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding.

The White House is shown in Washington on March 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, file)
Nov 2, 2021

White House rolls out new plan to combat gun suicides

The Biden administration is rolling out an initiative to reduce suicides by gun and combat significant increases in suicides by military members and veterans.