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• Democrats prep for election interference as Trump administration makes moves

  27-10-2026 22:30 via Administration News
  
  Democrats are preparing for potential election interference after a series of remarks from President Trump and actions from his administration targeting a swath of states.  The Justice Department (DOJ) preemptively filed a lawsuit last week in Alaska that could block certification of results if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses reelection, arguing that a win for...
  
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• Live updates: Trump holds second Texas rally in one day; Talarico plans dueling event

  27-10-2026 22:08 via Administration News
  
  With one week to go before the midterms, President Trump arrived in Texas Tuesday afternoon — taking the stage at 3:45 p.m. to stump in Corpus Christi for GOP candidates before making his way to Lubbock to do the same. He's in the Lone Star State hoping to boost support for GOP Gov. Greg Abbott's...
  
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• Trump continues calls for Venezuela to be 51st state

  27-10-2026 21:28 via Administration News
  
  President Trump renewed calls for Venezuela to be the 51st U.S. state after touting the barrels of oil coming from the South American country. "It will become a prosperous country, and who knows? Maybe someday soon, it will become a prosperous 51st state," Trump said of Venezuela. "That's possible. Let's make it the 51st state."...
  
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• Vance responds to question about 'insulting' Alaska election lawsuit

  27-10-2026 21:15 via Administration News
  
  Vice President Vance on Tuesday slammed an independent candidate with a similar name to Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) as committing “electoral fraud” when answering a question about his administration’s lawsuit over the Senate race in the state. “Why shouldn't Alaskans find it insulting that the administration appears to be suggesting they can't read the word...
  
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• Zacharia says press corps has ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome'

  27-10-2026 21:00 via Administration News
  
  Former White House press secretary Katie Zacharia, who was fired from her role after five days following a rocky debut and scrutiny of her legal background, accused reporters of fueling “Trump Derangement Syndrome” in their coverage of President Trump. While Zacharia has remained relatively quiet since her ouster less than two weeks ago, in an...
  
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• Democrats seize on Machado's return to push for Venezuela elections

  27-10-2026 19:45 via House News
  
  Democratic lawmakers urged the Venezuelan government to hold elections following opposition leader María Corina Machado’s recent return to the country after nearly a year in exile. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, called Machado’s return to Venezuela “welcome news” in a statement shared to social platform X Monday....
  
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• Trump says he will ban the term artificial intelligence

  27-10-2026 19:33 via Administration News
  
  President Trump said Tuesday that he was banning the term artificial intelligence “in all relevant documents and everything else.” “In short order, we will be officially BANNING the term, ‘AI/Artificial Intelligence,’ in all relevant documents, and everything else, due to its inaccuracy,” he wrote on Truth Social. Trump hit on The Wall Street Journal for...
  
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• CDC deputy director to leave administration after 4 months

  27-10-2026 19:32 via Administration News
  
  Dr. Jennifer Shuford, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) deputy director and chief medical officer, is leaving the agency after just four months on the job.Shuford, an infectious disease physician, was a former Texas health commissioner. She was appointed in April as part of a leadership team to support director Erica Schwartz,...
  
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• Rubio responds to Machado return: Can’t ‘street-protest your way into a democracy’

  27-10-2026 19:01 via Administration News
  
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a warning to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Monday, without explicitly naming her after the exiled Nobel Peace Prize winner returned to her home country. "You're not going to street-protest your way into a democracy," Rubio told reporters, according to Axios. He also praised her return, saying...
  
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• Trump says he will respect midterm results 'if they're honest elections'

  27-10-2026 17:46 via Administration News
  
  President Trump said on Tuesday that he will respect next week's midterm results "if they're honest elections” amid growing concerns from Democrats over his pre-election rhetoric.Trump made the comments at Joint Base Andrews before departing for a campaign trip to Texas.On Monday, Trump warned in a TruthSocial post that he is "watching closely"...
  
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• FBI searches California home tied to Eric Swalwell probe

  27-10-2026 17:35 via House News
  
  The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reportedly searched a California home tied to its current investigation into former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.). The Beverly Hills mansion, owned by a donor of Swalwell’s, was searched as part of the probe into the former lawmaker, CNN reported, citing two people familiar with the investigation. “Early this morning...
  
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• Trump plans to loosen methane rules for low-producing, high-emitting oil wells

  27-10-2026 17:10 via Administration News
  
  The Trump administration is planning to loosen regulations on methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, and particularly for low-producing, high-emitting oil and gas wells. President Trump will announce a proposed rule to roll back those regulations at a Tuesday night rally in Texas, an administration official confirmed. The draft rule would be expected...
  
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• Live updates: Trump heads to Texas for rally doubleheader; Talarico plans dueling event

  27-10-2026 16:54 via Administration News
  
  With one week to go before the midterms, President Trump is heading to Texas, with stops in Corpus Christi and Lubbock, as Republicans work to maintain their congressional majorities. He'll be in the Lone Star State hoping to boost support for GOP Gov. Greg Abbott's reelection bid and state Attorney General Ken Paxton's Senate race....
  
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• Trump administration: Hundreds of Washington state voters may be noncitizens

  27-10-2026 16:24 via Administration News
  
  Federal officials on Monday called on Washington state’s election officials to set aside ballots from over 400 people they say have illegally registered to vote without U.S. citizenship. The Justice Department (DOJ), in a letter to Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, said it has identified 1,500 votes cast by the more than 400 people...
  
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• Mike Johnson: 'The polls are wrong'

  27-10-2026 15:51 via House News
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is professing confidence in his party’s position with just one week to go until the 2026 midterms, despite polling showing Republicans are in a tough spot. Johnson told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham Monday that he believes polls showing big leads for Democrats are underestimating Republicans. “I think [polls are] even further...
  
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• How a Cheesecake Factory jab spurred a midterm spat

  27-10-2026 15:41 via Administration News
  
  A Cheesecake Factory jab from former President Obama quickly spiraled into a midterm spat between the GOP and Democrats as the competitive election cycle nears its end. Obama quipped during a recent campaign stop in Cleveland that President Trump has the White House “looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory, it’s just gold everywhere.”...
  
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• Ceasefire brokered by Melania Trump takes effect in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine town

  27-10-2026 14:53 via Administration News
  
  A localized ceasefire agreement between Ukraine and Russia took effect on Tuesday after first lady Melania Trump announced last week she secured a temporary humanitarian agreement for the border city of Oleshky.  The Russian-occupied town is located in southern Ukraine and residents have faced shortages in food and medicine amid the ongoing war. The pause...
  
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• Trump says East Potomac renovation will proceed despite judge's order blocking golf course closure

  27-10-2026 14:37 via Administration News
  
  President Trump is insisting his plan to redevelop East Potomac Park in Washington, D.C., and renovate the public golf course there will be carried out as scheduled despite an order from a federal judge halting future work at the site. In a Truth Social post late Monday, the president said "we are closing the East...
  
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• Democrats hold 8-point advantage 1 week before midterms: Survey

  27-10-2026 14:37 via House News
  
  Democrats have an 8-point lead over Republicans in the final week before the midterm elections, according to a new survey released Tuesday. The Marist Poll, conducted alongside NPR and PBS News, found voters favor Democrats over Republicans by 52-44 precent. Independents also prefer Democrats over the GOP, with 52 percent saying so. Another 39 percent...
  
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• Live updates: Trump heads to Texas for a rally doubleheader

  27-10-2026 13:57 via Administration News
  
  With one week to go before the midterms, President Trump is heading to Texas, with stops in Corpus Christi and Lubbock, as Republicans work to maintain their congressional majorities. He'll be in the Lone Star State hoping to boost support for GOP Gov. Greg Abbott's reelection bid and state Attorney General Ken Paxton's Senate race....
  
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• Trump approval ticks up to 32 percent: Survey 

  27-10-2026 13:43 via Administration News
  
  President Trump’s approval rating inched up by 1 point from a record low last week, according to a new poll. The Reuters/Ipsos survey, released Monday, found 32 percent of U.S. adults support the president’s job performance, while 66 percent disagreed. This is a slight uptick from the pollster’s previous findings, which showed Trump with a...
  
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• Democratic senator: Trump is 'laying the groundwork' to steal Minnesota election

  27-10-2026 13:05 via Administration News
  
  Retiring Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) says that President Trump is “laying the groundwork” for MAGA allies to “steal” the Senate election after Trump said the federal government would be keeping an eye on the state. “He's blatantly laying the groundwork to steal an election if his chosen candidate doesn't win... Minnesota will not take kindly...
  
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• Democratic senator: Trump is ‘laying the groundwork’ to steal Minnesota election

  27-10-2026 13:05 via Administration News
  
  Retiring Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) says that President Trump is “laying the groundwork” for MAGA allies to “steal” the Senate election after Trump said the federal government would be keep an eye on the state. “He's blatantly laying the groundwork to steal an election if his chosen candidate doesn't win... Minnesota will not take kindly...
  
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• Inside Trump's red state blitz to stave off a Democratic midterm sweep

  27-10-2026 11:00 via Administration News
  
  Republicans are working to salvage the House and Senate maps one week before Election Day as the chance of a Democratic sweep becomes more likely.  Turnout has played a central role in the GOP’s strategy despite midterm election cycles often yielding lower turnout than presidential years. The party has argued that President Trump’s presence on...
  
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• Democrats poised to go big on affordable childcare

  27-10-2026 11:00 via House News
  
  Heading into a potential new political era, Democratic candidates, policymakers and outside groups all agree on one thing: Something needs to be done on childcare.   Should they win a majority in Congress in November, the Democratic affordability agenda includes childcare as one of many everyday costs Democrats want to bring down.   Democrats up and...
  
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• Trump announces $250M-plus initiative to recruit, retain nursing home nurses

  27-10-2026 04:20 via Administration News
  
  President Trump announced Monday an initiative worth hundreds of millions of dollars to recruit and retain nursing home nurses. “The Trump Administration is proud to announce a 250 MILLION DOLLAR PLUS initiative to RECRUIT and RETAIN Nurses for Nursing Homes!” Trump said in a Truth Social post Monday evening. “This Federal and State Initiative will...
  
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• Judge extends tree-cutting block at East Potomac Park

  27-10-2026 03:36 via Administration News
  
  A federal judge on Monday extended a tree-cutting block at East Potomac Park, where President Trump has claimed there will be a new golf course in the future,  U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes granted a preliminary injunction for a preservationist group and golfers restricting the Trump administration from cutting trees at the park, stating in...
  
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• Raskin says oil companies will face consequences for importing Russian diesel

  27-10-2026 02:49 via House News
  
  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, said that oil companies will face repercussions if they import Russian diesel, comments that come shortly after President Trump announced a diesel deal with Moscow. In a Monday letter addressed to energy companies, Raskin said oil companies are going to “be held accountable”...
  
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• Vance announces $57M grant boost for meatpacking facilities

  27-10-2026 01:33 via Administration News
  
  Vice President Vance announced Monday that the Agriculture Department is announcing millions of dollars in new grants toward meatpacking facilities. He made the announcement while campaigning for Sen. Roger Marshall (R) in Kansas. He said the grants would go towards 10 meatpacking facilities in the state. He said it “could not have happened without Doc...
  
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• Trump fires back at Obama's Cheesecake Factory jab

  27-10-2026 01:33 via Administration News
  
  President Trump fired back at former President Obama during a Monday night rally in Mississippi after his predecessor likened Trump’s White House renovations to a Cheesecake Factory while on the campaign trail over the weekend.  “Donald Trump spends a lot of his time fixing up the White House,” Trump said, mocking Obama. “Isn’t that a...
  
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• House GOP to hold leadership elections a week after Election Day

  27-10-2026 00:48 via House News
  
  House Republicans are slated to hold their leadership elections on Nov. 10, according to two GOP staffers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.Politico, which first reported the news, noted that Republicans will hold a two-hour candidate forum that morning before voting on the leader, whip, conference chair and other positions.Members also have...
  
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• Appeals court rules against DOJ in California ballot fight

  27-10-2026 00:25 via Administration News
  
  A federal appeals court panel on Monday refused to order California to set aside 20,000 mail ballots that the Trump administration says are likely from noncitizens. In a 2-1 vote, the panel found it has no jurisdiction and the administration needs to wait for the trial judge to rule. He’s set to hold a hearing Tuesday,...
  
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• Comey reacts to new charges: 'Funny' if it weren't 'appalling abuse' of DOJ

  26-10-2026 23:46 via Administration News
  
  Former FBI Director James Comey on Monday slammed his new charges from the Trump administration. “Well, they're back, again. It would almost be funny if it weren't such an appalling abuse of the Department of Justice, one that we cannot become numb to. Nothing's changed with me,” Comey said in a Monday Substack post. “I’m...
  
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• Trump announces $1M rewards for voter fraud tips ahead of midterms

  26-10-2026 23:10 via Administration News
  
  President Trump has announced a $1 million reward for voter fraud tips, about a week out from this year’s midterms. “Anybody reporting Voter Fraud in the past Elections, or the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election, will be paid $1,000,000 upon the arrest and conviction of those that created the Fraud!” Trump said in a Monday afternoon...
  
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• Republicans face a midterm reckoning over prices at the pump

  26-10-2026 22:58 via Administration News
  
  Voters are expected to punish Republicans for high gas prices this election cycle. Since the start of the Iran war, prices of oil and gasoline have been on the rise. As of Monday, gas prices were averaging about $4.29, up about $1.23 from where they were a year ago.  Over the last several months with...
  
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• Former White House economic adviser on Fed rates: 'Tough position' for Warsh

  26-10-2026 22:29 via Administration News
  
  Stephen Moore, a former economic adviser to President Trump, said Monday that Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is in a “tough” position ahead of the central bank’s meeting regarding interest rates this week. “It's a tough position for my friend Kevin Warsh because I think job number one for the Fed [is to] get that...
  
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• Bessent mocks Obama outside Cheesecake Factory in DC

  26-10-2026 22:23 via Administration News
  
  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mocked former President Obama outside a Cheesecake Factory in Washington on Monday after the former president likened recent White House renovations to the famous restaurant chain.  “Well, two things. This is the man who built the museum that looks like Darth Vader's tomb,” Bessent said while exiting from a Cheesecake Factory...
  
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• Live updates: Trump brings midterm campaign swing to Mississippi

  26-10-2026 22:14 via Administration News
  
  With eight days to go before the midterms, President Trump is on the way to one of the most reliably red states — Mississippi — to campaign for Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, as Democrats see a sliver of optimism in the state. The Democratic-aligned Senate Majority PAC recently announced it will spend $1.2 million on...
  
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• Scarborough: Blowback to Obama's Cheesecake Factory quip is 'stupid'

  26-10-2026 22:12 via Administration News
  
  MS NOW’s Joe Scarborough on Monday slammed negative reactions to former President Obama’s recent joke about the Cheesecake Factory and the White House. “Can you believe how stupid the reaction is, and how stupid they think Americans are?” he said on his show, "Morning Joe." “Every time Donald Trump opens his mouth, now, especially, in...
  
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• RFK Jr. extends MAHA push to hospital food

  26-10-2026 22:00 via Administration News
  
  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday that over 250 hospitals have signed a pledge to serve healthier meals to patients, advancing his "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) agenda's focus on treating food as medicine. Speaking at a press conference hosted at the Corewell Health Lifestyle and Culinary Medicine Practice...
  
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• NBA partners with Kalshi, Polymarket as prediction markets face scrutiny

  26-10-2026 21:28 via Administration News
  
  The NBA announced Monday it is partnering with prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket, as multiple states have sued those companies in an attempt to establish their regulatory authority over them. The league said in a release it entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to designate Kalshi and...
  
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• Six citizens sue Trump over White House bans on news outlets

  26-10-2026 18:55 via Administration News
  
  Six citizens sued President Trump and administration officials over bans from the White House against news outlets in a lawsuit filed Monday. The complaint – which named Trump alongside White House communications director Steven Cheung and chief of staff Susie Wiles – argued new White House policy surrounding press access “deprives the public of the...
  
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• 6 citizens sue Trump over White House bans on news outlets

  26-10-2026 18:55 via Administration News
  
  Six individual citizens — a civics teacher, a legal journalist, a student journalist, a human rights advocate, a historian and a media watchdog — are suing the president and Trump administration officials over the White House’s bans and restrictions on the press, according to the lawsuit filed Monday. The complaint, which named President Trump alongside...
  
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• Massie says he'll move to impeach Hegseth if he's not gone after midterms 

  26-10-2026 18:37 via House News
  
  Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.), on Monday indicated he would reintroduce articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should he remain at the Pentagon after Congress returns to Washington, D.C., following the November midterm elections. Massie, who kicked off the impeachment process against Hegseth in September over the war in Iran, wrote on social...
  
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• Pulte vows action against ‘abusive monopolies’ in mortgage market

  26-10-2026 18:29 via Administration News
  
  Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), said Monday he will not tolerate “abusive monopolies” dominating the mortgage market. “Abusive monopolies will not be allowed to take advantage of consumers anywhere in the mortgage market,” Pulte wrote on social platform X. Pulte said last month that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
  
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• House Democrats call for special counsel to investigate Trump's ties to Epstein 

  26-10-2026 18:15 via House News
  
  Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are calling for a special counsel to investigate President Trump’s alleged ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in a new report released Monday.Democrats claimed that out of the 11 women who have tied Trump to Epstein’s crimes of sexual abuse and exploitation, five of them...
  
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• Greene says 'Trump has become a curse to Republican candidates' ahead of election day

  26-10-2026 18:07 via Administration News
  
  Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) criticized President Trump on Sunday, saying he had “become a curse to Republican candidates” ahead the November midterm elections where the GOP are projected to lose the House.  “He has no idea how bad he is doing in GA. And to threaten our state that he would refuse to...
  
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• Trump to return to South Carolina days ahead of election

  26-10-2026 17:07 via Administration News
  
  The Republican National Committee announced Monday that President Trump will campaign in Rock Hill, S.C., on Thursday, marking his second trip to the Palmetto State within the span of a week. Trump campaigned last week in Clemson, in an effort to boost Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) in her race against Democrat Annie Andrews. The campaign...
  
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• Billy Crystal: Trump's Kennedy Center moves 'so selfish and so petty'

  26-10-2026 17:07 via Administration News
  
  Billy Crystal — the recipient of two of the Kennedy Center's most prestigious awards — says what's happening at the Washington performing arts institution amid President Trump's legal battle "really hurts." "I'm one of the few who has been awarded the Mark Twain Prize and the Kennedy Honor with an elite group of people that...
  
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• White House Halloween party to feature Trump Accounts coloring books, Be Best cards

  26-10-2026 16:04 via Administration News
  
  There will be more than pumpkins and candy at the White House's Halloween celebration — this year's fright-filled festivities are also poised to scare up some support for Trump Accounts.  The first lady's press office on Monday announced plans for the annual spooky tradition at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. President Trump and Melania Trump will hand...
  
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