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Here’s where Trump’s most jaw-dropping promises stand a year into his second term

Lee Williams,

BY  WILL WEISSERT Updated 8:13 AM EST, January 17, 2026   WASHINGTON (AP) — From toppling Venezuela’s leader to ordering mass deportations, from turning once independent government entities into rubber stamps to demolishing the East Wing for a White House ballroom, President Donald Trump spent his first year back in office trampling political norms and testing institutional checks and balances. Some of his ideas that once seemed implausible, if not outright fanciful,…
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US plans to ‘run’ Venezuela and tap its oil reserves, Trump says, after operation to oust Maduro

Lee Williams,

By:  REGINA GARCIA CANO, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and ERIC TUCKER Updated 5:34 PM EST, January 3, 2026 CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hours after an audacious military operation that plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country, President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States would run Venezuela at least temporarily and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations….
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Trump welcomes Zelenskyy for talks, asserts Russia and Ukraine both want peace, however elusive

Lee Williams,

By  WILL WEISSERT, SEUNG MIN KIM and ELISE MORTON Updated 2:27 PM EST, December 28, 2025   PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday he believes both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin truly want peace, as he welcomed the “brave” Ukrainian leader for talks at his Florida resort. “The two leaders want it to end,” Trump said…

Wright Challenges Weaver For Superintendent As Federal Cuts Threaten Special Education
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Wright challenges Weaver for Superintendent as federal cuts threaten special education

Lee Williams,

“The reduction of force within the Office of Education means that there are no longer people in place to make sure that our children with disabilities receive fair treatment, support in their schools and classes, funding for related services like speech therapy, counseling, and technology, transition services to prepare them for life after high school, and rights guaranteed to them by the ‘Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,” says Wright. 

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Trump commutes sentence of former Rep. George Santos

Terrence Weeks, CNN,

Courtesy: Francis Chung/APGeorge Santos is seen in the House chamber shortly before the State of the Union address at the US Capitol on March 7PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ANNOUNCED HE IS COMMUTING THE SENTENCE OF FORMER CONGRESSMAN GEORGE SANTOS, RELEASING HIM FROM PRISON IMMEDIATELY. SANTOS HAD BEEN SERVING A SEVEN-YEAR SENTENCE FOR THE FRAUD CHARGES THAT GOT HIM OUSTED FROM CONGRESS….
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Trump demands Washington football and Cleveland baseball teams change names back

Lee Williams,

Trump said Sunday on his Truth Social site that “The Washington ‘Whatever’s’ should IMMEDIATELY change their name back to the Washington Redskins Football Team. There is a big clamoring for this. Likewise, the Cleveland Indians, one of the six original baseball teams, with a storied past. Our great Indian people, in massive numbers, want this to happen. Their heritage and prestige is systematically being taken away from them. Times are different now than they were three or four years ago. We are a Country of passion and common sense. OWNERS, GET IT DONE!!!”