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82% : "President Trump is excited to return to the great state of Michigan next Tuesday, where he will rally in Macomb County to celebrate the FIRST 100 DAYS!"
70% : " ▶Read more about Trump's personal "touches" on the White House Trump will hold a rally in Michigan next week to mark his first 100 days in office Trump will mark his first 100 days in office next week with a rally in Michigan, his first since returning to the White House earlier this year.
69% : Later this evening, at 6:30 p.m., Trump will travel to his golf club in Washington, D.C., where he will attend a MAGA Inc. dinner.
68% : Trump, a former real estate developer and hotelier, said Wednesday that he's adding two "beautiful" flagpoles to the grounds to fly the American flag in about a week.
58% : The March 25 order directs the commission to update the national voter registration form to include a proof-of-citizenship requirement, revise guidelines for voting systems and withhold federal money from any state that continues to accept ballots after Election Day. ▶ Read more about the meeting of election officials Trump is putting his 'touches' on the White House with flagpoles, art and an Oval Office overhaul Trump is putting his "touches" on the White House with new flagpoles, new artwork, an overhaul of the Oval Office decor and possibly covering up the lawn in the Rose Garden.
56% : " Trump said he's doing the interview "out of curiosity, and as a competition with myself, just to see if it's possible for The Atlantic to be 'truthful.'
52% : Orrick issued the injunction sought by San Francisco and more than a dozen other municipalities that sued over a pair of executive orders the Republican president issued targeting local municipalities that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts.
52% : Trump will visit Macomb County on Tuesday, the White House press secretary said.
51% : Rutte's meetings at the Pentagon come at a time that Hegseth's use of the Signal app to discuss military operations remains under scrutiny.
50% : Trump also ordered the Education Department to root out efforts to ensure equity in discipline in the nation's K-12 schools.
47% : The administration says equity efforts amount to racial discrimination. ▶ Read more about Trump's latest executive order targeting education Most Americans expect higher prices as a result of Trump's tariffs, a new AP-NORC poll finds Americans' trust in Trump to bolster the U.S. economy appears to be faltering, with a new poll showing that many people fear the country is being steered into a recession and that the president's broad and haphazardly enforced tariffs will cause prices to rise.
46% : CEO Bob Jordan said the company is reducing flights and "controlling what we can control." ▶ Read more on today's market movements Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump's push to end DEI in K-12 public schools The legal challenge by the National Education Association and the American Civil Liberties Union accused the Republican administration of violating teachers' due process and First Amendment rights by forbidding their efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
46% : " China's comments come after Trump said Tuesday that the final tariff rate on China's exports would come down "substantially" from the current 145%.
45% : ▶ Read more about Trump's upcoming rally Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges, plus schools' equity efforts Trump has ordered sharper scrutiny of America's colleges and the accreditors that oversee them, part of his escalating campaign to end what he calls " wokeness " and diversity efforts in education.
43% : Trump signed an executive order a week into his term that claims the sexual identity of transgender service members "conflicts with a soldier's commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one's personal life" and is harmful to military readiness.
43% : Relations between South Africa and the U.S. have deteriorated since Trump took office earlier this year.
42% : " Trump had told reporters earlier in the week that "everything's active" when asked if he was engaging with China, although his Treasury Secretary had said there were no formal negotiations.
42% : In a series of executive actions signed Wednesday, Trump targeted universities that he views as liberal adversaries to his political agenda.
41% : The strikes took place just as peace efforts are coming to a head. ▶ Read more about Trump and the war in Ukraine Trump's Thursday schedule On Trump's public schedule today, he will greet and then have lunch with the Prime Minister of Norway, who's visiting Washington, at noon.
40% : Trump has also talked about paving over the lawn in the Kennedy-era Rose Garden.
39% : Ramaphosa did not indicate when the meeting with Trump was likely to take place.
38% : Michigan was one of the key battleground states Trump flipped last year from Democrats on his path back to the White House.
37% : ▶ Read more on corporate outlooks in today's earnings reports Trump insists US and China are talking on trade despite Beijing's denials "They had a meeting this morning," Trump said, then added: "It doesn't matter who they is." Trump is seeking to climb down from his 145% tariffs on Chinese goods amid growing business and consumer concerns that the import taxes will drive up inflation and potentially send the economy into a recession.
35% : " ▶ Read more on the state of US-China trade negotiations Trump says he'll meet with journalist who was mistakenly texted about US military strikes Trump says he'll do a sit-down interview with The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, and two other writers at the magazine.
32% : Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying," Trump said Thursday in a post on his Truth Social platform.
29% : Georgieva's comments came two days after the IMF downgraded the outlook for world economic growth this year. ▶ Read more about the International Monetary Fund and the global economy In rare criticism of Putin, Trump urges the Russian leader to 'STOP!'
29% : Trump has not traveled much since taking office, outside of personal weekend trips.
29% : While skepticism about tariffs is increasing modestly, that doesn't mean the public is automatically rejecting Trump or his approach to trade.
28% : ▶ Read more about relations between the U.S. and South Africa China says there are no negotiations with the US over tariffs China on Thursday denied Trump's assertion that the two sides were involved in active negotiations over tariffs, saying any suggestion of progress in this matter was as groundless as "trying to catch the wind.
27% : Burck was also named in January to serve as an outside ethics adviser for the Trump Organization to vet deals that could pose conflicts with public policy. Trump in a Truth Social post said Burck "should therefore be forced to resign, immediately, or be fired."
27% : Trump did not name the attorney he was referring to in his Truth Social post Thursday but it was clear from the context that he was talking about William Burck.
25% : Some refused, saying there is nothing illegal about DEI. ▶ Read more on this legal battle over DEI in public schools Judge bars Trump from denying federal funds to 'sanctuary' cities that limit immigration cooperation U.S. Judge William Orrick said a preliminary injunction was appropriate because the executive orders were unconstitutional just as they were in 2017 when Trump announced a similar order.
23% : South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to 'meet soon' with Trump to discuss strained relations Ramaphosa said he'd spoken to Trump and the two leaders had also agreed to discuss the peace process in Ukraine and the end to the Russia-Ukraine war.
20% : Meanwhile, another federal judge temporarily blocked Trump's push to end DEI in K-12 public schools.
19% : " Trump asks Supreme Court to let ban on transgender members of military take effect The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow enforcement of a ban on transgender people in the military, while legal challenges proceed.
18% : ▶ Read more about National Science Foundation funding cuts After criticism, Trump Organization 'moving in a different direction' on outside ethics adviser The Trump Organization says it's "moving in a different direction" with regard to its hand-picked outside ethics adviser following strong criticism from President Trump about the prominent lawyer who was selected for the role months ago. Trump on Thursday lambasted William Burck, who is one of the lawyers representing Harvard University in a high-stakes court fight with the Trump administration.
10% : Goldberg is the journalist who reported in 2020 that Trump had privately referred to the American war dead at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France as "losers" and "suckers," a story that still angers Trump.

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