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• White House quotes Tony Soprano to defend Christopher Columbus amid reports of new statue celebrating explorer - White House quotes Tony Soprano to defend Christopher Columbus as reports emerge that President Donald Trump plans to install a statue of the Italian explorer on White House grounds.
• Childcare expert exposes key roadblock to uncovering potential fraud schemes in Minnesota: 'Really difficult' - Outdated systems make childcare fraud harder to detect, and states need modernized platforms to spot suspicious billing and attendance patterns, an expert says.
• Trump calls Savannah Guthrie as search for her missing mom intensifies - President Donald Trump calls NBC Today co-host Savannah Guthrie about her missing mother Nancy Guthrie, 84, last seen Saturday as sheriff says "we do have a crime."
• White House approves Medal of Honor for fallen Army Staff Sgt Michael Ollis after years-long push - The White House approved the Medal of Honor for fallen Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis, who died heroically shielding an allied soldier in Afghanistan suicide bombing.
• Mike Johnson backs ‘America Is Back!’ message as Trump debuts new hat design - Trump debuts new "America Is Back!" red hat at White House bill signing as Speaker Johnson, R-La., calls slogan "appropriate" for reopening government ceremony.
• Trump unveils new rendering of sprawling White House ballroom project - New White House ballroom rendering shows sprawling 90,000-square-foot space for about 650 guests, funded by Trump and private donors at $200 million cost.
• Government shutdown ends as Trump signs bill, but DHS funding deadline looms - President Donald Trump signed legislation ending the partial government shutdown that began Friday, funding most agencies through September.
• Trump ‘ask us’ doctrine explained as protests rage in far left states - President Donald Trump has vowed not to bring federal law enforcement into Democrat cities amid protests “unless and until" officials there “ask us" for help — and do so politely.
• From the Oval Office to the Trump Kennedy Center, the gilded makeover expands - From the Trump Kennedy Center to the White House, here are the renovation and design changes President Donald Trump has pursued since returning to office.
• Longtime Trump aide’s Mar-a-Lago wedding draws top admin officials - Trump aide Dan Scavino married at Mar-a-Lago with president and top officials attending the Sunday ceremony including Elon Musk and cabinet members.