WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The White House issued the following news on May 19, 2025: * * * First Lady Melania Trump Joins President Trump for Signing of the "TAKE IT DOWN" Act First Lady Melania Trump joined President Donald J. Trump in the White House Rose Garden for the signing of S.146, the "TAKE IT DOWN" Act, a historic and bipartisan new law focused on protecting children and families from online extortion and exploitation through the non-consensual distribution of intimate images and deepfa more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The White House issued the following news on May 20, 2025: * * * First Lady Melania Trump Welcomes Children to the White House for Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day Today, First Lady Melania Trump welcomed children to the White House with a patriotic arts and crafts activity in the Kennedy Garden as part of the White House's annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day celebration. Children of staff in the Executive Office of the President joined Mrs. Trump in de more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * HHS, CMS Set Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Targets to End Global Freeloading on American Patients Most-Favored-Nation policy builds on President Trump's broader reforms to eliminate global freeloading and ensure every American has access to affordable, life-saving treatments. Washington, DC--MAY 20, 2025-- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced today that it is t more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Interior Launches Process for Potential Offshore Mineral Lease Sale Near American Samoa Date: May 20, 2025 Contact: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov WASHINGTON -- Advancing President Donald J. Trump's strategic focus on domestic critical mineral development, the Department of the Interior today announced it is initiating the process to evaluate a potential mineral lease sale in the waters offshor more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following joint statement on May 20, 2025, with Turkiye: * * * Joint Statement on the U.S.-Turkiye Syria Working Group The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States and the Republic of Turkiye. The United States and Turkiye are committed to increasing cooperation and coordination on stability and security in Syria as outlined by President Trump and President Erdogan. The United States hoste more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- President Trump issued the following news on May 20, 2025: * * * President Trump Announces Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Ecuador to Attend the Inauguration of His Excellency Daniel Noboa President Donald J. Trump today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Quito, Ecuador to attend the Presidential Inauguration of His Excellency Daniel Noboa, President of the Republic of Ecuador, on May 24, 2025. The Honorable Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., U.S. more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- President Trump issued the following statement on May 20, 2025, on Cuban Independence Day: * * * Presidential Message on Cuban Independence Day, 2025 On May 20, 1902, after years of fierce warfare in the late 19th century, the Cuban flag was raised for the first time in a mighty victory for the cause of freedom. This Cuban Independence Day, we honor the courageous patriots who broke free from Spanish colonial rule to heroically embrace the eternal values of liberty, sove more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- President Trump issued the following statement on May 20, 2025, on Emergency Medical Services Week: * * * Presidential Message on Emergency Medical Services Week, 2025 Over 240 million times a year - nearly seven times every second - an American in need dials 911. With one simple call, Americans can activate a team of highly-skilled and experienced emergency medical professionals to evaluate and administer lifesaving care anytime, anywhere. Our Emergency Medical Service more PR

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- President Trump issued the following proclamation on May 19, 2025: * * * President Donald J. Trump Signed S. 146 into Law On Monday, May 19, 2025, the President signed into law: S. 146, the "Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act", or the "TAKE IT DOWN" Act provides for criminal prohibition on intentional disclosure of nonconsensual intimate visual depictions and requires covered platforms to remove such  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: * * * Record-Breaking 11th SelectUSA Investment Summit Concludes Tuesday, May 20, 2025 Office of Public Affairs publicaffairs@doc.gov (link sends email) Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce held the 11th SelectUSA Investment Summit which was the largest Investment Summit in its history with over 5,500 attendees spanning over a record 100+ international markets and over 1,100 economic developer more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: * * * SBA Launches Onshoring Portal to Advance America's Economic Comeback WASHINGTON -- Today, Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), announced the launch of the Make Onshoring Great Again Portal, a free tool designed to help small businesses identify U.S. manufacturers and producers. With a database of more than 1 million American suppliers, the searchable porta more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Burgum and Secretary Rollins Sign Joint Fire Memo Ahead of Peak Fire Season, Receive Fire Briefing at Forest Service Fire Desk WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and today signed a joint memo on wildfire preparedness, ensuring our two Departments are working in close coordination this fire season. USDA will work  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Secretary Hegseth Statement Directing DOD Review of U.S. Military Withdrawal From Afghanistan Three and a half years ago the Biden Administration's disastrous and embarrassing withdrawal from Afghanistan led to the deaths of 13 U.S. service members and 170 civilians in a suicide bombing at the Kabul International Airport's Abbey Gate. President Trump promised accountability for what transpired during that m more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Kennedy to World Health Assembly: The United States Is Holding the World Health Organization (WHO) Accountable "Like many legacy institutions, the WHO has become mired in bureaucratic bloat, entrenched paradigms, conflicts of interest, and international power politics." In video remarks aired today during the Seventy-Eighth World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, U more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Statement on Golden Dome for America The Department of Defense (DoD) welcomes President Trump's announcement regarding the Golden Dome for America, a next-generation missile defense shield. This bold initiative, formalized in Executive Order (EO) 14186 on January 27, 2025, represents a historic investment in American security and fulfills our duty to protect the homeland fir more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * Secretary Rollins and Secretary Burgum Sign Joint Fire Memo Ahead of Peak Fire Season, Receive Fire Briefing at Forest Service Fire Desk (Washington, D.C., May 20, 2025) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum today signed a joint memo (PDF, 693 KB) on wildfire preparedness, ensuring our two Departments are working in close coordination thi more PR

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following readout by spokesperson Tammy Bruce on Secretary Marco Rubio's call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: * * * Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today. Secretary Rubio welcomed the prisoner exchange agreement reached during the May 16 Ukraine-Russia talks in Istanbul and delivered President Trump's strong message: the United States is committed to achieving a lasting en more PR

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following readout by spokesperson Tammy Bruce on Secretary Marco Rubio's meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani: * * * Secretary of State Marco Rubio met today with Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani about the urgent need for a ceasefire in Ukraine and a path to durable peace. The two leaders also discussed our nations' enduring friendship and unity on a multitude of foreign policy issues. Secretary Rubio acknowled more PR

ROME, Italy, May 18 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of an interview by Secretary Marco Rubio with Margaret Brennan of CBS Face the Nation: * * * QUESTION: But we begin on the international front with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. We spoke to him Saturday while he was visiting Rome for Pope Leo XIV's inaugural mass and asked about the outcome of the first talks between Russia and Ukraine in nearly three years. Those took place Friday in Turkiye. Vladimir Putin ski more PR

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Strategic partnership between Idaho National Laboratory and Cyber Florida bolsters cybersecurity, nurtures talent (IDAHO FALLS, Idaho) - The Florida Center for Cybersecurity (Cyber Florida) at the University of South Florida and the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have agreed to collaborate on critical infrastructure cyber mitigation and workforce development. INL a more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Signs Order Announcing New Guidance to Enforce English Proficiency Requirement for Truckers "America first means safety first" AUSTIN, TX - Today, U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Sean P. Duffy signed an order at a trucking event in Austin announcing new guidelines to strengthen English language enforcement for commercial truck o more PR

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: * * * USDOT Updates Pipeline Safety Regulations to Reflect Gulf of America Name Change WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today published a Final Rule revising the U.S. Pipeline Safety Regulations to replace references to the "Gulf of Mexico" with "Gulf of America," in accordance with Executive Order 14172 issued in Jan more PR