Press secretary Karoline Leavitt says Cabinet secretaries will decide government cuts when asked if Project 2025 is the "the blueprint for shrinking the government."

A federal judge will weigh Friday whether to grant a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from deploying National Guard troops into Oregon – the latest step in one of several challenges to Trump’s effort to crack down on Democratic-led cities he claims are stricken by crime and disorder.

Follow news on the government shutdown after Congress fails to pass a federal budget plan. Trump has threatened mass layoffs in the coming days for federal workers.

WH press secretary Karoline Levitt says Portland could face funding cuts as the White House responds to protest arrests and confirms a Justice Department probe.

G ov. Gavin Newsom said Friday he was "confident" that California universities would reject federal attempts to condition educational funds, a day after the governor said he would block state funds to any California school that agreed to a White House compact in exchange for preferential funding treatment.

Senate Democrats and Republicans on Friday failed to pass competing bills to fund the government, extending the shutdown into next week. The measures were expected to fail. Shortly after the

President Trump has directed aides to review aid for Portland, Ore., that could be cut amid immigration protests in the city, the White House said Friday. “He has directed his team here at the White House to begin reviewing aid that can be potentially be cut in Portland.

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House next week, it was announced on Friday. The meeting comes ahead of a review of a free trade agreement and as Trump is engaging in 51st state talk again as Canada asks to be included in Trump’s future Golden Dome missile defense program.

USA Rare Earth shares jumped more than 18% to scale a record high on Friday, after a report that the mining company's CEO Barbara Humpton said it was in close discussions with the White House.