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Trump honors fallen soldiers on Memorial Day, while attacking Biden and judges​

By SEUNG MIN KIM
Updated 5:31 PM CDT, May 26, 2025

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump paid tribute to fallen service members during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday, in an address that honored the “great, great warriors” yet also briefly veered into politics as he boasted of a nation he is “fixing after a long and hard four years.”

Though the holiday is one that U.S. presidents typically treat with pure solemnity, Trump began it with an all-caps Memorial Day social media post that attacked his predecessor and called federal judges who have blocked his deportation initiatives “monsters who want our country to go to hell.”

Yet at Arlington National Cemetery, where more than 400,000 have been laid to rest, Trump commemorated the sacrifice of U.S. service members and singled out several Gold Star families to tell the stories of their fallen relatives.

“We just revere their incredible legacy,” Trump said. “We salute them in their eternal and everlasting glory. And we continue our relentless pursuit of America’s destiny as we make our nation stronger, prouder, freer and greater than ever before.”

“Their valor,” he said, “gave us the freest, greatest and most noble republic ever to exist on the face of the earth. A republic that I am fixing after a long and hard four years.” ...

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Kremlin muses about 'emotional overload' after Trump asks if Putin is 'crazy'

With reports of renewed intensive attacks on Ukraine came questions over whether Trump will abandon his strategy of courting his Russian counterpart.
www.nbcnews.com

Russia is preparing new offensives, according to Ukraine intelligence: Zelenskyy

Ukrainian intelligence and open-source data show Russian President Vladimir Putin does not "plan to end the war," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday.
abcnews.go.com

FBI deputy director says bureau will pour resources into cases including Supreme Court leak and cocaine at the White House

Dan Bongino, the deputy director, posted on social media about directing more resources into the Biden-era cases, as well as the unsolved case of pipe bombs found in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.
www.nbcnews.com

The 2028 podcast primary is underway as Democrats try to reshape their image

Four months into the Trump administration, some top Democrats are rethinking their approach to podcasts.
apnews.com

Key Trump voting bloc has concerns with MAHA report, as Trump officials give assurances

Multiple farmers groups expressed concern following a report by the Trump administration's Make America Healthy Again Commission linking pesticides to chronic disease.
www.foxnews.com

Trump says he's pardoning Scott Jenkins, a sheriff convicted of taking $75,000 in bribes

President Donald Trump says he is pardoning Scott Jenkins, a former Virginia sheriff who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for allegedly making several businessmen sheriff's deputies in exchange for cash.
www.cbsnews.com

Cuban exiles were shielded from deportation. Now Trump is cracking down

President Donald Trump's crackdown on Cuban immigration has riveted a community that strongly backed him twice.
apnews.com

'Cracking heads': Trump, DOJ moves signal end of reforms after George Floyd movement

Five years ago millions rallied for police reform after the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. Trump is now exiting court-ordered settlements.
www.usatoday.com

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza as controversy and concern grow over humanitarian aid

Israeli strikes kill dozens in the Gaza Strip, including one on a school-turned-shelter, as controversy and concern mount over getting humanitarian aid into the enclave.
www.cbsnews.com

Trump says he's pardoning a Virginia sheriff convicted on bribery charges

President Donald Trump says he is pardoning a former Virginia sheriff who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in a federal bribery case.
apnews.com

Kremlin calls Trump 'emotional' after US president says Putin is 'crazy'

Trump said that Vladimir Putin had gone "absolutely crazy" following massive aerial attacks on Ukraine.
www.bbc.com

FBI deputy director Dan Bongino says Biden-era investigations being reexamined

FBI deputy director Dan Bongino said three high-profile investigations are either being reexamined.
www.cbsnews.com

Ex-DNC chair calls book's claim that Biden didn't recognize him a 'bold faced lie'

Former DNC chair Jaime Harrison said a claim in Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book about Biden not recognizing Harrison was a "bold-faced lie."
www.foxnews.com

The US military spent $6 billion in the past 3 years to recruit and retain troops

The U.S. military spent more than $6 billion over the past three years to recruit and retain service members, in what's been a growing campaign to counter enlistment shortfalls.
apnews.com

Liverpool parade latest: Child and adult seriously hurt and dozens more injured after car ploughs into Liverpool crowd

Twenty-seven people were taken to hospital and 20 others were treated at the scene. The incident is not being treated as terrorism, police say.
www.bbc.com

Trump says he's considering rerouting $3 billion in Harvard grants to U.S. trade schools

President Trump wrote on social media that he's "considering" giving $3 billion in Harvard grant money to trade schools around the U.S.
www.cbsnews.com

3 more of the 10 escapees from a New Orleans jail are captured, leaving 2 on the run, officials say

Authorities say they’ve captured three more of the 10 escapees who broke out of a New Orleans jail, leaving two more on the run.
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