Axios admits Trump has gained the upper hand in the battle for the Strait of Hormuz



Iran's most powerful piece of leverage against the U.S. is slipping through its hands, according to the latest Axios assessment.

The Iranian regime's stranglehold over the pivotal Strait of Hormuz has allowed it to resist demands from the Trump administration for a peace deal with terms favorable to the U.S.

'They don't want us to go back at them. That's the whole ball game. The rest doesn't matter.'

U.S. officials now tell Axios that they have gained the upper hand in the struggle to control the strait, which may lead to an end to the military operation.

"That sucker is open. The Iranian response is very mild," said Trump in a phone call Thursday to Axios. "They don't want us to go back at them. That's the whole ball game. The rest doesn't matter."

The effort to reopen the strait despite the Iranian threat began after a memorandum of understanding collapsed in the peace negotiations in July.

The U.S. military then reportedly began to quietly help transport about 10 million barrels a day through the strait by a southern channel near Oman. While the amount is about half of what it was before the strait was closed, it's a significant increase and a boon to the U.S. cause.

The U.S. has also been able to cripple Iran's ability to strike at tankers after a two-week bombing campaign, according to Axios. A U.S. military mine-sweeping operation and aid from the United Arab Emirates have also improved Trump's advantage.

CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper announced that they had reached a major milestone in the effort to wrestle control of the strait from Iran.

"Internationally recognized sea routes in the strait are free of Iranian sea mines. Bottom line: Today international shipping lanes are open and momentum is building," he said in a video Thursday.

While some experts remain skeptical of the official tally of oil that can pass already, Axios noted many other signs that the U.S. is gaining ground against Iran.

The president has repeatedly proclaimed that the ultimate goal of the operation is to keep the Iranian regime from obtaining nuclear weapons.

"I don't want to meet, they do. In fact, they are begging to make a deal," Trump claimed on social media Thursday.

Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaee denied the claims and said that they had agreed to allow the southern channel near Oman. He added that the regime was compiling a list of demands to negotiate a peace deal.

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Brent crude oil was trading at about $72 a barrel before the military operation began and surged to over $111 at its worst in April. It opened at just below $90 on Thursday.

About a fifth of the world's oil trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz.

The U.S.-Israeli joint military strikes against Iran began 6 months ago on Feb. 28.

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Trump plans to SLASH regulations to ease beef prices after rancher Glenn Beck's impassioned plea



President Donald Trump immediately took action after a plea from Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck to deregulate farmers and ranchers to fight back against a processor monopoly.

The president posted on Truth Social Friday that he is unleashing farmers and ranchers to allow them to more easily butcher their livestock and help lower beef prices.

'I am authorizing legal documents to be drawn in order to allow Farmers and Ranchers to be given the right to PROCESS THEIR OWN FOOD.'

Beck interviewed the president on his show Wednesday and explained how four large meat-processing companies have a chokehold on the industry that has been driving up beef prices. Beck has particular knowledge about the regulations that hold back ranchers because he runs a working cattle ranch in Southeast Idaho.

"I run a ranch, so I know what it's like, and I'm telling you, it's the processing plants," Beck told the president. "There's four of them, and I think two of them are not even American. It's bad. And I believe they're colluding with each other.

"I'm surprised that the ranchers and the farmers haven't done it, because they're smart as hell. I'm surprised, because that's been going on a long time, Glenn," Trump responded.

"Help us. We can't butcher with all of the federal regulations," Beck said.

On Friday, the president said his administration would move quickly to pass the deregulation of beef processing.

"Ranchers and Farmers have always been a number one priority for me. They work very hard, are smart, efficient, and immaculately CLEAN, but for years I have heard that they have had a tremendous problem with the Big Processors, who many say are a nasty Monopoly," the president wrote.

"There are, essentially, 4 of them, a very non competitive number, and they make life miserable for our wonderful Farmers and Ranchers, and I can’t let that happen, can I?" he added. "So, in order to break this powerful monopoly, with much of its ownership based outside of the U.S., I am authorizing legal documents to be drawn in order to allow Farmers and Ranchers to be given the right to PROCESS THEIR OWN FOOD. This should move quickly."

Beef prices have been rising steadily due to a decrease in U.S. cattle production. Over the last three years, the average U.S. beef price has risen by about 37.8%.

Agriculture Dept. Sec. Brooke Rollins also posted about the deregulation proposal.

"We are on it Mr. President!" she wrote. "Our great AMERICAN ranchers produce the highest-quality, most incredible beef in the world AND it is a matter of national security that we be able to feed and fuel ourselves."

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.@POTUS tells me he will look into SLASHING harmful regulations in the beef industry that lead to high prices. I know firsthand how rigged the system is against independent American farmers. Four massive corporations control almost the entire meat processing industry. If… pic.twitter.com/xxNBrhWUI4
— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) August 26, 2026

She said officials would seek to:

  • waive red tape in processing,
  • expand ranchers' ability to sell across state lines,
  • rescind outdated guidance,
  • add technology for faster safety data,
  • grow real support for small processors (funding and deregulation),
  • fight consolidation so small processors can compete, and
  • expand truth in labeling.

"The world is hungry for American beef!" she added.

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Liberals wasted NO TIME using Dolly Parton's death to bash Trump



The death of Dolly Parton sparked an outpouring of grief from fans across the political spectrum, including President Donald Trump, who ordered flags lowered nationwide in her honor.

“Very sad to report that Dolly Parton, one of the greatest Country singers, and far beyond, EVER, has just passed away. This is a true loss for millions of people. There has never been anyone like her, and never will,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

“In her honor, I am lowering the American flag throughout the United States for a one week period beginning tonight at 6:00PM. Rest in Peace, Dolly! The World loves you,” he added.

“This was the loss of an icon for America,” BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales comments.


But it didn't take long for some commentators to transform a tribute to the beloved singer into yet another political battleground.

“Not even an hour after she died, s**t-libs were trying to politicize her death and turn it into an attack on Trump because orange man bad, I guess,” Gonzales comments.

“I wish I could tell you that I was joking, but an hour after Dolly Parton’s family posted a video announcing her death, you had soy boy low-T Harry Sisson, who posted this,” she adds.

“After Dolly Parton’s passing, Trump and the Republicans are trying to make it seem like they were aligned with her on the issues. But I would remind everybody that the Republicans consistently cut the programs that she cared most about,” Sisson said in a reel on Instagram.

“For example, Missouri Republicans cut $4 million in funding for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Literacy Program, which sends monthly free books to kids 5 and under. What about funding research for kids? In 2022, Dolly Parton donated a million dollars of her own money to fund pediatric infectious disease research,” he continued.

“But in 2025, Donald Trump cut $12 million in grants for pediatric medical research. And of course, we cannot forget that Dolly Parton was a huge supporter of the LGBTQ+ community. And, well, we know how Republicans have targeted that community,” he added.

“Libs live in this world where you’re not allowed to co-exist, which is so crazy because they’re the ones who have the co-exist bumper stickers on the backs of their cars, but you’re not allowed to co-exist if you have different political opinions,” Gonzales says.

“Literally everything has to be about politics and being diametrically opposed to Donald Trump,” she adds.

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Poll pits Trump against Reagan and Lincoln — and the results are shocking



President Donald Trump is touting a poll showing that he is more admired than other legendary Republican presidents.

The president posted a video of CNN analyst Harry Enten covering the poll that showed 53% of Republican respondents said they admired Trump more than Ronald Reagan or Abraham Lincoln.

'Trump's still the sun around which the GOP revolves.'

Only 18% of Republicans said in the CNN poll they admired Reagan most, while a paltry 8% said they admired Lincoln most.

Trump posted a short video to his Truth Social account from the segment that first aired on CNN on Wednesday.

Enten used the poll to explain why Trump-endorsed Darline Graham Nordone won the Republican primary runoff for one of two South Carolina seats in the U.S. Senate.

"Trump's still the sun around which the GOP revolves," he posted on social media.

"Trump's endorsees for Senate have won 100% of the time in 2026," he added. "He pulled Graham, who had little shot pre-endorsement, over the finish line."

Enten pointed out that a separate Elon University poll found 29% of Republicans said Trump was the best president in history, while only 25% said the same of Lincoln and 14% said the same of George Washington.

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He went on to show that New York City Democrat Mayor Zohran Mamdani had grown his national support and now had the most positive net favorability among Democrats, surpassing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).

Many polls have reported that the president's favorability has suffered after the prolonged military operation in Iran and some of its economic fallout.

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Why Trump felt the need to KNEECAP Oklahoma's Republican AG



President Donald Trump threw his weight behind Mike Mazzei in Oklahoma's GOP gubernatorial primary runoff, which evidently helped the former state senator over the finish line on Tuesday.

While the president's backing certainly had much to do with the politics and character of Mazzei — whom former Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, now Trump's Department of Homeland Security secretary, and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders had also endorsed — it appears to have also had much to do with the politics and character of Mazzei's unsuccessful opponent, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond.

'This is what Drummond, and his equally Liberal wife, Wendy, supported at levels that are shameful.'

A week ahead of the runoff primary election, the president explained his issues with Drummond. Trump called him a "FAKE Republican, who donated to SLEEPY Joe Biden, and the totally corrupt and anti-American 'Lincoln Project,' which is now in shambles because of their views on Open Borders, Men playing in Women’s Sports, and Transgender Mutilization of your Children."

Federal Election Commission records show that a $1,000 donation was made in Drummond's name to the Biden for President committee in August 2020. Matthew Parker, the chairman of the state AG's doomed gubernatorial campaign, claimed, however, that the contribution was made by Drummond's wife, Wendy, the Frontier reported.

According to a Sept. 4, 2020, email obtained by the Frontier, Wendy Drummond requested that ActBlue change the name on the contribution to hers. The Biden committee reportedly refunded Gentner Drummond the full amount four days later.

In a previous statement to Blaze News, Parker said: "The Biden contribution lie has been debunked repeatedly. Gentner Drummond gave nothing to Joe Biden. In fact, Gentner was one of President Trump’s largest Oklahoma donors. Repeating a lie doesn’t make it true."

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In September 2020, Wendy Drummond also donated $1,000 to the Lincoln Project, a group founded by George Conway, Steve Schmidt, John Weaver, and Rick Wilson to "stem the damage [Trump] and his followers are doing to the rule of law, the Constitution, and the American character."

The Lincoln Project staged a white supremacy rally, bankrolled efforts to torpedo Trump-aligned Republicans, and churned out pro-Kamala Harris content, including the "Be a Man, Vote for a Woman" ad. The group largely imploded after its co-founder John Weaver was accused by over 20 young men of predatory sexual misconduct.

Trump noted further in his takedown, "This is what Drummond, and his equally Liberal wife, Wendy, supported at levels that are shameful and, frankly, that makes them both Radical Left Dumocrats."

In addition to faulting Drummond for blocking a proposed aluminum plant in Oklahoma, Trump noted that Drummond "stated publicly he had 'no opinion'" on Trump's 2021 impeachment and that Drummond "even SUED to BLOCK a religious based charter school strongly supported by my Administration — Very troubling for Educational Freedom, and an outright attack on Christianity!"

While it was clear from the post that Trump already had ample cause to champion Mazzei over Drummond in the Republican runoff, audio recording of Drummond's commentary about voter ID may have helped convince those still uncertain about his real political outlook.

In the audio recording, Drummond can be heard calling on Democrats and independents to help kill a pair of ballot questions that showed up on the Aug. 25 ballot. One of those questions would "require proof of identity to vote in any election authorized by law and conducted by a county election board or the State Election Board."

"We have to vote 'no' on both state questions," Drummond said in the recording.

Parker previously told Blaze News that the clips had been "stripped of context and selectively edited to manufacture a false narrative."

Drummond noted on Tuesday that the runoff "election comes down to trust," but evidently, not enough trust was on his side. With 99% of the ballots counted, Mazzei had 50.3% of the vote and Drummond had 49.7%.

The voter ID question also passed.

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Oklahoma governor Republican runoff goes down to the wire



The runoff for the Republican nomination for governor in Oklahoma was about as close as it gets, but in the end, the candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump prevailed.

On Tuesday, former state Sen. Mike Mazzei faced off against state Attorney General Gentner Drummond for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Trump tossed his support behind Mazzei and referred to Drummond as a "fake Republican, who donated to SLEEPY Joe Biden."

'We won tonight! Now we finish the job in November.'

The race was practically dead even from the moment results started coming in, but with 99% of the expected votes tabulated, Mazzei ultimately won by about 2,000 votes, 50.3% to 49.7%.

Late Tuesday night, Mazzei claimed victory and thanked his supporters.

"This campaign has always been about something bigger than one election. It’s about reclaiming Oklahoma’s potential, protecting our values, cutting taxes, strengthening our schools, defending our land, and building a state our children and grandchildren will be proud to call home," Mazzei posted on X.

"We won tonight! Now we finish the job in November."

Drummond likewise conceded defeat. "It was not the outcome that we wanted, and it sure was not the outcome we worked for," he told a crowd of supporters, "but ... I believe deeply in the right of the people to choose their leaders. So tonight I respect their decisions."

Oklahoma law has no automatic recount, so while Drummond could have requested a recount, he would have had to pay for it. He would have been reimbursed by the state only if the recount changed the results.

RELATED: GOP Oklahoma governor candidate wants to stop voter ID and invites Dems to help — campaign says the clips are deceptive

Trump supporters standing outside the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June 2020.Win McNamee/Getty Images

Drummond has been at odds with Trump and the MAGA movement as recently as this month. At a government employee summit reportedly held on August 3, he invited Democrats and independents to kill a ballot question that would "require proof of identity to vote in any election authorized by law and conducted by a county election board or the State Election Board."

"We have to vote 'no,'" Drummond said, according to leaked audio clips.

"Just don't tell any legislator I said that, OK? Every Democrat, every libertarian, every independent needs to show up at the poll."

About the audio clips, Drummond campaign chairman Matthew Parker previously told Blaze News, "These clips are a few seconds long, stripped of context, and selectively edited to manufacture a false narrative. We’re not going to pretend that spliced snippets on X are a serious representation of Gentner Drummond’s views."

As in the runoff, Drummond did not get his desired result regarding the voter ID ballot question. With over 75% of precincts reporting, it "was coasting to an easy victory with more than 56% of the vote," the Oklahoman reported.

Mazzei represented Tulsa in the Oklahoma Senate from 2004 until 2016, when he was term-limited. He also spent about a year and a half as the secretary of budget under current Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt.

Mazzei will face Democrat state Rep. Cyndi Munson in November.

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Trump-backed Sen. Graham wins South Carolina runoff



South Carolina voters decided to support the incumbent backed by President Donald Trump in the Republican Senate primary runoff election Tuesday.

After longtime Sen. Lindsey Graham died unexpectedly in July, the president enthusiastically supported Republican Gov. Henry McMaster appointing Graham's sister, Darline Graham, to finish out the term.

President Trump celebrated Graham's win on Truth Social.

On Tuesday, Sen. Darline Graham ran in the runoff against 73-year-old Rep. Ralph Norman, a real estate developer and congressman since 2017. With about 91% of expected votes counted, Graham comfortably defeated Norman, 52.4% to 47.6%.

President Trump celebrated Graham's win on Truth Social.

Polling showed that Norman and Graham were neck-and-neck going into the election despite Trump endorsing Graham.

Her campaign also hit a stumbling block when Graham was asked about a foreign policy point during a debate, and she admitted she was not knowledgeable about the subject.

"I'm not a polished politician," Graham said at the time. "National security is not my thing, not my area of expertise, but I do support the military."

She was ridiculed by her detractors but defended her comments in an appearance with Sean Hannity.

Sen. Graham will face Democrat Annie Andrews, a physician, in November

RELATED: Lindsey Graham's sister appointed to serve out the rest of his term in the Senate

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Trump’s MAGA Inc. super PAC spent more than $827,000 to support Graham in the runoff.

The president had praised Lindsey Graham greatly after his passing.

"Senator Lindsey Graham, one of the greatest people and Senators I have ever known, is dead!" Trump wrote in a post on social media. "He was always working, and was a true American Patriot. Lindsey will be greatly missed!!!"

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Trump SLAMS Canada with MASSIVE tariffs over rejected trade deal — and Canada responds defiantly



President Donald Trump has threatened to punish Canada with 50% tariffs on automotive and steel imports after the country's leaders rejected his trade deal offer.

In a post on Truth Social on Monday, he cited Canada's tariffs on farms and said the situation was no longer sustainable. The new tariffs will go into effect on New Year's Day, 2027, the president said.

'We’re all in ... everyone’s in for an economic war.'

"On January First, 2027, Tariffs on all Cars, Trucks, both large and small, Automotive Parts, and Steel, will be increased to 50%. Build in the U.S. and there are ZERO TARIFFS," wrote the president.

"Canada will be treated like a State no longer!" he added. "On Trade, and in other ways, also, they are among the worst Nations in the World to deal with. They feel entitled, and yet, WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!"

Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded defiantly to the tariffs.

"He underestimates Canada. We’re all in,” Ford said. “Up here, we’re at a fever pitch, everyone’s in for an economic war. They know they’re going to have to sacrifice."

On Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away from talks with the Trump administration on trade, and the U.S. responded on Saturday by immediately imposing 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products.

Carney said Canada would retaliate with reciprocal tariffs beginning Sept. 8.

Ford went on to threaten to cut off energy and materials from Ontario to the U.S.

"I’ll cut them off," Ford said in reference to critical minerals. "You won’t get a grain of sand out of Ontario."

He noted that Canada provides electricity for about 1.5 million homes and businesses.

"He can kiss my ass as far as I'm concerned," Ford added.

"We need to throw everything and the kitchen sink at him. He's arrogant, he's cocky."

RELATED: Trump says Canada is considering his offer to become the 51st state of the US

Canada is one of the largest trading partners of the U.S., but the U.S. depends far less on Canadian imports than our neighbor to the north depends on U.S. imports.

About 59% of Canada's imports come from the U.S., while only 12.6% of U.S. imports come from Canada.

The Trump administration also launched a new campaign Monday to cripple Iran through economic sanctions in order to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz completely.

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Is Ilhan Omar getting deported? Trump's post raises eyebrows



President Donald Trump has revived speculation about whether Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) might be visited by consequence for alleged immigration fraud. On Sunday, the president shared a provocative Aug. 12 report from Just the News with the headline "ICE refuses to disclose records on Ilhan Omar fraud probe, cites ongoing ‘enforcement proceedings.'"

Quick background

Years after coming to America as a refugee, Omar, a Somali-born ethno-nationalist, reportedly took out a marriage license to marry a man named Ahmed Hirsi. In 2002, she married Hirsi in a Muslim ceremony and had children with him but did not initially marry him legally.

'You are not allowed to marry your brother.'

After supposedly breaking it off with Hirsi, in 2009, Omar legally married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi — a British-Somali national reportedly identified by numerous Somalis as Omar's alleged brother. Omar allegedly separated from Elmi with a Muslim divorce in 2011, reunited and had another child with Hirsi in 2012, then formally divorced Elmi in 2017, reported the Center for Immigration Studies.

The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board revealed in 2019 that Omar and Hirsi filed joint tax returns in 2014 and 2015 — while Omar was still legally married to Elmi. The Hill noted at the time that filing a joint tax return where no legal marriage exists violates both federal and state law.

Abdihakim Osman, a self-identified friend of Omar, claimed to the Daily Mail in 2020 that Omar had confirmed that Elmi was her brother and that she married him so he could remain in the United States.

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Omar called the marriage-related allegations "absolutely false and ridiculous" in a 2016 statement, adding that "insinuations that Ahmed Nur Said Elmi is my brother are absurd and offensive." There has been no concrete proof, DNA or otherwise, yet brought forward to verify that Omar's legal husband from 2009-2017 was her biological brother.

In December, border czar Tom Homan said that the Trump administration was investigating Omar for alleged immigration fraud. Trump stated the following month that the Justice Department was "looking at" the Minnesota Democrat.

When asked in May about a possible forthcoming indictment against Omar for alleged immigration fraud, Vice President JD Vance said both that "it certainly seems like something fishy is there" and that it was something "the Department of Justice is looking at right now."

How it's going

According to the Just the News report that Trump referenced on Sunday, Just the News filed a Freedom of Information request in January for any records related to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation into allegations of immigration fraud by Omar.

In response to the request, the outlet learned that ICE may have "enforcement proceedings" underway in connection with Omar.

ICE told Just the News in May, "ICE has determined that the information you requested is being withheld in full pursuant to Title 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(A). Disclosure of any responsive records at this time could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings."

ICE noted that FOIA Exemption 7(A) "applies to records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes when their release could disrupt such proceedings."

According to the DOJ,

Exemption 7(A) requires a two-step analysis. First, there must be a "reasonable likelihood" of a pending or contemplated law enforcement proceeding. Second, release of the information must be reasonably expected to cause some articulable harm to that proceeding.

When asked for comment, ICE and the White House referred Blaze News to the Department of Homeland Security.

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson stated, "As a matter of policy, DHS does not comment on specific investigative techniques, ongoing investigations, or potential future actions. No one, including members of Congress, [is] above the law.”

The Justice Department told Blaze News, "We don't comment on the existence of investigations or lack thereof."

Trump has made no secret that he dislikes Rep. Ilhan Omar and is skeptical about her legal status in the country.

In November, for instance, he wrote, "The worst 'Congressman/woman' in our Country, Ilhan Omar, always wrapped in her swaddling hijab, and who probably came into the U.S.A. illegally in that you are not allowed to marry your brother, does nothing but hatefully complain about our Country, its Constitution, and how 'badly' she is treated, when her place of origin is a decadent, backward, and crime ridden nation."

Trump suggested further that Omar "should go back!"

Omar is fighting to keep her seat in Congress and is scheduled to face off with challenger John Nagel, a Republican who served for three decades as a state trooper, in November.

Editor's note: This article has been edited after publication to reflect that the Just the News report was published on August 12, not August 11, and to incorporate comment from the DHS and the DOJ.

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Supreme Court hands Trump a BIG victory on White House ballroom — for now



Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts ordered Friday that the Trump administration could restart construction on the White House ballroom.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation had filed the lawsuit to stop the ballroom on the basis that it violated environmental laws and other restrictions on construction at the nation's capital.

'They are trying to stop one that is vital to our National Security, and the Safety of all Presidents of the United States, both current and future, their families, staff, and Cabinet members.'

Construction had been blocked by an injunction from the D.C. District Court, but Roberts issued a temporary administrative stay of the injunction, allowing construction to continue, "pending further order of the Chief Justice or of the Court."

However, the chief justice did not opine on the legality of the construction.

President Donald Trump has argued that the construction of the ballroom is necessary for security reasons after the assassination attempt in April at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote in his petition to the justices that the ballroom was "vitally required by national security" and called the injunction "extraordinary and unlawful."

He went on to call for an end to the injunction "for the sake of the president's safety, the continuity of government, and the separation of powers."

Originally the administration said the $400 million price tag for the ballroom addition would be completely privately funded, but it has since asked for public funds after the cost ballooned to at least $600 million.

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About $352 million in taxpayer dollars was funneled to the project through Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

The president had blasted the members of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in a post on Truth Social a week ago after they were able to obtain the injunction.

"They are very bad for our Country. They stop many projects that are worthy, and hurt many others. In this case, they are trying to stop one that is vital to our National Security, and the Safety of all Presidents of the United States, both current and future, their families, staff, and Cabinet members."

He also called them "TREASONISTS" for filing a lawsuit against the military complex.

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