President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office from U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts during inauguration ceremonies at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2025. (Kevin Lamarque/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump wraps up his 100th day in office with more executive orders signed than any other president over the same period since President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Trump has signed at least 137 executive orders, ranging from dismantling the Department of Education, establishing the Department of Government Efficiency, and stripping diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives from the fabric of the federal government following the Biden administration.
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with members of the Security Council via video conference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 13, 2024. (Aleksey Babushkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday during an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" that the coming week will be "very critical" as the White House weighs whether it wants to continue working towards a peace deal. Rubio warned this month that the U.S. might "move on" from trying to secure a deal between Russia and Ukraine if progress was not made.
"I think this is going to be a very critical week," Rubio said on Sunday. "This week is going to be a really important week in which we have to make a determination about whether this is an endeavor that we want to continue to be involved in or if it's time to sort of focus on some other issues that are equally, if not more, important in some cases. But we want to see it happen. There are reasons to be optimistic, but there are reasons to be realistic, of course, as well. We're close, but we're not close enough."
House Speaker Mike Johnson and President Donald Trump (Getty Images)
Congress will reconvene on Monday following a spring recess, with Republican lawmakers expected to resume talks on a budget plan to advance Trump's first-year agenda, including extending Trump's 2017 tax cuts and carving out millions in funds for border security.
Democrats on Capitol Hill protested on Sunday ahead of Republicans returning to the table for budget plan talks. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker took to the steps of the Capitol on Sunday morning while flanked by supporters to protest the budget plan.
The University of Alabama College of Nursing building (Getty Images)
Trump is expected to travel to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Thursday where he will deliver a commencement speech to graduating students at the University of Alabama.
"I have agreed to do the Commencement Address at two really GREAT places, the University of Alabama and, WEST POINT. Stay tuned for times and dates!!!" Trump posted to Truth Social last week.
Trump is expected to deliver his speech from the school's Coleman Coliseum arena on Thursday evening.
"The University of Alabama is honored to have been selected as one of the universities President Donald J. Trump will visit to deliver a spring commencement address," the university said in a statement this month.
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Trump previewed last week that his administration is in the midst of purchasing and installing massive flag poles to feature Ol' Glory on both the north side lawn and south lawn of the White House. Trump told the media he will personally fund the flags and said they could be ready sometime this week.
TRUMP UNFURLS PLANS FOR DOUBLE 100-FOOT FLAGPOLES DURING WHITE HOUSE LAWN WALK
"We’re putting up a beautiful, almost 100-foot-tall American flag on this side and another one on the other side, two flags, top of the line," he told reporters on Wednesday outside the White House, adding they will be "paid for by Trump."
"They needed flagpoles for 200 years. It was something I’ve often said, you know, they don’t have a flagpole per se. So we’re putting one right where you saw us, and we’re putting another one on the other side, on top of the mounds. It’s going to be two beautiful poles."
Trump added on Wednesday that the flags will "arrive in about a week or so." An American flag is currently only flown from the White House roof.
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