Donald Trump has sweeping plans for a second administration. Here’s what he’s proposed

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Photo: Daniel Torok/The White House via X President Trump flies over Mount Rushmore aboard the new Air Force One on Friday. Chief White House photographer Daniel Torok tells the story behind the image: "In 2001, the iconic Air Force One was photographed flying over Mount Rushmore. Twenty-five years later, hanging out of a South Dakota Air National Guard Black Hawk with Isaac Apon, we photographed its successor — the new Air Force One (VC-25B) — flying once again over one of America's most iconic monuments."

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Trump's clean-energy toll

Data: Cox Automotive. (Share of light-duty sales and does not include plug-in hybrid vehicles.) Chart: Ben Geman/Axios The GOP budget law President Trump signed a year ago has darkened the outlook for some clean-energy sources, but stopped far short of strangling low-carbon tech, Axios' Ben Geman writes. 🚘 EVs fell to 5.9% of new U.S. car sales in the second quarter of 2026, per Cox Automotive — about two points below a year earlier (charted above). 🪁 On wind, BloombergNEF's now projects 42% less power-generating capacity than it did before the law. It also pared back solar forecasts. 🏭 On manufacturing, the U.S. has seen billions of dollars in project cancellations spanning batteries, EVs and industrial decarbonization equipment, per joint tracking from MIT and Rhodium Group researchers. The other side: Rising power demand, including Big Tech's voracious energy needs for AI, is offsetting some of the headwinds the 2025 law created.

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Trump mixes patriotism with partisanship as he celebrates America’s 250th anniversary Speaking in Washington on Saturday, President Donald Trump honored veterans, including several from World War II and one of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat in Vietnam. Yet Trump also leaned into partisan territory unusual for an Independence Day address, which presidents typically use as a moment to unify the country. Read more.

Why this matters: Trump stumped again for the SAVE America Act, an elections bill that’s encountering challenges even from fellow Republicans in Congress. He highlighted his support for the Second Amendment and revived denunciations of communism, which are becoming an increasingly central part of Trump’s message ahead of the November midterms. The event organizers were largely aligned with the White House, supplanting a bipartisan organization that was launched by Congress a decade ago.

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