Month: May 2026

Source: United States White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1.  Purpose and Policy.  Pursuant to the Presidential Memorandum of December 5, 2025 (Aligning United States Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations with Best Practices from Peer, Developed Countries) (Memorandum), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) completed a scientific assessment that compared United States childhood immunization recommendations with those of peer nations, analyzed vaccine uptake and public trust, evaluated clinical and epidemiological evidence and knowledge gaps, and examined vaccine mandates (scientific assessment).  The scientific assessment found that the United States currently recommends more childhood vaccines than any peer nation, including more than twice as many vaccine doses as some European nations, and identified a set of consensus vaccines that are consistently recommended in all peer countries.  The scientific assessment also found that, instead of implementing vaccination mandates, most peer nations maintain high childhood vaccination rates through public trust and education.

My Administration is committed to ensuring that Americans are receiving the best scientifically supported medical advice in the world.  Additionally, my Administration is committed to protecting religious liberty and parental authority.  Therefore, it is the policy of the United States that the core childhood vaccine schedule should be aligned with scientific evidence and best practices from peer, developed countries while preserving access to vaccines currently available to Americans and that the Federal Government will continue to protect religious freedom and enforce all legal protections for parents.

Sec. 2.  Updating the Childhood Vaccine Schedule.  (a)  The scientific assessment, with its proposed updates to the categories of the vaccine schedule, is acknowledged as a guiding resource for the Federal Government.   

(b)  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) shall review the scientific assessment and the latest clinical data and, to the extent permitted by law, take any appropriate steps to update the United States childhood and adolescent vaccine schedule.  ACIP’s review should consider ways to provide maximum flexibility to parents and doctors through recommendations for timing and sequencing of the administration of routine immunizations.

(c)  Each executive department and agency shall ensure all actions, regulations, funding, and coverage related to child and adolescent immunizations align with the schedule recommended by the ACIP and adopted by the CDC, including fulfilling all legal obligations with respect to parental authority, religious freedom, disability accommodations, and equal protection under the law.  Specifically, consistent with the Memorandum and as recommended in the scientific assessment, all the immunizations that are in any category on the schedule recommended by the ACIP and adopted by the CDC should continue to be covered without cost sharing by private insurance and covered by Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and the Vaccines for Children Program.

(d)  The HHS Director of the Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs shall ensure that State government and health officials are informed of the policies in this order and should ensure that the scientific assessment is available as a resource to inform their consideration of State vaccination laws.

Sec. 3.  General Provisions.  (a)  Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i)   the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii)  the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b)  This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c)  This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

(d)  The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Department of Health and Human Services.

                             DONALD J. TRUMP

THE WHITE HOUSE,

    May 29, 2026.

Source: United States White House

REALIGNING THE CHILDHOOD VACCINE SCHEDULE WITH INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to acknowledge a recent Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) scientific assessment on childhood vaccines as a guiding resource for the Federal Government. This scientific assessment can help to align the United States’ childhood vaccine practices with scientific evidence and best practices from peer, developed countries.

• The Executive Order directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to review the HHS scientific assessment, which included best practices from peer, developed countries for core childhood vaccination recommendations — vaccines recommended for all children — and take any appropriate steps to update the U.S. childhood and adolescent vaccine schedule.
• ACIP’s review should consider ways to provide maximum flexibility to parents and doctors through recommendations for timing and sequencing of the administration of routine immunizations.
• All executive departments and agencies are directed ensure all actions, regulations, funding, and coverage related to child and adolescent immunizations fully align with the updated schedule recommended by the ACIP as a result of its consideration of the scientific assessment, and accordingly adopted by the CDC, while ensuring that Americans retain all of the access that they currently have to vaccines.
• The Order further directs HHS to ensure that State government and health officials are informed of the policies of the Federal government regarding child and adolescent immunizations and that the scientific assessment is available as a resource to inform their consideration of State vaccination laws.

ENSURING AMERICANS ARE RECEIVING THE BEST MEDICAL ADVICE IN THE WORLD: The HHS scientific assessment compared U.S. childhood immunization recommendations with those of peer nations, analyzed vaccine uptake and public trust, evaluated clinical and epidemiological evidence and knowledge gaps, and examined vaccine mandates.

• The scientific assessment found that the United States currently recommends more childhood vaccines than any peer nation, including more than twice as many vaccine doses as some European nations, and identified a set of consensus vaccines that are consistently recommended in all peer countries. 
  • In 1980, American children following the CDC immunization schedule received 23 vaccine doses in 7 shots against 7 different diseases. In 2024, the recommended number of routine vaccines had risen to at least 84 vaccine doses in at least 57 shots for 17 diseases, plus the RSV monoclonal antibody immunization for a total of 18 diseases. This is more than other developed nations.
  • The scientific assessment recommends prioritizing 11 routine childhood vaccines, while preserving flexibility for parents and doctors to make individualized decisions for higher-risk children through shared clinical decision-making.
• The scientific assessment also found that, instead of implementing vaccination mandates, most peer nations maintain high childhood vaccination rates through public trust and education.
  • The U.S. is among a minority of peer nations with childhood vaccine mandates (enacted by individual U.S. states) for school entry.
• By signing today’s Executive Order, President Trump is reaffirming his commitment to gold-standard science, ensuring Americans receive the best possible medical advice, and empowering patients and doctors with maximum flexibility.

MAKING OUR CHILDREN HEALTHY AGAIN: President Trump is committed to building a healthier future for America, starting with our youngest generation.

• In February, President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing the President’s MAHA Commission, tasking the Commission with investigating and addressing the root causes of America’s escalating health crisis—with an initial focus on childhood chronic diseases.
• The Trump Administration ended the blanket recommendation for all children to get the COVID-19 vaccine, updating its recommendation to be based on shared clinical decision-making between patients and clinicians.
• In May, the MAHA Commission released the Make Our Children Healthy Again Assessment, summarizing what is known and what questions remain regarding the childhood chronic disease crisis.
• In September, the MAHA Commission released the Make Our Children Healthy Again Strategy, a sweeping plan with more than 120 initiatives to reverse the failed policies that fueled America’s childhood chronic disease epidemic. The strategy prioritized development of a vaccine framework that ensures America has the best childhood vaccine schedule.
• In December, President Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum to begin the process to align U.S. core childhood vaccine recommendations with best practices from peer, developed countries.

Source: United States White House

MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

SUBJECT:       Approving Critical Position Pay Authority for National Security Investment Workforce

Pursuant to the authority vested in me under 5 U.S.C. 5377(d)(2) and 5 C.F.R. 535.103(a)(3) and 535.104(c), I hereby approve the use of critical position pay for up to 400 positions supporting investment programs related to national security.  The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is authorized to allocate these positions to executive departments and agencies (agencies) and to approve agency requests under this framework, including setting rates of basic pay of up to $400,000, consistent with market comparability and national security urgency.

This action advances the rapid recruitment of the exceptionally skilled investment, engineering, financial, and legal professionals needed to expand the Nation’s capacity in critical minerals, advanced materials, and other essential components of our strategic supply chains.  These capabilities are foundational to America’s economic strength and national security.

Consistent with my Administration’s direction to accelerate American mineral production and secure essential technologies, the United States must have a workforce capable of executing major investment programs at the scale and speed required to reduce dependence on foreign sources, strengthen industrial resilience, and protect the Nation’s long‑term strategic interests.  Today’s approval under the critical position pay authority enables agencies to recruit the expert talent required to fortify United States supply chain resilience, secure access to critical minerals and advanced technologies, and advance priority investment programs essential to our national defense and economic security.

I direct OPM to provide appropriate oversight of agency use of this authority and to establish such conditions as necessary to ensure that critical position pay is used only to the extent required to recruit or retain exceptionally well-qualified individuals, consistent with 5 U.S.C. 5377.

Nothing in this memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or the functions of the Director of OMB relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.  This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.  This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

DONALD J. TRUMP

Source: United States White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1.  Purpose.  My Administration has eliminated a record number of unnecessary regulations to further our Nation’s prosperity and reduce regulatory burdens on industries critical to our national and economic security while keeping sufficient environmental protections in place.  Executive Order 11644 of February 8, 1972 (Use of Off-Road Vehicles on the Public Lands), and Executive Order 11989 of May 24, 1977 (Off-Road Vehicles on Public Lands), are examples of this excessive regulation.  Both were issued about 50 years ago when today’s technology was not available to be paired with existing Federal statutes.

The Congress has enacted or amended a comprehensive set of statutory authorities to establish Federal land policy, including the National Historic Preservation Act, Public Law 89‑665, 80 Stat. 915 (1966) (codified as amended at 54 U.S.C. 300101 et seq.), the National Environmental Policy Act, Public Law 91-190, 83 Stat. 852 (1970) (codified as amended at 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Endangered Species Act, Public Law 93-205, 87 Stat. 884 (1973) (codified as amended at 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, Public Law 94-579, 90 Stat. 2743 (1976) (codified as amended at 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).  I have determined that those statutory authorities, together with executive department and agency (agency) specific land management authorities, provide the appropriate framework for managing off-road vehicle use on Federal lands without retaining the additional specific designation criteria imposed by Executive Order 11644 and Executive Order 11989.  I have further determined that technological, operational, and land-management developments since the issuance of Executive Order 11644 and Executive Order 11989 support replacing those specific criteria with a framework grounded in applicable statutory authorities.

Executive Order 11644 and Executive Order 11989 direct agencies to promulgate regulations providing that, where off-road vehicle use is permitted on Federal lands, roads, and trails, such use designations must be made in accordance with ill-defined criteria purportedly intended to minimize resource impacts and conflicts between different users of Federal land.  These criteria, which are not required by statute, are difficult for agencies to operationalize due to vagueness, and include  “minimiz[ing] harassment of wildlife or significant disruption of wildlife habitats,” minimizing “conflicts between off-road vehicle use and other existing or proposed recreational uses . . . taking into account noise and other factors,” and ensuring that off-road vehicle use in given locations will not “adversely affect [the location’s] natural, aesthetic, or scenic values.”  These vague, subjective criteria often result in barriers to energy and timber production and utility maintenance, permit delays, and de facto bans on hiking and other forms of recreation that require accessing remote areas, all while doing little to benefit multiple use of Federal lands.

Access to Federal lands benefits all American citizens.  Rescinding Executive Order 11644 and Executive Order 11989 would facilitate the replacement of current regulations with a system for off-road vehicle use designation that provides more access, recreational opportunities, and greater multiple use benefits to the public.  It would also restore balanced land management by eliminating ill-defined and arbitrary environmental and social standards, thereby ensuring that all public land users will be granted access on equal terms.  

Sec. 2.  Rescinding Certain Prior Executive Orders.  Executive Order 11644 and Executive Order 11989 are hereby rescinded.  The Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the head of any other relevant agency shall initiate rulemakings to rescind or revise the regulations previously adopted to implement those Executive Orders.

Sec. 3.  General Provisions.  (a)  Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i)   the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii)  the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b)  This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c)  This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

(d) The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Department of the Interior.

                             DONALD J. TRUMP

THE WHITE HOUSE,

May 29, 2026.

Source: United States White House

RESCINDING OUTDATED AND BURDENSOME EXECUTIVE ORDERS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order rescinding outdated restrictions on access to Federal lands, restoring balanced land management and reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens.

• The Order rescinds Executive Order 11644 and Executive Order 11989, which together required agency heads to manage off-road vehicle use on public lands under a set of subjective criteria.
• These subjective criteria were difficult for agencies to operationalize in practice because they were so vague. For example, the criteria included preventing adverse effects on natural, aesthetic, or scenic values and minimizing conflicts between off-road vehicles and other existing or proposed recreational uses.
• The Order directs relevant Federal agencies to rescind or revise the regulations that were adopted to implement the now-rescinded Executive Orders.

REIGNING IN GOVERNMENT OVERREACH: President Trump believes the American people should be able to access and enjoy their public lands without being burdened by unnecessary and outdated regulations.

• Executive Orders 11644 and 11989 were issued roughly 50 years ago, before modern technologies could be paired with our comprehensive statutory land management framework. The latest mapping technologies, paired with today’s recissions, will allow for off-road vehicle use designations that provide more access, recreational opportunities, and greater benefits to the public. 
• The vague and subjective standards imposed by these prior Executive Orders have created unnecessary barriers to recreation, energy and timber production, access to remote areas, and infrastructure maintenance.
  • The “minimization criteria” promulgated under the now-rescinded Executive Orders have adversely impacted rural economies, permitting, tourism, American manufacturing, organized motorsports, volunteer stewardship efforts, and public confidence in Federal land access planning.
• Federal environmental and land management laws now provide agencies with the appropriate tools to manage Federal lands while maintaining sufficient environmental protections without the need for these criteria.
• The recission will restore balanced land management by eliminating ill-defined and arbitrary environmental and social standards, thereby ensuring that all public land users will be granted access on equal terms.

RESTORING BALANCED LAND MANAGEMENT: President Trump is restoring access to Federal land for multiple uses and streamlining resource development by reducing needless regulatory hurdles.

• During President Trump’s first term, he signed the Great American Outdoors Act—the single largest investment in America’s national parks and public lands in history and the most significant conservation achievement since Teddy Roosevelt’s presidency.
  • His Administration also designated 1.3 million new acres of wilderness, added 1,645 miles of new trails to the National Recreational Trails System, and expanded hunting and fishing opportunities across more than 2.3 million acres of land by the end of his first term.
• Immediately upon returning to office, President Trump signed an Executive Order to Unleash American Energy that opened hundreds of millions of acres Federal lands and waters to energy development and streamlined permitting to increase production of reliable and affordable energy.
• In February 2025, President Trump’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) rescinded its NEPA regulations, clearing the way for CEQ to lead individual agencies as they reformed their own NEPA policies to eliminate unnecessary red tape and speed environmental review for permits and other government actions.
• In July 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing the Make America Beautiful Again (MABA) Commission to conserve America’s lands and waters, cut red tape, and drive conservation and economic growth.
• President Trump’s Department of Agriculture took action to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule that prevents road construction, reconstruction, and timber harvest on nearly 45 million acres of the National Forest System.
• President Trump’s Department of the Interior rescinded the BLM’s Public Lands Rule, reaffirming the commitment to restoring balance in Federal land management by prioritizing multiple use access, elevating local decision-making, and supporting responsible energy development, ranching, grazing, timber production, and recreation.

Source: United States White House

As President Donald J. Trump’s America First agenda fuels a blue-collar resurgence, American workers are back in demand — and a new generation is answering the call.

The Shift Is Already Underway

A seismic shift from years past towards the trades is a clear sign that President Trump’s relentless push to restore the dignity of American labor is taking hold.

• 60% of Gen Z Americans plan to pursue skilled trade work this year, up from less than 40% just one year ago.
• Half of Gen Z college graduates are also pivoting to trades, signaling the end of the failed “college-for-all” experiment.
• Median pay in skilled trades now matches or exceeds many four-year degrees, with trade workers enjoying greater employment stability than their white-collar peers for the first time in history.
• Meanwhile, 94% of U.S. contractors report labor shortages, driving wages higher.

The Trump Administration Is Driving the Boom

President Trump’s policies have overhauled workforce training and created clear pathways to high-paying careers without crushing debt.

• President Trump set a national goal of over one million new registered apprentices and reformed broken federal programs.
• The Working Families Tax Cuts Act expanded 529 savings plans to trade certifications, broadened Pell Grants for skilled trades, delivered 100% bonus depreciation for equipment, and eliminated taxes on overtime — putting thousands of dollars back in workers’ pockets.
• The Department of Education launched the first-ever Workforce Pell Grant program to fast-track Americans into high-demand, high-paying careers.
• The Department of Labor has awarded over $229 million in grants to expand apprenticeships in critical sectors like shipbuilding, defense, and nuclear energy, and launched a landmark initiative to integrate AI skills into registered apprenticeships to prepare the workforce for the jobs of the future.
• New guidance bars illegal aliens from taxpayer-funded workforce programs, ensuring benefits go to American workers.
• These reforms build on President Trump’s first-term launch of apprenticeship.gov, a government site that connects job seekers, employers, and trainers nationwide.

A Workforce Ready to Rebuild America

With factories and supply chains returning under Trump’s tariff and reshoring policies, demand for skilled labor is surging.

• Hundreds of thousands of annual openings projected for construction workers and electricians alone — with recent jobs data reinforcing the demand.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts 9% growth for electricians and more than double the national average for HVAC technicians over the next decade.
• As President Trump’s trade policies drive factories and critical supply chains back to America, the demand for skilled trades workers is set to surge.
• Since President Trump took office, private industry has responded, with major commitments from the nation’s most recognizable brands — including Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Home Depot, Lowe’s, BlackRock, and Carrier Global — to fund new apprenticeship, training, and education programs.

America is rebuilding — by Americans, for Americans. Under President Trump’s leadership, a new generation of skilled workers is rising to power a new Golden Age of American manufacturing and prosperity.

Source: United States White House

President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are unleashing an unrelenting, full-scale assault on the fraudsters, scammers, and corrupt operators who have looted billions from American taxpayers. The White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud is moving at unprecedented speed and ferocity to root out the waste, abuse, and criminal exploitation of government programs that have drained billions from hardworking taxpayers.

This is a direct offensive against every fraudulent scheme preying on hardworking Americans — and the results are already staggering.

Here are some of the Task Force’s key actions and victories to date:

• February 25, 2026: The Trump Administration halted nearly $260 million in Medicaid payments to Minnesota over rampant fraud allegations, demanding full cooperation with federal investigators.
• March 19, 2026: Federal prosecutors charged 11 individuals in a major real estate and loan fraud ring preying on elderly Americans in California.
• March 25, 2026: The Trump Administration suspended dozens of high-risk hospice and home health providers in the Los Angeles area.
• March 30, 2026: The Trump Administration launched a new national fraud whistleblower program to empower Americans to expose waste and abuse.
• April 2, 2026: The Trump Administration suspended hundreds additional high-risk hospice and home health providers across California.
• April 3, 2026: Federal prosecutors charged more than a dozen individuals in a $50 million hospice fraud scheme.
• April 7, 2026: The Department of Justice secured a guilty plea from a California fraudster accused of submitting $270 million in false reimbursement claims.
• April 8, 2026: The Department of Justice confirmed it has 8,000 active, ongoing fraud cases.
• April 8, 2026: The Task Force uncovered $6.3 billion in suspected fraudulent government contracts and immediately launched a sweeping investigation.
• April 15, 2026: The Trump Administration suspended 447 hospices and 23 home health agencies in Los Angeles, with estimated fraud exceeding $600 million.
• April 16, 2026: The Trump Administration served criminal warrants and administrative charges on 20 Minnesota businesses suspected of SNAP fraud.
• April 17, 2026: The Department of Justice announced its newly established National Fraud Enforcement Division took enforcement action in schemes totaling over $340 million in its first week alone.
• April 24, 2026: The Small Business Administration referred 562,000 fraudulent or delinquent pandemic-era loans — totaling $22 billion — for aggressive collection.
• April 28, 2026: The Department of Justice conducted targeted enforcement operations at nearly two dozen Minnesota childcare centers suspected of systemic fraud.
• April 30, 2026: The Department of Justice launched a West Coast Strike Force team targeting healthcare fraud across Arizona, Nevada, and northern California.
• April 30, 2026: The Trump Administration deferred an additional $91 million in federal Medicaid funds from non-cooperating Minnesota.
• May 12, 2026: The Trump Administration identified over 10,000 suspected fraud cases in immigration student work programs.
• May 13, 2026: The Trump Administration suspended $1.4 billion in home health and hospice funding nationwide.
• May 13, 2026: The Trump Administration deferred $1.3 billion in federal Medicaid reimbursements for California.
• May 13, 2026: The Trump Administration halted all new Medicare enrollments for hospice providers nationwide until the fraud crisis is brought under control.
• May 13, 2026: The Trump Administration launched audits of Medicaid Fraud Control Units in all 50 states.
• May 13, 2026: The Trump Administration blocked $60 million in fraudulent student loan applications in just the first month since deploying enhanced screening.
• May 20, 2026: The Department of Justice charged a Minneapolis daycare owner featured in Nick Shirley’s viral video.
• May 21, 2026: The Department of Justice expanded its Health Care Fraud Strike Force program, adding additional prosecutors to combat Medicaid fraud nationwide.
• May 21, 2026: The Department of Justice charged 15 individuals in a wide-ranging Minnesota healthcare fraud scheme — including the highest loss amount ever charged in a Medicaid case in the state and the largest autism fraud scheme ever prosecuted.

This is only the beginning. The Trump Administration will continue this relentless effort until every scheme is exposed, every dollar possible is recovered, and the American people’s trust in their government is restored.

Source: United States White House

On this National Missing Children’s Day, we remember every child who has gone missing and not yet come home—each one a cherished soul and a profound loss felt by families across our Nation.  Today, we renew our solemn obligation to fight for their safe return with every resource our great country has to offer.

Under the previous administration, 4 years of radical open-border policies resulted in hundreds of thousands migrant children lost or placed with unvetted sponsors.  Many of them were unaccompanied minors who were trafficked across our border alone, frightened, and vulnerable and delivered into the hands of sex traffickers and human smugglers by my predecessor’s weak and dangerous policies.  This was a betrayal of the most innocent among us, a modern-day exploitation that scarred a generation of children who deserved protection and were met with unimaginable suffering and abuse.  

My Administration is acting with unwavering resolve to reverse this injustice and bring each of these children home.  We have launched an unprecedented initiative with State and local governments to find the thousands of missing children and safely return them to their home countries, and we will not rest until every last one is safe.  We have sealed our borders and deployed our brave ICE officers to arrest the heinous illegal alien predators who prey on children and fuel human smuggling operations, dismantling their networks and ensuring those who place children in harm’s way face the full weight of American justice.  We have restored strength to our law enforcement, equipping police and federal agencies with the funding and tools they need to hunt down predators and put them behind bars, and in every community across America, we are driving down crime rates to historic lows—a reality that keeps American families and their children safe from harm.

As we commemorate this National Missing Children’s Day, we hold the children who have yet to come home close in our hearts and remain firm in our promise to their families that we will never stop fighting for their return.  We will chase every lead, pursue every investigation, and leave no stone unturned until America’s children are safe, protected, and free.

Source: United States White House

Melania and I join many Christians throughout our Nation and around the world who are joyfullycelebrating the miracle of Pentecost today and the birth of Christ’s Church.

Fifty days after the glorious Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday, the Bible tells us that the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles in Jerusalem in tongues of fire, triumphantly fulfilling Christ’s promise and giving them the courage and divine authority to proclaim the message of God to every nation and people.

At the call of Saint Peter to “repent and be baptized,” thousands came forward to embrace the infinite love and abundant grace of Jesus Christ.  From that moment onward, Christ’s message of salvation and His promise of eternal life have resounded across the ages, carried by generations of faithful witnesses who have spread the light of the Gospel to the farthest ends of the Earth.

On this holy day, we proclaim our faith in Jesus Christ, our hope in His saving power, and our enduring commitment to pursuing His will as one Nation under God.  As we celebrate 250 years of American Independence this year, we pray that the Holy Spirit continues to inspire our hearts, strengthen our resolve, and guide our Nation with wisdom, courage, and hope for years to come.

Happy Pentecost!

Source: United States White House

class=”has-text-align-center”>BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

The greatest fighting force the world has ever known is built upon the extraordinary service of selfless men and women who safeguard our liberty and preserve our way of life.  Since the birth of our Nation nearly 250 years ago, countless souls have lost their lives in this noble and righteous pursuit.  On Memorial Day, we honor these American heroes. 

America endures in strength, power, and prosperity because of the awe-inspiring selflessness and valor of those in uniform willing to lay down their lives in its defense.  From the frozen fields of Valley Forge and the beaches of Normandy to the jungles of Vietnam and the mountains of Afghanistan, the sacrifice across our Armed Forces is the foundation upon which our Republic stands.  Today, we especially remember the 13 members of the Joint Force who have fallen in support of Operation Epic Fury to defend our national security and preserve the blessings of liberty for future generations.  These warfighters lost their lives for freedom’s cause and we will never forget the cost. 

All Americans inherit the glorious gift of liberty that has been purchased with the spilled blood of brave warriors and the tears and heartache of those they left behind.  It is fitting and necessary for our Nation to pause for an annual reminder of the enduring and perilously high cost of freedom, but the immeasurable gravity of what has been sacrificed for the greater good deserves our eternal reverence and unwavering gratitudeevery day. 

On this solemn day, the First Lady and I ask you to join us in prayer for lasting peace in this volatile world, for the protection of those in harm’s way, and for the grace of Almighty God to comfort all who grieve.   

In honor of all of our fallen heroes, the Congress, by a joint resolution approved May 11, 1950, as amended (36 U.S.C. 116), has requested the President issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe each Memorial Day as a day of prayer for permanent peace and designating a period on that day when the people might unite in prayer. The Congress, by Public Law 106–579, has also designated 3:00 p.m. local time on that day as a time for all Americans to observe, in their own way, the National Moment of Remembrance.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim Memorial Day, May 25, 2026, as a day of prayer for permanent peace, and I designate the hour beginning in each locality at 11:00 a.m. of that day as a time when people might unite in prayer. I ask all Americans to observe the National Moment of Remembrance beginning at 3:00 p.m. local time on Memorial Day. I also request the Governors of the United States and its Territories, and the appropriate officials of all units of government, to direct that on Memorial Day the flag be flown at half-staff until noon on all buildings, grounds, and naval vessels throughout the United States and in all areas under its jurisdiction and control. I also request citizens to display the flag at half-staff from their homes for the customary forenoon period.

​IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-second day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.

                              DONALD J. TRUMP