Trump’s ‘2028 Hat’ Sparks Controversy During Shutdown Talks

The picture from the Oval Office meeting shows the president placing ‘Trump 2028‘ hats on the Resolute Desk right in front of the Democratic leaders. The president has said several times that he would consider running for a third term, which goes against the US Constitution.

Florida now allows open carry of firearms in public

Specifically, only U.S. citizens over the age of 21, with no criminal record or history of domestic violence, are permitted to display their firearm on their belt. Authorities, however, emphasize that this freedom remains regulated. Schools, amusement parks, movie theaters, government buildings, and police stations remain strictly off-limits. Private property owners also retain the right to prohibit firearms on their premises.

Air traffic controllers worried about sky safety due to the “shutdown”

The reason: more than 2,300 members, including many engineers, have been furloughed because of the federal budget paralysis, the so-called “shutdown.” Conversely, nearly 13,300 air traffic controllers, deemed essential for safety, continue to work… without pay.

Elon Musk: The world’s richest man’s fortune briefly tops $500 billion

After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania and then dropping out of Stanford, Elon Musk sold an online publishing software company to computer maker Compaq for more than $300 million in 1999. His next company eventually merged with PayPal, and after leaving it, the South African-born entrepreneur founded SpaceX in 2002, then joined Tesla in 2004. Earlier this September, the board of the U.S. electric car maker unveiled a new compensation plan for Musk worth over $1 trillion, which still needs to be approved.

Donald Trump’s executive order signings show unprecedented and historic trend

The 47th U.S. president has eclipsed all of his post-WW2 predecessors by a huge margin and had signed off 141 in the first 100 days of his second term – a faster rate than any prior president over the period. He has signed 206 executive orders since his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025. The number is nearly as much as during the entirety of his first presidency, from 2017 to 2021, when he signed a total of 220 orders. Trump signed 26 executive orders on his first day of returning to office in 2025, the highest number of executive orders signed by a president on their first day since at least 1937.