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October 21, 2025

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President Donald Trump’s planned second summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a delay after this week’s preparatory talks between U.S. and Russian foreign policy chiefs were unexpectedly put on hold.

The meeting between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russia’s Sergey Lavrov was meant to lay the groundwork for a full Trump–Putin summit in Budapest, but officials say differing expectations over ending the war in Ukraine caused the holdup.

A White House spokesperson said Trump “remains fully committed to achieving peace” and continues to engage all sides directly.

Trump and Putin last met in Anchorage, Alaska, where they discussed what Trump called “a path toward ending this senseless war.”

Don’t miss the rest of today’s Trump news below!

—Nick

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🔔 Trump Shatters Deportation Records
✈️ Trump to Broker Ukraine Peace at Budapest Summit
💰 Trump Signs $8.5 Billion Rare Earths Deal
⚖️ Trump Wins Ruling on National Guard Deployment
✈️ Trump Expedites Nuclear Submarines for Australia

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✅TRACKING TRUMP✅

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President Trump's immigration enforcement is operating at full throttle, having removed half a million illegal immigrants from American soil since inauguration day. The administration isn't pumping the brakes anytime soon - Trump is making it clear that what we've seen so far is just the warm-up. Predictably, the left is losing its mind, staging misguided "No Kings" protests while their allies work overtime to shield criminal illegal immigrants from federal law enforcement.

Meanwhile, as National Guard deployments produce undeniable results in cleaning up our most dangerous cities, the political resistance is trying desperately to keep the crime levels high and the violence unchecked. The Trump administration isn't backing down, because the American people deserve to feel safe in their own communities without worrying about the criminals that weak border policies let walk right in.

Check out all the latest developments and more below!

✈️ Trump to Broker Ukraine Peace at Budapest Summit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that he is "ready" to engage Russian President Vladimir Putin directly to negotiate an end to Russia's invasion, potentially at a proposed summit in Budapest, Hungary. Zelensky made the remarks following a visit to the White House and a one-on-one meeting with President Trump, where the two heads of state spoke for over two hours about every "key issue" including diplomatic prospects to end the war. Trump stated that following the signing of a peace agreement to end the war in Gaza, he intends to focus America's foreign policy on achieving sustainable peace for Ukraine. Zelensky insisted that any talks towards ending the war must include Kyiv's leadership, asking "How can there be some deals without us about us?" Hungary appears to have been chosen as the location due to its friendly disposition toward Trump, with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán describing his country as the only option in Europe for such an engagement.

💰 Trump Signs $8.5 Billion Rare Earths Deal
President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a rare earths and critical minerals deal at the White House during a bilateral meeting in the Cabinet Room. Trump stated the agreement had been negotiated over a period of four or five months and praised the timing of completing it just before Albanese's visit, noting that the two countries work together on rare earths, critical minerals, and many other areas. Albanese described it as an "$8.5 billion pipeline that we have ready to go," with a billion dollars to be contributed from Australia and the United States over the next six months on projects that are immediately available. The deal includes three groups of projects: joint activities between Australia and the United States such as Alcoa, U.S. investment projects undertaken in Australia including processing, and projects Australia will undertake independently. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum praised the deal, stating that "critical mineral independence is essential to our national security."

⚖️ Trump Wins Ruling on National Guard Deployment
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that President Trump has the authority to deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, reversing a decision by a district judge earlier this month. The divided federal appeals court concluded that "it is likely that the President lawfully exercised his statutory authority under 10 U.S.C. § 12406(3), which authorizes the federalization of the National Guard when 'the President is unable with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States.'" The decision represents the second time the Ninth Circuit, despite its reputation as a liberal bastion, overruled lower courts and allowed Trump to exercise his constitutional powers as commander-in-chief, with the first case involving California. Much had been made of the earlier decision by U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut, a first-term Trump appointee, who declared "This is a nation of constitutional law, not martial law," though the appeals court has since decided otherwise. The Ninth Circuit determined it is indeed a nation of constitutional law, but not one of rule by judges against law and order or over the Constitution itself.

✈️ Trump Expedites Nuclear Submarines for Australia
President Trump told reporters that he is expediting the delivery of nuclear-powered submarines to Australia under the trilateral AUKUS agreement between the U.S., Australia, and the U.K. The U.S. will sell up to five Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, originally slated for delivery as soon as 2032, but Trump indicated he wants a faster timeline, stating "we are doing that, yeah … we have them moving very, very quickly." The submarines will sit near China's doorstep, significantly strengthening the allied presence in contested waters of the Indo-Pacific region. Trump also downplayed the necessity of the arrangement for deterring China, expressing confidence in his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping and stating "I don't think we're going to need it. I think we'll be just fine with China." Trump and Albanese also signed a critical minerals deal during their meeting that will require both countries to invest more than $3 billion throughout the next six months in critical mineral projects.

President Trump meets with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the White House on Monday.

🔔 Trump Shatters Deportation Records 🔔

The Trump administration has deported over 515,000 illegal aliens since taking office in January, putting it on pace to reach 600,000 deportations by the end of Trump's first year back in office according to DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. More than two million illegal aliens have left the United States in total, including 1.6 million who voluntarily self-deported alongside the 515,000 formal deportations.

Another 485,000 illegal aliens have been arrested by DHS since Trump took office, with officials emphasizing that "this is just the beginning" of enforcement efforts. McLaughlin stated that Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem "have jumpstarted an agency that was vilified and barred from doing its job for the last four years."

The deterrent effect of Trump's policies extends far beyond American borders, with migration through Panama's Darien Gap dropping by 99.99 percent as migrants receive the message to leave now or face consequences. ICE, CBP, and the U.S. Coast Guard have made historic progress despite facing what McLaughlin described as a "historic number of injunctions from activist judges" attempting to block enforcement operations. Just this past weekend, DHS continued its sweep of the "worst of the worst" criminal illegal aliens, arresting individuals convicted of rape of a child, assault, hit-and-run, kidnapping, and other serious crimes.

However, the success of these operations has triggered fierce resistance from left-leaning jurisdictions determined to obstruct federal immigration law. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings in the Chicago area ruled that ICE officers can be arrested at Cook County courthouses if they arrest migrants without a warrant, effectively barring what are called "collateral arrests" of people whom ICE officers discover are illegal on the spot. The judge ordered that federal law enforcement officers themselves can be arrested if they violate his orders, creating an unprecedented situation where local authorities could detain federal agents for performing their lawful duties.

Cummings claimed that courthouses must be places where witnesses and suspects feel safe, stating that "the fair administration of justice requires that courts remain open and accessible, and that litigants and witnesses may appear without fear of civil arrest." DHS responded forcefully to the ruling, stating "We aren't some medieval kingdom; there are no legal sanctuaries where you can hide and avoid the consequences for breaking the law," and affirming that "nothing in the Constitution prohibits arresting a lawbreaker where you find them."

Adding to concerns about election integrity, Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced that a crosscheck of state voter records found more than 2,700 possible illegal immigrants registered on the state's voter rolls. The data came from a full comparison of Texas's 18 million registered voters against federal citizenship records in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' SAVE database, which the Trump Administration gave states free and direct access to for the first time.

Each flagged voter will receive a notice from their county registrar giving them 30 days to provide proof of U.S. citizenship, and if they don't respond their registration will be canceled. Governor Greg Abbott stated that since Senate Bill 1 was signed into law, Texas has removed more than one million ineligible or outdated registrations from the state's voter rolls in the last three years, including noncitizens, deceased voters, and people who moved to another state.

Despite obstruction from activist judges and sanctuary jurisdictions, a New York Times poll has found that 54% of Americans support the administration’s deportation policies for illegal immigrants, including nearly 20% of Democrats. The survey showed that 51% believe the government targets individuals who deserve deportation.

The administration has made clear that illegal voting in Texas and across America will never be tolerated, with confirmed noncitizens who voted in previous elections being referred to the Attorney General's Office for further review and potential prosecution. American communities are finally witnessing a government that prioritizes citizen safety over the interests of those who broke the law to enter the country, and the administration's message is resonating as illegal aliens hear the warning to leave now or face the consequences.

🍟 Quick Bite News 🍟

🥩 President Trump told reporters his administration is considering importing beef from Argentina to lower domestic prices and help Argentina stabilize its struggling economy, which he described as "fighting for its life." Trump rejected concerns that importing Argentine beef would create unreasonable competition for American cattle ranchers, emphasizing that Argentina has no money and is fighting hard to survive. Trump stated "if I can help them survive in a free world," noting that he happens to like Argentine President Javier Milei and that imported beef would bring American beef prices down while not being "that much."

⛽ The national average gas price has fallen below $3 per gallon for the first time in over four years, with GasBuddy's head of petroleum analysis Patrick De Haan calling it "the earliest date we've seen a $2.99 national average since 2020." Currently, 35 states have average gas prices below $2.99 per gallon, and GasBuddy recorded the first $1.99 cash price at a station in Evans, Colorado, with stations in Oklahoma and Texas not far behind. The White House reminded citizens that under Biden, average gas prices remained above $3 per gallon for nearly the entirety of his presidency, reaching a record high of $4.60 in 2022.

🚗 The White House criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom as a "petty little man" after he shut down a section of Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton during Vice President JD Vance's appearance at the U.S. Marine Corps 250th anniversary celebration. The White House stated that nobody at the White House or the Marines asked Newsom to close the highway, and that the Marines repeatedly said there were no public safety concerns with the exercises. Trump advisor Alex Bruesewitz pointed out that Newsom was shutting down a major California highway just because Vance was in the state, inconveniencing tens of thousands of Americans.

🏛️ President Trump announced that construction has begun on a new, privately funded White House Ballroom designed to host state visits and large gatherings as part of a modernization of the East Wing. Trump stated on Truth Social that the estimated $200 million project is "being privately funded by many generous Patriots, Great American Companies, and, yours truly" with "zero cost to the American Taxpayer." The new 90,000-square-foot addition will accommodate approximately 650 seated guests and will stay true to the classical design of the White House, replacing the current East Wing.

💬 Trump dismissed the "No Kings" protests as inconsequential, stating "I'm not a king, I work my ass off to make our country great" and characterizing the demonstrations as "very small, very ineffective" with participants who were "whacked out." Speaker Mike Johnson said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer needed a distraction from the government shutdown that started October 1, calling the protests a "stunt" and a "show." Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi shared a video of herself dismantling a plastic crown with the caption "No crown. #NoKings!" appearing to harken back to when she ripped Trump's State of the Union address in 2020.

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