🇺🇸 Trump to End Government Shutdown

February 04, 2026

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Happy Tuesday, Patriots!

President Trump is once again raising questions about the 2020 election, this time after federal agents conducted a court-approved search at a Fulton County, Georgia election facility.

Speaking on The Dan Bongino Show, Trump said authorities seized ballots and records and hinted that “something big” could soon come to light. He also urged Republicans to consider “nationalizing the voting.”

Under the Constitution, American elections are primarily governed by state law.

The president repeated his long-held belief that the 2020 election was mishandled in several states, including Georgia, and said the Fulton County investigation may reveal “interesting things.” Federal officials have confirmed the search was tied to an ongoing probe into election record preservation, not a determination of outcome-changing fraud.

Fulton County has been audited multiple times since 2020, with prior reviews finding no evidence that would alter the result. Still, Trump says scrutiny is far from over.

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

—Nick

In today’s email:

✒️ Trump to Sign Bill to End the Government Shutdown
🤝 Trump Secures Trade Agreement with India
🎤 Trump Threatens to Sue Trevor Noah
⛏️ Trump to Establish Critical Mineral Stockpile
🗳️ Trump Demands Republicans to Nationalize Voting

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✅TRACKING TRUMP✅

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The partial government shutdown came to an end Tuesday afternoon after the House passed a funding bill 217-214, sending it to Trump's desk for his signature. Speaker Mike Johnson navigated a conservative rebellion over the SAVE Act but Trump himself intervened to quash the uprising and push the compromise through. Twenty-one Democrats broke with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to support the bill, which funds most of the government through September but only extends DHS funding for two weeks.

Meanwhile, on the foreign policy side, the White House announced that India has agreed to both a trade deal and to stop buying Russian oil. Prime Minister Narendra Modi confirmed the arrangement after a morning phone call with the president, and Trump called Modi one of his "greatest friends." It's a significant win, and one that could have real implications for the Russia-Ukraine war.

Check out all the latest developments and more below!

🤝 Trump Secures Trade Agreement with India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed during a morning phone call with Trump to stop purchasing Russian oil and enter into a formal trade deal with the United States. As part of the arrangement, India committed to buying over $500 billion in American energy, technology, agricultural products, and coal, fulfilling what Modi called a pledge to "BUY AMERICAN" at a significantly higher level than before. The U.S. will lower tariffs on Indian goods from 25% to 18% in exchange. Modi thanked Trump on behalf of India's 1.4 billion citizens during the call, and the two leaders' working relationship was underscored when Trump referred to Modi as one of his "greatest friends." The deal removes a major source of revenue for Russia's war effort while locking in one of the largest bilateral purchase commitments in recent history.

🎤 Trump Threatens to Sue Trevor Noah
While hosting the Grammy Awards for the sixth time, comedian Trevor Noah told the audience that Trump "needs a new island to hang out with Bill Clinton"  -  a claim for which Noah provided no supporting evidence whatsoever. The remark drew an immediate response from Trump on Truth Social, where he called the Grammys "the WORST and virtually unwatchable" and branded Noah a "total loser" who needs to "get his facts straight." Trump stated he has "never been to Epstein Island, nor anywhere close" and called Noah's comment "false and defamatory," promising to send his lawyers to sue the comedian. Noah's claim came shortly after more than three million Epstein documents were released, naming figures including Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, and Prince Andrew in connection to Epstein Island  -  but none of the released documents place Trump there or connect him to Epstein's trafficking operation. Trump closed out his Truth Social post with a direct warning to Noah: "Get ready Noah, I'm going to have some fun with you!"

⛏️ Trump to Establish Critical Mineral Stockpile
Trump will launch Project Vault, a $12 billion strategic critical minerals stockpile built from $1.67 billion in private capital and a $10 billion loan from the Export-Import Bank, intended to secure rare earth elements for American automakers, tech companies, and defense contractors. The stockpile will acquire minerals such as gallium and cobalt  -  raw materials used in everything from iPhones and batteries to jet engines  -  in a setup that draws direct comparisons to the country's existing emergency oil reserve. More than a dozen major corporations will participate, including General Motors, Stellantis, Boeing, Corning, and Google, with Trump set to meet GM CEO Mary Barra and mining billionaire Robert Friedland to kick off the effort. Commodities trading firms Hartree Partners, Traxys North America, and Mercuria Energy Group will manage the procurement of raw materials, while the administration has already inked cooperation agreements with Australia, Japan, and Malaysia on critical mineral supply chains. The U.S. currently operates a national stockpile for defense needs but has no civilian equivalent  -  Project Vault fills that gap, with a summit of dozens of nations on critical minerals scheduled for Washington.

🗳️ Trump Demands Republicans to Nationalize Voting
During an interview with former FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, Trump called on Republicans to "take over" and "nationalize" voting in at least 15 states, citing his belief that some states are "so crooked" in how they count votes. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer fired back on the Senate floor, calling Trump's remarks "outlandishly illegal" and asking whether the president needs "a copy of the Constitution"  -  since, under the current framework, states  -  not the federal government  -  set the times, places, and manner of holding federal elections. White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson clarified that Trump's comments were about securing free and fair elections, pointing to his push for the SAVE Act, which would require uniform photo ID for voting, prohibit no-excuse mail-in ballots, and end the practice of ballot harvesting. The comments landed as redistricting battles intensified ahead of the 2026 midterms, with Texas redrawing maps to create five new GOP-favored congressional seats and California countering with its own remapped districts. Republicans currently hold a razor-thin House majority, and Trump kicked off an aggressive midterm campaign with a rally in Iowa, warning supporters that losing Congress would jeopardize his tax cuts, border policies, and broader second-term agenda.

🔔 Trump to Sign Bill to End the Government Shutdown 🔔

The House passed a federal funding bill 217-214 on Tuesday afternoon, ending the four-day partial government shutdown and sending the legislation to Trump's desk for signature. Twenty-one Democrats broke with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to vote for the deal, which was struck between Senate Democrats and the White House and funds roughly 97% of the federal government through the end of fiscal 2026 while only extending current DHS funding through Feb. 13. 

The bill's path to passage came after House conservatives led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna initially threatened to sink it unless the SAVE Act  -  requiring photo ID and citizenship proof for voting, plus removal of non-citizens from voter rolls  -  was attached to the package, with Reps. Burchett, Timmons, and Burlison all warning they would vote against any deal without it. Schumer had already called the SAVE Act a "Jim Crow-era" poison pill that was dead on arrival in the Senate, where the 60-vote filibuster threshold would make passage nearly impossible, and Luna fired back at Schumer on X after his comments. 

Trump intervened on Truth Social demanding "NO CHANGES" to the compromise deal and urged immediate passage, effectively undercutting the conservative rebellion, and Luna and Burchett backed down after discussions with the White House about a potential standing filibuster in the Senate. Johnson holds only a one-vote majority after the Texas special election Democrat was sworn in, and a House Rules Committee meeting took place Monday evening before the final vote on Tuesday, with the speaker acknowledging the deal wasn't his "preferred route" but saying "the Republicans are going to do the responsible thing." 

The shutdown drama unfolded as new rent data showed the national median at $1,353 in January, down 1.4% year-over-year and the lowest January figure since 2022, sitting 6.2% below the summer 2022 peak. The White House credited its comprehensive housing approach for the decline, while TurboTenant data revealed sellers now outnumber buyers by more than 500,000 nationwide, and Florida landlord Lopez reported 30% vacancy across 300 apartments versus a typical 2% rate. 

Study director Finnigan said immigration will remain low, removing a key segment of rental demand, noting that roughly 50% of renters are under age 40. Sen. Fetterman acknowledged during the shutdown talks that a government shutdown won't actually stop ICE operations, pointing out that nearly $200 billion was allocated to DHS through Trump's "big, beautiful bill" to fund ICE and CBP for years ahead. 

The current compromise deal strips the DHS bill entirely and creates a two-week continuing resolution, leaving negotiators to work out future ICE restrictions over the next fortnight.

🍟 Quick Bite News 🍟

🌙 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei posted a barrage of messages on X marking the anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution, threatening regional war against the U.S. and mocking American military strength. He accused the CIA and Mossad of orchestrating recent anti-regime protests and praised the regime's violent crackdown, which some sources report resulted in tens of thousands of casualties. Iranian lawmakers punctuated the rhetoric by chanting "Death to America! Death to Israel!" while dressed in IRGC uniforms during a parliamentary session.

⚖️ Groups with financial ties to George Soros and Alex Soros's Open Society Foundations filed a lawsuit to block Trump's State Department from freezing visa processing from 75 countries whose migrants receive welfare at high rates. The Catholic Legal Immigration Network, the lead plaintiff, received over $650,000 from the Open Society Foundations between 2016 and 2021, while other groups involved have collectively pulled in millions from the same network. The lawsuit claims the visa freeze is racist because over 85% of the countries affected are non-European nations with significant nonwhite populations.

🏙️ Boston Mayor Michelle Wu went viral after a video resurfaced of her claiming that "every single human being has the legal right to come to the United States and seek shelter." Texas Rep. Brandon Gill fired back, saying Democrats "demand infinite immigration, then infinite welfare, all at Americans' expense," while Utah Sen. Mike Lee wrote that Wu's claim amounts to saying "the entire world has more right to America than Americans." 

💼 The Trump administration quietly approved 65,000 additional H-2B visa workers on top of the 66,000 already mandated by Congress, bringing the annual inflow to at least 131,000 foreign workers for 2026. The landscapers' lobby AmericanHort led the push for the extra visas, which was made possible by a bipartisan Congressional provision included in last year's federal budget. Rosemary Jenks, founder of the Immigration Accountability Project, noted that H-2B wages have barely moved in years, with many employers still offering around $10 to $12 an hour.

🎤 After Grammy host Trevor Noah mocked Nicki Minaj from the stage, claiming she was "at the White House with Donald Trump discussing very important issues," Minaj fired back on X with a direct warning to Christians about voting for Democrats. Actor Billy Porter also attacked Minaj on the Grammy red carpet over her vocal support of Trump, which had been on full display days earlier when she appeared at the launch of the president's "Trump Accounts" program. Minaj refused to back down, calling Noah a closeted gay man and posting that "God will not be mocked" in a series of posts.

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