The Treasury Department is doing the prep work on a $250 commemorative note featuring President Trump, and the timing lines up with America’s 250th anniversary. Fox News Digital reported the story on May 30, 2026. The idea is tied to legislation already sitting in the House, and Democrats wasted no time melting down over it. Here is the part that matters most up front. Nothing is printed yet, and Congress would have to act before anything moves. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that President Donald Trump should appear on commemorative U.S. currency marking the nation's 250th anniversary, citing historical precedent and pending legislation that would place Trump's image on a proposed $250 bill.… pic.twitter.com/UGXof0oAbu — NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) May 31, 2026 Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent addressed it at the White House. He kept it simple. Bessent said Treasury prepares in advance but would follow the law, and that Congress would have to act for the proposal to move forward. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing confirmed it is doing the early legwork. Fox News Digital reported that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is conducting planning and due diligence in response to the legislation. That legislation has a name that leaves nothing to the imagination. The proposal is House bill 1761, introduced by Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina on February 27, 2025. The bill was referred to the House Financial Services Committee. The official bill text on Congress.gov spells out exactly what H.R. 1761 would do: H. R. 1761 To amend the Federal Reserve Act to require the Secretary of the Treasury to print $250 Federal reserve notes featuring a portrait of Donald J. Trump, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the “Donald J. Trump $250 Bill Act”. SEC. 2. Sense of Congress. It is the sense of the Congress that $250 bills with the portrait of Donald J. Trump be printed to commemorate the semiquincentennial of the United States. SEC. 3. Printing of $250 Federal Reserve notes. The 8th undesignated paragraph of section 16 of the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 418) is amended by adding at the end the following: “Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this sentence, the Secretary of the Treasury shall print Federal reserve notes in the denomination of $250 and such notes shall feature a portrait of Donald J. Trump.” SEC. 4. Allowing the portrait of living Presidents on United States currency and securities. Section 5114(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking “securities.” and inserting “securities, except if the individual is or has been the President of the United States.” It would require the Treasury Secretary to print $250 Federal Reserve notes featuring a portrait of Donald J. Trump within one year after enactment. There is a legal wrinkle, and the bill handles it directly. Current law bars living people from appearing on U.S. currency. The bill amends 31 U.S.C. 5114(b) so that ban would not apply to anyone who is or has been President of the United States. Wilson’s office framed the proposal as an America 250 commemoration and an answer to the Biden economy in a release from Representative Joe Wilson: Washington, D.C. – Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) today introduced the “Donald J. Trump $250 Bill Act.” This legislation directs the Bureau of Printing and Engraving to design and print a $250 dollar bill of legal U.S. tender that bears the image of President Donald J. Trump. This legislation will also create an exemption to previous 19th century legislation banning living figures on currency to allow individuals who have served as President to appear on currency. Next year is the 250th Anniversary of the United States and allows this currency not only to be in a larger denomination to help families carry less cash, but also symbolically recognize the President of the United States during the Semiquincentennial anniversary. “Bidenflation has destroyed the economy forcing American families to carry more cash. President Trump is working tirelessly to fight inflation and help American families. This achievement is deserving of currency recognition, which is why I am grateful to introduce this legislation. The most valuable bill for the most valuable President!” said Congressman Wilson. Original Cosponsors include Representatives Diana Harshbarger (R-TN), Ralph Norman (R-SC), and Darrell Issa (R-CA). Republicans have been backing the idea publicly. Representative Andy Barr posted a mockup in support of the Trump $250 bill in January 2026. Then came the predictable reaction from the other side. House Democrat leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Mark Warner both went after the idea on X on May 28, 2026. "For the 150th there was a Calvin Coolidge coin with his image on it," Bessent said. "We are going to have the image of President Trump on a coin, and there is proposed legislation in the House to put President Trump on the $250 bill." Democrats melt in 3, 2, 1. https://t.co/Ol0hVuLoNx — Alex'sGhost (@MozartsTrump) May 31, 2026 The outrage is doing a lot of work to hide the obvious. A $250 note marking 250 years of the country is a clean idea, and putting the sitting President on a commemorative bill is the kind of thing Democrats would cheer if one of their own held the office. For now the facts are modest and honest. Treasury is planning, a bill is in committee, and it will take a vote in Congress to make any of it real. The bureau preparing early is just government doing its job ahead of time, which is more than the screaming on X can say.

President Trump on Friday signed an executive order directing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to align the core childhood vaccine schedule with “scientific evidence and best practices from peer, developed countries.” The order also preserves “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.” “President Trump’s new Executive Order on childhood vaccines isn’t really about vaccines. It’s about power: shifting authority from an unaccountable public health bureaucracy back to elected officials accountable to voters,” Children’s Health Defense wrote. “It directs CDC/ACIP to review HHS findings & align recommendations with best practices from other developed nations — reopening debate on timing, safety, & informed consent,” it added. NO MORE MONOPOLY President Trump’s new Executive Order on childhood vaccines isn’t really about vaccines. It’s about power: shifting authority from an unaccountable public health bureaucracy back to elected officials accountable to voters. It directs CDC/ACIP to review HHS… pic.twitter.com/vTE4qk6z71 — Children’s Health Defense (@ChildrensHD) May 30, 2026 CBS News shared further: The move comes after Mr. Trump in December issued a memo directing HHS to align U.S. childhood vaccine recommendations with “best practices from peer, developed countries.” In early January, HHS released an assessment that determined the U.S. “recommends more childhood vaccines than any peer nation, and more than twice as many vaccine doses as some European nations.” Following that assessment, the CDC, which is part of HHS, announced updated recommendations that would reduce the number of recommended immunizations for children from 17 to 11. The move prompted heavy criticism from medical experts and health organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, which subsequently chose to release its own childhood vaccine recommendations, breaking significantly with the CDC guidance. Friday’s executive order directs the CDC and the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, to review HHS’ January “scientific assessment and the latest clinical data” and “take any appropriate steps to update the United States childhood and adolescent vaccine schedule.” “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,” the White House said in a fact sheet accompanying Friday’s order. “This Executive Order is not about vaccines. It is about power. For decades, a small network of federal agencies, advisory committees, professional societies, and pharmaceutical interests has effectively controlled vaccine policy in America,” Dr. Robert Malone commented. “Trump’s new Executive Order challenges that arrangement directly. The media says this is a vaccine story. They’re wrong. It’s a governance story. And it may permanently change the relationship between the American people and the public health bureaucracy,” he added. “Eventually, the AAP Lawsuit will make the ACIP mostly irrelevant, along with public health administrative state. This is the greatest strategic blunder that the entrenched public health establishment – determined to hold on to its powerful grip over public health, has made in decades,” Malone said. Eventually, the AAP Lawsuit will make the ACIP mostly irrelevant, along with public health administrative state. This is the greatest strategic blunder that the entrenched public health establishment – determined to hold on to its powerful grip over public health, has made in… — Robert W Malone, MD (@RWMaloneMD) May 30, 2026 More from Malone News: The American Academy of Pediatrics lawsuit was never really about measles, polio, hepatitis B, or influenza. It was about process. The plaintiffs argued that the administration had improperly altered federal vaccine recommendations through an Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) process that did not comply with long-established legal and administrative requirements. A federal judge appeared sympathetic to that argument and temporarily blocked implementation. The new Executive Order appears designed to sidestep that challenge. Rather than directly imposing a new vaccine schedule, the Executive Order adopts the HHS scientific assessment as a guiding federal resource and directs the CDC and ACIP to review that assessment and update recommendations “to the extent permitted by law.” This is a subtle but important distinction. I have long argued that the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) envisions advisory committees such as ACIP serving precisely that role: advisory. Under FACA, committees are intended to provide advice in response to questions and policy needs identified by executive branch leadership. Over time, however, successive administrations effectively abdicated much of that responsibility, allowing ACIP to evolve into a body that often appeared to set policy rather than merely advise on it. In my view, the proper process is straightforward. The CDC Director, acting under the authority of the Executive Branch, should define the questions to be addressed and the policy objectives to be considered. ACIP should then provide its scientific and technical advice in response. The committee should inform decision-making, not function as an independent center of policymaking. Viewed through that lens, the Executive Order seeks to shift the debate away from the actions of a single advisory committee and back to a fundamental principle of constitutional governance: executive agencies and advisory committees advise, while elected officials establish policy and are accountable to the public for those decisions. Read the executive order HERE.

President Trump’s Justice Department is making arrests in Newark, and the message to anti-ICE agitators is plain. Assault a federal officer, and you will be charged. On May 28, ICE deportation officers were clearing a road outside the Delaney Hall Detention Facility when a crowd refused to move. The Justice Department says one demonstrator kicked officers and then bit two of them, sending both to a Newark hospital. President Trump and his administration are standing with the officers who took those bites and kicks while doing their jobs. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the FBI also made an arrest tied to threats against ICE officers and their families. Told you. @FBI just arrested the man who threatened to kill ICE officers and their families. FAFO. https://t.co/ai2Y46nmOR — Acting AG Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) May 30, 2026 The Justice Department’s Office of Public Affairs announced the arrest and the charge. From the Justice Department: A New Jersey man was arrested yesterday and charged with assaulting federal officers and causing bodily injury. “Peaceful protest doesn’t translate to violently attacking federal law enforcement officers,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “Federal officers are protecting United States’ property and facilities. With virtually no local law enforcement support from New Jersey, rioters are regrouping and attacking. We will not tolerate the vicious attacks we have seen in Newark the last few days, and we will make arrests and hold people accountable for criminal conduct.” “As alleged in the Justice Department’s complaint, this violent rioter savagely bit an ICE law enforcement officer outside of Delaney Hall. The Trump Administration will always stand with our law enforcement officers,” said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “Anyone who assaults a law enforcement officer will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, on May 28, officers of the U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) were engaged in official duties relating to security and crowd-control operations during a demonstration near the ICE Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, New Jersey. Certain ICE deportation officers were assigned to conduct perimeter enforcement for the facility, which included clearing the road leading to and from the facility for vehicles. At approximately 10:30 p.m., a large group of demonstrators was blocking that road. Deportation officers, in an attempt to clear the road, formed into a line and began to move towards the group of demonstrators, which included Geier. The deportation officers issued commands to the demonstrators to “move back,” but the demonstrators, including Geier, ignored those commands and refused to clear the road. Geier instead engaged in a struggle with deportation officers, kicking officers and ultimately biting an officer’s forearm, and another’s knuckle. Both victims received treatment at a local hospital. The defendant is Brendan John Geier, 26, of Madison. He was released with location monitoring, a curfew, and a ban on returning to Delaney Hall. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey says he is one of many. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey: NEWARK, N.J. – A Morris County man was arrested on May 28, 2026 and charged with assaulting federal officers and causing bodily injury, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced. “This defendant’s court appearance is a clear step toward justice after 21 individuals were arrested for assaulting federal officers at Delaney Hall from May 26-29,” said ERO Newark acting Field Office Director Arthur J. Wilson Jr. “Instead of peacefully protesting, rioters blocked ICE officers conducting their lawful duties, ignored repeated lawful commands and threatened violence. Our brave ICE officers risked their lives to protect everyone present inside and out of Delaney Hall and we will continue to pursue charges against agitators and ensure violent offenders have real consequences.” Brendan John Geier, 26, of Madison, was charged by complaint yesterday and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cari Fais, and was released with location monitoring, a curfew, and prohibited from returning to Delaney Hall. The charge for assault resulting in bodily injury carries a maximum potential penalty of 20 years’ imprisonment and a maximum fine of $250,000. The charge and allegations contained in the complaint are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. That presumption stands until a court rules. The 21 arrests over four days do not. Mullin thanked the FBI and put a number on what these officers are walking into. Thank you to the @FBI for arresting a rioter who threatened to kill an @ICEgov law enforcement officer and his family outside Delaney Hall. Our officers are facing an 8,000% increase in death threats against them as they put their lives on the line to arrest the worst of the… — Secretary Markwayne Mullin (@SecMullinDHS) May 30, 2026 An 8,000 percent jump in death threats is not protest. It is intimidation aimed at the men and women who enforce federal law. Newark’s pattern is becoming familiar across blue cities. Rioters block ICE, local officials hold back state police, and federal officers absorb the violence. The difference now is that the Trump Justice Department is filing charges and making the agitators face consequences. Bite an officer, threaten his family, and the FBI will come find you.

President Trump is stepping in to open America’s 250th birthday celebration himself after a string of musicians pulled out of the Great American State Fair lineup. Freedom 250 announced that the President would kick off the state fair with an opening ceremony on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. Freedom 250 spokesperson Danielle Alvarez said Trump would personally launch the historic celebration marking America’s 250th birthday. That puts the President front and center on the stage some performers decided to skip. The rally idea came straight from President Trump’s Saturday post. I understand Artists are getting “the yips” having to do with their performance on Wednesday, so I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World, the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar, the man… pic.twitter.com/faiFgu8e7C — Commentary Donald J Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) May 30, 2026 CBS News reported on the artist shuffle in an update timestamped 10:43 p.m. Central on May 30, 2026. According to that report, Trump even floated canceling all musical performances at the fair after several acts dropped out. CBS listed Morris Day and the Time, Young MC, the Commodores, Martina McBride, and Bret Michaels among the artists who said they would not participate. Still scheduled to perform, per CBS, are Fab Morvan of Milli Vanilli, Vanilla Ice, C+C Music Factory rapper Freedom Williams, and Flo Rida. The walkouts did not slow the plans. They handed Trump the spotlight. Truth Social carried President Trump’s rally push. Full text transcript of the Truth Social post: I understand Artists are getting “the yips” having to do with their performance on Wednesday, so I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World, the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar, the man who loves our Country more than anyone else, and the man who some say is the Greatest President in History (THE GOAT!), DONALD J. TRUMP, to take the place of these highly paid, Third Rate “Artists,” and give a major speech, rallying the Country forward like I have done ever since being President! Two years ago, the United States was DEAD. Now we have the “HOTTEST” Country anywhere in the World. I don’t want so-called “Artists” that get paid far too much money, who aren’t happy. I only want to be surrounded by Happy People, Smart People, Successful People, and People that know how to WIN. So, by copy of this TRUTH, I am ordering my Representatives to look at the feasibility of doing an AMERICA IS BACK Rally on Wednesday, Washington, D.C., same time, same location. Only Great Patriots invited — It will be a Wild and Beautiful Celebration of America! President DONALD J. TRUMP Freedom 250 also pushed back on the idea that the celebration should be treated as partisan. Freedom 250 is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to uniting Americans around the nation’s 250th anniversary. The Great American State Fair is one of Freedom 250’s signature celebrations, bringing together all 50 states and 6 territories in the Nation’s capital for the… pic.twitter.com/XA4Ru5WL18 — Freedom 250 (@Freedom250) May 29, 2026 The official event framework remains in place on the White House Freedom 250 page. The page lists The Great American State Fair for June 25 through July 10, 2026, on the National Mall. The White House describes the National Mall fair this way: June 25- July 10, 2026 | The National Mall A master-planned celebration will unfold along the National Mall from the Capitol to the Washington Monument, featuring vibrant pavilions representing every U.S. state and territory. Pavilions, designed in a beaux-arts style, will showcase each state’s unique contributions, and specialty pavilions will highlight national pillars such as The Arts, Innovation, Faith & Family, American Workers, and Agriculture. Multiple stages will host a dynamic schedule of performances, including big-name talent, demonstrations, contests, and showcases. Traditional fair elements, including rides, games, and classic food will add nostalgic charm. Throughout the Mall, towering, educational exhibits will tell the Story of America, each paired with QR codes for an immersive in-person and digital experience allowing guests to engage with History brought to life. The same page describes a separate July 4, 2026 event, the Salute to America 250 Celebration and Fireworks in Washington, D.C. The President is headlining one night and anchoring the country’s semiquincentennial stretch. The artists who walked away from a state fair stage made their choice, and the result is a celebration built around the President rather than around them. This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.

A provision in the House’s version of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is causing a stir for allegedly tightening the relationship between the United States and Israeli militaries closer than ever before. Section 224 of the House Armed Services Committee’s version of the fiscal year 2027 NDAA is titled “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative.” “This section would require the Secretary of Defense to designate an executive agent responsible for synchronizing cooperative efforts between the United States and Israel, including bilateral defense technology research, development, testing, evaluation, integration, and industrial cooperation,” the section reads. “Members of Congress have quietly advanced an alarming proposal: to further fuse the U.S. and Israeli militaries via sharing data, co-producing weapons, and integrating AI, cyber, and autonomous systems. It’s buried in the House NDAA as Section 224, and it would give Israel deeper military integration with the U.S. than any country in the world, including NATO allies,” the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft wrote. “The move would also shield the relationship from public scrutiny by shifting it from visible aid votes into the opaque machinery of defense acquisition, where oversight is limited and political accountability is minimal,” it added. Members of Congress have quietly advanced an alarming proposal: to further fuse the U.S. and Israeli militaries via sharing data, co-producing weapons, and integrating AI, cyber, and autonomous systems. It’s buried in the House NDAA as Section 224, and it would give Israel… — Quincy Institute (@QuincyInst) May 29, 2026 More from Responsible Statecraft: To be sure, the U.S. has worked closely with its NATO partners on co-production and shared supply chains, most notably via the Defence Production Action Plan. And, as the number one arms dealer in the world, the U.S. provides weapons to militaries across the globe. But that is mostly a one-way street, with the U.S. providing weapons to foreign buyers who only occasionally make parts for those weapons themselves, as in the case of the F-35’s global supply chain. Section 224 would be a different beast entirely. It would fuse the U.S. and Israeli defense sectors in multiple areas vital to the battlefields of the future, like autonomous systems and cyber. It would also bring extraordinary Israeli influence to the U.S. beyond what it already has through the Israel lobby and its robust network of social media influencers. It would give the Israeli government the opportunity to greatly expand one of the most powerful levers of influence in U.S. politics: jobs in the U.S. By expanding or starting new co-production facilities like it already has in Mississippi and Arkansas, the Israeli government could boast of providing jobs on U.S. soil, thereby securing allies among members of Congress who represent the districts where those jobs lie. The result could well be a U.S. political system even more susceptible to the whims of an Israeli government that seemingly has no qualms about drawing the U.S. into military conflicts in the Middle East. This unprecedented level of U.S.-Israeli military integration stands in stark contrast to the traditional aid model of defense cooperation, in which Israel already stood out as the top recipient of U.S. military assistance. “If the provision in the NDAA to integrate/synchronize the U.S. and Israeli militaries (section 224) makes it out of committee, I’ll offer an amendment to strip it from the bill on the floor,” Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said. “We are a sovereign country,” he added. If the provision in the NDAA to integrate/synchronize the U.S. and Israeli militaries (section 224) makes it out of committee, I’ll offer an amendment to strip it from the bill on the floor. We are a sovereign country.https://t.co/HwvSXXxKlW pic.twitter.com/2vIkjLatEE — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) May 30, 2026 “Section 224 of the 2027 NDAA – National Defense Authorization Act integrates the U.S. military with the Israeli military. This is what complete capture to a foreign government looks like and there hasn’t been a single shot fired,” former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene commented. Section 224 of the 2027 NDAA – National Defense Authorization Act integrates the U.S. military with the Israeli military. This is what complete capture to a foreign government looks like and there hasn’t been a single shot fired. https://t.co/pI3aRr3ZnZ — Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (@FmrRepMTG) May 30, 2026 Al Jazeera shared further: “What Congress is trying to do now is find different ways of entrenching the relationship so deep in America’s own defence industrial base that it’s impossible to root it out,” Josh Paul, a former US State Department official and founder of the advocacy group A New Policy, said about the controversial provision. “A new section of law in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) would give Israel unprecedented access to American technology and would force the United States military to integrate Israeli defence technologies into our own critical military supply chain, giving Israel incredible leverage over America’s own defence priorities,” he added in a video posted on social media on Friday. The two countries already build missile defence systems together, such as the Iron Dome. The bill would extend their joint work into many more areas of modern warfare, from artificial intelligence (AI) to drones and cyber operations. The provision comes amid turmoil in the Middle East following the joint US-Israeli attack on Iran earlier this year. In February, US and Israeli forces attacked Iran together, triggering five weeks of war; Iran struck back at Israel and at US bases in the Gulf before a ceasefire took hold in April. Read the 2027 NDAA draft HERE.