President Donald Trump says he's directing the government to release classified files about UFOs and extraterrestrial life in response to a spike in interest in the subject caused by one of his predecessors in the White House. Trump announced on social media Thursday that he would direct the Department of Defense and other agencies to release the material days after former President Barack Obama suggested in an interview that aliens are "real" though he hadn't seen any. "Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters," Trump said in the social media post.

Talk about bad timing. On Wednesday, President Trump boasted on social media that the U.S. trade deficit had been reduced by 78 percent thanks to his comprehensive tariff regime, a claim apparently based on his cherry-picking of data between October and January. Less than twelve hours later, the Census Bureau published its annual trade report. It reveals that the U.S. trade deficit declined by just 0.2 percent in 2025 — a far cry from Trump's figure — from $903.5 billion in 2024 to $901.5 billion last year.

The U.S. economy grew more slowly the fourth quarter of last year, weighed down by last fall's record-long government shutdown and slower consumer spending. U.S. gross domestic product—the value of all goods and services produced across the economy—rose at a 1.4% seasonally and inflation adjusted annual rate in the final quarter of last year, the Commerce Department said Friday. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expected a 2.5% reading. The quarterly reading was a sharp slowdown from the summer's blistering 4.4% rate. Federal government spending declined at a 16.6% rate in the fourth quarter. In 2025, the economy grew 2.2%, measured from the fourth quarter of the prior year. That was slower than 2.4% growth in 2024 and the weakest since 2022. Economists surveyed by the Journal last month expected growth of 2.3% for 2025.

The U.S. economy slowed at the end of 2025, capping a volatile year in which growth ultimately held firm, as resilient consumers and an A.I. investment boom helped keep growth on track despite tariffs, uncertainty and the longest government shutdown in history. Gross domestic product, adjusted for inflation, grew at a 1.4 percent annual rate in the final three months of the year, the Commerce Department said on Friday. That was down sharply from a 4.4 percent rate in the third quarter, partly because of the prolonged shutdown. For 2025 as a whole, measured from the end of 2024, G.D.P. increased 2.2 percent, compared with 2.3 percent the previous year. The numbers are preliminary and will be revised at least twice in the coming months.

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