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Full Guest List for Trump’s State Dinner With Charles and Camilla

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Full Guest List for Trump’s State Dinner With Charles and Camilla

More than 100 guests were invited to the state dinner that President Trump hosted for King Charles III of Britain and Queen Camilla on Tuesday night, a list that included many allies and friends of Mr. Trump’s, top administration officials, six Supreme Court justices, Republican lawmakers, billionaires and other conservative figures. Here is the entire list of invitees provided by the White House.

  • President Trump and Melania Trump, the first lady

  • King Charles III of Britain and Queen Camilla

  • Sir Clive Alderton, principal private secretary to the king and queen

  • Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Martha-Ann Alito

  • Tobyn Andreae, director of communications of the royal household

  • Marc Andreessen, venture capitalist, and Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

  • Bret Baier, Fox News host, and Amy Baier

  • Senator John Barrasso, Republican of Wyoming

  • Maria Bartiromo, Fox Business host, and Jonathan Steinberg

  • Marc Benioff, Salesforce chief executive, and Lynne Benioff

  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and John Freeman

  • Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder, and Lauren Sánchez Bezos

  • James Blair, Trump adviser, and Samantha Blair

  • Senay Bulbul, minister counselor, British Embassy in Washington

  • Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Kathryn Burgum

  • Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  • Varun Chandra, prime minister’s chief business, investment and trade adviser

  • Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Jesse Barrett

  • Tim Cook, Apple chief executive

  • Yvette Cooper, secretary of state for foreign, commonwealth and development affairs

  • Senator Steve Daines, Republican of Montana

  • Sophie Densham, the queen’s private secretary

  • Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Rachel Campos-Duffy

  • Ainsley Earhardt, Fox News host

  • David Ellison, chief executive of Paramount

  • Pepe Fanjul, businessman, and Emilia Fanjul

  • Edward C. Forst, General Services Administration administrator

  • Justice Neil M. Gorsuch and Marie Louise Gorsuch

  • Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina

  • Jamieson Greer, U.S. trade representative, and Marlo Greer

  • Greg Gutfeld, Fox News host, and Elena Mussa

  • Beau Harrison, White House aide, and Hayley Harrison

  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Jennifer Hegseth

  • Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, and Lori Huang

  • Caroline Hurndall, principal private secretary to the foreign secretary

  • Laura Ingraham, Fox News host

  • Otis Irwin

  • Speaker Mike Johnson and Kelly Johnson

  • Tham Kannalikham, interior designer

  • Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh and Ashley Kavanaugh

  • Howard Kessler, entrepreneur, and Michele Kessler

  • Viktor Knavs, father of Melania Trump

  • Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, and Dr. Dana Kraft

  • Harry Lopes

  • Juan Luciano, chief executive, Archer Daniels Midland

  • Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Allison Lutnick

  • Rory McIlroy, professional golfer, and Erica Stoll

  • Stephen Miller, adviser to the president, and Katie Miller

  • Brendan Nelson, president of Boeing Global

  • Meg O’Neill, chief executive of BP

  • John Paulson, hedge fund manager, and Alina de Almeida

  • Isaac Perlmutter, former chief executive of Marvel Entertainment, and Laura Perlmutter

  • Hervé Pierre, fashion designer

  • Keith Poole, former N.F.L. player

  • Ruth Porat, president and chief investment officer of Alphabet and Google

  • Dina Powell McCormick, president and vice chairman of Meta, and Senator Dave McCormick, Republican of Pennsylvania

  • Anthony Pratt, chairman of Visy/Pratt Industries, and Claudine Revere, founder of Relish Catering + Hospitality

  • Adam Riddle

  • Senator Jim Risch, Republican of Idaho, and Vicki Risch

  • Don Robert, chairman of the London Stock Exchange Group

  • Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Jane Roberts

  • John F. W. Rogers, executive vice president of Goldman Sachs

  • James Roscoe, deputy head of mission, British Embassy

  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Jeanette Rubio

  • Christopher Ruddy, chief executive of Newsmax Media

  • Theo Rycroft, deputy private secretary to the king

  • Dan Scavino, White House deputy chief of staff, and Erin Scavino

  • Steve Schwarzman, chief executive of the Blackstone Group, and Christine Schwarzman

  • Suzanne Scott, chief executive of Fox News Media

  • Brian Sikes, chief executive of Cargill

  • Warren Stephens, U.S. ambassador to Britain, and Harriet Stephens

  • Justice Clarence Thomas and Virginia Thomas

  • Lt. Col. Jonny Thompson, senior equerry to the king

  • Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and the majority leader, and Kimberley Thune

  • Eric Trump and Lara Trump

  • Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner

  • Tiffany Trump and Michael Boulos

  • Christian Turner, British ambassador to the United States, and Claire Turner

  • Vice President JD Vance and Usha Vance, the second lady

  • C.S. Venkatakrishnan, chief executive of Barclays

  • Jesse Watters, Fox News host, and Emma Watters

  • Steve Witkoff, special envoy to the Middle East, and Lauren Olaya

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    Trump’s Plaques on the Presidential ‘Walk of Fame,’ Fact-Checked and Annotated by Historians

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    Trump’s Plaques on the Presidential ‘Walk of Fame,’ Fact-Checked and Annotated by Historians

    In a well-trafficked walkway linking the West Wing to the White House residence, President Trump has recast history with gold-lettered plaques that summarize each of the 47 U.S. presidencies.

    They are peppered with falsehoods, misrepresentations, insults, praise, self-promotion and erratic capitalizations.

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    Attendees at a Rose Garden dinner mingled near the plaques in May. Doug Mills/The New York Times

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    The Times photographed each plaque and asked eight historians who have studied and written about both Democratic and Republican presidents to examine and annotate the exhibit, which spans 5,400 words.

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    • Nicole Anslover

      Florida Atlantic University

    • Portrait of Douglas Brinkley

      Douglas Brinkley

      Rice University

    • Portrait of David Greenberg

      David Greenberg

      Rutgers University

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    • Portrait of Timothy Naftali

      Timothy Naftali

      Columbia University

    • Portrait of Larry Sabato

      Larry Sabato

      University of Virginia

    • Portrait of Daryl Scott

      Daryl Scott

      Morgan State University

    • Portrait of Marc Selverstone

      Marc Selverstone

      University of Virginia

    • Portrait of Sean Wilentz

      Sean Wilentz

      Princeton University

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    The historians noted that the plaques are not a dispassionate museum display. Rather, they said, they are a skewed narrative of history by Mr. Trump, with him as the protagonist. The plaques are written in Mr. Trump’s signature hyperbolic style, as seen in his social media posts.

    Asked about the plaques, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, ​said, “As a student of history, many were written directly by the president himself.” The Times shared the historians’ observations with the White House, which declined to comment on the specific points in the annotations. It also declined to provide details on the sources Mr. Trump and others used to write the plaques.

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    Mr. Trump showed the plaques to New York Times reporters in January. Doug Mills/The New York Times

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    The commentary surrounding more recent presidents — like Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Barack Obama — adopts a sharper and more partisan tone. While entries for earlier presidents are less combative, they recast history in a way that favors Mr. Trump’s priorities and the unprecedented actions of his administration. The exhibit “is not so much bad history as it is anti-historical,” said Sean Wilentz, an American history professor at Princeton University.

    Tariffs are mentioned 18 times. Major scandals are left out (Teapot Dome), or not explained (Watergate). The Monroe Doctrine — which Mr. Trump has misinterpreted, historians say, and used to justify U.S. interventions in the Western Hemisphere — is repeatedly lauded.

    The White House ballroom project — which is still under construction and caught in a legal battle — is described as already built. Mr. Trump himself appears in the capsules of six predecessors. And the description of the first year of his second term takes up more space than the summaries for the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt combined.

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    Below is the full, unedited text of the plaques, along with a selection of historians’ comments that has been edited for clarity. While the annotations offer insight across the plaques, they are not meant to be comprehensive. Unannotated copy may also include falsehoods or misrepresentations.

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    Explore the plaques, with  annotations from historians

    To choose a presidency, click on a numbered box or search by name. To see a historian’s annotation, click on a highlighted phrase.

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    House Dem lashes out at GOP efforts to probe foreign donations with stunning claim on motive

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    House Dem lashes out at GOP efforts to probe foreign donations with stunning claim on motive

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    Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., lashed out at Republican efforts to investigate a Democratic fundraising apparatus on Wednesday afternoon, characterizing the ongoing fraud probe as the most recent instance of GOP retribution against Black women in power.

    “Over and over again, Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has harassed Black women with bogus lawsuits,” Sewell said on Wednesday morning.

    Sewell’s criticisms come as as Republican lawmakers probe ActBlue, a Democratic fundraising and campaign organization, and its CEO and president, Regina Wallace-Jones, for potentially accepting illegal donations.

    In particular, House Republicans are demanding that ActBlue turn over international communications, probing whether the organization knowingly misled lawmakers and dodged subpoenas to hide weaknesses in its screening process to weed out illegal, overseas donations.

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    DEM FUNDRAISING GIANT IN THE HOT SEAT AS GOP LAWMAKERS DEMAND ANSWERS OVER DODGED SUBPOENA

    Ranking Member Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala. speaks during a House Administration Subcommittee on Elections hearing on Capitol Hill on May 20, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

    The review by lawmakers coincides with an April request from President Donald Trump to investigate the group.

    “There is evidence to suggest that foreign nationals are seeking to misuse online fundraising platforms to improperly influence American elections,” the White House said in a press release.

    Wallace-Jones has called the investigation baseless, maintaining that ActBlue applies high scrutiny for its donations processing.

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    JASMINE CROCKETT CLAIMS TRUMP IS ‘TERRIFIED OF SMART, BOLD BLACK WOMEN’ AFTER PRESIDENT’S ‘LOW IQ’ JAB

    Regina Wallace-Jones of Palo Alto soaks up the first evening of the DNC Convention at the United Center in Chicago, IL on Monday, August 19, 2024. (Photo by Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

    “Our approach is multilayered, with checks and confirmations occurring throughout the donation process to verify donors and donor information,” she told Fox News Digital in a statement earlier this year.

    Among other safeguards, Wallace-Jones said the organization requires Card Verification Values (CVVs) for credit card donations, uses IP addresses, a kind of digital footprint, to identify foreign-sourced contributions, applies an industry-standard Address Verification System (AVS) and manually reviews donations.

    To Sewell, the investigation into ActBlue and Wallace-Jones is tainted by other investigations into black women who have crossed Trump in the past.

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    “This investigation is just one more example of Republicans and President Trump using power of his office to harass and intimidate anyone willing to challenge him. The Trump Department of Justice has used its power to intimidate and victimize communities of color, especially Black Americans,” Sewell said.

    ACTBLUE CHIEF HEADS TO CAPITOL HILL HOT SEAT AS DONOR FRAUD PROBE INTENSIFIES

    A banner featuring an image of President Donald Trump is displayed on the facade of the U.S. Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 20, 2026. (Drew Angerer/AFP/Getty Image)

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    “We should not forget the harassment of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook, the harassment of the New York Attorney General, Tish James and the harassment of our colleague Congresswoman LaMonica McIver,” Sewell said, listing off a number of similar cases.

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    “It is not surprising that this Republican-led committee is now attacking ActBlue and its CEO, Ms. Wallace-Jones,” Sewell said.

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    Democrat Fiona Ma, Republican Gloria Romero to face off in race for lieutenant governor

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    Democrat Fiona Ma, Republican Gloria Romero to face off in race for lieutenant governor

    State Treasurer Fiona Ma and former California Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero have been declared the two winners of a crowded primary election for lieutenant governor, securing themselves spots on the November ballot.

    Ma is a Democrat. Romero is a former Democrat who said she registered as a Republican after splitting with Democrats over the push to oust President Biden as the party’s presidential nominee in 2024.

    Both were declared as the top-two winners by the Associated Press. Under California’s primary system, the first and second place finisher advances to the November general election, regardless of their political affiliation.

    Ma is a certified public accountant serving as state treasurer. She previously sat on the California Board of Equalization and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. She also served three terms in the California Assembly.

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    Romero is an adjunct professor at Pepperdine School of Public Policy. She served as a Democrat in the Assembly and state Senate, becoming the Senate’s first woman majority leader in 2005.

    Other notable candidates included former Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs and Josh Fryday, a member of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s cabinet. Both are Democrats.

    The position is largely ceremonial. The lieutenant governor serves on various boards that oversee the University of California, California State University and community college systems, and can be called upon to break a tie in the state Senate. If the sitting governor dies, resigns or is removed from office, the lieutenant governor would assume the role.

    Ma and Romero have offered some similar viewpoints. Both candidates previously expressed support for the death penalty and opposition to the state’s plan to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.

    Neither candidate supports the controversial Billionaire’s Tax Act. Romero, however, has further vowed to shun all potential tax increases.

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    Ma and Romero will now face off in November. The winner will replace Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, who is finishing her second term and could not seek reelection. Kounalakis instead ran for state treasurer.

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