Former Navy SEAL and current Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke delivers brief remarks at the Capitol Building in Utah.
Prior to President Trump signing a national monument proclamation, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told a packed-house crowd the Antiquities Act, an obscure law that Barack Obama used to broaden federal monuments in Utah, ‘was never meant to prevent. It was meant to protect.’ “Our public land is for the public to use,” Zinke said.

[Via Daily Mail] … The Bears Ears and the Grand-Staircase Escalante national monuments span millions of acres in Utah and are among 27 national monuments that Trump ordered his Interior Secretary to review earlier this year.
The result, he said, is that ‘public lands will once again be for public use.’
As Trump signed a proclamation rolling back the Obama- and Clinton-era national monument designations, his audience briefly broke into a chant of ‘Four more years!’ (read more)

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Prior to boarding Marine-One en route to Utah for a speech on national monuments, President Trump spoke briefly to the Press Corps on the South lawn of the White House. [Transcript Below]:

[Transcript] THE PRESIDENT: We’re going to Utah. We’re going to be doing something that the state of Utah and others have wanted to be done for many, many years. It will be one of the great, really, events in this country in a long time. So important for states’ rights and so important for the people of Utah. And I know a lot of you are coming out with me. We’ll have plenty of time to talk.
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President Trump has travelled to Utah today for several appearances.  After meeting with faith-based LDS leadership President Trump travels to the Utah State Capitol to deliver a speech on national monuments and returning land to state control.  The anticipated start time is 12:20pm local / 2:20pm Eastern
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Earlier this morning, while departing the White House for a fundraiser in New York, President Trump delivered remarks on last night’s historic senate tax vote.  Additionally, the President answered a question about Michael Flynn’s plea deal:

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WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT: President Donald J. Trump applauds the Senate for passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The Senators who voted for these historic tax cuts did a great service to their constituents as they supported putting America first, growing the economy, and rebuilding our great country.
The policies in this bill will cut taxes for hardworking families and put our economy on a path of sustainable economic prosperity and job creation. We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reclaim Americas great destiny. The Administration looks forward to working with Congress to fulfill the promise we made to deliver historic tax cuts for the American people by the end of the year. (link)
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White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivers the press briefing for Thursday November 30th.  Anticipated Start time 3:00pm EST
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President Donald J. Trump will give a speech in St. Charles, MO on tax reform. The event will take place at the St. Charles Convention Center.  Anticipated start time 3:00-3:30pm
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At the last minute the White House cancelled the daily briefing by Sarah Sanders.  Against the backdrop of a North Korean ICBM missile launch, and with key legislative initiatives at the forefront, President Trump delivered remarks directly to the media from the Roosevelt room.
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders delivers the White House press briefing for Monday November 27th.  The anticipated start time is 3:00pm EST.
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This is a pecan pie.  This is Mrs. Sarah Huckabee Sanders pecan pie. There is no other pecan pie quite like it.  But it is only a pecan pie.

What follows next is a peanut brain. This is Mrs. April Ryan’s peanut brain.  There is no other peanut brain quite like it.  But it is only a narrative engineer’s peanut brain:
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President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump depart White House en route to West Palm Beach, Florida and their Mar-a-Lago resort residence where the first family will gather for Thanksgiving.
President Trump delivers remarks to the press pool and answers some questions:

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