Melania Trump says it's “incredible” to see the gown she wore to the 2025 inaugural balls on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. On Friday, she continued the tradition of first ladies donating their inaugural ball gowns to the museum by handing over the strapless white and black-trimmed gown. She also donated the bejeweled black neckpiece that she wore with it. It's the second inaugural gown she has turned over to the museum's First Ladies Collection. Melania Trump also donated her 2017 gown.

All truckers and pass drivers will have to take their commercial driver’s license tests in English as the Trump administration expands its aggressive campaign to improve safety in the industry and get unqualified drivers off the road. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the latest effort Friday to ensure that drivers understand English well enough to read road signs and communicate with law enforcement officers. Earlier this week, the Transportation Department said 557 driving schools should close because they failed to meet basic safety standards. And the department has been aggressively going after states that handed out commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants who shouldn’t have qualified for them ever since a fatal crash in August.

House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office has denied a request to have the late Rev. Jesse Jackson lie in honor in the United States Capitol Rotunda due to precedents that such honors are usually only designated for presidents. Johnson's office said it received a request from the family to have Jackson’s remains lie in honor at the Capitol. The Jackson family has announced scheduled dates for memorial services to honor the civil rights icon in Chicago, South Carolina and Washington, DC. No locations or times have yet been outlined for the events in South Carolina and Washington.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge has denied the Trump administration’s request to delay a Friday deadline to restore an exhibit on the hist…