US executive branch text over image of White HouseThis report provides a snapshot of the US Executive Branch priorities via daily schedules and the prior day’s press releases.

POTUS’ Schedule*

*The US President (POTUS) and Vice President’s (VPOTUS) daily schedules are subject to change.

9:45 a.m. EST – THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route to Arlington, VA

9:55 a.m. EST – THE PRESIDENT arrives at RNC Annex | Arlington, VA

10:00 a.m. EST – THE PRESIDENT visits RNC Annex | Arlington, VA

10:50 a.m. EST – THE PRESIDENT departs Arlington, VA, en route to the White House

11:00 a.m. EST – THE PRESIDENT arrives at the White House

VPOTUS’ Schedule*

8:00 a.m. EST – THE VICE PRESIDENT participates in a radio interview with The Jay Weber Show | Washington, D.C.

8:07 a.m. EST – THE VICE PRESIDENT participates in a radio interview with The Morning Rush | Washington, D.C.

8:15 a.m. EST –  THE VICE PRESIDENT participates in a radio interview with The KC O’Dea Program | Washington, D.C.

8:33 a.m. EST – THE VICE PRESIDENT participates in a radio interview with The Steve Gruber Show | Washington, D.C.

1:10 p.m. EST – THE VICE PRESIDENT participates in a TV interview with WFTV | Washington, D.C.

3:00 p.m. EST – THE VICE PRESIDENT participates in a radio interview with Cada Tarde | Washington, D.C.

5:10 p.m. EST – THE VICE PRESIDENT participates in a radio interview with The John Steigerwald Show | Washington, D.C.

5:25 p.m. EST – THE VICE PRESIDENT participates in a radio interview with American Adversaries | Washington, D.C.

7:00 p.m. EST – THE VICE PRESIDENT participates in a radio interview with Radio Mambi | Washington, D.C.


Recap of Monday, November 2, 2020

Note: All bold hyperlinks spotlight COVID-19 and reopening developments.

The White House

  • Executive Order on Establishing the President’s Advisory 1776 Commission
  • Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Is Protecting America’s Founding Ideals by Promoting Patriotic Education
  • Statement: American Dream Plan (re: Hispanic Prosperity)
  • Article: President Trump on China | Putting America First
  • Text of a Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Sudan
  • Text of a Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate (re: Sudan)
  • Presidential Message on National Veterans Small Business Week, 2020
  • Remarks by President Trump After Air Force One Arrival | Charlotte, NC | November 1, 2020
  • Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate (re: American Hostage rescued in Nigeria) | November 1, 2020

Department of Defense (DOD)

Department of State

  • Daily Schedule | Tuesday, November 3
  • November 2: Statement | Arrest of Eight Pan-Democratic Politicians in Hong Kong
  • November 2: Transcript | Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs R. Clarke Cooper On His Recent Travel to Greece, the Republic of Cyprus, and Bulgaria
  • November 2: Statement | Sudan Making Progress
  • November 2: Statement | U.S.-Sudan Signing Ceremony on Bilateral Claims Agreement
  • November 2: Readout | Caribbean – U.S. Security Dialogue Reinforces Regional Collaboration in Maritime Domain, Firearms Tracing, and Cybersecurity
  • November 2: Readout | Under Secretary Hale’s Call with Haitian President Moise
  • November 2: Statement | Widespread Irregularities Observed during the Tanzanian Elections
  • November 2: Statement | On Algerian President Tebboune
  • November 2: Statement | National Day of the Federated States of Micronesia
  • November 2: Statement | U.S. Department of State Conference on Combatting Anti-Semitism Now Available for Public Viewing

US Agency for International Development (USAID)

  • Statement : International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

US Mission to the United Nations (UN)

  • Joint Statement on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
  • Explanation of Position on the Adoption of a UN General Assembly Resolution on the International Criminal Court

Department of the Treasury

  • Press Release: Treasury Announces Marketable Borrowing Estimates

Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

  • Press Release: SEC Division of Enforcement Publishes Annual Report for Fiscal Year
  • Press Release: SEC Harmonizes and Improves “Patchwork” Exempt Offering Framework

Department of Justice

  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) | Daily Press Releases
  • Press Release: Justice Department Again to Monitor Compliance with the Federal Voting Rights Laws on Election Day
  • Speech: Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Claire McCusker Murray Closing Remarks for the 2020 Violence Against Women Tribal Consultation
  • Press Release: Department of Justice Awards More Than $458 Million to Fight Violent Crime
  • Press Release: Russian Cybercriminal Sentenced to Prison for Role in $100 Million Botnet Conspiracy
  • Press Release: Florida Resident Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Falsify Clinical Trial Data
  • Press Release: Louisiana Man Sentenced for Arson of Three African-American Churches
  • Press Release: New Jersey Man Sentenced to Prison for Tax Fraud Conspiracy
  • Press Release: Environment and Natural Resources Division Recognizes Employees for Outstanding Service at Annual Awards Ceremony

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)/Customs and Border Protection (CBP)/U.S. Citizenships & Immigration Services (USCIS)

  • Press Release: Armed Smuggler Arrested by Border Patrol (California)
  • Press Release: Yuma Sector BP Rescues Two Illegal Aliens From Drowning (Arizona)
  • Press Release: Yuma Sector BP works with Mexican officials to identify laser-pointing culprits (Arizona)
  • Press Release: Rio Grande City CBP Officers Seize $860,000 in Methamphetamine at the Starr-Camargo International Bridge (Texas)
  • Press Release: Agents Arrest Female MS-13 Gang Member in the Rio Grande Valley (Texas)
  • Press Release: Baton Rouge Officers Seize Unauthorized Atomizers (Louisiana)
  • Press Release: CBP Memphis Seizes Nearly 200 Shipments Through Operation Mega Flex
  • Press Release: CBP Savannah Officers Seized over 700 Lbs of Narcotics (Georgia)
  • Press Release: CBP Agriculture Specialists Seize African Violets (New York)
  • Press Release: Syracuse CBP Officers Seize Opium Poppy Pods (New York)
  • Press Release: Re-Registration Period Now Open for Aliens with Temporary Protected Status under South Sudan’s Designation

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

  • Press Release: Oregon Residents | Still Time to Apply for FEMA Disaster Assistance

Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR)

  • Press Release: USTR Announces GSP Enforcement Action, Country Successes, and New Eligibility Reviews | October 30, 2020

 US International Trade Commission (USITC)

  • Press Release: USITC Institutes Section 337 Investigation of Certain Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems, Robots, and Components Thereof

US Export-Import Bank (EXIM)

  • Statement from EXIM Chairman Kimberly Reed on Just-Released White House Book of Trump Administration Speeches on the People’s Republic of China

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

  • Press Release: Secretary Perdue Statement on DOL’s H2A Wage Rule
  • Press Release: USDA Announces First Set of Great American Outdoors Act Projects
  • Press Release: ICYMI | President Trump is Fighting for our farmers, ranchers and rural America
  • Press Release: Trump Administration Invests $1.5 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Virginia

Department of Energy

  • Press Release: Department of Energy to Provide $32 Million to Develop Advanced Chemical Sciences Software

Department of Labor

  • Press Release: American Workers Come First, Trump Administration Launches ‘Engaging as One Workforce for America’ Initiative
  • Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Rule to Update Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology to Protect American Workers and Help American Farmers
  • Press Release: U.S. Department of Labor Revises Memorandum of Understanding On Coordination of Civil Rights Enforcement
  • Press Release: ICYMI | U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers and Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic

US Government (USG) COVID-19 Webpages

Non-USG COVID Webpages

Johns Hopkins University & Medicine

Synopsis of President Trump’s Tweets

  • November 3 [Pinned]: VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!
  • November 3: “Thank you Matt!”  Retweet:  Matt Schlapp @mschlapp · 9h ·
    • We have run the race
    • We have fought the good fight
    • I’m honored to have campaigned up to election day with @TeamTrumpOnTour ending in PA. We will meet with volunteers tomorrow before we head home.
    • Pray for the USA and for extention of freedom in America. 🙏🗽🇺🇸✅
    • #MAGA

  • November 3: “Thank you Paris. Keep up the GREAT work!”  Retweet:  PARIS @PARISDENNARD · Oct 12 · We safely voted early for Pres. @realDonaldTrump & @Mike_Pence in Va!
  • November 3: “To all of our supporters: thank you from the bottom of my heart. You have been there from the beginning, and I will never let you down. Your hopes are my hopes, your dreams are my dreams, and your future is what I am fighting for every single day! http://Vote.DonaldJTrump.com

  • November 3: “Thank you Brad!”  Retweet:  Bradley Blakeman @BlakemanB · 18h · Rhetoric v. results: A closing argument for Trump’s reelection https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/523938-rhetoric-v-results-a-closing-argument-for-trumps-reelection
  • November 2: “THANK YOU MICHIGAN!”
  • November 2: “Our prayers are with the people of Vienna after yet another vile act of terrorism in Europe. These evil attacks against innocent people must stop. The U.S. stands with Austria, France, and all of Europe in the fight against terrorists, including radical Islamic terrorists.”
  • November 2: “Heading to GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN after a great evening in KENOSHA, WISCONSIN! Get out and VOTE tomorrow, let’s MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
  • November 2: “A vote for Sleepy Joe Biden is a vote to give control of government over to Globalists, Communists, Socialists, and Wealthy Liberal Hypocrites who want to silence, censor, cancel, and punish you. Get out and VOTE #MAGA tomorrow!”

  • November 2: “Biden has vowed to ABOLISH the American oil and natural gas industries, and BAN fracking. As long as I am President, we will remain the number one producer of oil and natural gas on earth – and we will remain Energy Independent! http://Vote.DonaldJTrump.com

  • November 2: “A vote for me and the Republican Party is a vote for the American Dream! Over the next four years, we will make America into the Manufacturing Superpower of the World, and we will end our reliance on China once and for all. http://Vote.DonaldJTrump.com

  • November 2: “I am asking you to go VOTE for your favorite president, we still have work to do! Let’s WIN, WIN, WIN!”
  • November 2: “THANK YOU WISCONSIN!”
  • November 2 [Censored]: “The Supreme Court decision on voting in Pennsylvania is a VERY dangerous one. It will allow rampant and unchecked cheating and will undermine our entire systems of laws. It will also induce violence in the streets. Something must be done!”
  • November 2: DonaldJTrump.com

  • November 2: “THANK YOU MICHIGAN! Tomorrow, you have the power, with your vote, to save AMERICA! So get your friends, get your family, get your neighbors and co-workers, and GET OUT AND VOTE! Together, WE will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
  • November 2: “Over the next 4 years, we will teach our children to love our Country, honor our history, and always respect our great American Flag—and with God’s help, we will defend the right to life, religious liberty, and the right to KEEP AND BEAR ARMS!”
  • November 2: “For 47 years, Joe Biden viciously attacked Black Americans. He called young black men “super predators.” To every black American: I am asking for your vote. This is your one and only chance to show Sleepy Joe what you think of his decision to attack you, jail you, and betray you!”
  • November 2: “Joe Biden would increase refugees from terrorist nations by 700%. His plan would overwhelm your communities and turn Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and the entire Midwest into a refugee camp. I am protecting your families and keeping Radical Islamic Terrorists OUT of our Country!”
  • November 2: “A vote for Joe Biden is a vote to extinguish and eradicate your state’s auto industry. Biden is a corrupt politician who SOLD OUT Michigan to CHINA. Biden is the living embodiment of the decrepit and depraved political class that got rich bleeding America Dry!”
  • November 2: “I just signed an executive order to teach our students PRO-AMERICAN Values!”
  • November 2: “Sleepy Joe Biden has vowed to ABOLISH the American oil and natural gas industries, and BAN fracking. Biden’s energy ban will send every state into crushing poverty, from Michigan, to Wisconsin to Arizona to Pennsylvania.”

  • November 2: “Just landed in Traverse City, Michigan. Big crowd!”
  • November 2: “¡Mi #AmericanDreamPlan es una promesa para los hispanoamericanos de impulsar una economía próspera, proveer oportunidades de educación para todos, preservar la libertad y apoyar la fe, la familia y la comunidad! http://45.wh.gov/f4NrGY
  • November 2: “My #AmericanDreamPlan is a promise to Hispanic Americans to fuel a thriving economy, provide education opportunity for all, preserve freedom, and support faith, family, and community! http://45.wh.gov/gQuj8D
  • November 2: “As Christians throughout this great Country celebrate All Souls Day, let’s remember those who went before us and built this great nation. May their legacy inspire us as we keep our nation what it has always been: blessed and great!”
  • November 2: “For years you had a President who apologized for America – now you have a President who is standing up for America, and standing up for PENNSYLVANIA. Tomorrow, you have the power, with your vote, to save AMERICA! GET OUT AND VOTE!! #MAGA”
  • November 2: “With your VOTE, we will continue to cut your taxes and regs, support our police, support our military, protect your 2A, defend religious liberty & ensure more products are proudly stamped MADE IN THE USA! Next year will be the greatest economic year in the history of our Country!”

  • November 2: “Joe Biden is promising to delay the vaccine and turn America into a prison state—locking you in your home while letting far-left rioters roam free. The Biden Lockdown will mean no school, no graduations, no weddings, no Thanksgiving, no Christmas, no Fourth of July, and…”
  • November 2: “…no future for America’s youth. A vote for Biden is a vote for Lockdowns, Layoffs and Misery. Get out and VOTE tomorrow!”

 

  • November 2: “If I don’t sound like a typical Washington politician, it’s because I’m NOT a politician. If I don’t always play by the rules of the Washington Establishment, it’s because I was elected to fight for YOU, harder than anyone ever has before! http://Vote.DonaldJTrump.com

  • November 2: “Yesterday, I was thrilled to be endorsed by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the first time the paper has endorsed a Republican for president in half a century. Thank you! #MAGA”
  • November 2: “Joe Biden is a globalist who spent 47 years outsourcing your jobs, opening your borders, and sacrificing American blood and treasure in endless foreign wars. He shuttered your steel mills, annihilated your coal jobs, and supported every disastrous trade deal for half a century…”
  • November 2: “…He was a cheerleader for NAFTA and China’s entry into the WTO. Pennsylvania lost half of its manufacturing jobs after those Biden Calamities. Joe Biden is a corrupt politician who SOLD OUT Pennsylvania to CHINA!”
  • November 2: “Joe Biden’s plan to BAN FRACKING is an Economic DEATH SENTENCE for Pennsylvania. A vote for Biden is a vote to Ban Fracking, Outlaw Mining, explode energy costs, and totally DESTROY Pennsylvania. Get out tomorrow and VOTE #TrumpPence2020!”
  • November 2: “THANK YOU PENNSYLVANIA!”
  • November 2: “I gave Maine everything that Obama/Biden took away from it. 5000 square miles, Lobster, Fishing, ended tariffs from China and E.U. and much more. Vote Trump Maine!”
  • November 2: “Landing in Scranton, Pennsylvania!”
  • November 2: “Just signed an order to establish the 1776 Commission. We will stop the radical indoctrination of our students, and restore PATRIOTIC EDUCATION to our schools!”
  • November 2: “Joe Biden is bought and paid for by Big Tech, Big Media, Big Donors, and powerful special interests. They are desperate for him to win because they own him, they control him, and they know he will always do their bidding! http://Vote.DonaldJTrump.com

  • November 2: “The Depraved Swamp have been trying to stop me – because they know I don’t answer to THEM – I answer only to YOU. Together, we will defeat the corrupt establishment, we will DETHRONE the failed political class, we will drain the Washington Swamp & we will SAVE THE AMERICAN DREAM!”
  • November 2: “Biden will RAISE YOUR TAXES (Biggest increase ever!).”
  • November 2: “Biden NEVER named his list of Supreme Court Justices. Never even said whether or not he was going to Pack the Court. So how do you vote for this guy?”
  • November 2: “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” http://Vote.DonaldJTrump.com
  • November 2: “We have more Cases because we have more Testing!”
  • November 2: “Biden can never negotiate with China. They would own the U.S. if he were ever President!”
  • November 2: “Every corrupt force in American life that betrayed you and hurt your are supporting Joe Biden: The failed establishment that started the disastrous foreign wars; The career politicians that offshored your industries & decimated your factories; The open borders lobbyists…”
  • November 2: “…that killed our fellow citizens with illegal drugs, gangs & crime; The far-left Democrats that ruined our public schools, depleted our inner cities, defunded our police, & demeaned your sacred faith & values; The Anti-American radicals defaming…”
  • November 2: “…our noble history, heritage & heroes; and ANTIFA, the rioters, looters, Marxists, & left-wing extremists. THEY ALL SUPPORT JOE BIDEN!”
  • November 2: “I PREPAID Millions of Dollars in FEDERAL INCOME TAXES!”
  • November 2: “‘No President in history has done more for OHIO than President Trump.’”
  • November 2: “Biden was a pathetic laughing stock all over Washington for the horrible way he handled the H1N1 Swine Flu. Even his own Chief of Staff said he didn’t know what he was doing!”
  • November 2: “Texas, Pennsylvania: Biden is against Second Amendment and Fracking. Please remember!”
  • November 2: “Landing in North Carolina. See you soon!”

  • November 2: “West Virginia, Get Out and Vote for Patrick Morrisey for Attorney General! He has my Complete and Total Endorsement!”  Retweet:  Patrick Morrisey @MorriseyWV · 10h · Was excited to get out the vote for @realDonaldTrump this weekend and talk about how the President’s policies are helping West Virginia.  Great pro-energy rules, rule of law judges, lower taxes and much more.  WV is winning under Trump! Proud to be a strong legal ally of Trump!
  • November 2: “This story is FALSE. They did nothing wrong. But the ANTIFA Anarchists, Rioters and Looters, who have caused so much harm and destruction in Democrat run cities, are being seriously looked at!”  Retweet:  Ana Cabrera @AnaCabrera · Nov 1 · JUST IN: The FBI is investigating an incident in Texas on Friday involving the alleged harassment of a Biden-Harris campaign bus by motorists displaying Trump 2020 flags, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation tells CNN. @joshscampbell reports
  • November 2: “Good Morning! Let’s #MAGA!”  http://Vote.DonaldJTrump.com
  • November 2: “As long as I’m in office, NEBRASKA, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, and OHIO will bounce back Bigger and Better than ever before! Early Vote polls close today in these Great States and we need YOU to get out and VOTE! Together, we’ll MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!”