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• December 3, 2025 – The Trump administration pauses most immigration applications, including green cards and naturalizations, from people in 19 countries previously targeted by travel restrictions, as part of sweeping immigration policy changes.
• December 3, 2025 – The Department of Homeland Security begins an immigration enforcement operation in New Orleans, expanding recent federal crackdowns that officials say are aimed at immigrants with serious criminal records but which critics warn will affect many families without criminal histories.
• December 2, 2025 – The President issues an America 250 presidential message marking the 202nd anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine, highlighting U.S. foreign policy traditions in the Western Hemisphere.
• November 12, 2025 – A 43-day federal government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history, ends after Congress passes and the President signs an appropriations bill, sending roughly 900,000 furloughed federal workers back to work.

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• The U.S. has 50 states and several inhabited territories, including Puerto Rico and Guam.
• Alaska is the largest state by land area; Rhode Island is the smallest.
• Yellowstone National Park (est. 1872) is widely considered the first national park in the world.
• Three presidents — John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe — died on July 4.