Melania Trump grew up attending Formula 1 races with her father in Europe. On Thursday, America’s first lady merged that longtime personal interest in cars and racing with a new one: foster youth. She teamed up with IndyCar and Fox Corporation to launch $2 million in new scholarships for young adults transitioning out of foster care, unveiled at a White House Rose Garden announcement alongside President Donald Trump ahead of this weekend’s Grand Prix in Washington, DC. The event marked a rare public appearance for Melania Trump, who has kept a much lower profile during her husband’s second term and hadn’t been seen in public since the FIFA World Cup on July 19. But it was also a reflection of how she’s charting her own course as first lady — eschewing some of the more traditional, public roles of the job while engaging behind the scenes in substantive policy work — specifically on her foster care initiative, “Fostering the Future.” In recent weeks, for example, Trump skipped events where any of her predecessors’ absence might have been noticed: the funeral of the president’s close friend, Sen. Lindsey Graham, the rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinne
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President Donald Trump and Melania Trump arrive at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C. Trump greets racing officials and drivers on the 1.7-mile street circuit surrounding the National Mall. The high-profile visit comes as the…
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President Donald Trump and Melania Trump arrive at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C. Trump greets racing officials and drivers on the 1.7-mile street circuit surrounding the National Mall. The high-profile…
Read original at Fox News →The Trump administration celebrated the arrival of an alleged MS-13 mastermind on American soil in March 2025. But it was Moises Rivera-Luna — a man whom the Justice Department says ordered murders in the US from inside…
Read original at CNN →An INDYCAR driver demonstrates a pit stop on Executive Avenue in Washington in a preview of the America 250 Grand Prix on July 13, 2026. A roaring display of American muscle will be unleashed in the streets of…
Read original at Fox News →Spectators began pouring into the center of Washington, DC, on Saturday to catch the first day of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, a two-day street racing event whose revving engines will echo amid the nearby US Capitol and…
Read original at CNN →Melania Trump grew up attending Formula 1 races with her father in Europe. On Thursday, America’s first lady merged that longtime personal interest in cars and racing with a new one: foster youth. She teamed up with…
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President Donald Trump and Melania Trump arrive at the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington, D.C. Trump greets racing officials and drivers on the 1.7-mile street
View source →The Trump administration celebrated the arrival of an alleged MS-13 mastermind on American soil in March 2025. But it was Moises Rivera-Luna — a man whom the Justice Department says ordered murders in the US from inside a Salvadoran jail…
View source →An INDYCAR driver demonstrates a pit stop on Executive Avenue in Washington in a preview of the America 250 Grand Prix on July 13, 2026. A roaring display of Amer
View source →Spectators began pouring into the center of Washington, DC, on Saturday to catch the first day of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, a two-day street racing event whose revving engines will echo amid the nearby US Capitol and the city’s…
View source →Melania Trump grew up attending Formula 1 races with her father in Europe. On Thursday, America’s first lady merged that longtime personal interest in cars and racing with a new one: foster youth. She teamed up with IndyCar and Fox…
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