62,000 Illegally Smuggled Children Rescued; Trump Hosts Kennedy Center Honors Awards Ceremony: Homan

White House border czar Tom Homan says the Trump administration has thus far located 62,000 children who were illegally smuggled into the United States. Homan alleges that the Biden administration lost track of 300,000 minors. He says those children were smuggled into the country during the previous administration, and says the Trump administration has been actively searching for them.

President Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to host the Kennedy Center Honors, celebrating artists including Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, and KISS. At the event, officials praised the arts as a unifying force, while Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell highlighted new fiscal discipline. Trump also weighed in on the Netflix–Warner Bros. merger, calling it a major market shift.

Lawmakers are gearing up to vote on the 2026 defense policy. This year’s bill codifies 15 of Trump’s war-department-related executive orders, including stripping the Pentagon of DEI, CRT, and climate initiatives. Enlisted service members will also get a 4 percent pay raise, and the bill codifies Trump’s deployment of troops to the border to combat illegal immigration and drugs.