President Trump’s day at the White House was led by an expanded Ratepayer Protection Pledge, which the administration said is designed to prevent artificial intelligence and data-center growth from raising electricity costs for American families and businesses.
In this Next News Network White House Rundown, carried with streaming partner Trump Daily Posts, the day’s schedule centered on a press briefing, an afternoon event at the Environmental Protection Agency and a Rose Garden ceremony honoring the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. According to the daily guidance, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was scheduled to brief reporters late in the morning, followed by the President’s 2:30 p.m. appearance at EPA for the Ratepayer Protection Pledge announcement and a late-afternoon White House event for the Dodgers. The schedule also included an evening Oval Office policy meeting and a separate meeting with the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, along with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
The White House press operation moved through a standard sequence before the public events began. A two-minute warning was issued for the briefing room, and Leavitt stepped to the podium shortly after, speaking for roughly 20 minutes. The White House said she updated reporters on the President’s schedule and took questions on the economy, the Saudi deal, socialism and Darline Graham, while keeping the administration’s focus on policy and results. A routine lunch lid followed before the in-town travel pool was called to gather for the President’s departure to EPA.
The President left the White House by motorcade in the afternoon and arrived at EPA for a roundtable built around the administration’s energy and technology message. The event brought together Energy Secretary Chris Wright, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, governors including Brian Kemp, Jeff Landry, Brad Little and Jim Pillen, as well as local officials, utility executives and Meta executive Dina Powell McCormick. The White House framed the gathering as evidence that domestic energy expansion and U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence can advance together without shifting the cost of new infrastructure onto household and business ratepayers.
During his remarks, the President described artificial intelligence as larger than the internet and said the United States is ahead of China, adding that his administration intends to preserve that position. He also argued that the country must remain competitive in cryptocurrency, praised Zeldin’s performance and recognized governors in attendance who are working on power and infrastructure development. The appearance ended after about 30 minutes, and the motorcade returned to the White House shortly afterward, closing out the central policy event of the day.
Later, the White House turned to a ceremonial event in the Rose Garden as it welcomed the Los Angeles Dodgers after their championship season. The team entered in the late afternoon, with many in attendance wearing Dodgers caps, before the President emerged from the Oval Office and delivered remarks celebrating the club and the broader place of championship baseball in American public life. Attendees listed by the pool included Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Bill Pulte and Michelle Steel.
The President concluded the event after receiving a personalized ring and a Dodgers jersey marked “Trump 47,” then returned to the Oval Office to present the team with a gift. The White House later said that gift was a Trump Challenge coin, and the final lid was called in the early evening.
In a statement released later in the day, the White House detailed the scale of the Ratepayer Protection Pledge expansion, saying more than 200 utilities, data-center developers, cooperatives and states have now signed on. According to the administration, that reach covers 80 percent of the power delivered to American homes and businesses and extends rate protections to 263 million Americans against data-center-related electricity increases. The White House said the pledge is intended to hold large power users responsible for funding the generation and infrastructure they require rather than passing those costs to residential and commercial customers, and it pointed to projected customer savings and rate protections as the policy’s core outcome.
That wider report, along with the day’s additional White House and policy developments, follows in today’s coverage.
