WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump ordered a decoy Air Force One shot down Thursday after intelligence officials confirmed that the aircraft contained the White House press corps and, more importantly, did not contain him.

By Thurston P. Bootstrap IV, Senior Pizza Party Correspondent

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump is reportedly devastated after a federal appeals court blocked construction of his new White House ballroom, temporarily destroying his dream of hosting really awesome pizza parties.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — The U.S. State Department unveiled a dramatically redesigned map of Africa this week after determining that the continent’s existing geography was “outdated, overly complicated, and unnecessarily dependent on facts.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Food and Drug Administration raised the national diarrhea threat level to Brown Tuesday following a multistate outbreak of Cyclospora, a microscopic parasite known for causing prolonged gastrointestinal distress and abruptly reorganizing a person’s afternoon.

BOSTON, MA — Federal officials confirmed Thursday that a massive cloud of Canadian wildfire smoke entered the United States without a passport, visa, work permit, customs declaration, or even the basic courtesy of stopping at a designated border checkpoint.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an effort to curb weeks of increasingly bizarre online speculation, Senate leadership issued a statement Tuesday clarifying that, in the event a sitting senator were to return as a zombie, they would remain eligible to vote unless otherwise prohibited by the Constitution.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States has officially renewed its premium war subscription with Iran after allowing a complimentary ceasefire trial to expire, White House officials confirmed Thursday.

CHICAGO — Following the United States men’s national team’s devastating 4–1 elimination at the hands of Belgium, U.S. Soccer officials announced Tuesday that the program would be taking a hard look in the mirror and making one major tactical adjustment going forward: significantly more presidential interference and substantially less defending.

NEW YORK, NY — In what European officials are calling “a dark day for the beautiful game” and American officials are calling “finally understanding the sport,” the United States has reportedly mastered soccer just in time to begin influencing the rules, the referees, and the disciplinary process.