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Late Night” host Seth Meyers pointed to one thing as proof the Trump White House really can’t stand Elon Musk. Referencing a new report, Meyers said Musk had asked the Trump administration for an extension on his role as a special government employee,
President Donald Trump ordered Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate whether former President Joe Biden's administration sought to conspire to cover up his mental state while in office, prompting a response from Biden.
Germany’s new chancellor has a mission when he meets President Trump: keeping him invested in the fate of Europe. Friedrich Merz is the latest leader from the continent to travel to the White House in recent weeks,
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President Donald Trump approved millions of dollars in assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for Virginia, which was reeling from devastating winter storms and flooding. Gov. Glenn Youngkin,
Billionaire investor Jared Isaacman has suggested his sudden removal from the nomination process to be President Donald Trump 's new NASA administrator could have been a way to punish Elon Musk.
The posts kicked off a kerfuffle within the Republican ranks: Members like Kentucky’s Sen. Rand Paul and Rep. Thomas Massie publicly backed Musk, while GOP leadership quickly went on the defensive, with House Speaker Mike Johnson saying Musk is “terribly wrong” about the bill. Trump has largely, and suspiciously, stayed out of it.
In April, administration officials vowed to sign trade deals with as many as 90 countries in 90 days. The ambitious target came after Mr. Trump announced, and then rolled back a portion of, steep tariffs that in some cases meant import taxes cost more than the wholesale price of a good itself.
Trump's influence in the golf world was also prominent during Public Investment Fund, the main investor in LIV Golf, merger discussions. In February, he hosted a White House meeting with PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan and PIF Governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan, aiming to push the stalled deal forward.
Backers of a planned Smithsonian museum honoring American Latinos are concerned the president's budget proposes to end money for the project.
The White House has tapped a career special forces operative with experience in counterterrorism operations to oversee Latin America policy at the National Security Council, two U.S. officials said.
So unfortunately, this is an institution in our country that has become partisan and political.” We have a high bar when it comes to fact-checking White House press secretaries. They are supposed to spin,