WASHINGTON – The East Wing of the White House was completely demolished Thursday, a White House official said, as work progresses to build President Donald Trump’s new ballroom. The project is a significant expansion of what Trump said over the summer. “It will not interfere with the current building,” Trump said on July 31. “It…
By Rozanna Latiff and David Lawder KUALA LUMPUR/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top U.S. and Chinese economic officials will arrive in Kuala Lumpur on Friday for talks aimed at avoiding an escalation of the trade war and keeping next week’s meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on track. US Treasury Secretary Scott…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — President Donald Trump was preparing for a show of federal force in San Francisco, a city he has criticized as everything is wrong with the liberal government. Then conversations with some of the Bay Area’s most prominent tech leaders and the mayor changed his mind. “I got a great call from…
By Gram Slattery and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a wealthy private donor has provided $130 million to the U.S. government to cover potential shortfalls in military salaries caused by the current government shutdown. At an event at the White House, Trump praised the wealthy donor as…
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The United States and the European Union are hitting Russia with another round of sanctions, aimed at reducing oil and gas export revenues that finance Moscow’s war against Ukraine. More than three and a half years after the war, the effort remains a game of cat and mouse, with Russia finding…
By Jeff Mason, Tom Polansek and Leah Douglas WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is quadrupling the tariff quota on Argentine beef to 80,000 metric tons in a bid to drive down prices, a White House official said on Thursday. The move allows Argentina to send more meat to the United States at…
The US military has attacked and destroyed two ships on the Pacific side of South America for the first time, as part of its continuing and controversial fight against what it says are drug trafficking activities. The attacks – on Tuesday night and then early Wednesday – killed five people, according to US Defense Secretary…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is demolishing the entire East Wing of the White House, a dramatic reversal from his previous promise to leave the historic building alone as he presses ahead with installing a massive new ballroom. The east wing, which was built in 1902 and expanded in 1942, is expected to be completely…
At a news conference Tuesday, President Donald Trump made comments about Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid that alarmed many Americans. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Trump said a Democrat gave this answer about the government funding bill: “It means death.” He continued: “There’s nothing about death. Theirs is death because they’re going to lose Medicaid, they’re going…
MSNBC host Jen Psaki has listed all the ways JD Vance is “scarier” than Donald Trump. Psaki, who was White House press secretary under President Joe Biden, criticized Vance on the hit podcast I’ve Had It, during a Tuesday episode titled “The Devil Wears MAGA.” The Briefing With Jen Psaki host said Vance “wants to…
