By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new White House rule issued on Friday restricts the ability of accredited journalists to freely access the offices of Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt and other senior communications officials in the West Wing, near the Oval Office. The new National Security Council memo prohibits journalists from accessing Room 140,…
The White House has fired all six members of the Commission on Fine Arts, an independent federal agency tasked with advising the president, Congress and the city of Washington, D.C., on “matters of design and aesthetics,” according to a source familiar with the matter. The firings came via email from an adviser to the Office…
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he “felt it was time” to hit Russia with tougher sanctions, a major escalation amid his latest attempt to pressure Vladimir Putin to end his war against Ukraine. “Today is a very important day in terms of what we’re doing. They are tremendous sanctions. They are very big,” Trump…
In case you were wondering, Andrea Bocelli sometimes misses a note. The Italian tenor was singing a version of his song “Time to Say Goodbye,” which was originally the Italian song “Con Te Partirò,” in front of President Donald Trump, in the Oval Office of the White House, no less, when his voice didn’t come…
Donald Trump slumped in his chair mid-press Thursday after complaining about having to stand for too long at his Oval Office events. The 79-year-old president spoke from a podium to announce efforts to expand access to IVF during a White House news conference with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and others. During his remarks,…
By Richard Cowan, David Morgan, Nolan D. McCashill and Andy Sullivan The president of Washington (Reuters) -s, Donald Trump, warned the Democrats of Congress on Tuesday that allowing the federal government to close at midnight would allow its administration to take “irreversible” actions, including important closing programs for them. “We can do things during the…
