President Donald Trump says executive orders targeting law firms are being issued in the name of national security, with the White House asserting that the firms don’t deserve access to sensitive U.S. government information.

An influential travel forecasting company says anger over the Trump administration’s tariffs and rhetoric will likely cause international travel to the U.S. to fall even further than expected this year.

President Donald Trump says his tariff announcements slated for Wednesday will amount to a “Liberation Day” for the United States.

As the trade wars launched by U.S. President Donald Trump continue to escalate, all eyes are on Wednesday.

The recent firings of career Justice Department lawyers by the White House is a sign of President Donald Trump’s tightening grip over the law enforcement agency known for its long tradition of political independence.

President Donald Trump has pardoned a Virginia man whose sentence already was commuted for his convictions stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

President Donald Trump says Wednesday will be “Liberation Day” — when he plans to roll out a set of tariffs he promises will free the United States from foreign goods.

President Donald Trump says a tree that’s nearly two centuries old will be removed from the White House grounds because it’s deteriorating.

In the early part of his second term, President Donald Trump has taken action against individuals, law firms, private corporations, media companies and universities he regards as adversaries.

A federal judge has halted the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the Voice of America, the eight-decade-old U.S. government-funded international news service.

The founder of an electric car start-up sentenced to prison for exaggerating the potential of his technology has been pardoned by President Donald Trump, potentially wiping out hundreds of millions of dollars in restitution that prosecutors were seeking for bamboozled investors.

A lawyer for The Associated Press has asked a federal judge once again to reinstate the agency’s access to the White House press pool and some other official events.

The White House has withdrawn Rep. Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

A new analysis finds the U.S. cities most vulnerable to a trade war with Canada turn out to largely be in the states that helped return Donald Trump to the White House.

The Associated Press and Trump administration are due back in court in their fight over access to presidential events.

Some military spouses and veterans are questioning the White House’s handling of security after a journalist was accidentally added to a group chat about military strikes in Yemen.

The United States is on track to hit its statutory debt ceiling — the so-called X-date when the country runs short of money to pay its bills— as early as August without a deal between lawmakers and the White House.

The Atlantic has released the Signal chat among Trump senior national security officials.

President Donald Trump says he is placing 25% tariffs on auto imports.

Angry over the crush of court rulings against the Trump administration, Republicans in Congress are trying to slap back at the federal judiciary.

Five high-level officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are leaving.

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin says he hoped to bolster Virginia’s rainy-day fund by trimming the state’s budget by $300 million.

Some U.S. embassies in European nations are taking to social media with pointed warnings to would-be visitors: Watch your step.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day has confirmed that the Buckeyes national championship football team will visit the White House on April 14.

The chairman of a prominent law firm who cut a deal with President Donald Trump last week to avert the consequences of a White House executive order has told colleagues that he did so because the order “could easily have destroyed our firm” and put it out of business.

Democratic lawmakers are courting online content creators, podcasters and celebrities in a bid to find new ways to boost their message to voters.

President Donald Trump has rescinded an executive order targeting a prominent international law firm after it pledged to review its hiring practices and to provide tens of millions of dollars in free legal services to support certain White House initiatives.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order Thursday "aimed at eliminating” the U.S. Education Department.

President Donald Trump’s own words keep getting used against him in court while he faces lawsuits challenging his aggressive agenda.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for the dismantling of the Education Department.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump talked about the fighting in Ukraine, of course.

Ukraine and Russia agreed in principle to a limited ceasefire after President Donald Trump spoke with the countries’ leaders this week, though it remains to be seen when it might take effect and what possible targets would be off limits to attack.

The White House says a lengthy phone call between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had achieved “movement to peace” in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

A Justice Department attorney has urged an appeals court to suspend judicial orders favoring two board members who were fired by President Donald Trump from their respective posts in the federal government.

The White House says President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to an immediate pause in strikes against energy infrastructure in the Ukraine war.

President Donald Trump has hung a copy of the Declaration of Independence in the Oval Office, according to images he shared on social media.

America's director of national intelligence says President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin “are very good friends."

The band Semisonic is pushing back at the White House for using their hit song “Closing Time” over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee.

The Justice Department has announced the creation of a task force to investigate Hamas for its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel as well as potential civil rights violations and acts of antisemitism by anyone supporting the militant group.

A French politician has suggested the U.S. is no longer worthy of keeping the Statue of Liberty.

The Trump administration has transferred more than 200 immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order to bar the deportations temporarily.

With the Trump administration moving quickly to assert its authority, the Voice of America says it has moved to cancel contracts with The Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse wire services.

Elon Musk met with the leader of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command this week, suggesting America's spy agencies won't escape the billionaire's efforts to reshape the federal government.

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Again and again, the Trump White House has turned to a 73-year-old legal statute to defend its immigration crackdown.

President Donald Trump is hosting Ireland's prime minister, Micheál Martin, for the annual St. Patrick's Day celebration at the White House.

House Speaker Mike Johnson has accomplished the seemingly unexpected, keeping his Republican majority in line to fund the government.

A third appellate court has upheld a block on President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship.

A federal judge in Boston has blocked the Trump administration’s plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training, finding cuts are already affecting training programs aimed at addressing a nationwide teacher shortage.

China is retaliating against President Donald Trump’s tariffs on China by imposing additional 15% taxes on key American farm products, including chicken, pork, soybeans and beef.

President Donald Trump is dismissing business concerns over the uncertainty caused by his planned tariffs on a range of American trading partners and the prospect of higher prices.

An armed man believed to be traveling from Indiana was shot near the White House by U.S. Secret Service agents after a confrontation early Sunday.

President Donald Trump created a task force Friday to prepare for the 2026 World Cup, which will bring the globe’s premier soccer tournament to North America at a time when Trump’s on-again-off-again tariffs have ratcheted up tensions across the continent.

Elon Musk is telling Republican lawmakers that he's not to blame for the firings of thousands of federal workers as he pushes to downsize the government.

President Donald Trump has postponed 25% tariffs on many imports from Mexico and some imports from Canada for a month amid widespread fears of the economic fallout from a broader trade war.

President Donald Trump has issued what he calls a “last warning” to Hamas to release all remaining hostages held in Gaza.

The nation's capital city will remove the large painting of the words “Black Lives Matter” on a street one block from the White House.

A government watchdog wants more than 5,000 probationary employees to be reinstated at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The State Department has reinstated the “foreign terrorist organization” designation for Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group, fulfilling an order announced by President Donald Trump.

As his White House meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart devolved into a stunning blowup, President Donald Trump leaned on a familiar refrain to explain his unique kinship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Federal employees face a midnight deadline to comply with Elon Musk’s second demand for reports on their recent accomplishments.

Chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to invest an additional $100 billion in the United States, President Donald Trump announced Monday as he appeared with the company’s head at the White House.

France’s prime minister has torn into U.S. President Donald Trump’s Oval Office thrashing of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by calling it a staggering show of “brutality” that aimed to humiliate Ukraine's leader.

Israel has introduced what it said was a new U.S. ceasefire plan and is trying to force Hamas to accept it by imposing a siege on the Gaza Strip.

President Donald Trump will deliver the first joint congressional address of his second term on Tuesday at 9 p.m. Eastern.

President Donald Trump is preparing for his first big speech to Congress since returning to the White House.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic product.

President Donald Trump has signed a pair of actions to increase domestic lumber production.

Key Republicans and Democrats have been stalwart supporters of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Negotiations to avoid a federal government shutdown in two weeks have not been going well.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States.

Despite a comment by President Donald Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency does not plan to reduce its staff by 65%, but major budget cuts are likely.

The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has dropped several enforcement actions against companies like Capital One and Rocket Homes, just weeks under new leadership and turmoil at the agency caused by orders from Trump administration.

Democratic lawmakers are demanding answers from Trump adviser Elon Musk about whether Department of Government Efficiency staffers have shared national security secrets over insecure communication channels.

Now that House Republicans have passed an ambitious budget blueprint for President Donald Trump’s agenda, it is time for hard work.

With a push from President Donald Trump, House Republicans have sent a GOP budget blueprint to passage, a step toward delivering Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”.

President Donald Trump says Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the White House on Friday to sign a minerals deal that will closely tie the two countries together for years to come.

The acting administrator of the organization that is pushing for sweeping budget cuts across federal agencies is a low-profile executive who has expertise in health care technology and worked in the first Trump administration.

President Donald Trump is directing the government to consider potential tariffs on copper, the latest move by the White House to tax a wide array of imports and reshape global trade.

Wall Street fell further from its record as worries worsen among U.S. consumers about inflation and tariffs.

President Donald Trump says his tariffs on Canada and Mexico are starting next month.

New FBI Director Kash Patel was sworn in Monday as acting chief of the federal bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, taking the helm of two separate and sprawling Justice Department agencies, according to a person familiar with the matter.

President Donald Trump’s week included rewriting U.S. policy toward Russia and firing the country's senior military officer.

New FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to be named the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The Associated Press is suing three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events.

The Trump administration’s proposal to layoff half of federal workers at the nation’s housing agency is targeting employees who support disaster recovery, rental subsidies, discrimination investigations and first-time homebuyers, according to two documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Sinn Féin’s leaders say they will not attend a traditional St. Patrick’s Day event next month at the White House as a protest against President Donald Trump’s stance on the Gaza Peninsula.

Hours after the Senate approved a spending framework, President Donald Trump said in a Fox News interview that he’s open to approving the spending plan in multiple bills “as long as we get to the same point.”.

Republican senators pushed a $340 billion budget framework to passage over Democratic objections after a nearly all-night vote.

In a story published Feb. 20, 2025, about potential payments to U.S. citizens taxpayers derived from spending cuts, The Associated Press erroneously reported an incorrect total in regard to stimulus checks previously issued, which should be $1,400, not $1,200.

A top White House official says President Donald Trump's increasingly tough criticism of Volodymyr Zelenskyy reflects the administration’s growing frustration with what they see as the Ukrainian leader creating roadblocks to finding an endgame to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Donald Trump won reelection months ago and is barred from seeking another term.

President Donald Trump says he likes the idea to give some of the savings from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency back to U.S. citizens as a kind of dividend.

President Donald Trump has signed an order aimed at ending federal benefits for people in the country illegally.

President Donald Trump is throwing the Senate GOP budget plan into turmoil.

U.S. authorities say arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico plunged 39% in January, an early gauge of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

A federal judge has refused to immediately block Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing government data systems or participating in worker layoffs.

The cryptocurrency industry is emboldened, impatient and eager to cement its influence in politics and mainstream financial systems.

The Trump administration has halted the firings of hundreds of federal employees who were tasked with working on the nation’s nuclear weapons programs.

The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to permit the firing of the head of the federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers.