President Donald Trump says a trip to China may happen soon, hinting at efforts to stabilize U.S.-China trade relations.

The State Department's spokesperson says President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is planning to head to the Middle East as the U.S. tries once again to solidify a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

The House is leaving Washington early as Republicans clash over the Jeffrey Epstein files.

The White House is escalating a battle with The Wall Street Journal over the newspaper's story regarding Jeffrey Epstein last week.

President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cut bill will add $3.4 trillion to federal deficits through 2034.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says President Donald Trump was “caught off guard” by recent Israeli military operations.

The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination.

Republicans can't stop talking about former President Joe Biden.

Under intense pressure from President Donald Trump’s own supporters, his administration now is asking a federal court to unseal secret documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case.

President Trump has revealed he has chronic venous insufficiency, a condition that affects about half of all adults.

President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against media mogul Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal over the newspaper’s reporting on ties between Trump and Jeffery Epstein.

House Republicans are trying to formulate a response to the Trump administration’s handling of records in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case.

The State Department is pulling back from commenting on or criticizing elections overseas unless there's a clear and compelling U.S. foreign policy interest in doing so.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday said the agency’s renovation of its office complex in Washington complies with plans approved by a local commission, disputing a White House suggestion that they had violated the law by deviating from those plans.

Swollen legs led to President Donald Trump being diagnosed with what’s called chronic venous insufficiency.

The White House says President Donald Trump had a recent medical checkup after he noticed “mild swelling” in his lower legs.

The Republican-led Congress is testing the popularity of Department of Government Efficiency spending cuts.

A settlement has been reached in a class action investors’ lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and company leaders over claims stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.

The House has approved President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid.

The House is expected to approve President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion in already appropriated funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid.

President Donald Trump says he's “highly unlikely” to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

An $8 billion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and company leaders begins, with claims stemming from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.

Senate Republicans have advanced President Donald Trump’s request to cancel some $9 billion in previously approved spending.

Once a powerful watchdog for financial wrongdoing, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has seen its enforcement efforts grind to a halt under the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump has endorsed a plan for European allies to buy U.S. military equipment for Ukraine.

The Justice Department has fired additional lawyers and support staff who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into President Donald Trump.

The federal government has dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines worth thousands of dollars during the pandemic.

Senate Republicans are rejecting an attempt to reverse a provision from their new tax law that changes the taxation of gambling winnings.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has attended a memorial service for two slain Israeli Embassy staffers at the end of his trip to Washington.

Democrats are using a Louisiana town hall to preview one of their main strategies for attempting to retake the U.S. House next year, ripping into the health care changes in the just-passed Republican tax and spending bill.

A federal judge in New Hampshire has issued a ruling pausing President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship from taking effect anywhere in the United States.

The Trump administration has resumed sending some weapons to Ukraine, a week after the Pentagon had directed that some deliveries be paused.

President Joe Biden’s White House physician is refusing to answer questions as part of the House Republican investigation into Biden’s health in office.

A rally in big tech stocks led Wall Street to a higher close, lifting the Nasdaq to another all-time high.

Elon Musk’s plan to create a new political party puts him in the company of a long line of business and political titans looking to upend the two-party system that has dominated U.S. politics since almost the beginning.

President Donald Trump says he’s “not happy” with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

U.S. President Donald Trump has been nominated again for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Former President Joe Biden's physician has requested to delay his testimony to the House oversight committee.

President Donald Trump announced that he signed a major disaster declaration for Kerr County, Texas, following severe flooding that resulted in at least 59 fatalities.

The United States is stepping up pressure on trading partners to quickly make new deals before a Wednesday deadline when a tariff pause by President Donald Trump expires.

House Republicans have propelled President Donald Trump’s multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final congressional passage.

A federal judge has ended an order blocking the deportation of the family of a man charged in a fatal firebomb attack in Boulder, Colorado.

President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Vietnam Wednesday that would allow U.S. goods to enter the country duty-free.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to remove three Democratic members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, who were fired by President Donald Trump and then reinstated by a federal judge.

Republican leaders in the House are sprinting toward a vote on President Donald Trump’s tax and spending cuts package, determined to seize momentum from a hard-fought vote in the Senate while essentially daring members to defy their party’s leader and vote against it.

President Donald Trump keeps saying that Republicans’ mega tax and spending cut legislation will eliminate taxes on federal Social Security benefits.

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from dismantling a U.S. federal agency that invests in African small businesses.

Two Chinese nationals have been charged with spying inside the United States on behalf of Beijing, including by taking photographs of a naval base and by participating in efforts to recruit members of the military who they thought might be open to working for Chinese intelligence.

Websites displaying legally mandated U.S. national climate assessments seem to have disappeared.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is sticking to his position that the central bank will keep its key rate on hold while it waits to see how President Donald Trump’s tariffs effect the economy, defying the steady stream of criticism from the White House, which wants lower borrowing costs.

The Associated Press has spoken with lawyers and law enforcement officials in cases concerning Jeffrey Epstein who say they have not seen and do not know of a trove of recordings like what Attorney General Pam Bondi has described.

Attorney General Pam Bondi’s comments about evidence the Justice Department is reviewing from its Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation have fueled anticipation about the expected release of more files related to the New York financier.

President Donald Trump toured an isolated new immigration detention surrounded by alligator-filled swamps in Florida’s Everglades.

President Donald Trump is complaining about technical difficulties he experienced while trying to hold a conference call with faith leaders across the country.

Lawyers for the Trump administration and immigrants are sparring in court over whether President Donald Trump can use an 18th century wartime act against a Venezuelan gang.

President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks at the White House next Monday.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order ending U.S. sanctions on Syria, following through on a promise.

The Trump administration has intensified its battle with Harvard University.

The Senate’s long day of voting has churned into a long night as Republican leaders grasp for ways to shore up support for President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts.

Senate Republicans voted in a dramatic Saturday session, clearing a key procedural step as they race to pass President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and bolstered deportation funds by his July Fourth deadline.

A federal judge has struck down another of President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms.

A federal appeals court is staying a lower court ruling that blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with dismantling the U.S. Institute of Peace.

President Donald Trump says he’s suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms.

Proposals in the federal budget bill would cut the maximum Pell Grant award amount by $1,500 and take away eligibility for students enrolled less than half-time.

Senators are emerging from a classified briefing with sharply diverging assessments of President Donald Trump’s bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites.

President Donald Trump’s spending cuts and border security package would inject hundreds of billions of dollars into his mass deportation agenda.

U.S. President Donald Trump has a sleepover this week in the Netherlands that is, quite literally, fit for a king.

President Donald Trump is in Europe for a two-day NATO summit laden with uncertainty over Iran’s response to U.S. airstrikes, the fate of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the future of U.S. troops based in NATO countries.

President Donald Trump’s administration has postponed classified briefings for Senate and House members on Tuesday as lawmakers are looking for more answers about Trump’s directed strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend and his announcement on Monday that the two countries had reached a ceasefire agreement.

The massive tax and spending cuts package that President Donald Trump wants on his desk by July 4 would loosen regulations on gun silencers and certain types of rifles and shotguns.

President Donald Trump’s decision to launch a military strike on Iran’s nuclear sites without fully consulting the U.S. Congress is layering a partisan approach onto a risky action.

Texas senators are voicing their support following the recent U.S. military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, a decisive action confirmed by former President Donald Trump.

President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, before it became a federal holiday.

On Thursday, White House border czar Tom Homan clarified U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) policy regarding immigration raids at worksites, including farms and hotels, according to a report from NBC News.

President Donald Trump has overseen the installation of a massive new flagpole on the South Lawn of the White House.

President Donald Trump is downplaying any notion that his supporters are cooling on him amid uncertainty over whether he will order a U.S. strike on Iran.

President Donald Trump says he doesn’t want to carry out a U.S. strike on Iran but suggested he stands ready to act if it’s necessary to extinguish Iran’s nuclear program.

Senate Republicans are proposing deeper Medicaid cuts, including new work requirements for parents of teens, as a way to offset the costs of making President Donald Trump’s tax breaks more permanent.

President Donald Trump would have unique influence over the operations of U.S. Steel under the terms of the investment being made by Nippon Steel.

The House has voted to cut about $9.4 billion in spending as President Donald Trump’s administration looks to follow through on work done by the Department of Government Efficiency when it was overseen by Elon Musk.

Large-scale arrests outside immigration courts have unleashed fear among asylum-seekers and immigrants who are accustomed to remaining free while judges grind through a backlog of 3.6 million cases.

President Donald Trump is looking to cancel $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress.

President Donald Trump in recent days has sent thousands of National Guard troops and 700 active duty Marines to quell Los Angeles-area protests over immigration enforcement actions, despite the objections of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and local leaders.

The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a major Palestinian legal group for prisoners and detainees along with five other charitable entities across the Middle East, Africa and Europe, accusing them of supporting Palestinian armed factions and militant groups, including Hamas’ military wing, under the pretense of humanitarian aid in Gaza.

President Donald Trump’s trade wars are expected to slash economic growth this year in the United States and around the world, the World Bank forecast Tuesday.

The proposal would require the Texas Legislature to return for a special session to carry out the rare move of reshaping the state’s political boundaries mid-decade.

President Donald Trump is moving swiftly to act on his immigration promises with little internal restraint, determined to test the bounds of his executive authority in order to fulfill the promises of his reelection campaign.

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The crypto industry is seeing growing support from the Democratic Party, though it's far from unanimous.

Speaker Mike Johnson took clear sides Sunday in President Donald Trump’s breakup with mega-billionaire Elon Musk.

A three-judge appeals court panel ruled against The Associated Press in its continuing bid to restore full access to covering events involving President Donald Trump.

The State Department has instructed U.S. embassies and consulates not to revoke visas previously issued to people from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries now under President Donald Trump’s new travel ban, which goes into effect next week.

President Donald Trump has signed three executive orders dealing with drone regulations and encouraging the development of flying cars and supersonic flights.

A Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March will be returned to the United States to face criminal charges.

Senior U.S. administration officials will meet with a Chinese delegation on Monday in London for the next round of trade negotiations between Washington and Beijing, President Donald Trump said Friday.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he found President Donald Trump open to discussion and is convinced that Washington remains committed to the NATO alliance.

President Donald Trump cited a range of reasons for placing 19 countries under new travel bans or restrictions in the U.S. They include allegations of lax screening of travelers, “a significant terrorist presence” in its territory, a government that wasn’t cooperative enough in accepting deported citizens or residents who were prone to overstaying their visas in the United States.

A small government office with some 275 employees has found itself caught in the political crossfire as Congress debates President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful bill.”.

President Donald Trump’s big bill is likely to unleash trillions in tax cuts and slash spending, but also spike deficits by $2.4 trillion over the decade and leave some 10.9 million more people without health insurance.