WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is not the first president to want more space at the White House for entertaining, the executive residence’s longest-serving top adviser says, lending support to Trump’s rationale for his ballroom construction project. Gary Walters spent more than two decades as the White House Chief of Staff to Presidents Ronald … Read more
Donald Trump’s public persona is loud, forceful and relentlessly self-assured. But behind closed doors, former aides, advisers and staffers — many of whom were loyal until they weren’t — painted a much less flattering picture. Through interviews, books, testimonials and off-the-record accounts, a model emerges that is less about ideology and more about temperament, drive … Read more
HE NEEDS TO KNOW In the hours following the death of Caroline Kennedy’s daughter, Tatiana Schlossberg, President Donald Trump took to social media to mock the famous political family. At Truth Social on the afternoon of December 30, Trump shared screenshots of MAGA supporters insulting Kennedy for their response to his recent decision to add … Read more
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is making an emergency request to demolish more than a dozen historic buildings in Washington, DC, citing a “risk to life and property” that she says puts federal agents at risk. The proposal, first reported by The Washington Postwould destroy 17 buildings from St. Elizabeths West Campus, drawing outrage and … Read more
By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (Reuters) – When Bianca Jones, a 33-year-old special education teacher in Memphis, Tenn., decided a few years ago that she wanted to buy a home, she started poring over her Experian credit report. She was shocked by what she found. Her student debt had been counted twice, making it … Read more
Credit: X / @abdolah_abdi Mass protests broke out in Iran, calling for the “death of the dictator” due to the regime’s economic crisis. Tear gas was used to disperse the protesters as shops closed their shutters in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar and main markets. Students called on their colleagues to join the demonstrations, as chants rang … Read more
It appeared, at least superficially, to have been one of the best face-to-face meetings between Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, their sixth in a year in which this relationship has reached breaking point and requires regular and painstaking repair. The mood as they emerged from the dining room at Mar-a-Lago was conciliatory. Zelensky was … Read more
NEW YORK, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Since President Donald Trump’s “Deliverance Day” tariffs sent the U.S. bond market into turmoil in April, his administration has carefully tailored its policies and messaging to prevent another crisis. But the truce remains fragile, some investors say. A reminder of that fragility came on Nov. 5, when the Treasury … Read more
President Donald Trump has installed a lawyer and part-time beauty salon owner to decide which foreigners are allowed into the United States. The State Department announced that Mora Namdar has been promoted from her post on US foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa to become assistant secretary for consular affairs, overseeing everything … Read more
Joe Rogan criticized the president Donald trump cardhis recent behavior amid growing concerns about the politician’s health. The popular podcaster described Trump’s actions as “insane” and suggested the president may need a trusted right-hand man to help control some of his more extreme tendencies. The White House recently released a statement saying the president is … Read more