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President Trump talks trade with Shinzo Abe, Japanese prime minister, in light of TPP pullout

President Trump talked trade and security Saturday with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as the president began a series of calls with foreign leaders.

January 28, 2017

Trump takes action to rebuild military, start ‘extreme vetting’ at border

President Trump signed executive actions Friday to begin rebuilding the U.S. military and to initiate an "extreme vetting" program to root out radical Islamic terrorists attempting to enter the country, both measures making good on top campaign promises.

January 27, 2017

Donald Trump, Theresa May seek common ground in shifting landscape

The meeting of President Trump and British Prime Minister Teresa May on Friday — the first foreign leader the new U.S. president is hosting at the White House — will feature two leaders badly in need of a friend.

January 26, 2017

Theresa May, British PM, says Trump brings new era of American renewal, global leadership

British Prime Minister Theresa May cozied up Thursday to Republican lawmakers, saying the political wave that swept them and President Trump into power would make America a stronger and bolder leader in the world.

January 26, 2017

Donald Trump to GOP lawmakers: ‘We have to deliver’

President Trump declared Thursday that the era of the do-nothing Congress was over, telling Republican lawmakers that they would be busy passing his ambitious agenda -- as well as their own pent-up legislation -- to dramatically alter the direction of the federal government.

January 26, 2017

Donald Trump says cancelled meet with Mexico president was mutual decision

President Trump said Thursday that he and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto mutually agreed to call off their meeting scheduled for next week in Washington, making the claim within hours of Mr. Nieto announcing that he wasn't coming.

January 26, 2017

Donald Trump defends waterboarding: ‘It works’

President Trump is considering an executive order that would keep open the Guantanamo Bay prison and could lift a ban imposed by former President Obama on the CIA operating overseas clandestine prisons for terrorism suspects.

January 25, 2017

Donald Trump invites India PM Naredndra Modi to U.S.

President Trump invited India Prime Minister Naredndra Modi to visit the United State in a phone call Tuesday, as the two leaders resolve to "stand shoulder to shoulder in the global fight against terrorism," according to the White House.

January 24, 2017

Donald Trump revives Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipeline projects, demands U.S. steel used

President Trump resurrected the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines Tuesday, thrilling labor unions and advocates for domestic energy but outraging environmentalists and American Indians whose protests persuaded the Obama administration to kill both projects.

January 24, 2017

Donald Trump coaxes Big Three automakers with carrot-and-stick tactic

At a White House breakfast meeting, President Trump upped the pressure on U.S. automakers to keep plants and jobs in the U.S. but also promised that he was making the nation an easier place to do business.

January 24, 2017

Trump to revive Keystone XL, Dakota Access pipelines

President Trump plans to sign executive orders Tuesday that will revive the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipeline projects that were blocked by the Obama administration, according to sources.

January 24, 2017

Donald Trump ups pressure on automakers ahead of White House powwow

President Trump previewed his pitch to U.S. automakers Tuesday on Twitter: "I want new plants to be built here for cars sold here!"

January 24, 2017

Trump vows lower taxes, fewer regulations at meeting with business leaders

President Trump said at a meeting with business executives Monday that he plans for massive reductions in taxes and federal regulations to spur economic growth, saying he wanted make America more business friendly to "make our products here again."

January 23, 2017

Donald Trump pulls out of Trans-Pacific Partnership

Charting a new course on trade deals, President Trump signed an executive order Monday that pulled the U.S. out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

January 23, 2017

Donald Trump swears in staff, to meet with foreign leaders

President Trump conferred Sunday with Israel's prime minister, scheduled meetings with the leaders of Canada and Mexico and oversaw the swearing-in of his senior White House staff, telling them they will do "great things over the next eight years" for America.

January 22, 2017