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Donald Trump mulls freeing Rod Blagojevich from prison, pardon for Martha Stewart

President Trump said Thursday that he is considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and pardoning style maven Martha Stewart, potentially taking his unorthodox use of pardons to new heights.

May 31, 2018

Donald Trump slaps tariffs on U.S. allies; they retaliate with their own duties

President Trump on Thursday slapped tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union, Canada and Mexico, moving to punish what he said was unfair competition that has sapped the U.S. economy.

May 31, 2018

Donald Trump to pardon Dinesh D’Souza

President Trump announced Thursday that he was granting a pardon to conservative filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza.

May 31, 2018

Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump strategize ahead of meeting with Kim Yong-chol

President Trump huddled with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the White House on Wednesday to fine tune their strategy ahead of the top diplomat's dinner meeting with Gen. Kim Yong-chol, the highest-ranking North Korean official to visit the U.S. in 18 years.

May 30, 2018

White House calls out ABC, media for double-standard over ‘Roseanne’ apology

The White House doubled down Wednesday on President Trump's criticism of the media and ABC in particular, blasting the network for airing vile commentary about the president and his supporters, including mocking Christianity and accusing the White House of supporting white supremacists.

May 30, 2018

Sarah Sanders tears up when kid reporter asks about school shootings

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders teared up during the press briefing Wednesday when a 13-year old boy asked about school shootings, saying he and his friends were afraid of being shot.

May 30, 2018

Trump gives terminally ill access to experimental drugs with ‘Right to Try’ law

President Trump signed a law Wednesday that gives terminally ill patients the right to try experimental medicines that lack full approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

May 30, 2018

Trump rips ABC boss Bob Iger for not apologizing to him in wake of Rosie flap

President Trump weighed in Wednesday on the Roseanne Barr tweet controversy by noting that ABC never balked when he was the target of rude attacks.

May 30, 2018

Donald Trump praises Kim Jong-un, progress toward summit with North Korea

President Trump's team ramped up preparations Tuesday for a summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, providing the most promising signals yet that the on-again, off-again meeting is back on, and fueling new optimism that a denuclearization deal is in the works.

May 29, 2018

White House now says Singapore summit ‘expected,’ outlines progress toward Trump-Kim sit-down

The White House said Tuesday that they "continue to actively prepare" for a summit between President Trump and North Korea dictator Kim Jong-un.

May 29, 2018

Kim Yong-chol, Kim Jong-un’s right-hand man, heads to U.S., preps for Singapore summit heats up

A top North Korean official was headed Tuesday to the U.S., as diplomacy surrounding a possible nuclear summit in Singapore between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un kicked into high gear.

May 29, 2018

Donald Trump lays wreath at Tomb of Unknowns, marking Memorial Day

President Trump on Monday called on Americans to remember the sacrifice of the nation's fallen service members, saying they shared "a love more deep and more pure than most will ever know," and represent the best from every corner of the country.

May 28, 2018

Kim Jong-un commits to North Korea denuclearization as U.S. delegation arrives

Amid renewed hope Sunday that a summit next month between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will actually happen, South Korea's president said that Mr. Kim committed over the weekend to a denuclearization of the peninsula and said he wants to work toward peace.

May 27, 2018

Josh Holt return to U.S. from Venezuelan prison hailed by U.S. lawmakers

U.S. lawmakers are hailing the return of Josh Holt, who arrived back in the United States over the weekend after being held in a Venezuelan prison for nearly two years without a trial.

May 27, 2018

Chuck Schumer, Democrats blame Trump for gas price spike

You don't have to travel too far outside the Beltway to find motorists who balk not only at the gas prices but also at the Washington blame game.

May 27, 2018

Trump upbeat about Singapore summit with North Korea: ‘Moving along very nicely’

President Trump said Saturday that talks for a summit with North Korea were "doing very well," as he continued to fuel optimism that the meeting in Singapore to discuss denuclearizing the Korean peninsula was back on track.

May 26, 2018

Trump welcomes home Utah man freed from Venezuela jail: ‘You’ve gone through a lot’

Within hours of being freed from a Venezuelan jail, Josh Holt was in the Oval Office shaking hands with President Trump.

May 26, 2018

Utah man freed from Venezuela jail after secret talks with GOP senator

Venezuela released a Utah man Saturday who spent nearly two years jailed by the leftist regime of President Nicolas Maduro after secret negotiations by Sen. Bob Corker.

May 26, 2018

Trump revamps civil service rules, makes it easier to fire bad federal employees

President Trump is ordering a crackdown on poor performance and misbehavior within the ranks of the federal workforce, senior administration officials said Friday.

May 25, 2018

Trump administration reaches deal to lift ZTE ban

President Trump is headed for a showdown with Congress over his deal to save Chinese telecommunications company ZTE from crushing U.S. sanctions, and the opposition is lining up against him on both sides of aisle.

May 25, 2018