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President Donald Trump prepares to sign Section 201actions in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Trump says he is imposing new tariffs to "protect American jobs and American workers." Trump acted to impose new tariffs on imported solar-energy components and large washing machines in a bid to help U.S. manufacturers. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Donald Trump to slap tariffs on steel, aluminum

After a year of thrilling skeptical conservatives with an economic agenda of tax cuts and deregulation, President Trump veered sharply away from his free market supporters Thursday by announcing plans to slap big tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

March 1, 2018
Madison High School football players run sprints during a half pad practice on Friday, Aug. 11, 2006, in Vienna, Va. It's that time of year: Kids hit the ball fields running, and often hobble or are carried off. Back to school means back to organized sports for more than 30 million children and teenagers, and roughly 2.6 million emergency-room visits during the year for resulting injuries. Basketball, football and soccer lead the list of injury-prone team sports. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Trump emphasizes team sports for children in executive order

President Trump on Tuesday ripped up the executive order that helped boost Michelle Obama's physical fitness crusade and replaced it with a new order that emphasized getting the nation's children once again to play team sports.

February 27, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the members of the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump launches prison reform effort

President Trump is pushing a prison reform agenda that includes overhauling and expanding re-entry and work programs designed to give offenders a "second chance," senior administration officials said Tuesday.

February 27, 2018
FILE - In this March 17, 2017, file photo Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, attend a joint news conference with the president and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Kushner has added more than 70 assets worth at least $10.6 million to his revised personal financial disclosure. According to the disclosure, the additional assets were “inadvertently omitted” from an earlier form. The revised form was certified by the Office of Government Ethics on July 20 and released on July 21. Ivanka Trump, also filed new federal disclosures. She reported assets of at least $66 million and earned at least $13.5 million in income last year from her various business ventures.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Josh Raffel to exit White House

White House deputy communications director Josh Raffel is leaving the Trump administration, The Washington Times has confirmed.

February 27, 2018
In this Feb. 6, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with law enforcement officials on the MS-13 street gang and border security, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Trump is continuing his habit of painting immigrants as criminals, highlighting gang connections, calling family reunification a national security threat and bemoaning the death of a pro football player involved in a car accident with a man living in the country illegally. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House puts muscle behind House immigration bill

The White House strategy to fix DACA and crack down on illegal immigration has shifted to the House and building support for get-tough legislation that could see a vote by mid-March, a senior administration official said Monday.

February 26, 2018
People rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018, at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation, near the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

DACA program still active after Supreme Court declines to speed appeal

The Supreme Court declined Monday to speed up a case involving the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals deportation amnesty, refusing President Trump's request for immediate action and instead maintaining a lower court ruling that keeps the controversial program in operation.

February 26, 2018
President Donald Trump gestures as he answers questions during a news conference with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump ready to push gun bill in Congress

President Trump said Friday that he is ready to push legislation to expand background checks for firearm purchases with a focus on preventing the mentally ill from getting guns.

February 23, 2018
White House Council of Economic Advisers chairman Kevin Hassett speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Kevin Hassett says gas tax not designed for modern era

The White House's top economist Thursday pushed back against President Trump's idea of raising the federal gasoline tax to help pay for a $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan, calling the levy an outdated approach.

February 22, 2018