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Donald Trump enters no-Twitter zone, but White House says he can still tweet

President Trump doesn't have to go through Twitter withdrawal while in China, the White House said, although most Western social media platforms are banned in the communist country.

November 8, 2017

Ivanka Trump’s tax reform pitch focuses on working families

Ivanka Trump has emerged as a key White House player on tax reform, spearheading policies to provide relief to middle-class Americans and staking out common ground with conservative and liberal lawmakers on Capitol Hill.

November 6, 2017

Donald Trump wants $5.9 billion more to beef up missile defense against North Korea

President Trump asked Congress for $5.9 billion of emergency spending for missile defense Monday to counter the threat from North Korea, making the request as he travels across Asia to build support for confronting the nuclear-armed dictator Kim Jong-un.

November 6, 2017

Donald Trump extends 36-year state of emergency with Iran

President Trump notified Congress Monday that he was extending the national emergency with Iran that has been in place since the 1979 hostage crisis, saying relations with the Islamic regime have not normalized.

November 6, 2017

Donald Trump to Texas shooting victims: ‘We will never ever leave their side’

President Trump called on Americans to "stand strong" in the wake of the deadly shooting rampage at a small Texas church Sunday.

November 5, 2017

Donald Trump calls Bergdahl’s no-jail sentence ‘complete and total disgrace’

President Trump slammed a military judge's decision Friday to spare Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl from prison time.

November 3, 2017

Donald Trump in Asia not likely to soften rhetoric on North Korea, says H.R. McMaster

National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said Thursday that Americans shouldn't expect President Trump to tone down his language about North Korea while visiting Asia.

November 2, 2017

Trump announces $20 billion tech firm returning to U.S., credits promise of tax reform

President Trump announced Thursday that a major semiconductor device manufacturer was moving back to the U.S. -- chalking it up to the pro-business environment he was creating in America.

November 2, 2017

Trump administration slaps duties on Canadian softwood lumber imports

The Trump administration Thursday slapped punitive duties on Canadian softwood lumber, finalizing a determination that the imports were unfairly subsidized and dumped into the U.S. market.

November 2, 2017

Bill de Blasio’s lead in New York mayoral race intact after truck attack

The pickup truck rampage that killed 8 people Tuesday on a bike path in New York gave the city its biggest terror jolt since the World Trade Center attack -- and shook up residents a week before they elect the next mayor.

November 1, 2017

Bill de Blasio calls for extreme vetting that is devoid of profiling

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday that he backs extreme vetting of foreigners visiting the U.S. -- as long is it doesn't target people based on religion or nationality.

November 1, 2017

Donald Trump stiffening extreme vetting of foreigners after New York truck attack

President Trump ordered Tuesday increased extreme vetting of foreign visors to the U.S. in response to the deadly terror attack in New York City.

October 31, 2017

Trump campaign gave feds the goods on Papadopoulos, says White House

George Papadopoulos, the Trump campaign adviser snared in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe for making false statements to the FBI, was hung out to dry Tuesday by the White House.

October 31, 2017

Donald Trump, Paul Ryan agree on quick schedule to pass tax reform

President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan agreed Tuesday to move quickly to enact tax reform by the end of the year, according to the speaker's office.

October 31, 2017

Donald Trump promises big news of companies returning to U.S., credits tax reform effort

President Trump said Tuesday that a major announcement was coming soon about companies returning to the United States, which he credited to the tax reform effort.

October 31, 2017

Donald Trump steps back from Robert Mueller indictments

The White House on Monday distanced itself from former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, wrote off another foreign policy adviser from the campaign, vowed not to be distracted by criminal cases against both men and insisted any collusion with Russia was committed by the Clinton campaign.

October 30, 2017

White House won’t be distracted by Russia probe: ‘It has nothing to do with us’

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday that the Russia probe would not distract from President Trump's agenda.

October 30, 2017

White House ditches George Papadopolous after guilty plea

The White House moved Monday to put distance between President Trump and a campaign adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about dealings with Russia.

October 30, 2017

Eric Trump tells president’s supporters: ‘You know the truth’

President Trump's son made an appeal Monday to his father's base to hold steady in their support, as the White House was rocked by criminal indictments in the special counsel's Russia probe.

October 30, 2017

Trump to accelerate repairs to Florida’s Herbert Hoover Dike

President Trump on Thursday ordered an acceleration of repairs to Florida's Herbert Hoover Dike, a project that has been dragging on since 2007 and is still more than a decade away from completion.

October 26, 2017