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White House portrays Trump as lightsaber-wielding Jedi, slam 'left' rivals

The White House marked Star Wars Day by posting an AI image of US President Trump as a red lightsaber-wielding Jedi, calling political rivals the 'Sith Lords'

White House to unveil Trump's 2026 budget with indepth federal cuts

The White House is planning on Friday to unveil President Donald Trump's 2026 budget, a sweeping framework that is expected to propose steep reductions, if not a wholesale zeroing out, of various federal programmes as part of his administration's priorities. Budgets do not become law but serve as a touchstone for the upcoming fiscal year debates. Often considered a statement of values, this first budget since Trump's return to the White House carries the added weight of defining the Republican president's second-term pursuits, alongside his party in Congress. The White House's Office of Management and Budget, headed by Russell Vought, a chief architect of Project 2025, confirmed Friday's planned release. It is expected to be the so-called skinny version of topline numbers, with more details to come. Details soon, Vought said during a Cabinet meeting this week at the White House. The nation's estimated USD 7 trillion-plus federal budget has been growing steadily, with annual deficit

Trump's NSA Mike Waltz, deputy Alex Wong set to exit US administration

Donald Trump aide Mike Waltz set to exit US administration weeks after accidentally leaking military strike details in a Signal chat

Amazon denies plans to display Donald Trump-imposed tariffs on listings

Trump has imposed a tsunami of tariffs on US trading partners, including China, which has seen tariff costs rise by 145 per cent since Trump took office

WH focuses on border crackdown as it marks 100 days for Trump's second term

The White House on Monday opened a weeklong celebration of Donald Trump's first 100 days in office by focusing on his border crackdown, an area of relative strength for the president at a time when there are red flags for him in the latest round of polling. Yard signs with mugshots of immigrants who have been accused of crimes like rape and murder were posted across the White House lawn, positioned so they would be in the background of television broadcasts outside the West Wing. Tom Homan, Trump's top border adviser, told reporters there has been "unprecedented success" on the border effort and "we're going to keep doing it, full speed ahead". Immigration is Trump's leading issue in public opinion surveys, and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a morning briefing the administration is in "the beginning stages of carrying out the largest deportation campaign in American history". About 1,39,000 people have been removed so far, according to the White House. ...

White House journalists celebrate First Amendment at annual press dinner

There was no president. There was no comedian. What remained at the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner on Saturday night were the journalists and the First Amendment. The stripped-down festivities were a reflection of the sombre tone in Washington at the beginning of President Donald Trump's second term, in which he has battled with the press on multiple fronts and wrested from the correspondents' association the power to decide which outlets have the most access to Trump. Trump's deeper involvement in politics began after then-President Barack Obama roasted the New Yorker's presidential ambitions during the 2011 correspondents' dinner. He skipped the annual gala during his first term, and his absence had been widely expected this year. The association scrapped a scheduled appearance at this year's dinner by comedian Amber Ruffin after she referred to the new administration as kind of a bunch of murderers on a podcast last month. The organization, a nonprofit th

Trump to hold rally in Michigan next week to mark first 100 days in office

President Donald Trump will mark his first 100 days in office next week with a rally in Michigan, his first since returning to the White House earlier this year. Trump will visit Macomb County on Tuesday, the White House press secretary said. The region just north of Detroit, known as an automotive hub. President Trump is excited to return to the great state of Michigan next Tuesday, where he will rally in Macomb County to celebrate the FIRST 100 DAYS! Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday on social media. The rally will take place one day before Trump's 100th day in office a traditional early milestone in which a president's progress is measured against campaign promises. Michigan was one of the key battleground states Trump flipped last year from Democrats on his path back to the White House. Trump has not travelled much since taking office outside of personal weekend trips. His only other official trip in his second term was during the first week, when he visited disaster zones in No

Trump putting his 'touches' on WH with flagpoles, Oval Office overhaul

President Donald Trump is putting his touches on the White House with new flagpoles, new artwork, a complete redecoration of the Oval Office and possibly covering up the lawn in the Rose Garden. Trump, a former real estate developer and hotelier, said Wednesday that he's adding two beautiful flagpoles to the grounds to fly the American flag in about a week or so. The Republican president recently hung new artworks featuring himself, including a rendering of him with his fist raised after last year's attempted assassination in Pennsylvania. He has spruced up the Oval Office by adding portraits of all of his predecessors, a wall-mounted copy of the Declaration of Independence that is shieled by dark drapes and many golden accents. Trump has also talked about paving over the lawn in the Kennedy-era Rose Garden All families granted the privilege of living in the White House try to find ways to leave their mark on property, and Trump isn't any different. Near the end of his first term

Watch: White House condemns Pahalgam terror attack

Watch what White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said about the Pahalgam terror attack.

'Mistaken' letter, $2.2 bn freeze: Inside Harvard's showdown with Trump

An unauthorised letter sparked a $2.2 billion funding freeze, deepening a dispute between Harvard University and Trump's administration

White House changes COVID.gov to page blaming China lab for pandemic

The origin of Covid-19 has been one of the most debated topics since the pandemic began

'Ukraine-Russia talks coming to a head': Trump says 'no one is playing me'

President Donald Trump on Friday said negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are coming to a head and insisted that neither side is playing him in his push to end the grinding war. The comments from Trump came after Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned earlier Friday that the US may move on from trying to secure a Russia-Ukraine peace deal if there is no progress in the coming days, after months of efforts have failed to bring an end to the fighting. If for some reason one of the two parties makes it very difficult, we're going to say you're fools, you're foolish, and we're just going to take a pass, Trump told reporters at the White House. Asked if Russian President Vladimir Putin was dragging his feet on negotiations, Trump replied, I hope not.

Trump, advisers to study whether to fire Fed's Powell: WH economic adviser

Hassett went on to suggest that the Fed under Powell, who was appointed by Trump during his first term, had acted politically to benefit Democrats

Trump floats US-Europe meeting as Vance visits Italy for tariff talks

A back-to-back round of US-Italy talks on tariffs shifted to Rome on Friday as US Vice President JD Vance met with Premier Giorgia Meloni and the White House suggested a broader US-Europe summit was under consideration. I've been missing you, Meloni jokingly told Vance as he entered the courtyard of Chigi Palace, the premier's office. They had seen each other just the previous day in the Oval Office, where US President Donald Trump lavished praise on the Italian leader for her crackdown on migration but didn't yield on tariff plans that have increased tension with the European Union and stoked fears of recession. The White House and Meloni's office on Friday issued a joint statement that said Trump would visit Italy in the very near future. "There is also consideration to hold, on such occasion, a meeting between US and Europe, the statement said. Meloni, a far-right leader who has positioned herself as a bridge between the Trump administration and Europe, said she hoped the secon

WH proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts

The Trump administration is asking Congress to eliminate funding for Head Start, a move that would cut early education for more than half a million of the nation's neediest children and child care for their families. The proposal is tucked in a 64-page internal draft budget document obtained by The Associated Press that seeks deep cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees Head Start. It is still in a highly preliminary phase as the White House prepares to send Congress its budget request for the 2026 fiscal year. It is not clear if the proposed cuts will be accepted by lawmakers. While Congress often ignores a president's budget request, the proposed elimination of Head Start highlights the administration's priorities as President Donald Trump seeks to overhaul education in the United States. The budget does not fund Head Start, according to the draft. It says eliminating the programme is consistent with the Trump administration's goals of returning control

Trump to join top advisers for White House talks on trade with Japan

President Donald Trump said he's joining some of his top economic advisers on Wednesday for negotiations at the White House over tariffs and trade with a top Japanese official who is travelling to Washington for the talks. The Republican president said in a post on his social media platform that he'll attend the meeting alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, top economic advisers with a central role in his trade and tariff policies. Trump recently announced a round of global tariffs but then quickly put them on hold for 90 days after the markets tanked and fears of a recession mounted. He left steep tariffs in place against China. The move put Japan's 24 per cent across-the-board tariff on hold, but a 10 per cent baseline tariff and a 25 per cent tariff on cars, auto parts, steel and aluminum exports to the US remain in place. US economic rival China, meanwhile, is trying to capitalise on the turmoil around Trump's announcements, with its

'The ball is in China's court': Donald Trump presses Beijing on tariff deal

Amid ongoing tensions with Beijing, the Trump administration is negotiating with multiple countries to explore trade deals aimed at easing the impact of US-imposed reciprocal tariffs

White House starts media policy curbing wire services' access to President

Fresh from a courtroom loss over The Associated Press' access to the presidency, the White House on Tuesday put forward a new media policy that sharply curtails access to Donald Trump by news agencies that serve media outlets around around the world. It was the latest attempt by the new administration to control coverage of its activities. The move would block the AP and other wire services that serve billions of readers through thousands of news outlets. It comes after a judge ruled the White House had violated the organization's free speech by banning it because it disagreed with the outlet's decision not to rename the Gulf of Mexico. While outlining a new pool coverage policy for small spaces like the Oval Office and Air Force One, the White House also said it will ultimately give press secretary Karoline Leavitt the final say over who gets to question her boss, according to people who have seen the plan. The White House did not return messages for comment on Tuesday evening. A

Future of Bangladesh going to be decided by Bangladeshi people, says US

Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said, Bangladesh is a country with certain issues, they are also a country we have talked about often

President Trump wants to see dialogue, discussion with Iran: WH press secy

Karoline Leavitt said that Trump spoke to the Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, who helped facilitate these talks.