Key Trump Economy Adviser Cohn Resigns
US President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser Gary Cohn is resigning, the White House has said. It is the latest in a series of high-profile departures from President Trump’s team. There has...
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Top Trump Staffer To Be Sworn In Amid White House Shakeup
President Donald Trump attends a swearing-in ceremony Monday for his newly-named chief of staff John Kelly, appointed as part of a shakeup meant to instill order at a fractious White House bereft so...
Trump Swears In New Chief of Staff, Says No White House ‘chaos’
John Kelly was sworn in Monday as the new White House chief of staff, as US President Donald Trump looked to the retired Marine general for leadership after a shake-up of his top staff. Kelly, 67, is...
Trump Brings In New Chief of Staff In Bid To Reset White House
Donald Trump installed retired Marine Corps general John Kelly as his new chief of staff Monday, hoping to bring order and discipline to a White House beset by scandal, infighting, low approval...
Scaramucci Out As Trump’s New Chief of Staff Takes Reins
Foul-mouthed spin doctor Anthony Scaramucci was fired as White House communications director Monday, just 10 days after being named to the post and hours after Donald Trump's new chief of staff was...
Embattled Trump Replaces Chief of Staff
US President Donald Trump ousted his beleaguered chief of staff Reince Priebus on Friday, replacing him with Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly after vicious White House infighting spilled into...
Trump Replaces Chief of Staff Priebus With General Kelly
US President Donald Trump on Friday ousted his beleaguered chief of staff Reince Priebus, replacing him with retired Marine Corps general and current Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly. Priebus...
Scaramucci Upends White House Balance of Power
Fast-talking Anthony Scaramucci's appointment to a top White House post looks set to transform the balance of power in Donald Trump's faction-riven administration -- if he can survive. Last week...
US Republicans Jump-Start Health Care 2.0, Outcome Uncertain
Reinvigorated US Senate Republicans on Wednesday resumed their marathon effort to uproot Obamacare, but what their health legislation may ultimately look like remained a question mark. Senate...
Trump Warns of ‘last Chance’ To Pass Health Care Reform
President Donald Trump warned Republicans on Monday that they have one "last chance" to pass the party's health care reforms, as US lawmakers brace for a vote whose fate remained uncertain. With the...
IS Falling ‘very Fast’
The Islamic State group is falling "very fast," US President Donald Trump said Thursday as he visited the Pentagon for a military strategy meeting. "We're doing very well against ISIS. ISIS is...
Angry Democrats File No-Confidence Motion Against Trump
Two dozen congressional Democrats Wednesday launched a no-confidence motion against Donald Trump, an effort that will have no practical effect but highlights the rancor aroused by the US president....
US Seeks To Smooth Trade Relations With China In Talks
After riding a wave of anti-trade feeling to the White House, the Trump administration is taking a more traditional approach to resolving issues with China: a formal structure of talks that makes...
US-China Rifts Widen Despite Economic Headway
Three months after US President Donald Trump hosted a lavish welcome for his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at his Florida resort, the powers have made headway on an ambitious economic plan even as...
Trump Faces Tough Return To Washington ‘swamp’
US President Donald Trump returns to Washington Sunday after a brief overseas respite, facing an enduring and intensifying storm over his campaign's contacts with Russia. During two pomp-filled days...
US Federal Judge Weakens Trump Travel Ban
A Hawaii judge has dealt a fresh setback to President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from six mainly-Muslim countries and refugees, saying it unfairly excludes the grandparents and grandchildren of...
Trump Cuts Isolated Figure On World Stage
During a difficult visit to Europe Donald Trump appeared out of sync with traditional allies, struggling to show that unorthodox strategies toward rival powers Russia and China can deliver results....
Trump Warns Future of the West At Stake
US President Donald Trump warned that the future of the West was at risk and lashed out at Russia and North Korea on Thursday at the start of a high-stakes trip to Europe. On the eve of what is...
Western Civilisation Is At Stake – Trump
US President Donald Trump is to argue that the future of Western civilisation is at stake in a keynote speech in the Polish capital Warsaw. Holding up Poland as an example of a country ready to...
Trump Travel Ban Injunction Partly Lifted By Top US Court
US President Donald Trump has welcomed a Supreme Court ruling allowing his travel ban to be partly reinstated as a “victory for our national security”. America’s highest court also granted a...