Close Trump Aide Resigns
Hope Hicks, one of President Trump’s longest-serving advisers, is to step down as White House communications director. The 29-year-old former model and ex-Trump Organization employee has been by Mr...
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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’s Transgender Military Ban ‘not Worked Out Yet’
The White House has not yet decided how it will implement the president’s ban on transgender people serving in the US military. Mr Trump’s surprise Twitter announcement on Wednesday has been met...
Trump Says Transgender Personnel Barred From US Military
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that transgender people may not serve "in any capacity" in the US military, upending a key policy from Barack Obama's administration and drawing swift...
White House Hails Israel For Removing Holy Site Metal Detectors
The White House welcomed Israel's decision to remove metal detectors from a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site on Tuesday after their installation triggered deadly violence, saying the Jewish state...
Trump Renews Attacks On Own Attorney General, Decision ‘soon’
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions found himself in an increasingly untenable position Tuesday, as President Donald Trump once again skewered him on Twitter, calling his onetime ally "VERY weak."...
New Trump Communcations Chief Vows To ‘stop Those Leaks’
Donald Trump's new communications director Anthony Scaramucci vowed Sunday to usher in a fresh start in the White House, beginning with a clampdown on unauthorized leaks that have led to months of...
US Congress To Vote On Russia Sanctions, Tying Trump’s Hands
The US Congress is poised to approve tough new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea this week after reaching a compromise deal, which the White House indicated Sunday it could support. In...
Sanders Brings Sardonic Wit, Southern Drawl To White House Podium
Sarah Huckabee Sanders -- a pugnacious Arkansas native from a political family -- took to the podium as the new White House press secretary Friday, stepping into perhaps the most difficult job in the...
Republican Veteran, But Never A Trump Insider
Sean Spicer, who resigned Friday after a stormy six months as White House press secretary, was tapped to be Donald Trump's spokesman even though he was not a member of the president's inner circle....
White House Spokesman, Trump Legal Aide Quit As Russia Probe Deepens
White House press secretary Sean Spicer and a member of President Donald Trump's legal team resigned Friday in a one-two punch to a reeling administration, as pressure mounts from a broadening...
Trump Lays Blame As US Health Care Reform Bid Collapses
An angry President Donald Trump railed Tuesday against dissenters in his party who dashed his months-long effort to dismantle his predecessor's landmark health care law, as moderates balked at...
Afghan Girl Roboticists Granted US Visas
A group of Afghan school girls taking part in a robotics competition in the US have been granted visas to attend it, after their initial applications were denied, US media said. US President Donald...
Afghan Girl Roboticists Granted US Visas
A group of Afghan school girls taking part in a robotics competition in the US have been granted visas to attend it, after their initial applications were denied, US media said. US President Donald...
China Under Pressure To Free Ailing Nobel Laureate
China faced sustained international pressure on Thursday to let cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo seek treatment abroad, as official hospital updates suggest the democracy champion is close...
‘Concerned’ US Urges Release of China’s Nobel Laureate
The US government expressed concern Wednesday about the status of China's Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and urged Beijing to release the cancer-stricken democracy activist and his wife so he can receive...
Trump Son Met Russian To Get Dirt On Clinton
Donald Trump's eldest son on Monday admitted meeting a Russian lawyer to get dirt on his father's 2016 rival Hillary Clinton, thrusting the White House deep into another Russia-related scandal. Trump...
In Tweeted Video, Trump Knocks Down, Beats Up ‘CNN’
US President Donald Trump launched a fresh attack on the news media Sunday by tweeting a video -- bizarre even by his standards -- showing him knocking down and beating a professional wrestling...
CNN Accuses Trump of ‘encouraging Violence Against Reporters’
CNN has accused Donald Trump of “encouraging violence against reporters”, after the President tweeted a video of him wrestling a man with the TV network’s logo over his face. On Sunday, the US...
Trump Tweets Out Against CNN, NBC, ‘dumb As A Rock’ Journalist
President Donald Trump on Saturday fired off another volley in his escalating feud with the US media, aiming a Twitter tirade at CNN, NBC and a morning show host he taunted as "dumb as a rock." The...