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Donald Trump Jr says not worried about going to jail: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 12 08:32 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump's eldest son said he was not worried that he could be jailed over his role in the Russia probe, but suggested investigators might try to "create" legal difficulties for him. Read more »

Trump lieutenants disavow explosive 'resistance' op-ed

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 07 08:43 AM

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's top lieutenants scrambled Thursday to deny authorship of an explosive op-ed article that has plunged his presidency into its worst crisis yet by proclaiming a secret insider resistance to his "reckless" and "amoral" leadership. Read more »

Damning Woodward book depicts 'crazytown' Trump White House

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 05 09:23 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's White House is mired in a perpetual "nervous breakdown" with staff battling to rein in the worst impulses of an angry, paranoid leader, according to an explosive new book by veteran reporter Bob Woodward. Read more »

Trump insists White House a 'smooth-running machine'

Jerome Cartillier, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 31 02:59 PM

The Fake News Media has it, purposely, so wrong!" Trump tweeted. Read more »

In U-turn, Trump lowers White House flag for McCain

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 04:53 AM

Under fire for what critics said was a lack of respect for the late U.S. senator John McCain, President Donald Trump issued Monday a formal proclamation about the lawmaker's death and ordered the White House flag back to half-staff. Read more »

Trump, White House deny wrongdoing after Cohen plea deal

Jeff Mason and James Oliphant, Reuters
Posted at Aug 23 07:39 AM

WASHINGTON - The White House pushed back forcefully on Wednesday against suggestions that a plea deal struck by President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen implicated Trump in a crime. Read more »

Putin won't be invited to address US Congress: House speaker Paul Ryan

Reuters
Posted at Jul 25 01:42 AM

Ryan's comments reflect the continuing unease among US lawmakers even within Trump's own party about the president's outreach to Putin. Read more »

Targeting critics, Trump threatens ex-officials' security clearances

Steve Holland and Jonathan Landay, Reuters
Posted at Jul 24 11:26 AM

WASHINGTON - The White House on Monday threatened to strike back at critics of President Donald Trump's contacts with Russia by revoking the security clearances of six former U.S. officials, drawing accusations that he was abusing his power and aiming to stifle dissent. Read more »

Trump invites Putin to Washington despite U.S. uproar on Helsinki summit

Steve Holland and Doina Chiacu, Reuters
Posted at Jul 20 07:35 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump plans to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington this autumn, the White House said on Thursday, four days after a summit that led to an uproar in the United States over Trump's failure to publicly confront Putin for Moscow's meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.   Read more »

White House struggles to contain fallout from Trump-Putin summit

Roberta Rampton, Reuters
Posted at Jul 19 05:15 AM

Since Monday's summit, Trump and the White House have twice blamed a misstatement or misunderstanding for the furor over Russia. Read more »

White House economic adviser Kudlow suffers heart attack -Trump

Reuters
Posted at Jun 12 09:26 AM

WASHINGTON - Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow suffered a heart attack and is being treated at a Washington-area hospital, President Donald Trump said in a tweet. Read more »

Trump fires aide who joked about 'dying' war hero John McCain

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 06 09:23 AM

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has sacked an aide who said cancer-stricken Senator John McCain's opposition to a presidential nominee did not matter because "he's dying anyway," the White House announced Tuesday. Read more »

LeBron, Curry, Durant say NBA champ won't go to White House

Jim Slater, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 06 03:49 AM

The Warriors would likely follow the lead of what they did last year when they went to Washington and spent the day with children instead of being at the White House. Read more »

US set for deeply controversial Jerusalem embassy move

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 14 10:37 AM

JERUSALEM - The US moves its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem later Monday after months of global outcry, Palestinian anger and exuberant praise from Israelis over President Donald Trump's decision tossing aside decades of precedent. Read more »

Trump attorney moves to force porn star's lawsuit into arbitration

Reuters
Posted at Apr 03 09:36 AM

U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer asked a federal judge on Monday to force adult film star Stormy Daniels to use arbitration to settle a dispute over an agreement to keep quiet about a sexual encounter she says she had with Trump. Read more »

Trump 'strongly' denies Stormy Daniels affair

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 27 06:19 AM

WASHINGTON - The White House hit back at porn star Stormy Daniels on Monday, insisting there was "nothing to collaborate" her claims of extramarital sex with Donald Trump. Read more »

Students against guns

Jim Bourg, Reuters
Posted at Mar 15 11:55 AM

Students gather outside the White House in Washington, D.C., United States on Wednesday as they join thousands of students across the country walking out of classes to demand stricter gun laws. Read more »

Top Trump economic aide Cohn resigns

Andrew Beatty, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 07 07:49 AM

Donald Trump's White House was rocked by another high-profile resignation Tuesday, as top economic adviser Gary Cohn quit in protest at the president's decision to levy global steel tariffs. Read more »

Man fatally shoots himself in front of White House

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 04 08:05 AM

A man fatally shot himself on the crowded pedestrian avenue directly in front of the White House on Saturday, officials said.  Read more »

NBA: Warriors visit African American history museum while in DC

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 01 09:30 AM

WASHINGTON - The Golden State Warriors used their day off in Washington to take a group of children to a museum, and said Wednesday they had no regrets about not visiting US President Donald Trump's White House. Read more »