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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump had two bags of McDonald's delivered to the Oval Office on Monday by a DoorDash driver he tipped $100, using his favorite food and a reality TV flourish to promote a tax policy he says has meant big rebates for Americans who earn gratuities.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump may believe the adage that the pen is mightier than the sword -- as long as it's a Sharpie.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Political warning signs that have privately worried some Republicans for months are starting to flash red ahead of November's midterm elections, as the war in Iran keeps gas prices high, travelers face unprecedented airport security wait times and Americans remain concerned about steep costs of living.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump may delay his China trip due to the Iran war, but Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday it's not to pressure Beijing on the Strait of Hormuz.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is suggesting he may delay his much-anticipated visit to China at the end of the month as he seeks to ramp up the pressure on Beijing to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz and calm oil prices that have soared during the Iran war.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- In the two weeks since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump increasingly has been knocked on his political heels.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- In the two weeks since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump increasingly has been knocked on his political heels.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump plans to visit Ohio and Kentucky on Wednesday to argue that his policies can steady an economy facing shock waves from the war on Iran and to try to defeat one of the few congressional Republicans who has dared to defy him.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump plans to visit Ohio and Kentucky on Wednesday to argue that his policies can steady an economy facing shock waves from the war on Iran and to try and defeat one of the few congressional Republicans who has dared to defy him.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Friday that questions about the war in Iran were "easy" compared to efforts to better regulate college sports and rein in high salaries for football players -- an extraordinary suggestion that even he himself seemed to think better of a short time later.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. is in talks with Havana and raised the possibility of a "friendly takeover of Cuba" without offering any details on what he meant.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. is in talks with Havana and raised the possibility of a "friendly takeover of Cuba" without offering any details on what he meant.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump will use Tuesday's State of the Union to champion his immigration crackdowns, his slashing of the federal government, his push to preserve widespread tariffs that the Supreme Court just struck down and his ability to direct quick-hit military actions around the world, including in Iran and Venezuela.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Gaza Strip is in ruins with entire city neighborhoods reduced to rubble and serious questions about rebuilding basic water and sewage facilities, roads, electrical grids and the critical infrastructure needed to consistently produce enough food to prevent widespread starvation.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump headed to North Carolina on Friday where he planned to honor members of the special forces who stormed into Venezuela last month and whisked away Nicolas Maduro, the leader of the South American country, to face drug smuggling charges in the United States.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is heading to North Carolina on Friday to celebrate members of the special forces who stormed into Venezuela on the third day of the New Year and whisked away that country's leader, Nicolas Maduro, to face U.S. smuggling charges.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump says history is on his side.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has instructed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem not to intervene in protests occurring in cities led by Democrats unless local authorities ask for federal help amid mounting criticism of his administration's immigration crackdown.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The streets of the nation's capital will host an IndyCar race this summer as part of celebrations marking America's 250th birthday, President Donald Trump announced Friday, relishing the prospect of vehicles roaring past the White House at speeds approaching 200 mph.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The streets of the nation's capital will host an IndyCar race this summer as part of celebrations marking America's 250th birthday, President Donald Trump announced Friday, relishing the prospect of vehicles roaring past the White House at speeds approaching 200 mph.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- From toppling Venezuela's leader to ordering mass deportations, from turning once independent government entities into rubber stamps to demolishing the East Wing for a White House ballroom, President Donald Trump spent his first year back in office trampling political norms and testing institutional checks and balances.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Friday that he was ready to restart U.S. mediation efforts between Egypt and Ethiopia with an eye toward resolving long-standing issues of water sharing from the Nile River.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- There was a glass bottle of milk on the Resolute Desk, and President Donald Trump promised to get to it soon.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump insists he's never happy. But now he has a lapel pin that is.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President Donald Trump said the United States launched a "powerful and deadly" strike against forces of the Islamic State group in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country's government of failing to rein in the targeting of Christians.
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President Donald Trump marked Christmas Eve by quizzing children calling in about what presents they were excited about receiving, while promising to not let a "bad Santa" infiltrate the country and even suggesting that a stocking full of coal may not be so bad.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that his long-promised " gold card " was officially going on sale, offering legal status and an eventual pathway to U.S. citizenship for individuals paying $1 million and corporations ponying up twice that per foreign-born employee.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has finally met with his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is finally meeting with his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump says he's enlisting the help of legendary golfer Jack Nicklaus to spruce up the courses at Joint Base Andrews -- adding a site long known as the "president's golf course" to his long and still- growing list of construction projects.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has made hardline immigration policies a signature issue, but acknowledged on Wednesday that he's been criticized for recently saying some skilled immigrants should be allowed into the country from his "Make America Great Again" supporters.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump loves offering outlandish ideas and then repeating them until they start to become mainstream -- even if they don't always come to fruition.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump says his $300 million White House ballroom will be paid for "100% by me and some friends of mine."
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has pardoned former New York Mets great Darryl Strawberry of tax evasion and drug charges, citing the 1983 National League Rookie of the Year's post-career embrace of his Christian faith and longtime sobriety.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has pardoned the former Tennessee House speaker and a onetime aide of public corruption charges after the White House said the Biden administration Justice Department "significantly over-prosecuted" both for a minor issue.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump hosted hundreds of costumed guests -- from superheroes to dinosaurs and even a few children dressed as the first couple -- as part of Thursday night's Halloween celebration at the White House.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump isn't curtailing travel. He's not avoiding golf or making do with a skeleton staff in the West Wing. Even hamburgers served at the White House aren't from McDonalds, this time.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday posthumously awarded America's highest civilian honor to Charlie Kirk, the assassinated activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation's politics further to the right.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to relocate World Cup matches set to be played next year in Boston, parts of which he'd suggested had been "taken over" by recent unrest.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday is posthumously awarding America's highest civilian honor to Charlie Kirk, the assassinated activist who inspired a generation of young conservatives and helped push the nation's politics further to the right.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is declaring Israel's war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip over and has already barreled ahead toward far larger goals -- arguing that the fragile ceasefire his administration helped broker is a chance to bring a lasting peace to the greater Middle East.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- AstraZeneca on Friday became the second major pharmaceutical manufacturer to announce it had agreed to lower the cost of prescription drugs for Medicaid under a deal struck with the Trump administration that avoided its threats of steep tariffs.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump was holding a roundtable event with conservative influencers about antifa Wednesday when Secretary of State Marco Rubio, standing in the back corner of the White House's Blue Room, caught his eye.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump isn't a doctor. But he played one on TV Monday, offering copious amounts of unproven medical advice that he suggested -- often without providing evidence -- might help reduce autism rates.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump defended his order that flags be lowered to half-staff after last week's slaying of conservative activist Charlie Kirk by suggesting he would have done the same following the assassination of a Minnesota Democratic state lawmaker this summer had he been asked by the state's governor.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Monday signed an order sending the National Guard into Memphis to combat crime, constituting his latest test of the limits of presidential power by using military force in American cities.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is hosting Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee in the Oval Office on Monday after suggesting that he's ready to send the National Guard into Memphis to help combat crime.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump had dinner Tuesday night at a seafood restaurant near the White House, promoting his deployment of the National Guard and federalizing the police force in an effort to crack down on crime in the nation's capital.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump had dinner Tuesday night at a seafood restaurant near the White House, promoting his deployment of the National Guard and federalizing the police force in an effort to crack down on crime in the nation's capital.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is having dinner Tuesday night at a seafood restaurant near the White House, promoting his deployment of the National Guard and federalizing the police force in an effort to crack down on crime in the nation's capital.
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Donald Trump attended the U.S. Open on Sunday and was booed by the crowd at a men's final, which was delayed due to the extra security associated with his visit.
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Donald Trump attended the U.S. Open on Sunday and briefly stepped out from a luxury box to wave at a main court crowd mostly still arriving for the men's final. He drew mixed cheers and boos.
NEW YORK (AP) -- President Donald Trump is attending the U.S. Open on Sunday as a guest of Rolex despite imposing steep tariffs on the Swiss watchmaker's home country and with organizers seeking to keep off-court disruptions -- like audience members booing him -- from being seen on the TV broadcast.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Saturday amplified his promises to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to Chicago by posting a parody image from "Apocalypse Now" featuring a ball of flames as helicopters zoom over the nation's second-largest city.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump will attend Sunday's men's final of the U.S. Open, returning to a tournament he once frequently attended for the first time in a decade.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Demolition to build President Donald Trump's new ballroom off the East Wing of the White House can begin without approval of the commission tasked with vetting construction of federal buildings, the Trump-appointed head of the panel said Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Monday marked the fourth anniversary of the suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members during the chaotic withdrawal at the end of the Afghanistan War by signing a proclamation honoring the fallen.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Friday that the draw for the 2026 World Cup will take place on Dec. 5 at the Kennedy Center in Washington.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House said Thursday night that there will be increased presence of federal law enforcement in the nation's capital to combat crime for at least the next week, amid President Donald Trump 's suggestions that his administration could fully take over running the city.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a warning to Russia, President Donald Trump said Friday he's ordering the repositioning of two U.S. nuclear submarines "based on the highly provocative statements" of the country's former president Dmitry Medvedev.