Trump’s open door Oval Office
When Omarosa Manigault, the former âCelebrity Apprenticeâ antihero-turned-White House adviser, needs to talk to President Donald Trump, she simply strolls into the Oval Office. As assistant to the...
View ArticleSean Spicer targets own staff in leak crackdown
Press Secretary Sean Spicer is cracking down on leaks coming out of the West Wing, with increased security measures including phone checks for White House staffers overseen by White House attorneys....
View ArticleTrump: Latest court setback ‘makes us look weak’
It was a rare moment of vulnerability: U.S. President Donald Trump, onstage in front of an adoring Nashville crowd, admitted Wednesday night that the latest restraining order blocking his travel ban...
View ArticleIvanka Trump set to get West Wing office as role expands
WASHINGTON â Ivanka Trump, who moved to Washington saying she would play no formal role in her fatherâs administration, is now officially setting up shop in the White House. The powerful first...
View ArticleTrump’s surprisingly functional Israel policy
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuâs mantra, throughout his career, has been never to give an inch without getting an inch in return. But last week he announced that Israel would voluntarily...
View ArticleTrump’s foreign policy shake-up that wasn’t
In the weeks after his election, Donald Trump considered former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for secretary of state, tapped Michael Flynn to be his national security adviser, and pondered...
View ArticleSean Spicer admits he ‘let the president down’ with Hitler comments
A repentant Sean Spicer admitted Wednesday he âlet the president downâ a day earlier when he claimed that Adolf Hitler didn’t use chemical weapons — ignoring the latter’s use of gas chambers to...
View ArticleTrump celebrates Easter his way
Eight years ago, President Barack Obama took his family to St. Johnâs Episcopal Church to celebrate Easter at the church nicknamed the âChurch of the Presidents,â located across the street from...
View ArticleIvanka Trump faces skeptical audience in Berlin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to the White House last month may have been filled with awkward moments, but she left with one key takeaway — identifying the first daughter as her back-channel...
View ArticleIvanka Trump gets booed, hissed at during Berlin event
BERLIN â Ivanka Trump arrived in Berlin Tuesday morning armed with facts and figures to recite at what was expected to be a high-brow international summit to discuss women entrepreneurship,...
View ArticleIvanka Trump faces tough audience in European women
BERLIN â Ivanka Trumpâs personal brand, upcoming book and burgeoning position on the world stage have all been based on her image as a do-it-all feminist and working mother. That powerful package...
View ArticleKremlin says Trump will meet Putin in July
In a phone call Tuesday afternoon, U.S. President Donald Trump discussed meeting face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Hamburg this July â a detail that was omitted from the White...
View ArticleTrump’s attempt to fix the Comey crisis made it worse
President Donald Trump spent many of the first 48 hours after he fired his FBI director grumbling to friends and associates about his lousy media coverage â and about the shortcomings of his senior...
View ArticleTrump’s intelligence gaffe creates tension with Israel
Israeli leaders are unlikely to let the revelation that President Donald Trump shared classified Israeli intelligence with Russian officials derail a critical state visit next week. But behind the...
View ArticleTrump looks to foreign trip for reset after domestic drama
President Donald Trumpâs first foreign trip was always going to be an ambitious undertaking, even without members of his own party talking about subpoenas and possible grounds for impeachment at...
View ArticleTeam Trump lands in Saudi, minus headscarves
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia â The women traveling with President Donald Trump deboarded from Air Force One in Riyadh on Saturday morning wearing flowing long sleeves, but no headscarves. First lady...
View ArticleSaudis give Trump a reception fit for a king
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia â President Donald Trump had to travel to someone elseâs kingdom to get the respect he has always craved. From his airport greeting by King Salman of Saudi Arabia â a...
View ArticleTrump plans Middle East return — to Egypt
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia â President Donald Trump, a homebody by nature who spent four months in office before making his first trip abroad, said Sunday that he is planning a return trip to the Middle...
View ArticleTrump softens his tone on Islam
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia â Against the backdrop of an ornate, Mar-a-Lago style ballroom with members of the Saudi Royal family sitting nearby, President Donald Trump on Sunday delivered a moderate...
View ArticleTrump man who would make Middle East peace
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia â For two decades, Jason Greenblatt worked two doors down from Donald Trump â separated from his boss by only a supply closet and the office of Trumpâs longtime assistant,...
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