Tag: White House

USAID’s ‘long list of crap’: Karoline Leavitt cites millions in wasteful spending

Naomi Lim · February 5, 2025 4:07 pm

Trump signs executive order ‘keeping men out of women’s sports’

Christian Datoc · February 5, 2025 4:03 pm

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks at the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.

WATCH LIVE: Karoline Leavitt holds press briefing after Trump’s Gaza Strip announcement

Brady Knox · February 5, 2025 12:47 pm

President Donald Trump could expand his tariff negotiating strategy to Arab nations if they continue to resist his demands to resettle Palestinian refugees ahead of the Gaza cleanup effort, according to Trump's national security adviser, Mike Waltz.

Trump might use tariffs to force Arab countries to admit Palestinian refugees

Christian Datoc · February 5, 2025 9:09 am

Elon Musk speaks at an indoor presidential inauguration parade event in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025.

Elon Musk shielded by ethics loophole as Trump ‘special government employee’

Haisten Willis · February 5, 2025 7:00 am

In this May 10, 2019, file photo, a container ship is unloaded at the Virginia International Gateway terminal in Norfolk. A Chinese state news agency said U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators promised to create “favorable conditions” for carrying out a truce in their governments’ tariff war during a phone call.

Finance and Economy

Head of manufacturing trade group warns about costs of sweeping tariffs

Zach Halaschak · February 5, 2025 6:00 am

President Donald Trump and Israeli's Bibi Netanyahu at the White House on Feb. 4, 2025.

Trump says the US will take ownership of the Gaza Strip with Israel’s support

Christian Datoc, Naomi Lim · February 4, 2025 7:22 pm

Peter Navarro, White House Senior Counselor for Trade and Manufacturing, speaks to the media outside the West Wing of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington.

Peter Navarro says Trump’s tariff standoff is about more than trade

Haisten Willis · February 4, 2025 6:09 pm

President Donald Trump backed the idea of sending violent U.S. criminals to foreign prisons as opposed to U.S. jails.

Trump backs jailing US criminal ‘animals’ in foreign prisons

Christian Datoc · February 4, 2025 4:49 pm

Trump expected to sign memorandum expanding ‘maximum pressure’ campaign on Iran

Christian Datoc · February 4, 2025 12:54 pm

Rubio attempts to tamp down concerns about immediate shutdown of USAID

Annabella Rosciglione · February 4, 2025 9:25 am

Trump nets wins in international relations as he prepares to welcome Bibi to White House

Naomi Lim · February 4, 2025 7:00 am