Tag: White House

White sign language interpreter fired

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The speaker’s race runs through ‘Fox and Friends’

Philip Wegmann · April 12, 2018 3:51 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Energy and Environment

Trump to direct EPA to speed up regulation repeal to spur economic growth

Gabby Morrongiello · April 12, 2018 2:20 pm

National Security

Trump: Missile attack could hit Syria ‘very soon’ or ‘not so soon at all’

Katelyn Caralle · April 12, 2018 7:08 am

"The number one concern is that we work really hard to fulfill our campaign promises, and that we at least put bills on the president's desk," said Meadows.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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Mark Meadows’ influence looms large in race to succeed Paul Ryan

David M. Drucker, Susan Ferrechio · April 12, 2018 4:00 am

In this Jan. 5, 2011 file photo, then-Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, who was elected House Speaker later that day during the 112th Congress, walks out of his home on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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John Boehner dismisses idea of a House Freedom Caucus member replacing Paul Ryan

Melissa Quinn · April 11, 2018 6:33 pm

Rep. Jim Jordan, a top conservative lawmaker, disputed that there is any movement inside the Freedom Caucus to oust House Speaker Paul Ryan or seek a change in leadership. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

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Jim Jordan suggests Paul Ryan is stepping down because tax reform was his ‘papal conversion’

Anna Giaritelli · April 11, 2018 2:02 pm

Michael Cohen wants defamation lawsuit filed by Stormy Daniels thrown out

Melissa Quinn · April 10, 2018 9:49 am

Donald Trump and John Bolton.

John Bolton: A complex worldview that just might work for Trump

Tom Rogan · April 10, 2018 12:00 am

Secretary John F. Kelly's Department of Homeland Security had denied any changes to asylum procedure before the lawsuit. Those who claim to fear returning to their country are supposed to be granted interviews.

Energy and Environment

John Kelly urging Trump to fire EPA’s Scott Pruitt: Report

Josh Siegel · April 6, 2018 1:46 pm

U.S. stock markets tumbled on Friday as threats from the White House and Beijing raised concerns about a trade war between the world's two largest economies.

Trade tactics transform stock market’s ‘Trump Bump’ into a slump

James Langford · April 6, 2018 12:53 pm

U.S. financial markets sank Wednesday as China and the U.S. targeted each other with tariff announcements, escalating concerns that a trade war will harm growth.

Wall Street shows Trump that US can still lose in a trade war

James Langford · April 4, 2018 11:50 am

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump enters the debate hall during the Republican presidential debate sponsored by CNN, Salem Media Group and the Washington Times at the University of Miami, Thursday, March 10, 2016, in Coral Gables, Fla.

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The dumbest timeline: Trump ‘shithole’ coverage prompted 100-plus FCC indecency complaints

Becket Adams · April 4, 2018 11:24 am