Washington — President Trump touted the construction of the White House ballroom in his first appearance since Republicans’ overwhelming losses in the midterm elections, hosting a celebratory event that stood in stark contrast with his new political reality in Washington. The president assembled reporters and construction workers in the unfinished massive new structure, where the…
The legal challenges to President Trump’s proposed memorial arch are mounting, with the District of Columbia and Virginia suing in federal court Saturday as the administration says construction could begin as early as next week. There are now three lawsuits calling for a halt to potential work on a monument that would rise 250 feet…
Washington — President Trump said Monday that former President Barack Obama “wouldn’t understand” the renovations he’s undertaken at the White House after the former president said Mr. Trump “has got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.” At a campaign stop in Mississippi, Mr. Trump addressed Obama’s comments, which have gone…
Former President Barack Obama on Saturday seized on what he described as cruelty and indecency coming from President Trump and his Republican allies, stepping into one of the nation’s ugliest midterm fights as he worked to rally Democratic voters in battleground Ohio. Obama took specific aim at Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who has doubled…
The New Mexico attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday against two of Jeffrey Epstein’s closest confidants, seeking to stop them from receiving payments for serving as executors of his estate. The lawsuit claims attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn “facilitated and concealed” sex trafficking by Epstein at his Zorro Ranch, outside Santa Fe. New…
Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are now facing an additional charge of conspiracy to commit torture as federal prosecutors filed a superseding indictment in the Southern District of New York on Thursday. “As alleged in the indictment, the Maduro regime subjected over a dozen American citizens to torture while held…
Washington — President Trump’s move to ban CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO from the White House has highlighted the role of the press pool, a rotating group of reporters tasked with documenting and distributing information about what the president does and says each day. Mr. Trump announced Friday that he would be cutting off the…
