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After a judge blocked work on Trump’s White House ballroom, some allies want Congress to step in. Most Republican lawmakers, however, are still keeping their hands politely in their pockets.
New reports say Donald Trump has privately discussed replacing Attorney General Pam Bondi with EPA chief Lee Zeldin after backlash over the handling of the Epstein files.
A federal judge has frozen Donald Trump’s plan for a 999-person, $400 million ballroom at the White House, rejecting the administration’s claim that the president can reshape the building at will. Trump responded by blasting preservation groups as “left-wing extremists” and taking another shot at Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve.
With approval ratings slipping and public frustration over the Iran war growing, Trump is pressing ahead on his agenda in ways that worry Republicans who say the White House is acting as if the midterms are someone else’s problem.
The White House said the move was a one-off humanitarian decision, not a shift in US policy, even as Cuba continues to struggle with months of fuel shortages.
A University of Massachusetts Amherst poll found that 62% of Americans disapprove of Donald Trump, with approval now five points below July 2025 and 11 points below last April.
The latest round of No Kings demonstrations brought people into the streets from New York to rural Idaho, with organizers saying turnout could top 9 million across more than 3,100 events. The main rally in Minnesota featured Bruce Springsteen, Robert De Niro on video, and a familiar argument: Trump is acting like a monarch, and protesters are not amused.
David Sacks has stepped down as a special government employee after exhausting the allowable 130 days. He will now focus on co-chairing the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology while his aggressive AI and crypto policy moves leave a messy legacy.
A one-ton, 13-foot statue of Christopher Columbus, reconstructed from pieces of a Baltimore monument pulled from the harbor, has been installed outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. The move has reignited debate over Columbus's legacy.
Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, praised Donald Trump at a White House dinner and called them “best buddies,” hours after the president made an awkward joke about Pearl Harbor during an Oval Office exchange.
The White House has leaned into TikTok-style videos, memes, and sports highlights to frame the campaign against Iran. The clips racked up billions of impressions, but former military leaders and some voters say the approach trivializes war and may be backfiring.
JD Vance offered a cautionary counterpoint inside the White House on recent strikes against Iran. He raised concerns grounded in his military experience, stayed publicly supportive once decisions were made, and has a record of warning against long foreign entanglements.