Trump administration

Newly released government data show at least a dozen lawmakers have ties to organizations that received federal coronavirus aid

A new book by President Donald Trump’s niece — which his family sued to stop from being published — paints the president as an emotionally damaged narcissist who’s cheated to get ahead and who is unable to “experience the entire spectrum of human emotion.” “Donald’s pathologies are so complex and his behaviors so often inexplicable that coming up with an accurate...

The United States has officially notified the United Nations of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, a White House official said Tuesday. That notice of withdrawal was submitted to the U.N. secretary-general. The announcement comes after President Donald Trump said at the White House in late May that the U.S. would be “terminating” its relationship with the WHO over its...

President Donald Trump misdirected blame when he questioned why NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace had not “apologized to all of those great NASCAR drivers & officials who came to his aid … only to find out that the whole thing was just another HOAX.”

President Donald Trump has falsely claimed his administration invested “$2.5 trillion in all of the greatest equipment in the world” for the military. That’s approximately the total for defense budgets from 2017 to 2020, but the cost of purchasing new military equipment was 20% of that. It’s true the Defense Department budgets passed under Trump — which total $2.9 trillion, in inflation-adjusted…

When San Benito, Texas, school leaders learned of an influx of children to a migrant shelter in their small town near the U.S.-Mexico border, they felt obliged to help. The superintendent reached out and agreed to send 19 bilingual teachers, mobile classrooms and hundreds of computers to make the learning environment resemble one of his schools. While a government contractor...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he believes the coronavirus will “just disappear” even as cases explode across the U.S. and top health officials warn that the country needs to do more to stop the spread.

The Trump administration is barring defense exports to Hong Kong and will soon require licenses for the sale of items that have both civilian and military uses

The White House says President Donald Trump was never informed of intelligence reports that Russian agents were offering bounties for the targeting of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, despite claims he was informed earlier this year and failed to take action.

President Donald Trump set off a “five alarm fire” in the White House Sunday morning after he retweeted a video of one of his supporters saying “white power,” according to two White House officials.

Billions of dollars offered by Congress as a lifeline to small businesses in the pandemic are about to be left on the table when a key government program stops accepting loan applications

There are now more than 2.5 million confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States; President Trump says intelligence that Russia offered bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan wasn’t passed on to him because reports weren’t “credible.”

President Donald Trump falsely claimed Thursday that it was his predecessor who was responsible for the struggles of Maine’s lobster and fishing industries.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday to protect federal monuments after a rash of recent incidents involving the vandalism of statues memorializing the Confederacy and some of the nation’s Founding Fathers.

President Donald Trump is preparing to direct the federal government to overhaul its hiring to prioritize a job applicant’s skills over a college degree.

The White House said Wednesday that President Donald Trump will not change his plan to travel to New Jersey this weekend despite a new order by the governor requiring visitors who have been in states with high numbers of coronavirus cases to quarantine for 14 days.

As the number of coronavirus infections continues to climb across the country — particularly now in the South and West — the Trump administration is planning to end its funding and support for coronavirus testing sites at the end of the month. A Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson tells NBC News the federal government is instead “broadening its community testing…

President Donald Trump indicated Monday he’s open to a second round of stimulus payments as the U.S. economy continues to reel from the coronavirus pandemic.

Facebook and Twitter both removed a video on Friday of a “racist baby” posted to President Donald Trump’s social media accounts the previous day, in response to a copyright claim from one of the children’s parents. Twitter labeled the video tweeted by President Donald Trump on Thursday night as “manipulated media” because it attributes to news media a nonexistent...

U_S_ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says China is trying to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe by using “disinformation and malicious cyber campaigns.”