When President Donald Trump met with donors for his new ballroom at the White House earlier this month, he relayed a story that thrilled his real estate mogul heart. "I said, 'How long will it take me?' 'Sir, you can start tonight, you have no approvals,'" Trump said on October 15, describing a co
Since February, a large, smiling portrait of Ronald Reagan has loomed over the Oval Office, watching Donald Trump each time he settles behind the Resolute Desk long used by US presidents. The painting - provided by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute and prominently installed by
Top economic officials from the US and China will face off in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to try to avert an escalation of their trade war and ensure that a meeting happens next week between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The talks on the sidelines of the Association of S
President Donald Trump’s administration escalated a US military buildup in the Caribbean on Friday by announcing the deployment of the Gerald Ford aircraft carrier group to Latin America — a show of force far beyond any past counter-narcotics effort and Washington’s most assertive
The US on Friday imposed sanctions on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, as President Donald Trump sharply escalated a feud with Washington's longtime Latin American ally over accusations that Petro has refused to stop the flow of cocaine into the United States. Tensions between Washington and man
More than half of Americans, including about three in 10 Republicans, believe President Donald Trump is using federal law enforcement to go after his enemies, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that also found growing concern about US political divisions nine months into his second term in offic
A group of dozens of officials from across the federal government, including US intelligence officers, has been helping to steer President Donald Trump's drive for retribution against his perceived enemies, according to government records and a source familiar with the effort. The Interagency Weap
At least 14 people were killed after a gold mine collapsed in El Callao municipality in southern Venezuela following heavy rains in the area, emergency officials said on Monday. The National Risk System teams said recovery efforts were underway, with the bodies found in three separate shafts, repo
Sixteen people are believed to have been killed in a devastating explosion at a military explosives plant in the US state of Tennessee on Friday morning, with no survivors found, local authorities said Saturday. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) said in a press release that the numb
US President Donald Trump on Friday blamed Democrats for his decision to lay off thousands of workers across the US government as he followed through on his threat to cut the federal workforce during the government shutdown. Job cuts were under way at the Treasury Department, the US health agency,
The Trump administration has laid off dozens of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in its latest round of cuts, including "disease detectives”, high-ranking scientists and the entire Washington office, the New York Times reported on Saturday. The White House and the
Venezuela's ambassador to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, has accused the United States at the UN Security Council of taking actions that threaten peace in Venezuela and across the region. "These are not isolated incidents -- they represent a growing threat to the peace and security of our nat
Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the US president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age". Trump, 79, was the oldest person to assume the US presidency when he re
