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Letters: Sports and politics collide with Dodgers' planned White House visit
Readers of the L.A. Times Sports section share their thoughts and opinions on the Dodgers' planned visit to the White House, UCLA's Aday Mara and other topics.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
Mookie Betts will join teammates for Dodgers' White House visit: 'This is not about me'
Mookie Betts emphasizes repeatedly his desire to be with his teammates when the Dodgers visit the White House on Monday to honor their 2024 World Series title.Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Mookie Betts to visit White House with Dodgers after skipping it in President Trump's first term
Betts also visited Joe Biden at the White House after the Dodgers' title in 2020.Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Mookie Betts to attend Dodgers' White House visit with Trump: 'Not about me'
Mookie Betts confirmed Friday that he would be attending his team's upcoming visit to the White House.Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Dodgers' Mookie Betts will make White House visit after skipping previous celebration under Trump
Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts said he will attend next week's World Series championship celebration at the White House after he declined to attend a previous ceremony during President ...Yahoo Sports - 2d -
Dodgers' Mookie Betts will make White House visit after skipping previous celebration under Trump
Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts said he will attend next week’s World Series championship celebration at the White House after he declined to attend a previous ceremony in President ...ABC News - 1d -
Jeffrey Lurie: White House visit is "totally an optional thing" for players
The Eagles will be visiting the White House later this month.Yahoo Sports - 4d -
Kid Rock on White House visit with Bill Maher to meet Trump: 'It could not have been better'
Kid Rock is describing a meeting between President Trump and Bill Maher at the White House as a mind-blowing success, saying his aim in coordinating the get-together between the political ...The Hill - 5d -
How the White House calculated reciprocal tariffs
President Trump triumphantly held up a poster board in the Rose Garden on Wednesday showing the reciprocal tariffs he plans to impose on nearly every country in the world. But just how the White ...The Hill - 3d -
Eagles' Jeffrey Lurie explains decision to visit White House: 'Obvious choice' for a 'time-honored tradition'
Philadelphia did not go to the White House after its first Super Bowl winCBS Sports - 4d -
Putin envoy visits White House as Trump toys with détente
Kirill Dmitriev is highest-ranking Russian official to visit US since Moscow’s invasion of UkraineFinancial Times - 3d -
The White House's Barstool problem
Dave Portnoy, a Trump supporter and the founder of Barstool Sports, went viral for his blistering critique of the administration’s group chat debacleNBC News - Mar. 28 -
Trump expected to host Netanyahu at White House next week
President Trump is expected to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a visit on Monday, a White House official told NewsNation. The meeting will take place just days after the ...The Hill - 1d -
White House plans to use real eggs for the Easter Egg Roll, despite a strain on supply and concern over prices
The White House tradition of rolling Easter eggs across the South Lawn is expected to proceed this year despite concern over egg prices and strain on supply.NBC News - 3d -
Trump expected to announce plans for reciprocal tariffs
Watch live coverage as President Trump is expected to announce his plans for reciprocal tariffs at a White House event.NBC News - 4d -
Over 1,900 researchers protest White House 'assault' on science: 'We see real danger'
Nearly 2,000 scientists, engineers and researchers penned an open letter this week to the Trump administration calling for a stop to the “assault” on science.ABC News - 4d -
White House holds press briefing
Watch live coverage as White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a press briefing.NBC News - 5d -
White House Correspondents Cancel Comedian Booked for Annual Dinner
The comedian Amber Ruffin had been slated to perform at the event in April. The correspondents’ association said it wanted to avoid focusing “on the politics of division.”The New York Times - Mar. 29 -
Treasury secretary to meet with House Republicans as Trump eyes new tariffs
It's the latest meeting House GOP conference chair Lisa McClain has set up with members of Trump's Cabinet in an effort to keep lawmakers in the loop on White House plans.NBC News - 5d -
Musk may soon leave the White House, but his bromance with Trump will remain
Rather than an explosive split that many predicted, Musk instead appears set to keep close ties with Trump and retain influence on US politics. After months of exerting extraordinary power over the ...The Guardian - 1d -
Arellano: The Dodgers should meet with Trump. In No. 42 Jackie Robinson jerseys
The team should not only swing by the White House to meet Trump, they should do it with the weight of L.A. on their minds.Yahoo Sports - 2d -
White House pranks journalists on April Fools’ Day
The White House played an April Fools’ Day prank on journalists inside the press room. Around 6 p.m. EDT, the White House Assistant Press Secretary Taylor Rogers announced over the loudspeaker that ...The Hill - 4d -
White House considering roughly 20% tariff on most imports, report says
The Washington Post report comes a day before April 2, when President Donald Trump is set to announce his larger plans for global tradeCNBC - 5d -
Trump says ‘there are methods’ for seeking third term in White House
In interview Trump said he wasn’t joking when he alluded to a purported loophole for a third term as president. Donald Trump has said there are “methods” – if not “plans” – to circumvent the ...The Guardian - 6d -
Physics: How a Bigger Particle Collider Could Advance Cryogenics
Scientists at CERN revealed plans for an even bigger atom smasher this week.Inc. - 5d -
White House says Signal controversy is 'closed'
The White House said Monday that its probe into how a journalist was added to a group chat of officials discussing military strikes is closed, as the administration seeks to move past the ...The Hill - 6d -
Amber Ruffin dropped from White House Correspondents' Association dinner
The White House Correspondents' Association announced Saturday that its annual dinner will not feature Amber Ruffin or any comedian.ABC News - Mar. 29 -
Markets & key sectors looking for ‘specifics’ in Trump’s tariff policies to ‘help them plan’
NBC News Senior White House Correspondent Kelly O’Donnell reports on the uncertainty surrounding President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs plan set to take effect on April 2. NBC News Business and Data ...NBC News - 6d -
White House yanks Stefanik’s UN nomination
Worries about Republicans’ narrow 218-213 majority in the House stalled her nomination.Politico - Mar. 27 -
White House to remove magnolia tree dating to Andrew Jackson
The White House will remove from its property a magnolia tree planted nearly 200 years ago with seeds said to have been brought from former President Jackson’s home in Tennessee. President Trump ...The Hill - Mar. 30 -
Vance, Harris seen as top 2028 White House contenders
Vice President JD Vance and former Vice President Kamala Harris are seen as top contenders for the White House in 2028 by their respective parties, according to the latest Economist/YouGov poll. ...The Hill - 3d -
White House defends not including Russia, North Korea on tariffs
The White House on Thursday defended its decision to not include Russia, North Korea, Cuba or Belarus in the latest round of tariffs, which targeted dozens of global trading partners that were ...The Hill - 3d -
Far-right activist Laura Loomer met with Trump at the White House
NBC News' Julie Tsirkin reports on a meeting far-right activist Laura Loomer had with President Trump and other White House staff about her dissatisfaction about members of the national security team.NBC News - 3d -
White House postpones Saturday garden tours due to anti-Trump demonstrations
The White House is rescheduling one of its annual spring garden tour dates due to a "massive" anti-Trump demonstration expected to take place near 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The spring garden tours ...The Hill - 3d -
Congress pushes back at White House over Signal group chat
The White House’s assertion that the case is closed surrounding national security officials’ use of Signal is getting pushback in Congress, even among some Republicans who say their own probes will ...The Hill - 1d -
Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
Trump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House in an exclusive interview with NBC News.NBC News - Mar. 30 -
NSC staffers fired after Trump met with far-right activist Laura Loomer: Sources
The White House has fired a handful of National Security Council staffers following a Wednesday meeting with far-right political activist Laura Loomer.ABC News - 2d -
5 questions about Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs
President Trump plans to announce reciprocal tariffs on a host of nations Wednesday at a White House event. Trump has deemed April 2 “Liberation Day” because of the tariffs, and the White House ...The Hill - 4d
