Bill Gates defends USAID’s work after meeting with Trump and White House chief of staff
WASHINGTON — Billionaire Bill Gates, a philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, said he met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday to advocate for continuing foreign aid disbursements from the U.S.
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Evening Report — White House defends Gaza plan amid blowback
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White House defends Trump's Gaza takeover, resettlement proposal
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Newsom to meet with Trump at White House on Wednesday
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Netanyahu and Trump to meet at White House today
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Watch live: Trump, Netanyahu give remarks after White House meeting
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Bill Gates: Musk wouldn't be telling USAID workers to say home if he knew what it does
Billionaire Bill Gates said in an interview early Tuesday that Elon Musk "wouldn't be telling" employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) not to come to work if he "really ...The Hill - 2d -
Bill Gates talks new book, relationship with Trump, views on Musk
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Trump and Musk are upending USAID. Here's what to know about its work.
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President Trump to meet with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the White House
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to meet with Trump at White House
Nvidia CEO is set to have his first meeting with President Donald Trump since the beginning of his second administration.CNBC - 6d -
Nvidia boss Huang set to meet Trump at White House
Meeting had been arranged before news about advances in artificial intelligence by China’s DeepSeekFinancial Times - 6d -
Trump defends aid federal funding freeze after White House says it rescinds order
President Donald Trump defended the federal aid spending freeze, saying it “in no way affected” Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid. The administration rescinded the order that froze federal ...NBC News - Jan. 29 -
Netanyahu accepts Trump’s invite, will meet at White House next week
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump are expected to meet next week in Washington, making him the first foreign leader to visit to the White House since Trump returned to ...The Hill - Jan. 29 -
Trump invites Israel's Netanyahu to meet with him at the White House next week
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Netanyahu to meet with Trump at the White House next week
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to become the first foreign leader to meet with President Donald Trump during his second term with a trip to the White House next week.NBC News - Jan. 29 -
White House says Medicaid portal 'will be back online shortly' after Trump funding freeze blamed
A funding freeze ordered by the Trump administration has sparked widespread confusion about its effects on government programs such as Medicaid.CNBC - Jan. 29 -
Israel says Netanyahu invited to meet Trump at White House next week
The 4 February meeting would come after comments from Trump on relocating Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan.BBC News - Jan. 28 -
White House defends sweeping pause on grants and loans
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White House defends dramatic federal funding freeze
The administration declined to say when the pause would lift.Politico - Jan. 28 -
White House says Colombia agreed to Trump's deportation terms after tariff standoff
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Bill Gates on His Meeting With Trump, Musk's DOGE, His Childhood
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Lightning-rod immigration bill set to go to Trump's desk after House passage
The House voted on an amended version of the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday, two weeks after it initially passed the bill.ABC News - Jan. 23 -
Trump White House begins remaking national security staff
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Trump to huddle with House GOP moderates at White House
A trio of moderate House Republicans are set to meet with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday, the latest huddle between the president and different GOP factions as the lower chamber ...The Hill - Jan. 22 -
Scalise has 'great meeting' with Kevin O'Leary at White House
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Harris and Vance meet at White House before inauguration ceremony
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Kamala Harris and JD Vance meet at the White House
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Trump returns to the White House
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Bill Gates on Trump meeting: 'Frankly I was impressed'
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Man who rammed gate near White House in attempt to overthrow government is sentenced to 8 years
A man who rammed a U-Haul truck into a gate near the White House with aspirations of overthrowing the government was sentenced to eight years in prison.NBC News - Jan. 17 -
Trump says he's working on arranging a meeting with Putin
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Can Susie Wiles, Trump’s Chief of Staff, Survive?
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