House Passes Gop Budget Teeing Up Enormous Tax and Spending Cuts

White House official pushes to axe Canada from Five Eyes intelligence group

Peter Navarro wants to increase pressure on country Donald Trump has threatened to annex

Financial Times - 3d

White House to take over press pool amid 'Gulf of America' fight with AP

The White House said Tuesday that it would take over which outlets are allowed into the press pool covering the president, wresting such control from the White House Correspondents' Association. ...

The Hill - 3d

White House says that a large bruise on Trump's hand is from 'shaking hands all day every day'

WASHINGTON — The White House is attributing a large bruise on the back of President Donald Trump's right hand to him shaking hands.

NBC News - 3d

White House will choose news outlets who will have access to Trump in press pool

The White House announced it will choose which news outlets get to cover President Trump in close quarters or in events with limited access.

CBS News - 2d

White House identifies DOGE administrator amid questions about Elon Musk's role

The administrator of President Donald Trump's so-called Department of Government Efficiency has been identified as Amy Gleason, a White House official said.

CNBC - 2d

President Donald Trump says Eagles will be invited to White House after Super Bowl win

Trump disinvited the Eagles in 2018. It was later reported they were planning to send only five players at most.

Yahoo Sports - 2d

Trump says Zelenskyy set to visit White House on Friday to sign minerals deal

President says ‘I hear he’s coming on Friday’ amid reports that terms of US-Ukraine aid exchange have been reached. Donald Trump has said that Volodymyr Zelenskyy is likely to visit the White House ...

The Guardian - 2d

Ellen Degeneres and Portia de Rossi may already be eyeing a new house in the U.K.

The couple have only been living in the U.K. for a few months, but new reports suggest that there are issues with the $18 million farmhouse they initially moved into.

MarketWatch - 2d

Eagles will be invited to White House after Super Bowl win, President Trump says; team to accept, per report

The Eagles reportedly would go to the White House despite speculation claiming otherwise

CBS Sports - 2d

WHCA head: Public 'can no longer trust' pool reports under White House control

The head of the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) says the public can no longer trust pool reports now that the reporters included in the small group will be controlled by President ...

The Hill - 2d

HUD secretary announcing elimination of rule Trump warned would 'destroy the value of houses'

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Scott Turner said he would terminate the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule on Wednesday, repealing the law which was ...

The Hill - 2d

Female athletes excluded from White House event after criticizing new NCAA policy

Some of the athletes have publicly clashed with the White House's preferred messaging by openly criticizing the NCAA in social media posts and other public statements.

CBS News - 1d

Mortgage rates are falling. Here’s how much income you need now to buy a house for $250,000, $400,000 and $1 million

Mortgage rates fell for the sixth week in a row, offering more financial relief to home buyers.

MarketWatch - 1d

Chiefs star gets in White House visit before the Eagles: President Trump meets with Harrison Butker

The Eagles haven't visited the White House yet, but one Chiefs player has

CBS Sports - 1d

Georgia House keeps hate crimes protection as it seeks to restrict transgender sports participation

Georgia’s state House has backed away from changes to the state’s hate crimes law that could have removed protections for crimes against transgender people

ABC News - 1d

House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Alphabet, Meta, other tech giants over 'foreign censorship' of speech

The House committee is concerned that foreign laws around online content "have limited Americans' access to lawful speech" in the U.S.

CNBC - 22h

US judge temporarily blocks White House from ordering mass firing of federal workers

Ruling deals blow to efforts by Donald Trump and Elon Musk to shrink government workforce

Financial Times - 19h

House Democrats join legal fight against Trump's efforts to dismantle consumer protection agency

House Democratic leaders are getting directly involved in one of the legal battles against the Trump administration, filing an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit seeking to block the dismantling ...

NBC News - 11h

Trump says he plans to add White House ballroom, pave part of the Rose Garden

President Trump in a new interview said he is planning to add a ballroom to the White House and to pave part the Rose Garden, similar to a patio at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida. Trump ...

The Hill - 6h

Tempers flare before Zelensky abruptly departs the White House without signing a minerals deal.

President Trump and Vice President JD Vance castigated President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine for not being grateful enough for U.S. aid. “You’re gambling with World War III,” Trump told Zelensky.

The New York Times - 3h

DNC sues over Trump order to expand White House control of independent agencies

National Democrats on Friday sued over President Trump's executive order aiming to expand the White House's control over various independent regulatory agencies. The Democratic Party's three ...

The Hill - 3h

A humiliation at the White House and what does it tell us? Trump would make a colony of my country | Andrey Kurkov

A cold reality hit us in Washington. Zelenskyy was being forced to buy hope of survival by people who have no care for our freedom. It’s warming up in Kyiv. The temperature has risen from -5C to ...

The Guardian - 3h

Interest Rate Cuts on Hold Till Inflation Improves, Fed Meeting Minutes Show

Officials are debating when to restart interest rate cuts, as high prices linger and Trump’s policies add to economic uncertainty.

The New York Times - Feb. 20

2025 NFL cut candidates for all 32 teams: Kirk Cousins and Cooper Kupp are on the move

Kirk Cousins and Cooper Kupp are potential cap casualties as 2025 NFL free agency approaches.

Yahoo Sports - Feb. 20

Trump’s first month back in office marked by mixed polling on his federal cuts

NBC News White House Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor, Senior National Security Correspondent Courtney Kube and Capitol Hill Correspondent Julie Tsirkin join Meet the Press NOW to report on President ...

NBC News - Feb. 20

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says FAA cuts won't affect flight safety

On his first full day as transportation secretary, Sean Duffy faced the deadliest U.S. aviation accident in more than 20 years. The midair collision near Washington, D.C., killed 67 people and just ...

CBS News - Feb. 20

Georgia Republican faces town hall backlash over DOGE's 'chainsaw approach' to federal cuts

Rep. Rich McCormick, who represents a safe GOP district, came under harsh criticism that focused on the Trump administration’s moves to slash federal jobs and budgets.

NBC News - Feb. 21

Huge cuts in National Institutes of Health research funding go before a federal judge

A court battle is set to resume over the Trump administration’s drastic cuts in medical research funding

ABC News - Feb. 21

Huge cuts in National Institutes of Health research funding go before a federal judge

A court battle is set to resume over the Trump administration’s drastic cuts in medical research funding

ABC News - Feb. 21

Federal worker fired by Trump administration talks about losing her dream job amid major cuts

Katie Sandlin thought she landed her dream job at the NIH as an educator. She spent her life savings to move from Alabama to just outside Washington, D.C. After only a few weeks on the job, she was ...

CBS News - Feb. 21

Mental health agency loses 1 in 10 to DOGE cuts, 988 hotline team impacted

Around 100 were fired from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

CBS News - Feb. 21

Steve Cohen says tariffs and DOGE's cuts are negative for economy, market correction could be soon

The CEO of hedge fund Point72 turned bearish for the first time in a while due to punitive tariffs, immigration crackdown and federal spending cuts.

CNBC - Feb. 21

This New Drug Could Help End the HIV Epidemic—but US Funding Cuts Are Killing Its Rollout

Lenacapavir, a twice yearly injection that prevents HIV transmission, was named the breakthrough medicine of 2024. But without US foreign aid dollars, its delivery to millions worldwide is under ...

Wired - Feb. 21

At town halls, Republicans feel the heat from Trump and Musk's firing and cutting spree

Republicans members of Congress who held town halls back home this week got an earful from constituents upset about Donald Trump and Elon Musk's firing spree.

NBC News - Feb. 21