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Trump defends 'executive time' work ethic after private schedules leak
President Donald Trump is pushing back against criticism that a leak of his private schedule suggests he is not working hard. Trump tweeted that it "should have been reported as a positive, not a negative." He also suggested that when the term "executive time" appears on ...
White House's Kevin Hassett says wage growth will exceed 4% this year
President Donald Trump's chief economist predicted wage growth in the U.S. will accelerate past 4 percent this year amid a strong labor market, more capital investment and rising productivity. "What we're seeing is basically a really strong economy with solid wage growth that I think ...
'Executive time': Leak of Trump's daily schedule, of mainly idle hours, prompts White House fury
Donald Trump's typical day starts late and is spent mostly watching TV, browsing newspapers and tweeting, according to a leak of the president's confidential schedule. The weekend report on news site axios.com angered the White House, which did not deny the details of what appears ...
Trump dismisses ex-aide's White House tell-all book 'Team of Vipers' as 'made up stories'
President Donald Trump is dismissing a tell-all book by a former White House aide as "made up stories and fiction." The book by Cliff Sims is called "Team of Vipers" and compares many Trump aides to serpents. Trump tweeted Tuesday that Sims "pretended to be an ...
White House denies reports of canceled trade meeting ahead of China talks
A top White House aide flatly rejected media reports Tuesday that Washington had canceled a trade meeting ahead of next week's high-level talks with Chinese officials. The reports by the Financial Times and CNBC earlier sent U.S. stocks sharply lower, reviving fears that efforts to ...
White House asked for options to strike Iran after Baghdad compound shelling, WSJ reports
The White House's national security team last fall asked the Pentagon to provide it with options for striking Iran after a group of militants aligned with Tehran fired mortars into an area in Baghdad that is home to the U.S. Embassy, the Wall Street ...
President Donald Trump invited Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress to the White House for a border security briefing on Wednesday, the 12th day of a partial U.S. government shutdown triggered by his demand for $5 billion in border wall funding. Department of Homeland Security ...
Trump White House faces new Democrat demands for answers that Republicans didn't pursue
The Democrat who'll become chairman of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday set a Jan. 11 deadline for the White House and executive agencies to respond to previously ignored requests for documents and information, another signal of the heightened scrutiny that President Donald Trump's ...
Petition calling for halt to Okinawa base work meets threshold to warrant White House reply
A petition to Washington that calls for a temporary halt to reclamation work for the construction of a U.S. base off Okinawa hit the signature threshold on Tuesday to warrant a response from the White House. Robert Kajiwara, a 32-year-old Japanese-American from Hawaii, started the ...
Experts question whether Nick Ayers has gravitas to be President Donald Trump's next chief of staff
Nick Ayers, in talks with President Donald Trump to become his new White House chief of staff, is a 36-year-old political whiz-kid who could help with the looming re-election campaign, but critics question whether he has the grit needed to keep Trump and an ...
U.S. senators ask White House to probe alleged ZTE effort in Venezuela to monitor citizens
Two U.S. senators on Wednesday will ask the Trump administration to investigate whether ZTE Corp., the Chinese telecommunications company, violated U.S. sanctions by helping Venezuela set up a database that monitors the behavior of its citizens. In a letter, Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Marco ...
CNN drops lawsuit after White House ends effort to bar reporter
The Trump administration on Monday abruptly dropped its effort to bar CNN reporter Jim Acosta from the White House, but warned he could have his credentials pulled again if he doesn't follow guidelines governing journalists' behavior. The White House said reporters would be permitted one ...
