President Trump disparaged Democrats and insisted the economy is booming despite concerns about the cost of living.President Trump in an address from the White House on Wednesday argued that U.S. economy under his leadership is in better shape than many voters think.
The president cited misleading statistics to insist, wrongly, that prices were coming down.President Trump used a prime-time address to praise what he cast as the economic gains under his administration.
The president sharply attacked his predecessor while insisting that his own record contained nothing but victories.“Over the past 11 months, we have brought more positive change to Washington than any administration in American history,” President Trump said in his address to the nation on Wednesday
The departure of Mr. Bongino had seemed inevitable since August, when the White House hired Missouri’s attorney general, Andrew Bailey, to share his job as deputy director.Dan Bongino, the F.B.I. deputy director, at the Capitol last month.
An official with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said it would prioritize “those who’ve unlawfully obtained U.S. citizenship.”A naturalization ceremony in Boston in August. The Trump administration has been closing loopholes in the immigration system and throwing up roadblocks for people s
The White House unveiled plaques near the Oval Office that describe U.S. presidents with varying levels of accuracy, depending on President Trump’s opinion of them.The presidential walk of fame, the latest addition to the White House, seen at the White House on Wednesday.
Pentagon officials, surprised by President Trump’s orders, scrambled to work out a plan to halt sanctioned tankers as Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s leader, vowed resistance.An oil tanker anchored near the Cardón Refinery in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, in 2021.
The Pentagon has released plenty of video clips that show American missiles blowing boats suspected of carrying drugs out of the water. But the “double tap” strike on Sept. 2 is being kept under wraps.Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth briefed senators on Tuesday.
The attack on Wednesday brings the total number killed to at least 99 since the Trump administration began bombing boats suspected of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.U.S. attacks on boats off South America have drawn the ire of legal experts and many members of Congress, wh
President Trump said the United States wanted to reclaim expropriated oil assets, setting off a nationalist reaction in a country where the resource holds a mythical status.Derricks in the Maracaibo oil fields of Venezuela in the early 20th century. American oil companies invested millions of dollar
Neighbors said a pall had fallen over the wealthy Los Angeles area where Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, were found stabbed to death.Holiday decorations and no trespassing signs on a gate outside the Reiners’ home on Tuesday.
Nick Reiner, facing murder charges in the deaths of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, appeared at an arraignment that lasted just minutes before it was rescheduled for January. He has not entered a plea.Alan Jackson, Nick Reiner’s lawyer, speaking to the media outside Los Angeles Superior Court o
New research suggests that having a pet can actually make people more likely to become parents.Strolling in Seoul. A South Korean official said young couples were choosing pets over children, but it might not be that simple.
The move may reassure China hawks who are uncertain about the president’s commitment to the self-governing democracy.The arms package would include more than $4 billion each for high mobility artillery rocket systems, known as HIMARS.
Beijing is using its messaging tools to show off its prowess at building infrastructure and project power, taking advantage of what it says is “deep anxiety” in U.S. policies.
The European Council convenes on Thursday, and at stake is a contentious deal to back Ukraine and its war effort in 2026 and 2027.Ukrainian soldiers during a live-fire training exercise at a military training ground in the Dnipro region, in December.
He won the prestigious award for his daring coverage of the Vietnam War for The Associated Press, and went on to cover conflicts for CNN for nearly two decades.Peter Arnett covered conflicts for decades, first for The Associated Press and then for CNN.
Officials said that they were working with physical evidence, including DNA, and that they were seeking a second man who appeared to have crossed paths with the possible suspect.A memorial on the Brown University campus in Providence, R.I., on Wednesday.
New legislation will be drafted to target those who promote violence and to increase penalties for hate speech, the prime minister said Thursday.New South Wales police officers escorting the hearse carrying Rabbi Eli Schlanger after his funeral in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday.
Sydney’s devastated Jewish community gathered for the funeral of “Matilda Bee,” an ebullient, smiling 10-year-old girl.A mourner carrying a balloon bearing Matilda’s name and an illustration of a bee, an insect she was known to love, before her funeral in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday.
Pandas have stood for friendship between China and Japan since 1972. But the last two are about to go, and a dispute over Taiwan could get in the way of sending more.Visitors watching Lei Lei, one of the Ueno Zoo’s two giant pandas, in Tokyo on Tuesday.
We must do far more to address the national crisis of addiction that leaves so many households in despair as well as danger.
Why are the Supreme Court and Congress conspiring to give him more power?
Jimmy Kimmel called the president’s last-minute speech “a surprise prime-time episode of ‘The Worst Wing’ tonight on every channel.”
