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White House withdraws Dave Weldon as pick for CDC director: Report

Vaccine critic Dave Weldon, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was set to appear in front of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee

Updated On: 13 Mar 2025 | 7:03 PM IST

Trump to nominate Bowman for Fed's top bank cop, says White House official

Before joining the Fed, Bowman served as the state bank commissioner of Kansas for a year and a half, before which she spent several years as vice president of Farmers & Drovers Bank

Updated On: 12 Mar 2025 | 9:34 PM IST

How long is Elon Musk going to work with White House? Donald Trump answers

Elon Musk, a key Trump ally and head of the DOGE, is set to leave when he feels it's time, as Trump confirms no fixed timeline for their collaboration in cost-cutting efforts

Updated On: 12 Mar 2025 | 5:41 PM IST

FBI director Kash Patel seeks direct line to Trump, skips chain of command

Kash Patel wants a secure line to Donald Trump from both his FBI office and his house. Patel's request skips over Attorney General Pam Bondi, changing how things are usually done

Updated On: 12 Mar 2025 | 12:00 AM IST

Who joined Trump at Congress? A look at his guests and their stories

Families of victims, a freed prisoner, a border agent, and others whose stories highlight crime, immigration, and policy changes were among those invited to Trump's address

Updated On: 05 Mar 2025 | 12:06 PM IST

Trump appoints 13-year-old cancer survivor as Secret Service Agent

13-year-old DJ Daniel, who defied cancer, has been named a Secret Service agent by US President Donald Trump

Updated On: 05 Mar 2025 | 10:34 AM IST

Zelenskyy calls spat with Trump 'regrettable' after US aid suspension

Zelenskyy also stated that Ukraine is prepared to proceed with an agreement on its rare-earth minerals, a deal sought by the Trump administration

Updated On: 05 Mar 2025 | 12:29 AM IST

Video: Trump's 'dragging leg' and bruised hand fuel health speculation

Concerns over Trump's health have been circulating online, with some attributing his movements to age-related issues

Updated On: 04 Mar 2025 | 5:22 PM IST

UK will play leading role in securing peace: Starmer on Russia-Ukraine war

Starmer expressed his discomfort over the clash as 'something nobody in this House wants to see' but went on to assert that the UK-US alliance remains 'indispensable'

Updated On: 03 Mar 2025 | 11:06 PM IST

'Tomorrow night will be big,' hints Trump before joint Congress address

US President Donald Trump sparked speculation with a cryptic social media post on Monday, saying, 'Tomorrow night will be big. I will tell it like it is'

Updated On: 03 Mar 2025 | 7:53 PM IST

White House row with Ukraine heightens stakes for European summit in London

It was supposed to cap a week of whirlwind diplomacy advancing the prospect of peace in Ukraine. But a summit of European leaders on Sunday has been overshadowed by the extraordinary scolding by US President Donald Trump of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday for being ungrateful for US support. The London meeting has now taken on greater importance in defending the war-torn ally and shoring up the continent's defences. There's a real problem for European leaders to pick up the pieces and try and move forward, Peter Ricketts, the former British national security adviser, told BBC radio on Saturday. "It's going to be a damage limitation exercise. It's going to have to be an exercise in where do we go from here? The meeting at Lancaster House, a 200-year-old elegant mansion near Buckingham Palace, follows a charm offensive last week to engage with Trump at the White House to put Ukraine at the center of negotiations and tilt his allegiances toward ..

Updated On: 02 Mar 2025 | 10:59 AM IST

Donald Trump declares English as official language of United States

During Trump's first term, his administration removed the Spanish-language version of the White House website, which was later restored under former President Joe Biden

Updated On: 02 Mar 2025 | 9:45 AM IST

Trump likely to sign order designating English as official language of US

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order designating English as the official language of the United States, according to the White House. The order will allow government agencies and organizations that receive federal funding to choose whether to continue to offer documents and services in language other than English, according to a fact sheet about the impending order. Trump had been expected to sign the order Friday. But by Friday night, the White House had not announced the order had been signed and did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment. The executive order will rescind a mandate from former President Bill Clinton that required the government and organisations that received federal funding to provide language assistance to non-English speakers. Designating English as the national language promotes unity, establishes efficiency in government operations, and creates a pathway for civic engagement, according to the White House. More than 30

Updated On: 01 Mar 2025 | 9:23 AM IST

Donald Trump to host first crypto summit at the White House on March 7

The summit will be led by venture capitalist and White House crypto czar David Sacks, and will be administered by working group executive director Bo Hines, according to White House

Updated On: 01 Mar 2025 | 9:09 AM IST

How Donald Trump, Zelenskyy's skirmish at the White House broke a deal

Both leaders were on common ground describing the importance of ending the conflict in Ukraine, with Trump insisting it was time to see an end to the killing

Updated On: 01 Mar 2025 | 7:12 AM IST

US can be 'fabulous economy' with tariffs: Trump' s chief WH economist

Miran offered some historical backup for Trump's attraction to the high-tariff policies of William McKinley, who was president at the turn of the last century, and some of his predecessors

Updated On: 28 Feb 2025 | 9:56 AM IST

Providing 'tech support,' fixing US 'govt computer systems', says Elon Musk

Musk added that he had received "a lot of death threats," over the work he has been doing, which has involved hundreds of people losing their jobs

Updated On: 27 Feb 2025 | 8:36 AM IST

White House to decide which media cover Trump, rotating traditional outlets

The White House said Tuesday that its officials will determine which news outlets can regularly cover President Donald Trump up close a sharp break from a century of tradition in which a pool of independently chosen news organisations go where the chief executive does and hold him accountable on behalf of regular Americans. The move, coupled with the government's arguments this week in a federal lawsuit over access filed by The Associated Press, represented an unprecedented seizing of control over coverage of the American presidency by any administration. Free speech advocates expressed alarm over what it could mean for democracy. And three wire services that reach billions of people around the world said Wednesday that the change would harm the dissemination of reliable information about the nation's chief executive. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the changes would rotate traditional outlets from the group and include some streaming services. Leavitt cast the .

Updated On: 26 Feb 2025 | 11:36 PM IST

Who is Amy Gleason, DOGE's acting administrator named by White House?

The White House has clarified that billionaire Elon Musk, despite his involvement in overseeing the initiative, does not hold the legal role of DOGE head

Updated On: 26 Feb 2025 | 10:13 AM IST

Under Trump, illegal border crossings at 15-year low: WH press secy

Leavitt also noted a 'reverse migration effect,' in which migrants are choosing to stay in their countries of origin, citing the Trump administration as the reason

Updated On: 26 Feb 2025 | 9:28 AM IST