WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senior Trump administration officials have held three meetings at the White House this week to discuss options for possible military operations in Venezuela, officials said on Friday, amid a growing U.S

TEHRAN Just days after the U.S. government shutdown ended, the House Oversight Committee released roughly 20,000 pages of documents from Jeffrey Epsteins estate that have reignited a scandal some thought closed.

The BBC said it sent a personal letter to the White House apologizing for the edit of the Trump speech given before some of his supporters stormed the U.S

He signed it into law just hours after the House of Representatives voted 222-209 to approve it.

WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - House Democrats on Wednesday released emails that they said raised new questions about President Donald Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein and how much he knew about Epstein's abuse of underage girls, while the swearing-in of a new Democrat kicked off a fresh fight in Congress over further disclosures

The Trump administration has been criticized for failing to release files about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a former friend of President Trump.

Reading Time: 3 minutes In a historic moment in both Syrian and US politics, Syrian president Ahmad Sharaa becomes the first-ever Syrian president to set foot into the White House after massive diplomatic progress on the international stage between Syria and the Trump administration

Most Democrats, who are in the minority in Congress, oppose the funding bill because it does not include extending enhanced ACA tax credits.

In emails released by Democrats, Epstein says Trump "knew about the girls". The White House says they are an attempt to "smear" the president.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that part of the fallout could be lasting damage to the government's data collection ability.

Flight disruptions eased on Wednesday before House lawmakers were set to vote on a spending bill that would end the longest-ever government shutdown.

The House will vote early Wednesday evening to end the longest government shutdown in history, the majority leader said.

The spending plan may have passed the Senate, but it's not yet a done deal in the House

It will need to be approved by the House and then signed into law by the president before the government can reopen.

Retail electricity prices in the U.S

Ahmed al-Sharaa, once branded a terrorist by the US, became the first Syrian leader to visit the White House

The Syrian leader will meet the US President at the White House on Monday for security talks.

BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary said on Saturday it had obtained an indefinite waiver from U.S. sanctions to use Russian oil and gas, but a White House official reaffirmed that the exemption was for one year only

In 2020, Anita Kinoshita started her journey to buy a home

President Donald Trump has pardoned multiple high-profile figures since returning to the White House, including Binance founder Changpeng Zhao.

US ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said the move sent a "strong political signal" that Syria was in a "new era".

Pelosi, who represented California for decades, made history as the first female speaker of the House of Representatives.

PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech far-right leader Tomio Okamura won the post of speaker of the lower house in a vote on Wednesday, the first appointment of populist billionaire Andrej Babis's newly formed coalition with fringe right-wing groups

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats took a victory lap on Wednesday after sweeping the first major elections since Donald Trump returned to the White House, a much-needed balm for a wounded party that had spent much of the last year desperately trying to find its footing

Pfizer and Novo Nordisk are in a takeover clash over the obesity biotech Metsera, while some House Republicans warm to extending tax credits

Nexperia chips are vital in car production and there were concerns from manufacturers about the damage a shortage could have

The US president says the new marble and gold fixtures are "very appropriate for the time of Abraham Lincoln".

Trump's bathroom update follows his major makeover of the Oval Office, and the demolition of the White House East Wing, to be replaced by a large ballroom.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump set the refugee admissions ceiling at 7,500 for fiscal year 2026, the lowest cap on record, a White House document published on Thursday said

Its prospects depend heavily on the continuing engagement of the Trump White House, writes Frank Gardner.

Housing asylum seekers in hotels has cost billions, while they have also become a focal point for protests.

OpenAI urged the White House to substantially increase the U.S.' investment in new energy capacity

The former US vice-president made her strongest suggestion to date she will make another bid for the White House

Zhi Dong Zhang, known as Brother Wang, was attempting to flee to Russia with false papers when his plot unravelled.

New satellite images show the White House East Wing has been completely demolished in order to make way for President Trump's ballroom

Asia-Pacific markets traded higher after the White House said that U.S

Trump said Wednesday that the 90,000 square foot ballroom will cost $300 million, higher than the original estimated price tag of $200 million

The building has been torn down to make way for the construction a new $250m (186m) ballroom at the White House.

Big Tech and other publicly traded companies are helping to finance the $300 million White House ballroom planned by President Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next week as part of a trip to Asia, the White House said on Thursday

The White House and several other buildings are exempt from the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966

Boeing has been caught in the crosshairs of U.S.-China tensions and increasingly been treated as a bargaining chip in the long-running negotiations

Stones and fireworks were thrown at officers stationed outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers.

The US president previously said that his $250m (186m) ballroom addition would not "interfere with the current building".

President Trump has said he and donors will cover the costs of the White House East Wing ballroom, but it is not clear who all the contributors are

Police officers were attacked with missiles and fireworks after violence flared outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers.

A former White House chief ethics lawyer described the ballroom donations as an ethical "nightmare".

President Donald Trump said in July that construction of his White House ballroom "won't interfere with the current building," referring to the East Wing.

Alvaro Uribe was the country's first president to be criminally convicted, and faced 12 years' house arrest.

Christopher Moynihan, of Clinton, is charged with making a terroristic threat against Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader.

Grace Wales Bonner becomes the first black woman to lead design at a major fashion house.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Sanae Takaichi, leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, won the lower house vote to choose the next prime minister on Tuesday, clearing the way for her inauguration as the country's first female premier later in the day

Crews tore down a massive covered entryway and windows in the East Wing to make way for Trump's new event space.

The government shutdown is dragging on with no clear end in sight amid a partisan Senate fight over health tax credit funding and other sticking points.

The projects include rare earths processing, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said at the White House during a meeting with President Donald Trump.

After White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks went after Anthropic last week, OpenAI investor Reid Hoffman came to the company's defense.

The US and Russian presidents announced on Thursday that they planned to meet in Budapest.

Abigail and Marcus Beck built their home under Wales' unique One Planet Development policy.

California Governor Gavin Newsom had shut down the freeway, even though White House officials said it was safe

David Sacks, the White House AI and crypto czar, has been publicly critical of Anthropic, which is chasing OpenAI in the artificial intelligence market

President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to have come away empty-handed from a White House meeting after US President Donald Trump indicated he was not ready to supply sought-after Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine, the BBC reported.

Zelensky does not share Trump's apparent confidence that Russia's Putin is acting in good faith.

Following the meeting, Trump calls for Kyiv and Moscow to "stop where they are" and end the war.

WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The United States and India have held productive trade talks, and Indian refiners are already cutting Russian oil imports by 50%, a White House official told Reuters on Thursday

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's lower house scheduling committee board has agreed to hold a parliamentary vote to select the next prime minister on October 21, a senior committee member told Reuters on Friday

The phone conversation, held while Zelensky was flying to Washington, stole a march on his big moment.