Dave Boyer

Trump plan cuts CFPB’s budget by one-third

President Trump's proposed federal budget steps up his assault on regulation, and nowhere does he draw those battle lines more clearly than his plan to cut the budget of the Obama-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and bring the agency under congressional oversight.

February 13, 2018

Trump praises African-American military service during Black History Month event

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump marked Black History Month Tuesday with a reception at the White House honoring the contributions of blacks in military service.

February 13, 2018

Trump donates first-quarter salary to infrastructure rebuilding

President Trump is donating his first-quarter salary to the Department of Transportation to help with their programs to rebuild infrastructure, the White House said Tuesday.

February 13, 2018

Christopher Wray contradicts White House on timing of background probe into aide accused of abuse

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray testified Tuesday that a background check on former White House staff secretary Rob Porter was completed months before he resigned over domestic abuse accusations -- contradicting accounts given by the White House in recent days.

February 13, 2018

White House says president supports victims of domestic abuse

The White House said Monday that President Trump supports victims of domestic violence, in the wake of him sympathizing on social media with a top aide who quit after two ex-wives accused him of abuse.

February 12, 2018

Vanessa Trump hospitalized after opening envelope with white powder

Donald Trump Jr.'s wife was taken to a New York City hospital as a precaution Monday after she opened an envelope addressed to her husband that contained an unidentified white powder, police said.

February 12, 2018

Donald Trump vows to propose ‘reciprocal tax’ on trade imports

President Trump said Monday that he will propose a "reciprocal" tax on imports this week, reviving an idea he raised earlier to combat U.S. trading partners engaging in unfair trade practices.

February 12, 2018

Donald Trump releases new federal budget with big hike for military spending

It's difficult to see through all the red ink, but President Trump's proposed $4.38 trillion budget for fiscal 2019 contains consistent conservative policy solutions for the years ahead, such as beefing up the military and border security, trimming domestic spending across the board, containing the cost of most entitlement programs and slashing foreign aid.

February 12, 2018

Mike Pence says U.S. open to North Korea talks

Vice President Mike Pence said in an interview published Sunday the U.S. is ready to talk to North Korea.

February 11, 2018

Donald Trump to propose new budget to undo some of spending increase

Days after he signed a plan to boost spending by nearly $300 billion, President Trump will propose a new 2019 budget his aides said will try to undo some of that increase, in what they called an attempt to "bend the trajectory down."

February 11, 2018

Pence, returning from Olympics, says U.S. and South Korea firmly allied against North Korea

Vice President Mike Pence said Saturday there's "no daylight" among the U.S., South Korea and Japan on the need to keep the pressure on North Korea's regime, even as Pyongyang extended an invitation to South Korea's president for a rare visit.

February 10, 2018

White House confronts alleged domestic abuser, who then abruptly resigns

Speechwriter David Sorensen, who worked at the Council on Environmental Quality at the White House, resigned Friday upon being confronted by White House officials after questions from the media, said White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah.

February 9, 2018

White House blocks release of Democratic memo, orders Justice to help declassify

The White House counsel said Friday night that President Trump cannot declassify a House Democratic memo on FBI surveillance abuses in the Russia probe because it "contains numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages."

February 9, 2018

Trump says he was caught off guard by allegations against Rob Porter

President Trump said Friday he was "surprised" by allegations this week that former White House staff secretary Rob Porter abused his two ex-wives.

February 9, 2018

Donald Trump signs spending bill into law

President Trump signed a bipartisan spending bill Friday morning, saying it will provide stable funding for the military and help the economy.

February 9, 2018

Rob Porter, White House aide, resigns amid abuse allegations by ex-wives

White House staff secretary Rob Porter resigned Wednesday in the wake of accusations by two ex-wives that he abused them.

February 7, 2018

Obama White House denied interference in FBI probe of Hillary Clinton, contrary to agent’s message

The assertion of an FBI agent in 2016 that President Barack Obama "wants to know everything" about the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails was contrary, not surprisingly, to the Obama White House's insistence that Mr. Obama scrupulously avoided political interference in the probe.

February 7, 2018

New texts between FBI’s Peter Strzok, Lisa Page show Obama wanted updates on Clinton investigation

Text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, released Wednesday, raised serious questions about whether President Obama kept tabs on the bureau's 2016 investigation into Hillary Clinton, despite his assurances otherwise.

February 7, 2018

Donald Trump orders military parade

The White House confirmed Tuesday night that President Trump has asked the Pentagon to arrange a grand military parade in Washington to showcase the pride and valor of U.S. armed forces, possibly on Independence Day.

February 6, 2018

Stock market roars back as White House affirms strength of U.S. economy

The stock market came roaring back Tuesday in busy trading, reversing deep losses from the previous two trading days and raising hopes of halting a global sell-off as the White House affirmed the underlying strength of the U.S. economy.

February 6, 2018