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Trump sending in federal reinforcements to combat rising violence in Kansas City

The Trump administration is surging federal law-enforcement agents into Kansas City, Missouri, to fight a wave of violent crime, the White House said Wednesday.

July 8, 2020

Trump, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pledge closer cooperation after new trade deal

President Trump and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pledged closer cooperation Wednesday on the heels of the new trade deal as the Mexican leader thanked Mr. Trump for being "increasingly respectful" of Mexicans.

July 8, 2020

Trump trailing Biden by double digits in Rasmussen poll

President Trump is trailing Democrat Joseph R. Biden by 10 percentage points in a poll often cited by the president as being fair to him.

July 8, 2020

Pence: New federal guidance on reopening schools coming next week

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning to issue new guidelines next week for how schools can safely reopen in the coming weeks and months after President Trump criticized the agency's metrics as too onerous.

July 8, 2020

Trump’s White House staff smaller, less expensive than Obama’s

President Trump's White House staff is smaller than former President Obama's team, even as overall federal spending has risen significantly under Mr. Trump.

July 8, 2020

Donald Trump calls CDC guidelines on school reopenings ‘impractical,’ threatens to withhold funding

President Trump threatened Wednesday to cut off funding for education if schools don't reopen in the fall.

July 8, 2020

Illegal migration, trade on agenda as Donald Trump hosts Mexico’s president

President Trump will discuss efforts to halt illegal migration with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador when they hold their first meeting at the White House on Wednesday.

July 8, 2020

Jacksonville GOP convention plans ‘flexible,’ Donald Trump says

President Trump said Tuesday that Republicans are "flexible" on holding their full convention in Jacksonville, Florida, amid the state's increasing number of coronavirus cases.

July 7, 2020

Donald Trump says he’ll ‘pressure’ states to reopen schools in the fall

President Trump on Tuesday declared that K-12 schools should move full steam ahead toward reopening in the fall despite concerns from local leaders and education groups about exposing students and teachers to the coronavirus.

July 7, 2020

Mary Trump book reveals she betrayed Donald Trump on his tax returns

President Trump's niece, Mary Trump, admits in her new book that she was the source who gave Mr. Trump's tax information to The New York Times in 2019, saying the moment she handed over the documents to journalists was "the happiest I'd felt in months."

July 7, 2020

Lamar Alexander becomes second GOP senator to skip convention

Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, an honorary chair of the Trump campaign, is the second senator to announce he's skipping the Republican National Convention in August.

July 7, 2020

White House says schools should reopen to benefit students’ ‘holistic health’

The Trump administration is encouraging schools to reopen this fall to respect the "holistic health and learning needs" of students despite a rise of COVID-19 cases in numerous states, senior administration officials said Tuesday.

July 7, 2020

White House slams media for focusing on Trump’s NASCAR tweet instead of urban violence

The White House chided the media Monday for obsessing about President Trump's tweet on NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace and the Confederate flag, while failing to ask any questions about a surge of weekend violence in New York City and Chicago.

July 6, 2020

Trump discloses more than 600,000 Paycheck Protection loan recipients

The Treasury Department and Small Business Administration disclosed the names Monday of more than 600,000 small businesses that received paycheck protection loans, a list that includes the law firm of Democratic powerbroker David Boies and the family business of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.

July 6, 2020

Donald Trump set to issue executive orders on China, immigration, drug pricing

President Trump is preparing to sign several executive orders this week on China, immigration, prescription drug prices and manufacturing, White House officials said Monday, as well as possible action to rescind the DACA program that shields immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children from deportation.

July 6, 2020

Donald Trump calls on Bubba Wallace to apologize to NASCAR colleagues for noose ‘hoax’

President Trump suggested Monday that NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace, the circuit's only Black driver, should apologize for complaining about a noose-like rope in his garage that the FBI later determined was not a hate crime.

July 6, 2020

Donald Trump reelection doubts have Republicans ‘rattled’

Democrat Joseph R. Biden holds a roughly 10-point lead in national polls four months before Election Day, and President Trump's base is increasingly worried.

July 5, 2020

Trump on July 4: Those who built America ‘are not villains, they are heroes’

In an address on the White House lawn Saturday, President Trump proposed a statue garden for America's heroes and took aim "at the radical left, the Marxists, the anarchists, the agitators, the looters, and people who in many instances have absolutely no clue what they are doing."

July 4, 2020

Trump says he ‘stopped’ looting and vandalism to protect American dream

As the nation prepares to celebrate Independence Day, President Trump said Thursday that anarchists, looters and "fools" cannot spoil the patriotic party.

July 2, 2020

Donald Trump hails strong jobs report as ‘shattering expectations’

President Trump on Thursday celebrated the strong job gains in June as proof that "our economy is roaring back" from the coronavirus outbreak.

July 2, 2020