White House · 116th Congress
Trump signs COVID-19 economic relief actions
President Donald Trump on Saturday signed executive actions that would extend coronavirus relief measures, after talks with Congress broke down.
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White House · 116th Congress
Legality of potential payroll tax move seen as ‘dubious’
Tax policy experts doubt that President Donald Trump has the authority to suspend payroll tax collections without congressional approval.
Congress · 116th Congress
Trump doesn’t have authority to change election date alone
The executive branch is basically the only part of government that doesn’t have the authority to change the date of the presidential election on its own.
White House · 116th Congress
Democrats reject ‘skinny’ virus plan while GOP struggles for unity
Congressional leaders and the Trump administration remained at a standstill on COVID-19 aid negotiations Wednesday as the U.S. topped 150,000 deaths.
Policy · 116th Congress
Trump pitches Trump as suburbs’ guardian, foe of climate rules
Trump touted his administration’s moves to cut regulations and said his loss in November to former Vice President Joe Biden would destroy suburban America.
White House · 116th Congress
Democrats rebuke White House over possibly directing virus aid away from public schools
Democrats raised the specter of "vouchers" after Trump administration officials floated the idea of tying coronavirus aid to students, not schools.
White House · 116th Congress
White House says cutting COVID-19 spread a matter of patriotism
Case numbers are rising in 26 states, and those states account for 62 percent of the U.S. population, according to the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation.
White House · 116th Congress
Trump butters up lobster industry with hint of trade aid
The Trump administration says it will step in to aid the U.S. lobster industry, which is being battered by retaliatory tariffs by China.
White House · 116th Congress
White House coronavirus testing protocols continue to evolve
Mixed messages about coronavirus testing have extended to White House operations after Trump said he wanted to slow down the rate of testing.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Trump campaign asks supporters to waive COVID-19 liability to attend Tulsa rally
Want to attend a Trump campaign rally? You’ll need to waive holding the campaign or any venues liable if you catch COVID-19.
White House · 116th Congress
Trump rejects renaming bases that honor Confederate generals
Trump preemptively threatens to veto a defense bill that renames military bases named for Confederate generals, despite calls to do so.
Policy · 116th Congress
Trump administration sued over border restrictions
Immigration advocates filed two lawsuits over a Trump administration order that has virtually ended asylum amid the coronavirus pandemic.
White House · 116th Congress
Top White House official leaving for State Department
Eric Ueland has finished a stint as President Donald Trump’s top liaison to Capitol Hill and is headed to the State Department to be a senior adviser.
White House · 116th Congress
Esper under fire after breaking with Trump on Insurrection Act
Defense secretary declined to pass judgment Wednesday on federal police forces’ brutal treatment of peaceful protesters near Lafayette Square.
White House · 116th Congress
Trump floats invoking 1807 Insurrection Act to ‘dominate’ protests
President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to use the military, to quell protests that have erupted across the country in the last week.
Congress · 116th Congress
Trump going ahead with pulling the US back from the World Health Organization
President Donald Trump said Friday he would be redirecting U.S. funds away from the World Health Organization.
White House · 116th Congress
To boost hobbled economy, Trump orders agencies to ease rules
The executive order does not provide specific instructions but is a blanket message across the U.S. government to roll back or change regulations.
White House · 116th Congress
Supreme Court grapples with fate of ‘faithless’ electors
Several justices raised concerns about the potential for the Electoral College to turn into electoral chaos if they limit how states implement the process.
White House · 116th Congress
Coronavirus aid talks on pause, top White House official says
The Trump administration and top Capitol Hill Democrats aren't yet negotiating to put together another bipartisan COVID-19 relief package.
White House · 116th Congress
House legal fight for grand jury materials lands at Supreme Court
Without an intervention from the justices, the Justice Department would have to turn over the materials on Monday, officials wrote to the Supreme Court.