• WATCH: Trump remembers Jesse Jackson at Black History Month event

    WATCH: Trump remembers Jesse Jackson at Black History Month event

    Feb 18, 2026 09:11 PM EDT

    ... White House. Johnson, who is Black, touted Trump as a friend to Black Americans. “This president hears you,” she said. “This president cares for you.” Trump says he’s not a racist At the White House’s Black History Month event, Trump didn’t mention his recent racist social media ...

  • Trump family business files for trademark rights on any airports using the president's name

    Trump family business files for trademark rights on any airports using the president's name

    Feb 18, 2026 06:42 PM EDT

    ... a family company unit called DTTM Operations with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office are for the use of three names — President Donald J. Trump International Airport, Donald J. Trump International Airport and DJT. The Trump company's claim that it is the most infringed trademark in the world ...

  • Groups sue Trump's EPA over repeal of rule that supported climate protections

    Groups sue Trump's EPA over repeal of rule that supported climate protections

    Feb 18, 2026 05:55 PM EDT

    ... Law Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club. The suit named EPA and its administrator Lee Zeldin as defendants. President Donald Trump said in announcing the repeal that it was "the single largest deregulatory action in American history, by far,” while Zeldin called the endangerment finding ...

  • Melania Trump to donate 2025 inaugural ball gown to the Smithsonian

    Melania Trump to donate 2025 inaugural ball gown to the Smithsonian

    Feb 18, 2026 03:32 PM EDT

    First lady Melania Trump will donate her 2025 inaugural ball gown to the Smithsonian on Friday The strapless black-and-white gown was designed by her longtime fashion designer and stylist, Herve Pierre, who is seen sketching it for the first lady and fitting her in it in “Melania,” her ...

  • Some states push back on Trump recruiting local officers to aid immigration enforcement

    Some states push back on Trump recruiting local officers to aid immigration enforcement

    Feb 17, 2026 11:46 PM EDT

    ... and back into communities,” the department said in a statement. New ICE limits are mirroring public pushback About 6 in 10 U.S. adults say Trump has “gone too far” in sending federal immigration agents into U.S. cities, according to an AP-NORC poll that suggests political independents are ...

  • How Trump and Bondi transformed the DOJ to push his agenda and challenge detractors

    How Trump and Bondi transformed the DOJ to push his agenda and challenge detractors

    Feb 17, 2026 11:40 PM EDT

    ... no one's been Senate-confirmed to those positions. This happened in New Jersey, where judges picked a prosecutor. The DOJ overruled them and installed Trump's personal lawyer, Alina Habba. Or, recently, it happened in New York, where judges appointed a veteran prosecutor. And then a few hours later ...

  • Trump administration backs Kalshi and Polymarket as states move to ban prediction markets

    Trump administration backs Kalshi and Polymarket as states move to ban prediction markets

    Feb 17, 2026 10:51 PM EDT

    ... prediction markets proponents, it has taken on a much larger role in financial markets in the last five years. By stepping into the lawsuit, the Trump administration is taking an unusually broad definition of commodities and futures. Selig has shifted his position from what he told Senators at his confirmation ...

  • Citing Orwell’s ‘1984,’ judge orders Trump administration to restore slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia

    Citing Orwell’s ‘1984,’ judge orders Trump administration to restore slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia

    Feb 17, 2026 03:47 PM EDT

    ... while many were out rallying at the site for its restoration. State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, a Philadelphia Democrat, said the community prevailed against an attempt by the Trump administration to “whitewash our history.” “Philadelphians fought back, and I could not be more proud of how we stood together,” he said.

  • Trump lashes out at Maryland governor's over Potomac River sewage spill response

    Trump lashes out at Maryland governor's over Potomac River sewage spill response

    Feb 17, 2026 01:04 PM EDT

    ... pets away. An ongoing fight between Trump and Moore The president and Moore, a Democrat viewed as potential 2028 presidential contender, have frequently sparred since Trump's return to the White House last year. Trump says he's excluding Moore and Democrat Colorado Gov. Jared Polis from a White House ...

  • Trump says Board of Peace members promise $5 billion for Gaza rebuild

    Trump says Board of Peace members promise $5 billion for Gaza rebuild

    Feb 16, 2026 01:54 AM EDT

    ... more than 20 members of the Board of Peace will attend the first meeting. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who held White House talks with Trump last week, is not expected to be there. Trump’s new board was first seen as a mechanism focused on ending the Israel-Hamas ...