• Sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his image, administration says

    Sign language services 'intrude' on Trump's ability to control his image, administration says

    Dec 13, 2025 12:48 AM EST

    The Trump administration is arguing that requiring real-time American Sign Language interpretation of events like White House press briefings “would severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public," part of a lawsuit seeking to require the White House to provide the ...

  • News Wrap: Preservationists sue Trump over his White House ballroom renovation

    News Wrap: Preservationists sue Trump over his White House ballroom renovation

    Dec 12, 2025 11:50 PM EST

    ... Trump says that Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to stop the latest round of violence along their shared border. In a social media post, Mr. Trump wrote -- quote -- "They have agreed to cease all shooting effective this evening and go back to the original peace accord made with me."Earlier ...

  • Indiana Republican explains why he defied Trump and rejected congressional redistricting

    Indiana Republican explains why he defied Trump and rejected congressional redistricting

    Dec 12, 2025 11:40 PM EST

    President Trump’s push to redraw congressional maps in Republicans' favor hit a major roadblock in Indiana Thursday when Indiana Republican state senators joined Democrats to vote against a plan that would likely have created two new Republican seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. One Republican who voted to block the maps is Indiana Sen....

  • Trump’s executive order limits state regulations of artificial intelligence

    Trump’s executive order limits state regulations of artificial intelligence

    Dec 12, 2025 11:35 PM EST

    ... are -- CEOs are personally liable if their A.I. product is misused in some way. So there is enormous, and I would argue, under the Trump definition, very onerous regulation in China. And yet they are moving as fast as they are. I think the thing that we could say ...

  • Brooks and Capehart on Trump's recent series of setbacks

    Brooks and Capehart on Trump's recent series of setbacks

    Dec 12, 2025 11:25 PM EST

    New York Times columnist David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including how President Trump's string of seeming disappointments this week is raising some doubts about his grip on the Republican Party and his ability to govern in his second term.

  • Preservationists sue Trump for ballroom project reviews and congressional approval

    Preservationists sue Trump for ballroom project reviews and congressional approval

    Dec 12, 2025 09:52 PM EST

    ... Trump, among other complaints, said guests get their feet wet if it rains during such events. The White House is expected to submit plans for Trump’s new ballroom to a federal planning commission before the year ends, about three months after construction began. Will Scharf, who was named by ...

  • WATCH: Trump signs executive order to override AI regulations by states

    WATCH: Trump signs executive order to override AI regulations by states

    Dec 12, 2025 09:17 PM EST

    It does not seek to preempt some laws states have adopted, such as AI-related child safety protections and provisions on how state governments can procure and use AI. Trump argues that the patchwork of regulations across 50 states impedes AI companies' growth and allows China to catch up to ...

  • Danish intelligence report warns of U.S. military threat under Trump

    Danish intelligence report warns of U.S. military threat under Trump

    Dec 12, 2025 05:35 PM EST

    ... Danish intelligence agency said in a new report. The Danish Defense Intelligence Service, in its latest annual assessment, said Washington's greater assertiveness under the Trump administration also comes as China and Russia seek to diminish Western, especially American, influence. Perhaps most sensitive to Denmark — a NATO and European Union ...

  • After Trump's 'garbage' slur, a Vermont school building flew a Somali flag. Then came the threats

    After Trump's 'garbage' slur, a Vermont school building flew a Somali flag. Then came the threats

    Dec 12, 2025 05:04 PM EST

    ... of Vermont. White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson called the calls and messages the school received “the actions of individuals who have nothing to do with” Trump. “Aliens who come to our country, complain about how much they hate America, fail to contribute to our economy, and refuse to assimilate into ...

  • New photos from Epstein’s personal collection show Trump, Clinton and much more

    New photos from Epstein’s personal collection show Trump, Clinton and much more

    Dec 12, 2025 03:05 PM EST

    ... his private islands in the Caribbean, also kept images of sex toys, according to the new release. One of the photographs shows novelty condoms with Trump’s likeness on them, spread out on a table. Behind the table reads a sign that says “Trump Condom $4.50.” The House Oversight ...