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Trump visits Walter Reed medical center for 'semiannual physical'

By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press

The White House declined to explain why Trump was getting a yearly checkup at Walter Reed six months after his annual exam.

WATCH: White House holds news briefing on 6th day of government shutdown

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

Johnson said Monday the House "has done its job" and there's nothing to negotiate.

WATCH: Many 'things we can do' to address violence, but Trump will protect gun rights, Leavitt says

By Erica R. Hendry

Pointing to recent mass shootings in Michigan and Minnesota, as well as the political assassinations of a Minnesota lawmaker and conservative activist Charlie Kirk, PBS News White House correspondent Liz Landers asked Leavitt about whether the president or the White…

WATCH: FDA and HHS not endorsing generic abortion pill they just approved, White House says

By Associated Press

The White House said Friday that the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a generic form of mifepristone was just following the law and not a sign of support for the abortion pill.

WATCH: White House holds briefing as Trump uses shutdown to withhold funding, unleash layoffs

By Associated Press

The White House began its press briefing on Friday by summarizing various consequences of the government shutdown that were already hitting Americans.

WATCH: With government shuttered, Leavitt says Trump's layoffs likely 'in the thousands'

By Lisa Mascaro, Josh Boak, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press

“If they don’t want further harm on their constituents back home, then they need to reopen the government," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday of Democrats.

WATCH: Vance addresses shutdown outlook, plays down Trump meme video of Jeffries

By Associated Press

Vice President JD Vance says he doesn’t think "it’s going to be that long" of a government shutdown.

WATCH: Trump 'authentically himself' for saying he hates opponents at Kirk funeral, White House says

By Steff Staples

While speaking at conservative activist Charlie Kirk's memorial service in Arizona on Sunday, President Donald Trump said he disagreed with Kirk on wanting the best for his opponents.

White House backs 'border czar' Tom Homan after reports he accepted cash during an undercover FBI probe last year

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, Associated Press

MSNBC first reported Saturday that Homan had accepted cash during a 2024 encounter with undercover agents who were posing as businesspeople seeking government contracts that Homan suggested he could help them get in a second Trump term.

WATCH: White House briefing addresses Trump's Bondi social media post, autism announcement

By Associated Press

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt denied Monday that President Donald Trump is attempting to weaponize the Justice Department by urging his attorney general to go after his perceived political foes.