The Latest Breaking News from the White House

Shipbuilding has been in steady decline in the US since the end of the Cold War but some in the industry now hope for a revival of the sector, as was promised last week by President Donald Trump.

Republicans on Saturday rolled out a long-term stopgap funding bill, challenging Democrats to accept it or risk a partial government shutdown.

“We are risking an entire generation of medical professionals, researchers, and scientists … and it's a future disaster waiting to happen,” former NIH director Nate Brought said.

Ivanka has said she ‘hates’ politics and plans to stay away from the White House during her father’s second term

Investors are starting to examine what they've long ignored: Tesla's bedrock value minus the "Musk premium."

Nationalist parties have tended to praise the US president’s politics, but many voters dislike his treatment of Ukraine

President Donald Trump's flurry of tariffs, government layoffs and spending freezes may be doing more to harm the U.S. economy than to fix it

NASA’s science programs budget could be slashed by 50 percent in fiscal year 2026, people familiar with the Trump administration’s budget request warn

Trump says he sent message to Iran’s leader urging negotiations, but Tehran says it hasn’t received a letter.

What did we learn from yet another escalation in the North American trade war? Not to do it again.

US president Donald Trump famously called Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi his “favourite dictator” in 2019, but their relationship has been complex. Trump’s return to the White House for a second term has sent ripples of concern through Cairo. In January 2025, Trump proposed a resolution to the ongoing Israel-Hamas…