South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa traveled to Washington, D.C., on Monday and will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday to discuss "global issues of interest" amid strained relations.

The White House urged every Republican in the House of Representatives and Senate on Monday to support President Donald Trump's sweeping tax bill, which won approval from a key congressional committee on Sunday.

Kevin Hassett anticipates strong economic growth with trade deals and tax cuts, dismissing Moody's credit rating downgrade due to fiscal deficits as backward-looking.

Fiscal conservatives hope to meet with Trump before Wednesday to continue negotiations on the "big, beautiful bill."

To historians and archivists, it points to the possibility that Trump’s presidency will leave less for the nation’s historical record than nearly any before it and that what is authorized for public release will be sanitized and edited to reinforce a carefully sculpted image the president wants projected, even if the facts don’t back that up.

The approval on May 18 advances the measure toward possible passage in the House of Representatives later this week.

The most recent data available shows half a million kids across America have elevated lead in their blood, threatening their developing brains and bodies.

President Donald Trump appeared to acknowledge over the weekend that tariffs function as a tax ultimately paid by American consumers—not foreign manufacturers—despite years of claiming the opposite. The remark sparked ridicule and forced the White House to scramble to clarify his comments,

White House communications director Steven Cheung criticized Moody's choice to downgrade the U.S. sovereign credit rating due to concerns about the nation's growing, $36 trillion debt