Live updates: Trade on the agenda as Trump hosts Philippine president at White House
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is meeting with Trump at the White House on Tuesday. He's the first Southeast Asian head of state to meet with the president in his second term. The White House targeted the region severely with its tariffs, threatening the Philippines with 17 percent taxes. Trump upped that rate to 20 percent if they don't reach a trade deal by Aug. 1.
Hunter Biden has again blamed top Democrats for turning on his father before the 2024 election, while also denying any connection to a bag of cocaine found in the White House during Joe Biden's presidency that is now the subject of an FBI investigation.
For the second time in a week, the former president's son blasted liberal lawmakers and donors — in particular actor George Clooney — in a lengthy and expletive-laden interview released Monday on YouTube.
The White House on Monday said it would bar Wall Street Journal reporters from the press pool covering President Donald Trump's upcoming trip to Scotland, in its latest attack on the media outlet for its recent report tying the president to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The Trump administration on Monday released more than 230,000 pages of documents related to the April 1968 assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who announced the move, said the files include 'discussion of potential leads, internal FBI memos detailing the progress of the case, information about James Earl Ray's former cellmate who stated he discussed with Ray an alleged assassination plot, and more.'
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