President Trump threatened to sue The Wall Street Journal over a story detailing a letter he sent Jeffrey Epstein on Epstein's 50th birthday.

President Donald Trump will not recommend appointing a special prosecutor in the Jeffrey Epstein case, his press secretary said on Thursday, amid pressure from some of his supporters and renewed public scrutiny on the convicted sex offender's connections to powerful figures.

The State Department is pulling back from commenting on or criticizing elections overseas unless there's a clear and compelling U.S. foreign policy interest in doing so.

The Trump administration has made contact with 7,500 unaccompanied minors who were deemed untraceable after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone and were released into the United States, according to the White House.

The Australian government has hit back strongly at what it sees as betrayal by the United States. Canberra has refused to send its troops to support the United States in a potential war with China over Taiwan.

Trump administration officials have defended the mass dismissals, saying they are overdue and necessary to make the department leaner and more efficient. Among the employees laid off are more than 100 people who worked in the Bureau of Consular Affairs, which is self-funded from passport and visa fees.

One in five of Trump’s closet allies hold significant cryptocurrency assets - Several cabinet members, including Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, have all reported persona