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The White House and Senate leaders have finally agreed to a sweeping $2 trillion stimulus package for the U.S. economy as the country grapples with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. “At last, we have a deal. After days of intense discussions, the Senate has reached a bipartisan agreement on a historic relief…

President Donald Trump said Sunday that a request by California for a State of Disaster declaration will be approved very quickly, “maybe by tonight.” He made the remarks during the White House’s daily briefing on the coronavirus battle. The declaration, which has also been passed and applied in New York state and the…

UPDATED at market close: Markets rallied Tuesday after a tentative start buoyed by a broad package of economic stimulus put forth by the Trump administration to help people weather the coronavirus impact. The DJIA ended up over 1,000 points or nearly 5%. Winners include Netflix and Amazon, both up 7%; Comcast and…

UPDATE: Representatives from The Walt Disney Co. and Universal Parks and Resorts were among those  at a White House meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday as the administration unveils a gigantic stimulus and bailout plan for the economy because of the coronavirus. One after another, the executives outlined…

An unidentified reporter was blocked from entry into a White House briefing on the coronavirus after registering an above-normal temperature. White House VP press secretary Katie Miller said the temperature of the reporter was taken three times over a 15-minute period. All of the results registered above normal and…

The White House is appealing a federal judge’s decision from earlier this month to restore the hard pass of Playboy's correspondent Brian Karem. The Trump administration suspended Karem’s credentials after a raucous incident in July in which he got in argument with former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka following a Rose…

UPDATED with Grisham reaction: A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the White House to restore the hard pass of Playboy's correspondent Brian Karem, whose credentials were suspended after a raucous incident in July in which he got in argument with former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka following a Rose Garden ceremony. U.S…

2ND UPDATE, 3:26 PM: In her decision to suspend the hard pass of Playboy’s White House correspondent Brian Karem, White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham cited remarks from a Secret Service agent who intervened as Karem exchanged heated words with former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka during a Rose Garden event last…

One day after Taylor Swift made a public appeal for the White House to acknowledge her petition supporting the Equality Act, the Trump administration has responded, saying the legislation is filled with “poison pills.” Monday night at the MTV Video Music Awards, Swift won the Video of the Year trophy for "You Need to…

In the latest link between the White House and Fox Corp., former White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah has taken a senior vice president position at the media company. Shah will continue to be based in Washington and will report to Fox Chief Legal and Policy Officer Viet Dinh. He had left the White House early…

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders hasn’t held an official news conference in three months, and now she might not do any more. President Donald Trump announced via Twitter today that the woman who took over the podium from Sean Spicer in July 2017 will leave the administration at month’s end. The…

Hope Hicks and her former White House colleague, Annie Donaldson, have been directed by the White House not to co-operate with subpoenas from a House committee investigating allegations of obstruction of justice. Hicks headed communications for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign before going on to hold a senior post…