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Car Slams Into White House Gate
Car Plows Into
White House Gate
Oct 22, 2025 6:04 AM CDT

Car Plows Into White House Gate

Secret Service says there was no threat to President Trump, who was inside the building

(Newser) - A man was arrested Tuesday night after crashing a car into a security gate near the White House, according to the Secret Service. The incident occurred around 10:30pm at the corner of 17th and E Streets, per the New York Times . The car involved was identified as a 2010...

White House Says It Will Submit Ballroom Plans

...eventually

(Newser) - The Trump administration is already moving full-steam ahead with a $250 million White House ballroom project, but said Tuesday it would eventually submit plans for federal review despite the fact that demolition of the East Wing is well underway , Reuters reports. The White House said only that it will submit...

Report: Trump Wants DOJ to Pay Him $230M

'What a travesty,' ethics professor says

(Newser) - President Trump has filed claims seeking about $230 million from the Justice Department for damages related to federal investigations into his actions, the New York Times reports, citing "people familiar with the matter." The claims, filed through an administrative process that often precedes lawsuits, allege violations of...

Trump-Putin Summit Is Called Off
Trump-Putin Summit
Is Called Off
Oct 21, 2025 11:50 AM CDT

Trump-Putin Summit Is Called Off

White House says the two won't be meeting in the immediate future, as was expected

(Newser) - An expected summit between President Trump and Vladimir Putin won't be happening after all. The White House said Tuesday there were "no plans" for an imminent meeting between the two leaders, reports the Washington Post . Trump had raised the possibility of meeting with Putin in Hungary soon to...

All but 2 Major Universities Reject Trump's Funding Offer

Schools cite academic freedom in rejecting White House proposal; 7 out of 9 have turned down plan

(Newser) - Seven of the nine universities approached by the Trump administration for a new federal funding plan have declined the offer, with an eighth expressing reservations, the New York Times reports. The plan would provide preferential funding to schools that align with the administration's priorities, including agreeing that "academic...

Treasury Staffers Get Warning as WH Ballroom Build Begins

Treasury employees, whose offices are next to White House, told no pictures during East Wing demolition

(Newser) - The Treasury Department has directed its employees to avoid photographing or sharing images of construction at the White House's East Wing, following a wave of viral photos showing demolition for President Trump's planned $250 million ballroom. Treasury staff, whose offices neighbor the site, received an internal email warning...

Kenny Loggins to Trump: Stop Using My Song

Singer says Top Gun hit was used without his permission

(Newser) - Kenny Loggins has publicly demanded that President Trump remove the singer's iconic hit "Danger Zone" from an AI-generated video posted on Trump's Truth Social account Saturday night, NPR reports. The video, which features a crown-wearing Trump piloting a fighter jet labeled "KING TRUMP" and dumping sludge...

Seeing No Crime, Ecuador Frees Survivor of US Strike

Trump had said the man would face 'detention and prosecution' in his home country

(Newser) - The survivor of a US strike on a submersible vessel that the Trump administration says was transporting drugs in the Caribbean has been released by authorities in Ecuador. Prosecutors said they had no evidence that Andrés Fernando Tufiño committed a crime in the South American nation, a government...

Comey's Lawyers Tie Charges to Trump's 'Personal Animus'

Former FBI director seeks to have case thrown out

(Newser) - Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey urged a judge on Monday to dismiss the case against him, calling it a vindictive prosecution motivated by "personal animus" and orchestrated by a White House determined to seek retribution against a perceived foe of President Trump. The lawyers separately called for...

Trump: US Will Be Awash With Rare Earths Under Aussie Deal

'We'll have so much critical mineral and rare earth that you won't know what to do with them'

(Newser) - President Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a critical-minerals deal at the White House on Monday as the US eyes the continent's rich rare-earth resources when China is imposing tougher rules on exporting its own critical minerals abroad. The two leaders described the agreement as an $8....

Trump's Military Pay Strategy Worries Both Parties

President bypassed Congress, and the precedent has some Republicans worried, too

(Newser) - President Trump sidestepped Congress to ensure military paychecks go out during the government shutdown, and Politico reports that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are a little worried about how he went about it. Last week, Trump authorized the Pentagon and the White House budget office to use any...

Trump Has an Idea for Lowering Beef Prices

'We would buy some beef from Argentina,' president says

(Newser) - President Trump says the United States could buy Argentine beef in an attempt to bring down prices for American consumers. "We would buy some beef from Argentina," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday. "If we do that, that will bring our beef prices down....

Johnson Defends Trump's Poop Video as Savvy Satire

'He is using satire to make a point,' House speaker says of AI-generated No Kings mockery

(Newser) - House Speaker Mike Johnson took questions on the government shutdown on Monday, but he couldn't avoid a stranger topic—the president's post of an AI video over the weekend depicting him dropping poop on liberal protesters. The clip was a clear reference to the nationwide No Kings protests...

George Santos Learned He Was Free From Prison TV

Former New York congressman talks about Trump's commutation of his sentence

(Newser) - Freed from the prison where he had been serving time for ripping off his campaign donors, former Rep. George Santos says he's humbled by his experience behind bars but unconcerned about the "pearl clutching" of critics upset that President Trump granted him clemency, reports the AP . "I'...

Poll Suggests an 'Ongoing Vulnerability for Trump'

Americans are concerned about housing, gas, and grocery costs, and finding a good job

(Newser) - Americans are growing increasingly concerned about their ability to find a good job under President Trump, an AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll finds, in what is a potential warning sign for Republicans as a promised economic boom has given way to hiring freezes and elevated inflation, per the...

Trump Brushes Off 'No Kings' Protests

'I'm not a king,' says the president. 'I work my a-- off'

(Newser) - President Trump on Sunday shrugged off the nationwide "No Kings" protests , calling them a "joke" and denying that his leadership has taken on a monarchical tone, reports the Hill . "I'm not a king," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he returned to Washington...

Trump: Ukraine's Donbas Region Should Be 'Cut Up' to End War

US president has shifted again, thinks Ukraine should cede territory

(Newser) - US President Trump said Sunday that the Donbas region of Ukraine should be "cut up," leaving most of it in Russian hands, to end a war that has dragged on for nearly four years, the AP reports. "Let it be cut the way it is," he...

Trump Threatens Colombia After Accusation on US Strike

Petro says a fisherman with no ties to drug industry was killed

(Newser) - President Trump escalated tensions with Colombia on Sunday, publicly labeling President Gustavo Petro an "illegal drug leader" and announcing he's ending aid to the country. Petro had suggested the death of a Colombian fisherman in a recent strike in the Caribbean was murder, claiming it was a...

Trump Trolls 'No Kings' Protests With Videos

President reposts images of himself with a crown

(Newser) - "I'm not a king," President Trump told Fox News this week, ahead of the "no kings" protests that unfolded across the country on Saturday. But the president didn't mind needling protesters with king-like imagery in Truth Social posts Saturday night, reports Newsweek . In one jokey...

Crowds Call Rallies &#39;the Most American Thing You Can Do&#39;
Crowds Unite Against Trump
Oct 18, 2025 6:12 PM CDT

Crowds Unite Against Trump

'No Kings' demonstrators turn out for rallies across the country

(Newser) - Demonstrators opposed to President Trump's actions gathered across the country on Saturday to demand change—in spots including New York City; Birmingham, Alabama; and Bozeman, Montana. They carried protest signs and American flags at the rallies that built off the 2,000 or so "No Kings" demonstrations in...

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