President Donald Trump’s effort to reshape the Kennedy Center entered a new and more contentious phase Tuesday after a federal judge blocked another attempt to place his name on the landmark—and the center’s board then voted to close its main building. U.S.
The Kennedy Center’s board of trustees is expected to vote Tuesday afternoon on whether to close the performing arts center’s main building immediately, citing worsening structural problems and an approaching financial crisis. The private meeting, scheduled for 12:30 p.m. ET, will now
The Justice Department’s investigation into whether former intelligence and law enforcement officials conspired against President Donald Trump has reached one of its most prominent targets. Former CIA Director John Brennan has been ordered to testify Oct. 15 before a federal grand jury
President Donald Trump is doubling down on his proposal to send $5,000 dividend checks to American adults—but he says the payments depend on Republicans maintaining control of Congress in November. When asked why the payments would not be distributed while Republicans currently
President Donald Trump is escalating his trade confrontation with Canada, ordering new import bans on certain Canadian dairy products, most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles after Ottawa imposed retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars in American goods. The restrictions will take effect at
President Donald Trump fulfilled a promise to the family of a celebrated 9/11 hero on Tuesday, posthumously awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Welles Crowther—the volunteer firefighter credited with saving as many as 18 people inside the World Trade Center. Trump
President Donald Trump will take center stage on both nights of the Republican National Committee’s inaugural midterm convention this week as the GOP prepares for a high-profile election-year gathering in Dallas. Trump will appear Wednesday, September 9, before returning Thursday evening to
The Trump administration has returned to the Supreme Court with a renewed emergency request to immediately enforce new U.S. Postal Service requirements for mail ballots ahead of the November midterm elections. Solicitor General D. John Sauer filed the latest application Sunday after
President Donald Trump is scheduled to return to the White House on Labor Day after spending the holiday weekend at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Trump traveled to Bedminster on Friday following a week of meetings and executive actions in
President Donald Trump has reportedly commuted the remaining prison sentence of John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty, the former Philadelphia labor leader convicted of public corruption and embezzling money from his union. Dougherty’s attorney, George Bochetto, said Trump signed the commutation Thursday afternoon, potentially
