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Kai Trump Is Quickly Developing Her Own Brand

Trump's 18-year-old granddaughter leverages TikTok fame and White House access

(Newser) - President Trump's eldest grandchild says she wants no part of politics—but her social-media life is thriving in the heart of it. Kai Trump, 18, has built an 8-million-strong following across social media sites like TikTok and Instagram , chronicling her days as a student-athlete and granddaughter of the president,...

Trump Scolds Reporter for Not Smiling

Remark came after CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked him about Epstein victims

(Newser) - President Trump's latest clash with the press came with a demand for a smile. During an Oval Office news conference after he signed a bill to end the shutdown Tuesday, the president broke off from answering questions about newly released Jeffrey Epstein files to berate CNN's chief White...

Trump, Mamdani Are Apparently Texting Buddies

Private messages are said to show transactional ties between GOP president, democratic socialist mayor

(Newser) - Texting pals probably wasn't what anyone expected the relationship between Zohran Mamdani and President Trump to evolve into. However, the Republican president and the democratic socialist New York City mayor have been trading messages at least twice a week since their cordial Oval Office sit-down in November, according to...

Trump, a 'Student of History,' Writes 'Eloquent' Presidential Plaques

Bronze plaques added to West Wing feature partisan attacks and debunked claims

(Newser) - It's not just the Oval Office getting the Trump treatment—now the White House's Colonnade is talking, too. President Trump has added a new feature to the West Wing walkway he's dubbed the "Presidential Walk of Fame": bronze plaques beneath the portraits of his predecessors that...

Trump Fires Back After NYT Story Details Signs of Aging

President is having fewer public events at age 79 than in his first term

(Newser) - It was all but certain to tick off President Trump: The New York Times is out with an analysis of the president's schedule that suggests age has begun slowing down the 79-year-old. Hours after it appeared, Trump himself shot back at the "creeps" behind the "hit piece....

Attendee's Collapse Interrupts Oval Office News Conference

White House's Mehmet Oz helped the man, who is said to be OK

(Newser) - A White House press conference took an unexpected turn Thursday when one of the attendees collapsed, reports People . White House officials hustled reporters out of the room, and President Trump said later that the man was OK. "You saw he went down. And he's fine," Trump said,...

New Oval Office Sign Brings Out the Critics

Gold script is bad optics when times are tough for many, say Democrats

(Newser) - President Trump's revamping of the White House includes a new touch that Democrats say is in bad taste for more reasons than one: a sign in gold script on the outside of the building designating the Oval Office, reports the Guardian . A tweet from Democratic Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta sums...

Bathroom in WH's Lincoln Bedroom Just Got a Lot Glitzier

Marble, gold fixtures mark latest changes in president's White House makeover

(Newser) - President Trump has unveiled the latest phase of his White House makeover: a renovation of the Lincoln Bedroom bathroom. Announcing the update Friday on social media, Trump criticized the previous art deco green-tile design—dating back to the Truman era in the 1940s—as "totally inappropriate for the Lincoln...

Trump to Gen Z: You 'Owe Me Big' for Saving Tiktok

'To all of those young people of TikTok, I saved TikTok'

(Newser) - President Trump is reminding Gen Z who he thinks they should thank for TikTok. "To all of those young people of TikTok, I saved TikTok, so you owe me big," the president declared in his first TikTok post since the election. "And now, you're looking...

White House Is Getting a $200M Ballroom

Melania Trump's office will be relocated when construction begins in September

(Newser) - The White House on Thursday announced that construction on a $200 million ballroom will begin in September and be ready for entertaining before President Trump's term ends in early 2029. It will be the latest change introduced to what's known as the "people's house" since Trump...

Trump Has Surprisingly Nice Words for Whitmer

As Michigan governor softens her stance on him

(Newser) - In quite a departure from their past interactions, President Trump praised Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer during an Oval Office appearance Wednesday. Whitmer, a Democrat who has previously traded barbs with Trump, was at the White House for a meeting with the president to discuss tariffs following a speech she...

Russia Really Loved the Zelensky-Trump Meeting

Russian leaders are praising Trump for going after the "insolent pig"

(Newser) - Although leaders from around the world have condemned President Trump's contentious meeting in the Oval Office with Ukraine leader Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, those from one country couldn't be happier. Russian leaders love how things turned out, and they've released statements that praise Trump and Vice President...

The Diet Coke Button Is Back
The Diet Coke Button Is Back
Jan 21, 2025 11:53 AM CST

The Diet Coke Button Is Back

Trump's Oval Office includes that and other personal preferences

(Newser) - American presidents add personal touches to the Oval Office upon arrival, notes Axios , and President Trump already has some notable ones in place. The Wall Street Journal got an early look:
  • The famous Diet Coke button that sat on Trump's desk in his first term is back. The button
...

Trump in Oval Office Return: 'It Is a Nice World Today'

He meets with President Biden, as per tradition

(Newser) - Donald Trump's official return to the Oval Office won't happen until January, but the president-elect made a temporary return on Wednesday. President Biden invited the 47th US president to meet with him in a ceremonial tradition that's seen as part of a smooth and peaceful transfer of...

Biden to Give Oval Office Address on Wednesday
Biden Will Speak Wednesday
Jul 23, 2024 11:04 AM CDT

Biden Will Speak Wednesday

President will speak on 'what lies ahead' and how he plans to 'finish the job'

(Newser) - President Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday evening on his decision to drop his 2024 Democratic reelection bid . Biden posted on X that he would speak "on what lies ahead" and how he will "finish the job for the American people." He...

Biden Makes Ask of Americans in First Oval Office Speech

'Lower the temperature,' the president implores after talking about 'crisis averted' on debt ceiling

(Newser) - President Biden gave his first speech to the public from the Oval Office on Friday evening, and it centered on the debt ceiling deal approved by the House and Senate this week that will keep the United States out of default. "Crisis averted," Biden declared of the agreement...

Trump's 'Diet Coke Button' Removed From Oval Office

Trump used it to summon White House butler

(Newser) - President Biden has made some changes in the Oval Office—including the removal of a red button his predecessor enjoyed showing off to visitors. Times Radio correspondent Tom Newton-Dunn tweeted Thursday that Donald Trump's "Diet Coke button" no longer sits on the Resolute Desk, NBC Philadelphia reports. He...

Son Spots Cesar Chavez Over Biden's Shoulder

Family sees a message in putting the bust in a place of honor

(Newser) - Paul Chavez had no idea where a sculpture of his father, Latino American civil rights and labor leader Cesar Chavez, would end up in the White House. He agreed just this week to lend the bronze bust to President Biden and hustled to get it wrapped up and shipped across...

Awkward or Not, Trump and Pence Meet

They discussed the past and the rest of their terms, administration official says

(Newser) - For the first time since Vice President Mike Pence had to be spirited out of the House chamber and guarded in a more secure location, he met with President Trump on Monday evening. "The two had a good conversation" in the Oval Office, a senior administration official said. Trump...

'Knock-Down' Fight Erupts in Oval Office

Two key presidential advisors argue in the White House

(Newser) - A "knock-down, dragout" argument broke out in the Oval Office last week when two key presidential advisors fought in front of their boss, an insider tells the Washington Post . Trade adviser Peter Navarro and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reportedly locked horns over the fate of TikTok, the Chinese-owned video...

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