Trump Administration

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is criticizing Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and broadly defending Donald Trump's second presidency in a series of interviews published Tuesday. Wiles told Vanity Fair that Bondi mismanaged the Epstein case with talk about a "client list" sitting on her desk. On Venezuela, Wiles says Trump will continue to be aggressive, and she also is defending Trump's retribution against people he perceives as political enemies. After the story was published, Wiles disparaged it as a "disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest President, White House staff, and Cabinet in history." She did not deny the quotes that were attributed to her.

For eight years, Emmy award winning singer and songwriter Ben Folds served as the inaugural Artistic Advisor with the National Symphony Orchestra.

As the current Government Shutdown becomes the longest in US history, some federal programs have been caught in the crosshairs. SNAP was left without funding.

The White House has started tearing down part of the East Wing to build the ballroom President Donald Trump wants added to the building. Demolition started Monday. Dramatic photos showed construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows and other building parts in tatters on the ground. Some reporters watched from a nearby park. The Republican president has said he's adding a 90,000-square-foot ballroom because the East Room, the largest room in the White House with an approximately 200-person capacity, is too small. Trump said last week that the ballroom will fit 999 people.

More than 2,500 locations are being listed for a country-spanning No Kings demonstration on Saturday. Close to 90 of those locations are in Florida with about a dozen spread throughout Southwest Florida from Bradenton to Naples and Sanibel to Sebring.The events are being called a response to what has been termed as actions that resemble authoritarianism carried out by the Trump Administration.

At a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, President Donald Trump accused other nations of contributing to “uncontrolled migration” and funding an assault on Western nation borders.

In his second term in office, President Donald Trump has promised to make sweeping changes to the Social Security Administration. The goal… aim and root out fraud and help reduce wait times.

A federal judge has denied the Trump administration's request to end a policy protecting immigrant children in federal custody. The Flores agreement limits how long children can be held and requires safe conditions. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in California says it was a repetitive attempt and she saw no reason to terminate it. President Donald Trump's administration says the Flores Settlement Agreement hinders its immigration crackdown. In a hearing held last week, Gee questioned why a number of children are held longer than the 72-hour limit when border arrests are low. A government attorney cited logistical challenges and policy changes.

Donald Trump is looking for a cut to Federal Funds for Public Media stations across the country. The House has already voted to end $1.1Billion that would be received by 1,500 TV and radio stations.