3 d. ago AP PHOTOS: Mexican flags at LA protests spark debate over symbolism

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

Events

3 d. ago Karoline Leavitt gets fiery as she’s pressed on Trump’s military response to Los Angeles protests

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt got into a heated back and forth with reporters on Wednesday as she held her first briefing since President Donald Trump’ federalized the National Guard in California and sent active-duty Marines to join them in cracking down on protests and unrest over immigration roundups in Los Angeles.

Events

6 d. ago White House press secretary Leavitt plays down Musk ‘fistfight’ reports: ‘It was definitely a disagreement’

‘There have definitely been healthy disagreements amongst the cabinet and Elon Musk,’ Karoline Leavitt said Sunday

Society

9 d. ago Karoline Leavitt escalates war against 'fake news' BBC after dramatic back

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has railed against the BBC for its recent coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.

Events

1 week ago Was this the Shadow President? Jill Biden's mysterious scandal

A confidante and advisor, Anthony Bernal reportedly referred to himself as the Bidens' marriage counsellor, and she in turn called him her 'work husband'. But was he every more?

Politics

1 week ago Karoline Levitt ditches religious necklace after Jon Stewart’s brutal joke: ‘Some sort of weird Pinocchio cross’

‘By the way, I think that the more she lies, the bigger her cross gets,’ Daily Show host says of White House spokeswoman

Events

1 week ago Trump keeps being overruled by judges. And his temper tantrums won’t stop that | Steven Greenhouse

A word of advice to Trump: dozens of judges keep ruling against you because you’ve flouted the law more than any previous presidentIt’s hard to keep track of all the temper tantrums that Donald Trump has had because he’s so ticked off that one judge after another has ruled against his flood of illegal actions. In seeking to put their fingers in the dike to stop the US president’s lawlessness, federal judges have issued a startling high number of rulings, more than 185, to block or temporarily pause moves by the Trump administration.Livid about all this, White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, has railed against “judicial activism”, while Trump adviser Stephen Miller carps about a “judicial coup”. As for Trump, the grievance-is-me president has gone into full conniption-mode, moaning about anti-Trump rulings and denouncing “USA-hating judges”. On Truth Social, he said: “How is it possible for [judges] to have potentially done such damage to the United States of America? Is it ...

Politics

1 week ago Donald Trump's White House blasts BBC for 'misreporting' over Gaza coverage

US President Donald Trump's White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt accused the BBC of accepting Hamas's account of Israeli security forces shooting dead Palestinians

Politics

1 week ago Karoline Leavitt ditches cross necklace after Jon Stewart's scathing joke

Karoline Leavitt was spotted without her cross necklace during her latest White House press briefing, after Jon Stewart brutally joked about the accessory

Events

2 w. ago Creepy moment Joe Biden leers towards TWO young female reporters... as he furiously hits back at Jake Tapper's book revelations

Joe Biden got saucy with a reporter who asked him about questions about his mental capabilities.

Events

2 w. ago ‘Creepy Karoline’: Former Trump lawyer comes up with new nickname for White House press secretary

‘I don’t think anybody in America really takes her seriously,’ the former Trump lawyer said

Society

2 w. ago Joe Biden, 82, seen in public as he marks 10th anniversary of son Beau's tragic death amid cancer battle

Joe and Jill Biden attended mass in Wilmington, Del., on Friday to mark the 15th anniversary of the death of their son Beau.

Events

2 w. ago Elon Musk gets very underwhelming White House goodbye after his attack on Trump's big beautiful bill

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt thanked Elon Musk 'for his service' as the world's richest man ended his tenure as a 'special government employee.'

Events

2 w. ago ‘America cannot function’: Karoline Leavitt lashes out at judges blocking Trump orders at record rate

Analysis: Spokeswoman’s breathless lambast ignores the fact that Trump’s unprecedented usage of executive actions could itself be responsible for his sky-high rate of failure in court, writes John Bowden

Politics

2 w. ago Karoline Leavitt torches 'lying' Jill Biden and demands she testify to Congress about Joe's health coverup

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Jill Biden was 'complicit' in what she called a 'coverup' of the former president's health, as she urged the former first lady to cooperate.

Politics

2 w. ago Karoline Leavitt torches Jill Biden for 'lying' about Joe's health and thinking Americans are 'stupid'

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Jill Biden was 'complicit' in what she called a 'coverup' of the former president's health, as she urged the former first lady to cooperate.

Politics

2 w. ago Watch: Karoline Leavitt says America needs more plumbers, less LGBTQ Harvard graduates

America needs more tradespeople rather than “LGBTQ Harvard graduates”, Karoline Leavitt has said.

Politics

2 w. ago The Supreme Court rejects a plea to block a copper mine on land in Arizona that's sacred to Apaches

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Apaches who want to halt a massive copper mining project on federal land in Arizona that they hold sacred

Events

2 w. ago Jake Tapper claims Biden health scandal coverup is 'worse than Watergate'

The extraordinary admission came during an interview with Piers Morgan promoting his tell-all book Original Sin, co-authored alongside Axios reporter Alex Thompson.

Politics

3 w. ago The Latest:Administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students, says thousands must transfer

The Trump administration revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school, saying thousands of current students must transfer to other schools or leave the country

Politics