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Deaf Nonprofit Sues White House Over MIA Interpreters

National Association of the Deaf says WH should make sign language available once more for events

(Newser) - A deaf advocacy nonprofit has filed a complaint against the White House over the latter's sudden removal of sign language interpreters at press conferences and other public events since President Trump once again assumed the Oval Office in January. "Defendants are now denying hundreds of thousands of deaf...

Elon Musk's Time With the Trump Administration Is Over

Billionaire is no longer a special government employee

(Newser) - Elon Musk's time as a special government employee has officially come to an end, a White House official tells NBC News . The billionaire, who had recently pledged to pay more attention to the actual companies he runs , started offboarding from his role in the Trump administration Wednesday—the day...

FBI Reinvestigating White House Cocaine Find

Agency also examining leak of Dobbs decision, pipe bombs planted at party headquarters

(Newser) - The FBI will reinvestigate several incidents that have become "popular talking points on America's political right wing and among conspiracy theorists," per the Guardian . Writing Monday on X , Dan Bongino, the podcaster named deputy director of the FBI, said the agency would launch new investigations into the...

Trump Abruptly Fires Librarian of Congress

Move sparks backlash after Carla Hayden faces conservative group criticism

(Newser) - President Trump on Thursday fired Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, effective immediately, according to an email obtained by the AP . The Obama appointee, who was confirmed by the Senate in 2016 and was the first woman and first African American to hold the role, had her 10-year term...

Melania Trump Hosts Event Honoring Barbara Bush

(Newser) - First lady Melania Trump and members of the Bush family gathered Thursday in the East Room of the White House to unveil a postage stamp bearing the portrait of former first lady Barbara Bush. Dorothy Bush Koch, the late first lady's daughter, told attendees, "It's unlikely that...

White House Launches Site With a Very Familiar Look

New portal dedicated to pro Trump news closely resembles the Drudge Report

(Newser) - The White House has a new website to highlight pro-Trump news, and it looks pretty familiar. Dubbed "White House Wire," the portal features a large photo at the top of the page, underneath which are a bunch of headlines that link to full news articles singing the praises...

Many but Not All Eagles Celebrate With Trump

Quarterback Jalen Hurts is among the no-shows at White House Super Bowl party

(Newser) - President Trump hosted the 2025 Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles at the White House on Monday—though several players, including quarterback Jalen Hurts, skipped the celebration. Hurts and other players cited scheduling conflicts as the reasons for their absences, according to a White House official, the AP reports. Still, the...

After AP Ruling, White House Makes a Big Press Pool Change

Newswires will no longer have a reserved spot

(Newser) - The White House has responded to a judge's ruling calling for a "level playing field" for the Associated Press by changing the playing field. The Trump administration says it will no longer reserve a slot in the White House press pool for a reporter from the AP, Reuters,...

Shooting Painting Bumps Obama Portrait at White House

Artwork appears to be based on an AP photo

(Newser) - A painting of President Trump raising his fist to the crowd after the shooting at a Pennsylvania campaign rally has gone up in a prime spot at the White House. The image apparently bumped the portrait of President Obama, the Hill reports, that was at the bottom of the Grand...

Court Reinstates Board Members Fired by Trump
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Apr 9, 2025 4:39 PM CDT

Supreme Court Pauses Rehiring Board Members

Trump wants two women removed before their terms end

(Newser) - President Trump does not have to reinstate two members of independent federal agencies he's trying to fire, at least not yet, Chief Justice John Roberts decided Wednesday. The administrative stay, which freezes a lower court ruling to prohibit the firings, will allow the Supreme Court to hear arguments in...

Trump Helps to Replace Historic White House Tree

White House calls it a 'MAGAnolia'

(Newser) - President Trump on Tuesday helped shovel dirt onto the replacement for a historic White House tree that had to be removed because of safety concerns around its deteriorating condition. "We have a beautiful tree now at the White House," Trump said. The White House did not allow news...

AP Wins Reinstatement to White House Events

Judge says administration can't punish news organization for not following Gulf of Mexico order

(Newser) - A federal judge ordered the White House on Tuesday to restore the Associated Press ' full access to cover presidential events, ruling on a case that touched at the heart of the First Amendment and affirming that the government cannot punish the news organization for the content of its speech....

Doug Emhoff's Law Firm Cuts Deal With White House

Willkie Farr & Gallagher is 3rd law firm in 2 weeks to cut deal with Trump to avoid sanctions

(Newser) - Another major international law firm has reached a deal with President Trump to dedicate at least $100 million in free legal services to causes such as supporting veterans and combating antisemitism, the White House and the law firm announced Tuesday. The agreement makes Willkie Farr & Gallagher the third law...

A Famous White House Tree Is Coming Down

Folklore links the southern magnolia to Andrew Jackson

(Newser) - The view of the White House is going to look a bit different in the near future: a giant southern magnolia linked to Andrew Jackson is coming down, reports the Hill . President Trump announced on Truth Social Sunday that the tree will be taken down next week because it's...

White House Wants Corporate Sponsors for Easter Egg Roll

Some ethics experts are raising concerns

(Newser) - In recent years, the White House Easter Egg Roll has cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and now, the Trump administration is putting forward an unconventional idea to fund it: corporate sponsorships. The event production company Harbinger, which is putting on this year's Egg Roll, is offering sponsorship opportunities...

Band: White House 'Missed the Point' With Use of 'Closing Time'

'And no, they didn't ask' before using Semisonic's '90s hit in video of shackled deportee

(Newser) - The band Semisonic is pushing back at the White House for using its hit song "Closing Time" over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee. The White House added the song in a post of a man with his wrists handcuffed to his waist as he is...

White House to Take Control of Press Pool

Move is a break from a century of tradition

(Newser) - The White House said Tuesday that its officials "will decide" which news outlets can regularly cover President Trump up close—a sharp break from a century of tradition in which a pool of independently chosen news organizations go where the chief executive does and hold him accountable on behalf...

The AP Sues 3 Trump Staffers Over Freedom of Speech
The AP Sues 3 Trump Officials
Feb 22, 2025 9:01 AM CST

The AP Sues 3 Trump Officials

The news agency has been banned from attending press events at the White House and Mar-a-Lago or flying on Air Force One

(Newser) - The AP sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the blocking of its journalists. "We'll see them in court," responded White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is named in the lawsuit...

Deportees in Shackles Are White House's 'ASMR'

Footage shared by Trump White House viewed as dehumanizing 'boast'

(Newser) - The White House X account on Tuesday shared a video showing undocumented immigrants in handcuffs, shackles, and chains preparing to fly out of Seattle's Boeing Field on Feb. 4 with the caption, "ASMR: Illegal Alien Deportation Flight," per the Seattle Times . ASMR, meaning autonomous sensory meridian response,...

Spokesman: Trump Is Eyeing a Rose Garden Overhaul

President reportedly wants to tear grass out, pave over it to make a patio like Mar-a-Lago's

(Newser) - Joni Mitchell (and Counting Crows ) sang about paving paradise and putting up a parking lot, but the White House probably wasn't what Mitchell had in mind when she penned her famous lyrics. Sources tell the New York Times that President Trump is mulling a "Mar-a-Lago vibe"...

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