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1 week ago | 
nbcnews.com | Kelly O'Donnell |Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner |Megan Shannon |Raquel Coronell Uribe
The White House moved the official portrait of former President Barack Obama to a new location in the East Room, replacing it with a painting of President Donald Trump with his fist raised in the air right after last year's assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. The portrait appears to be based on a photo of then-candidate Trump, bloodied and surrounded by Secret Service agents, still onstage after being shot at the campaign event.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcnewyork.com | Astha Rajvanshi |Mithil Aggarwal |Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner |Raquel Coronell Uribe
European and Asian stocks continued to drop in a sign that the market turmoil from President Donald Trump's tariff announcement last week isn't letting up.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcnews.com | Mithil Aggarwal |Peter Guo |Astha Rajvanshi |Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner |Raquel Coronell Uribe
Follow here for live updates and news on fallout in the financial markets from President Donald Trump's announcement last week on tariffs for all countries.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcnews.com | Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner |Gary Grumbach |Megan Lebowitz
WASHINGTON — The annual White House tradition of rolling Easter eggs across the South Lawn is expected to proceed this year despite concern over egg prices and strain on supply in recent months due to avian flu, a decision that’s getting mixed reviews from American egg farmers. "They were saying that for Easter ‘please don’t use eggs. Could you use plastic eggs?’ I say we don’t want to do that," President Donald Trump said Wednesday in remarks announcing his new tariffs.
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1 month ago | 
nbcnews.com | Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner |Gabe Gutierrez
Updated President Donald Trump is expected to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin this morning as the United States tries to mediate a diplomatic solution to end the war in Ukraine. Trump said his administration would release all of the remaining files related to President John F. Kennedy's assassination today. Trump is scheduled to sign more executive orders this afternoon.
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2 months ago | 
nbcnews.com | Nigel Chiwaya |Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner |Sarah Dean |Tara Prindiville
The beginning of President Donald Trump’s second term has been marked by a flurry of executive orders aimed at fundamentally reshaping the government, America’s place on the global stage and the day-to-day lives of people in the country. Trump has signed more than 50 executive orders as of Tuesday morning, the most in a president’s first 100 days in more than 40 years.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
nbcnews.com | Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner |Alexandra Marquez
President Donald Trump on Friday floated the idea of overhauling or eliminating the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, while visiting North Carolina to view the aftermath of damage from last year's Hurricane Helene. “I’ll also be signing an executive order to begin the process of fundamentally reforming and overhauling FEMA, or maybe getting rid of FEMA. I think, frankly, FEMA is not good," Trump said at a hurricane recovery briefing in Fletcher, North Carolina.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
t.ly | Kelly O'Donnell |Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner |Peter Alexander |Megan Lebowitz
Jan. 16, 2025, 2:15 AM UTCFormer Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will not attend President-elect Donald Trump's traditional inaugural lunch. Obama received an invitation but declined to attend, according to a source familiar with the matter. Clinton also was invited but does not plan to attend, according to a second source familiar with the matter, while Bush's office said it was not tracking an invitation to the luncheon.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
nbcnews.com | Kelly O'Donnell |Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner |Peter Alexander |Megan Lebowitz
Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will not attend President-elect Donald Trump's traditional inaugural lunch, various sources told NBC News. Obama received an invitation but declined to attend, according to a source familiar with the matter. Clinton also was invited but does not plan to attend, according to a second source familiar with the matter, while Bush's office said that it was not tracking an invitation to the luncheon.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
flipboard.com | Kelly O'Donnell |Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner |Peter Alexander |Megan Lebowitz
1 day agoWhen you truly love to do something, it’s hard not to throw yourself into it completely. Once you find the “sweet spot” of a hobby—that is, something you both enjoy and excel at—it often takes precedence over everything else. Nonetheless, there’s nothing inherently wrong with having a sole passion. …
