US President Donald Trump on Friday aimed to boost defense spending to $1.5 trillion (€1.3 trillion) in his 2027 budget proposal. The request, which comes five weeks into the US-Israel war with Iran, would lift military spending by more than 40% in a single year — the steepest increase since World War II.
President Trump holds a rendering of the East Wing modernization while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday criticized Donald Trump's mocking comments about his marriage, saying they did not merit a response. In a video briefly posted by the White House on YouTube, which was later taken down, Trump mocked the French president while he slammed NATO allies for not joining US operations in Iran.
US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that his Attorney General Pam Bondi would be leaving her post. "Pam Bondi is a Great American Patriot and a loyal friend, who faithfully served as my Attorney General over the past year," Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social.
A document that was included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files shows a diagram prepared by the FBI attempting to chart the network of Epstein's victims and the timeline of their alleged abuse.
A banner featuring an image of President Trump is displayed on the facade of the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, DC. The Justice Department has been trying to force states to hand over sensitive voter data that it plans to share with the Department of Homeland Security.
President Trump speaks from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday. Trump used the prime-time address to update the nation on the war in Iran.
A month after the start of the war in Iran, President Donald Trump addressed the nation on April 1. Speaking from the White House, he said the US would hit Iran "extremely hard over the next two to three weeks" and "bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong."
From the majestic valleys of the Grand Canyon to the granite peaks of the Yosemite National Park and ancient trees of Alaska's Tongass National Forest, US President Donald Trump has pledged to make America's federal nature reserves "beautiful again."
Skip next section Asian stocks fall, oil rises after Trump speech April 2, 2026 Asian stocks fall, oil rises after Trump speech Oil rose more than 4% and Asian stocks fell after US President Donald Trump gave an update on the Iran war.
US President Donald Trump made a rare and historic appearance at the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, where he watched his administration's lawyer, Solicitor General John Sauer, challenge the constitutionality of birthright citizenship during oral arguments.
"Thank you all. The score is 10-0. Thank you, Serbia, for the enormous trust." With these words, Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic declared election victory on Sunday night from the headquarters of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). Local elections were held in 10 municipalities across Serbia, with 247,985 citizens eligible to vote.