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Sebastian Gorka, a West Wing adviser to President Trump who has become a flash point for controversy, is likely to be moved out of the White House in the coming weeks for a different role in the administration, two senior administration officials said Sunday. It was not immediately clear where Mr. Gorka, an adviser on national security, would be headed. A spokeswoman for Mr. Trump, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said only that there was nothing to announce about Mr.

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte of the invitation to visit the White House, because he was “tied up” with a busy schedule. “I cannot make any definite promise,” Mr. Duterte said, adding, “I’m supposed to go to Russia; I’m also supposed to go to Israel.” Mr. Trump’s invitation on Saturday to Mr.

WASHINGTON — President Trump cut short a television interview that was aired on Monday after being asked about his unsubstantiated claim that President Barack Obama had spied on him, reviving an incendiary charge even as his re-election campaign released its first advertisement taking aim at “fake news.” In the interview, which was timed to place a capstone on his first 100 days

President Trump mused in an interview that the Civil War could have been avoided if only Andrew Jackson had been around to stop it. Jackson had been dead 16 years and long out of office when the war started in 1861. Mr.

WASHINGTON — In the early days of the Trump presidency, Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill have not agreed on much. But they have come together to keep the government open for the next several months. The more than $1 trillion spending deal that congressional leaders reached on Sunday was an act of compromise, a rarity in a highly polarized Congress. But that was the easy part.

WASHINGTON — Congress would allocate more than $120 million to help cover the escalating costs of protecting the first family and Trump Tower under a bipartisan spending agreement that appears poised to pass this week. About half of the money, nearly $60 million, is earmarked for the Secret Service, with most of the funds going toward protecting the president while traveling and security for Trump Tower in New York City, according to legislation being circulated on Monday.

WASHINGTON — After two false starts on President Trump’s promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Trump administration officials are pressing the House to vote on a revised version of the Republican repeal bill this week, perhaps as soon as Wednesday, administration officials said. And Mr.

WASHINGTON — After two false starts on President Trump’s promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Trump administration officials are pressing the House to vote on a revised version of the Republican repeal bill this week, perhaps as soon as Wednesday, administration officials said. And Mr.

President Kim Jong Un credit for leading North Korea after his father’s death, calling him a “pretty smart cookie.” The president in an interview that aired Sunday was asked by John Dickerson of CBS for his impression of the North Korean dictator. Trump said he has “no idea” if the Pyongyang leader is sane.

Shortly after passing the 100-day mark of his first term in office, President The ad, released by Trump's campaign committee, notes the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice tax plan as some of his successes through his first three months. "America has rarely seen such success," the commercial's voice-over says. "You wouldn't know it from watching the news," the ad continues, as a "