White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt grew defensive over the White House’s handling of the economy in exchanges with reporters Thursday, standing by President Donald Trump’s comments that parents should “give up” certain products this Christmas if they have affordability concerns and insisting things have improved under Trump’s watch. The exchange kicked off when CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked about the president's comment Tuesday to an audience in Pennsylvania about cutting back on purchases. “You don’t need 37 dolls for your daughter. Two or three is nice,” the president said.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt grew defensive over the White House’s handling of the economy in exchanges with reporters Thursday, standing by President Donald Trump’s comments that parents should “give up” certain products this Christmas if they have affordability concerns and insisting things have improved under Trump’s watch. The exchange kicked off when CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked about the president's comment Tuesday to an audience in Pennsylvania about cutting back on purchases. “You don’t need 37 dolls for your daughter. Two or three is nice,” the president said.
Responding to questions on Venezuela, President Trump claimed maritime drug trafficking is “down 92%” and suggested his administration would soon shift operations to land.
A man in Washington state, Wilmer Toledo-Martinez, was attacked by a patrol dog while being detained by Customs and Border Patrol agents last month as his wife and young children looked on, said Senator Patty Murray, who is calling for the man’s release.
The Indiana Senate voted down a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts to produce two more GOP-friendly seats, rejecting President Donald Trump’s months-long campaign to pressure the Republican supermajority in the deep-red state to bend to his will.
After demolishing the White House’s East Wing, President Donald Trump is now eying four federal buildings for the same treatment and is circumventing a key government agency with his plans, according to a historic preservationist raising the alarm this week. CNN’s Betsy Klein reports.
Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old man accused of fatally shooting conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, appeared in a Utah court Thursday for the first time in-person since his arrest.
The Pentagon did not conduct a routine investigation into the impact of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s disclosure of sensitive military details in a Signal group chat, and whether it damaged national security. CNN's Zachary Cohen reports that it is due in part because Hegseth never authorized it.
President Trump launched the “gold card” visa, letting foreigners pay $1 million to fast-track entry, or for companies to pay $2 million to sponsor workers. CNN's Alayna Treene reports.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was interrupted by protesters holding anti-ICE signs during her Thursday testimony before the House on threats to national security.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed that the US had taken control of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. Attorney General Pam Bondi later posted a video on X showing armed personnel rappelling on to the ship from a helicopter, then moving on deck with guns drawn.
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate María Corina Machado embraced supporters in the street, her first public appearance in nearly a year, and after defying a travel ban and fleeing Venezuela. She was last seen at a rally against President Nicolás Maduro's inauguration in January, where her political party said she was "violently intercepted."
