President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he will nominate James M. McDonald, one of his personal lawyers, to serve as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, filling a vacancy created by his nomination of current U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to lead the nation’s intelligence community.
A large temporary mixed martial arts arena has been constructed on the White House South Lawn in preparation for a UFC event scheduled for Sunday, according to reporting and official filings describing the project.
A federal judge denied a request by the Kennedy Center board to pause a court order requiring the removal of President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center building, clearing the way for signage to be taken down, according to court proceedings on Friday.
The United States launched additional military strikes against targets in Iran on Wednesday on the orders of President Donald Trump, as negotiations aimed at ending the more than three-month conflict stalled and tensions in the region intensified.
Bill Gates is scheduled to be questioned by the U.S. House Oversight Committee regarding his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, whose connections to influential figures have remained the subject of public scrutiny since his death in 2019.
Donald Trump is set to be the first sitting U.S. president to attend an NBA Finals game, bringing strict security measures that resulted in fans having to navigate an extensive safety perimeter around Madison Square Garden, with a lengthy wait expected to get into the building.
The United States said it shot down two Iranian drones that were allegedly threatening shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, marking a further escalation in tensions as the conflict reached its 100th day.
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, his wife, and three other individuals, prompting criticism from the Cuban government.
The U.S. military shot down four Iranian drones near the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and later struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in a retaliatory operation, U.S. Central Command said, as tensions escalated between the two countries amid an already fragile ceasefire.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday announced plans to construct a walkway called a “Trump promenade” linking the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac River.