Top aides in President Donald Trump's White House, including his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will come under increased scrutiny for their use of personal emails and other unofficial messaging to conduct government affairs, a congressional oversight chairman said on Monday.

United States Congress expands probe of White House personal email use

Iran rejected on Tuesday a White House accusation that Tehran was long violating the terms of its nuclear deal with world powers, after the Islamic Republic said it had amassed more low-enriched uranium than permitted under the accord.

Even before nuclear deal, Iran was violating terms: White House

The new White House press secretary, Stephanie Grisham, got into a brawl with North Korean officials on Sunday outside a meeting room where US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un were talking privately in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea on Sunday.

White House press secretary left all bruised after brawl with North Korea officials

White House advisor and US President Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump termed US president's meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a ''subsequent productive conversation.

White House advisor Ivanka terms Trump-Modi meet as 'productive'

US President Donald Trump is set to hold much-anticipated trade talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Osaka at 11:30 am (0230 GMT) on Saturday, news agency Reuters reported on Wednesday quoting a White House spokesman.

Trump-Xi to hold trade talks on Saturday morning in Osaka: White House

The White House on Saturday unveiled a USD 50 billion Palestinian investment and infrastructure proposal intended to be the economic engine to power its much-anticipated but still unreleased "deal of the century" Middle East peace plan.

White House proposes $50bn Middle East peace plan in Bahrain

President Donald Trump's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway will not testify before the House of Representatives Oversight Committee this week on her alleged violations of the Hatch Act, the White House told the panel's chairman on Monday.

Donald Trump aide Kellyanne Conway will not testify before Congress: White House

The first stage of President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan will be launched on Tuesday at a conference the White House touts as a bid to begin drumming up $50 billion in investment but which Palestinians deride as an "economy first" approach doomed to fail.

In Bahrain, United States to launch economic part of Mideast peace plan amid skepticism

One nominee was flagged for his relationship with Russia, another for his alleged ties to white supremacist groups, and several others for criticizing Donald Trump before he became US president.

Leaked documents show 'red flags' of Donald Trump officials

An advice columnist for Elle fashion magazine said in an account published Friday that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in the dressing room of a New York department store more than two decades ago.

US writer says Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in mid-1990s

The United States President Donald Trump has nominated Mark Esper to be the Secretary of Defence, the White House said late Friday, news agency AFP reported. Esper, who is Secretary of the Army, was named acting Pentagon chief after Patrick Shanahan withdrew his name from consideration for the role this week, citing family concerns.

Donald Trump nominates Mark Esper as Secretary of Defence: White House

Last-minute Iran strike reversal showcases Trump's confusion on war

Amidst new peace overtures from the Imran Khan government after the re-election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the White House has made it clear to Pakistan that the onus for sustained peace in South Asia was on it by putting the terror groups out of business.

Onus for Indo-Pak peace on Pakistan: White House

Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani will meet with President Donald Trump next month as the country continues to endure the two-year economic squeeze from its US-backed Gulf Arab rivals, the White House announced Friday.

Qatar emir to visit White House amid Gulf tensions

The United States intends to apply punitive tariffs on imports from Mexico on Monday despite progress in talks on stemming migration, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Friday.

Mexico tariffs on track to take effect Monday: White House

"America First is a fallacy," Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told US President Donald Trump in a letter on Thursday, responding to a White House announced it was imposing a blanket 5% tariff on all goods from Mexico from June 10.

'America First is a fallacy,' Mexico's president responds to Trump tariff

Qatar said on Friday that economic development needed for Israeli-Palestinian peace could not be achieved without "fair political solutions" acceptable to Palestinians, referring to a US plan set to be unveiled next month.

Qatar says economic conditions for Israeli-Palestinian peace require 'fair political solutions'

The Trump administration must temporarily halt the use of some Defence Department funds for a border wall with Mexico, a judge ruled on Friday, because the money was not specifically authorised by Congress for construction of the barrier.

Judge blocks some funds Trump sought for US-Mexico border wall

US President Donald Trump said on Friday he is considering pardons for "two or three" American soldiers charged with war crimes, a move he also said would be controversial but justified because they had been treated "unfairly.

Trump says to consider pardons for some US soldiers accused of war crimes

US President Donald Trump's campaign believes he can turn Republicans' biggest liability from last year's congressional elections - the debate about the future of healthcare in America - into a winning issue for his reelection.

Trump campaign views healthcare as a 2020 campaign weapon

US President Donald Trump on Monday told former White House counsel Don McGahn to defy a subpoena to testify before Congress about the Russia investigation, deepening his fight with Democratic lawmakers.

Trump tells ex-White House counsel McGahn not to appear before Congress

The White House will unveil the first part of President Donald Trump's long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan when it holds an international conference in Bahrain in late June to encourage investment in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, senior US officials said on Sunday.

US to encourage investment in Palestinians as first part of peace plan

Some Democrats vying for the party's 2020 presidential nomination shifted the focus of the race to foreign policy on Sunday, criticizing Republican President Donald Trump as a weak commander in chief who is escalating tensions with Iran.

2020 White House hopefuls turn to foreign policy, slam Trump on Iran

The US Vice President Mike Pence is the beneficiary of a legal defence fund set up to aid in expenses related to the 2016 election, according to disclosures the vice president made public on Thursday.

US Vice President Pence received legal defense fund from Florida lawyer

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