The US economy should continue growing this year at the same pace seen in 2018, and there is only a very slim chance of recession, the chief White House economist said Tuesday.

US economy to see another strong year, recession unlikely: White House

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that trade talks with China are complex but are "going very well" and again indicated the March 1 deadline for raising tariffs could be extended.

Trump says US-China trade talks 'going very well'

A small group of demonstrators rallied outside the White House Monday to protest President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency to fund a wall on the US-Mexico border.

Trump's emergency declaration sparks protests outside White House

The White House received Monday a Commerce Department report on the auto industry that could trigger tariffs against imported cars and intensify tensions with Europe.

White House gets report that could trigger auto tariffs

High level US trade negotiators in Beijing will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a top White House official confirmed Thursday. President Donald Trump's economic advisor Larry Kudlow told reporters in Washington that he'd just talked to the delegation, which includes US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

US trade negotiators to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping: White House

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani blamed the United States and its regional allies on Thursday for a suicide bombing in southeastern Iran that killed 27 members of the country's elite Revolutionary Guards, Iranian state TV reported.

Iran President Hassan Rouhani blames US, Israel for attack on elite Guards that killed 27: Report

The White House said on Wednesday it was not clear whether President Donald Trump would sign a government funding deal to avoid a partial shutdown of federal agencies, even as a source familiar with the situation said he likely would.

Not clear if Trump will sign border wall funding deal: White House

The President of the United States, said Monday that it depends on the Democrats whether there will be a partial government shutdown again this weekend due to lack of funds, as he began a visit to the border with Mexico to continue his campaign in favour of the construction of a wall there.

It's up to Democrats if government shuts again: Trump

The top four Democratic and Republican negotiators in the US Congress on border security funding plan to meet on Monday in a bid to reach an elusive deal by a Friday deadline to avert another partial government shutdown.

US lawmakers to hold border security talks in bid to avert shutdown

Donald Trump pushed back Sunday at the suggestion he spends much of his workday taking it easy, as the White House kept up the hunt for the person behind an embarrassing leak of the president's schedule.

Trump defends 'executive time' after schedule leak

Democrat Amy Klobuchar on Sunday joined the 2020 White House race, adding a pragmatic voice from the heartland state of Minnesota to an ever-growing field of contenders hoping to unseat US President Donald Trump.

Democrat Amy Klobuchar joins 2020 White House race

Acting US Attorney General Matthew Whitaker on Friday (February 8) said he has not spoken with President Donald Trump or any senior White House officials about the US special counsel's probe into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.

No Russia probe talks with Trump, White House: Acting US attorney general

The Trump administration has notified World Bank shareholders that President Donald Trump intends to pick senior Treasury Department official David Malpass as the US nominee to lead the development lender, people familiar with the decision said on Monday.

Trump plans to nominate Treasury's Malpass to lead World Bank: Politico

US President Donald Trump's typical day starts late and is spent mostly watching TV, browsing newspapers and tweeting, according to a leak of the president's confidential schedule.

Fire and fury in White House after Trump's daily schedule is leaked

The US economy will post strong growth in the first quarter, despite negative effects from the extended government shutdown, top White House economist Kevin Hassett said Monday.

White House economist says economy strong despite shutdown

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro flatly rejected Sunday a call by European countries to call snap elections after opposition leader Juan Guaido declared himself the Latin American country's interim leader.

Venezuela: Will not cave into pressure, says Maduro rejecting European ultimatum on elections

US President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech will urge optimism, pulling back from Washington's current climate of strife, a top official insisted Friday.

Trump to pitch optimism, 'greatness' in State of Union: White House

God "wanted" Donald Trump to become President, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders has said, in surprising remarks, and claimed that he had done a "tremendous job" in supporting "a lot of the things that people of faith really care about".

God wanted Trump to be President, says Sarah Sanders

The White House has reacted to the developments in Afghanistan even as the Arab divide seems to shadow the Afghan peace talks. White House Spokesperson Sarah Sanders in a briefing said, "Our priority is to end the war in Afghanistan and to ensure there is never a base for terrorism in Afghanistan again.

Priority is to end Afghan war, peace negotiations will continue: White House

Democrats are already furiously jockeying for position to take on President Donald Trump in 2020. But will Trump actually be on the ballot two years from now? With approval ratings hovering around 40 per cent — even lower, according to some polls — speculation is mounting that Trump could face a primary challenge for the Republican presidential nomination.

Will Donald Trump even fight the US presidential elections in 2020?

Lamenting that the American Dream and its democracy are under attack in Donald Trump's United States, California Senator Kamala Harris formally declared Sunday her candidacy to become the country's first black female president in 2020.

American dream under attack: Kamala Harris formally launches bid for US Presidency

President Donald Trump said Friday he will temporarily end the longest government shutdown in US history, while dropping his previous insistence on immediate funding for wall construction along the Mexican border.

Trump climbs down in wall row, Congress passes bill ending shutdown

The federal special counsel's indictment of Roger Stone, a longtime associate of US President Donald Trump, in the Russia probe is unrelated to the president or the White House, Trump's press secretary said on Friday.

Roger Stone indictment has nothing to do with Trump: White House

Washington and Beijing are "miles and miles" from resolving their trade war, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Thursday. A high-level Chinese delegation is due in Washington next week for talks to resolve the dispute by March 1, when US duty rates on Chinese imports are due to rise sharply, but Ross tried to tamp down expectations to those meetings.

US, China 'miles and miles' from resolving trade conflict: Official

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