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

The White House is preparing an emergency declaration that President Donald Trump could issue as a way to circumvent Congress if lawmakers do not provide funding for a wall along the US southern border, CNN reported on Thursday, citing internal documents.

White House drafts emergency order that Trump could issue over wall funds: Report

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un spoke highly of US President Donald Trump, state media said on Thursday, and expressed satisfaction over the results of talks between officials from both countries about a second summit between Kim and Trump.

North Korea's Kim says he 'believes in' Trump ahead of second summit: State media

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Washington is doing "very well" in trade talks with China and that Beijing is keen to strike a deal ending their trade war.

US doing 'very well' in China trade talks: Trump

The White House on Tuesday said high-level trade talks with Beijing were proceeding uninterrupted, quickly rebutting media reports that progress toward resolving their trade war had faltered.

White House denies reports of cancelled trade meeting

Kamala Harris: First Indian-origin black woman to contest US presidential election

In pictures: The week that was

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday accused President Donald Trump of putting American troops and civilians working in Afghanistan in danger by publicising a planned congressional trip to the war-torn country, as tensions between the leaders spiked on the 28th day of a partial government shutdown.

House Speaker Pelosi accuses Trump of endangering US troops, lawmakers

A 21-year-old man from Georgia has been arrested and charged over allegations he plotted to attack the White House by blowing a hole in it with an anti-tank rocket then storming the building with guns and grenades, US prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Man charged in plot to attack White House with anti-tank rocket

US shutdown turns Washington into ghost town during quiet travel season

US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand told CBS "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" that she would file paperwork on Tuesday night to explore a run for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 2020 election.

Democratic US Senator Gillibrand to launch 2020 White House bid

The longest US government shutdown in history reached its 25th day on Tuesday, with most of the 800,000 employees who have been furloughed or are working without pay having missed their first paychecks last week.

Impact on US government widens on 25th day of shutdown

US President Donald Trump laid out a White House feast fit for a government shutdown with silver platters heaped high with McDonald's quarter pounders and the red-and-white burger wrappers of Wendy's.

Watch: As shutdown bites, Trump invites guests to feast on burgers, pizzas & french fries

Raj Shah, an Indian-origin top spokesman in the White House press office, has left US President Donald Trump's administration to join an arm of a lobbying firm, becoming the latest of several senior officials to quit in recent months.

Indian-origin White House deputy spokesman Raj Shah quits Trump administration

President Donald Trump said Monday he expects to be able to reach a trade deal with China, which is feeling the impact of US tariffs. "We are doing very well with China.

I think we are going to be able to do trade deal with China: Trump

White House slams New York Times report on FBI probing Donald Trump

The political impasse over Trump's border wall demand and the divided Congress's refusal to fund it has kept key government agencies closed for the past 18 days.

Watch: Stop holding Americans hostage over shutdown, Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Trump

US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed reducing the US trade deficit with India and increasing their cooperation in Afghanistan in a telephone call on Monday, the White House said.

Trump and PM Modi discuss trade, Afghanistan in phone call: White House

Saudi courts will notify women by text message when they get divorced, in a new regulation that took effect on Sunday, officials said. The measure approved by the justice ministry appears aimed at curbing seemingly rampant cases of men secretly ending marriages without informing their wives.

Saudi Arabia to notify women about divorce via SMS

US Congress was set to reconvene on Wednesday with no sign of a workable plan to end a 12-day-old partial federal government shutdown and President Donald Trump not budging on his demand for $5 billion in border wall funding.

White House calls Democrats' plan to end shutdown 'non-starter'

Speaking as a partial government shutdown went into a ninth day due to an impasse over Trump's demands for funding for a wall at the US-Mexico border, Kelly told the Los Angeles Times: 'To be honest, it's not a wall.'

Have nothing but compassion for migrants: Outgoing White House chief John Kelly

US commanders planning for the withdrawal of US troops from Syria are recommending that Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State be allowed to keep US-supplied weapons, four US officials said, a move that would likely anger NATO ally Turkey.

US commanders recommend Kurdish fighters in Syria to go on keeping weapons

President Donald Trump is considering an executive order in the new year to declare a national emergency that would bar US companies from using telecommunications equipment made by China's Huawei and ZTE, three sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.

Trump mulls executive order to bar Huawei, ZTE purchases

By Gary Grappo The December 14 Senate votes to end US military aid for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen and to condemn Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his responsibility in the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi mark a watershed moment in US-Saudi Arabia relations.

Are Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince becoming a liability for the White House?

white-house

White House, News on White House, stories on White House, articles on White House, White House stories at Wion, White House news, White House latest news

white house