'Baby Trump' balloon slashed during Alabama appearance

A towering Baby Trump protest balloon was knifed and deflated by someone unhappy with its appearance during President Donald Trump's Saturday trip to Alabama, organizers said.

President Trump launches black outreach effort for 2020

During the 2016 campaign, candidate Donald Trump stood in front of largely white crowds and asked black voters to consider, "What the hell do you have to lose?"

Lawmaker ditches bid to name stretch of Route 66 after President Trump

A Republican lawmaker has abandoned his effort to rename a stretch of old Route 66 in northeastern Oklahoma after President Donald Trump.

Fox News Poll: Biden leads nomination race, tops Trump by 12 points in matchup

Democratic primary voters increasingly feel the need to nominate a candidate who can beat President Trump in 2020, and more think Joe Biden can do that than any of the other top Democratic hopefuls. In addition, while most Democratic primary voters are satisfied with their field, more than a quarter wish they had other options, according to a new Fox News Poll.

Trump changes primary residence from New York to Florida

President Donald Trump says he will be making Palm Beach, Florida, his permanent residence after he leaves the White House, rather than returning to Trump Tower in New York.

Trump surveyed Chicago audience on freeing Blagojevich: Report

President Donald Trump has again broached the idea of freeing former Illinois governor and one-time "Celebrity Apprentice" contestant Rod Blagojevich from a Colorado federal prison, where he is in his seventh year of a 14-year prison term for political corruption.

AP FACT CHECK: Afghanistan is not safer than Chicago, like Trump claims it is

President Donald Trump ripped Chicago as a hellscape of violence that makes Afghanistan, one of the world's deadliest countries for terrorism, seem like a tranquil and secure place.

Trump: Afghanistan is safer than Chicago 'by comparison'
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President Donald Trump said Afghanistan is a "safe place by comparison" to Chicago while delivering a speech to police chiefs Monday at McCormick Place.

President Trump says he will attend World Series Game 5 at Nationals Park

President Donald Trump told White House reporters Thursday that if the World Series goes to a Game 5 this Sunday in the nation's capital, he will be in attendance. 

President Trump lifts sanctions on Turkey, says cease-fire permanent

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will lift sanctions on Turkey after the NATO ally agreed to permanently stop fighting Kurdish forces in Syria and he defended his decision to withdraw American troops, saying the U.S. should not be the world's policeman.

Donald Trump to make first presidential visit to Chicago, Police Supt. Eddie Johnson won't attend

Donald Trump's appearance next week at a police chief's conference will be his first visit as president to Chicago, a city he has ridiculed for years. The city's top cop plans to skip the speech, even though he's hosting the event.

Trump likens House impeachment inquiry to 'a lynching'

President Donald Trump injected racial overtones into the House impeachment inquiry Tuesday by comparing the Democratic-led investigation into his handling of U.S. policy toward Ukraine to a "lynching." The highest-ranking African American in Congress warned Trump about making the comparison.

Trump unloads over Syria, impeachment and more, says he 'should be allowed to run the country'

President Trump vented his frustration Monday about the criticisms leveled against him over recent controversies, including his Syria pullout decision, the location of the 2020 G-7 summit and the House’s “illegitimate” impeachment inquiry, while saying the "president of the United States should be allowed to run the country, not have to focus on this kind of crap."

Frustrated US diplomats fight back in Trump impeachment probe

Three years of simmering frustration inside the State Department is boiling over on Capitol Hill as a parade of current and former diplomats testify to their concerns about the Trump administration's unorthodox policy toward Ukraine.

Chance The Rapper, Cardi B believe President Trump will get re-elected in 2020

During a podcast on Tuesday with rapper and actor T.I., Chance The Rapper and Cardi B both said they believe President Donald Trump will get re-elected in 2020.

Trump rule may mean 1 million kids lose automatic free lunch

Nearly a million students could lose their automatic eligibility for free school lunches under a Trump administration proposal that's expected to reduce the number of people who get food stamps.

Trump to attend fundraiser in Chicago hosted by Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts

President Donald Trump will be visiting Chicago in late October for a high-dollar fundraiser. Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts is hosting the event.

Trump often hands phone to Ivanka while talking with world leaders, say staff who monitor international calls

There were dozens of ears listening to President Donald Trump's 30-minute phone call with the leader of Ukraine that is at the center of a House impeachment inquiry, and as many eyes that saw what he said.   

Former Ukraine ambassador says Trump pushed State Department to oust her from position

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch told lawmakers Friday that President Donald Trump pressured the State Department to oust her from her position.