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Workers remove scaffolding from columns at the North Portico of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

President Donald Trump’s White House North Portico project nears completion

September 8, 2026 at 11:01 a.m.

Restoration work on the White House North Portico appears to be nearing completion before Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United States in late September.

Members of the National Park Service clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool of algae, Tuesday, June 16, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump administration uses hydrogen peroxide and tiny bubbles against algae in Reflecting Pool

June 17, 2026 at 9:25 a.m.

President Donald Trump’s remodeled Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with its “American flag blue” bottom has turned chartreuse from an algal bloom that park service workers struggled to address Tuesday just...

Juanita poses for a portrait in prayer inside the chapel of Holy Family Services, a birth center and women’s clinic in the Rio Grande Valley, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Weslaco, Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

As Trump’s raids ramp up, a Texas region’s residents stay inside — even when they need medical care

July 21, 2025 at 8:49 a.m.

As the Trump administration intensifies deportation activity around the country, some immigrants — including many who have lived in Texas’s southern tip for decades — are unwilling to leave their...

Pope Leo XIV’s meets Vice President JD Vance after the formal inauguration of his pontificate in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

JD Vance gives Pope Leo XIV an invitation from Trump to visit US

May 19, 2025 at 2:17 p.m.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the Vatican.

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