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President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to meet face to face this week at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

Trump Administration Quietly Starts Review Of China's Trade Status

1:47pm April 04, 2017

by Chris Arnold

The move is surprising to U.S.-China watchers, and comes just days before President Trump is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping in person for the first time.

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price at a March 17 news conference with Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio.

6 Changes The Trump Administration Can Still Make To Obamacare

1:52pm March 29, 2017

by Danielle Kurtzleben

The Republican overhaul bill died, but the health care drama continues. There are lots of ways the administration can change the Affordable Care Act, without congressional approval.

The coal-fired Plant Scherer operates in June 2014 in Juliette, Ga.

Trump Takes Aim At A Centerpiece Of Obama's Environmental Legacy

5:29pm March 28, 2017

The Trump administration aims to roll back the Clean Power Plan, which limits emissions from power plants, lift the moratorium on federal coal leases and change the "social cost of carbon" policy.

Presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway answers questions during a television interview in the White House last month.

White House Says Conway Acted 'Inadvertently' When She Plugged Ivanka's Products

4:39pm March 01, 2017

by Jim Zarroli

The senior adviser to the president didn't mean any harm when she appeared to violate ethics rules in an appearance on Fox and Friends last month, the Trump administration says.

Customs and Border Protection agents stand at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on Friday, Feb. 10. One memorandum issued by the Department of Homeland Security says the government will hire new ICE officers and Border Patrol agents, but it doesn't mention hir

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Overwhelmed Courts Could Limit Impact Of Adding Immigration Officers

5:02am February 24, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

Much attention has been given to President Trump's plans for enforcing immigration laws, but not much has been said about how deportations might affect an already-stressed immigration court system.

Bjorn Mustard of Chesapeake, Va., (left) says he felt depressed and uncomfortable before coming out as transgender. Brian Hopkins of Mathews County, Va., (right) says he believes transgender teens are confused and he supports rolling back protections for

In Eastern Virginia, Mixed Feelings on Trump's Trans Restroom Guidance

9:50pm February 23, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

Gloucester County, Va., is embroiled in a battle over transgender restrooms. The case of one of its high school students is slated to be argued before the Supreme Court next month.

The exterior of the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 10. A lobbying battle is being waged over a rule requiring financial advisers to act in their clients' best interest in retirement planning.

Trump Moving To Delay Rule That Protects Workers From Bad Financial Advice

11:17am February 17, 2017

by Chris Arnold

A lobbying battle is being waged over a rule requiring financial advisers to act in their clients' best interest in retirement planning. It pits financial firms against consumer and retiree groups.

Voters went to the polls at Amherst Street Elementary School on November 8, 2016, in Nashua, N.H.

Trump Adviser Repeats Baseless Claims Of Voter Fraud In New Hampshire

3:27pm February 12, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

No evidence supports the Trump administration's claim that the presidential election was marred by massive voter fraud. But White House adviser Stephen Miller doubled down on the allegations Sunday.

A worker cleaned the windows of the Ivanka Trump Collection in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York last month.

Kellyanne Conway Tells Americans To Buy Ivanka Trump's Products

8:24pm February 09, 2017

by Jim Zarroli

Her comments appear to violate ethics rules barring federal employees from seeking to profit from their positions. White House press secretary Sean Spicer said later that Conway had been "counseled."

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visits memorial wall plaques in the lobby of the State Department on Thursday. The plaques honor employees who died in the line of duty.

Tillerson Takes The Helm At The State Department, Promising Respect And Honesty

5:30pm February 02, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

Tillerson's reverent message was well-received by many diplomats after the White House called on them, in response to recent dissent over the Trump administration, to "get with the program" or leave.