Notable News Articles

  10 min 3804 President Donald Trump speaks to the news media before boarding Marine One at the White House on Friday. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post) By  Dan Balz ,  Scott Clement  and  Emily Guskin As he nears the end of his first 100 days in office, President Donald Trump is facing growing opposition to his ambitious and controversial agenda, with his approval rating in decline, majority opposition to major initiatives, and perceptions that his administration is seeking to avoid complying with federal court orders, according to a  Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll . No president in modern times has moved more swiftly than Trump to remake so many parts of government, as well as some outside institutions. The moves range from shrinking and reshaping the executive branch to upending the global economic order to cracking down on illegal immigration to challenging leading universities. The initiatives have caused significant disruption to individual...

With a light fixture in the room reflecting off a teleprompter, President Donald Trump appears in the East Room of the White House in February. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post; iStock) 10 min When President Donald Trump gave Fox News host Laura Ingraham  a tour  of the Oval Office last month, he showed off a copy of the Declaration of Independence stashed behind a pair of navy blue curtains, as well as prominently placed portraits of George Washington and Ronald Reagan. The camera panned the room to also reveal a  row of gilded vases and baskets on the mantel , golden floral moldings adhered to the fireplace and walls, and golden angels tucked into neoclassical pediments above the doors. Ingraham noted the golden accents, along with the fact that another media organization had said the president wanted to “Trumpify” the Oval Office. Trump responded: “It needed a little life.” Every U.S. president has adapted the Oval Office to suit his taste. Franklin Delano Roosevelt...