Donald Trump’s bid to smother the uproar over accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein shows that he’s already achieved one goal his critics most feared from his second presidency.

The dollar struggled on Wednesday, while the yen was choppy after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Japan, bolstering optimism for more agreements ahead of an impending tariff deadline.

The earlier decision found it legal for the president to restrict access to a news organization in invite-only places like the Oval Office or Air Force One.

The US Olympic and Paralympic Committee has pledged to follow a Trump administration order banning transgender athletes in an update to its athlete safety policy – falling in line with other groups that have banned transgender individuals from sports competition.

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Hunter Biden compares Trump administration's deportation agenda to Nazi Germany in a podcast interview, prompting responses from border czar Tom Homan and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele.

House Republicans want to name the John F. Kennedy Center’s opera house after first lady Melania Trump. Republicans included language that would designate the opera house at the center for the performing arts in Washington,

A rally in Japanese shares led Asian markets on Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with Japan and fuelled hopes of more to come, tempering the disappointment from U.S. earnings that highlighted the drag from higher tariffs.