Democrats will "never" see US president Donald Trump's tax returns, said White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney as a new front opened in the confrontation between the administration and Congress.

US attorney general William Barr will not recuse himself from overseeing Robert Mueller's investigation into possible coordination between Russia and Donald Trump's presidential campaign, the Justice Department has said.

Senior White House officials pushed a project to share nuclear power technology with Saudi Arabia despite the objections of ethics and national security officials, according to a congressional report citing whistleblowers within the administration.

The week’s stand-out soundbite from the You Couldn’t Make It Up ministry — every government has one — popped out of the mouth of Sarah Sanders who, if she hasn’t been fired since Wednesday, is press secretary at the White House.

Though we are still at the very early stages of the race the field is, on one side of the draw at least getting crowded — especially as the champion seems likely, though is not absolutely certain, to have a free run on the far side of the track.

This week, Democrats returned to Washington with the authority to investigate a Trump White House that is suspected of foreign collusion, conflicts of interest, and mismanagement of the federal government. How far will they go, asks Jason Zengerle

The US President says his chief of staff is leaving his post at the end of the year.

A federal judge in Washington has ordered the Trump administration to immediately return the White House press credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta.

President Donald Trump has tweeted that his White House counsel, Don McGahn, will be departing in the autumn after the Senate confirmation vote for Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the Supreme Court.

"Is there anyone left who remembers me?” read the short note in The Clare Champion.

A year on from Charlottesville, white supremacists are holding a rally at the White House as a coterie of their most vehement cohorts eye a political seat, writes Bette Browne.

Ireland’s famous access to the White House on St Patrick’s Day is all thanks to one ambassador pain- stakingly tracing Ronald Reagan’s Tipperary ancestors, according to a new RTÉ documentary.

From Karen McDougal to Stormy Daniels, Donald Trump’s extramarital affairs are well known. But then, so are a whole host of his predecessors, writes TP O’Mahony.

Basketball superstars LeBron James and Steph Curry might be on opposite sides in the NBA Finals, but they are on the same page when it comes to handing an invite to visit Donald Trump's White House.

Nondescript Dan Scavino was a teen caddy when he met Donald Trump. Now the US leader’s longest-serving aide, his power is in managing the president’s tweets, says Robert Draper, writer for The New York Times Magazine.

New details have emerged on the rift between White House chief of staff John Kelly and President Donald Trump, with one former administration official saying Mr Kelly privately called Mr Trump "an idiot" last year.

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of a tree planted by Emmanuel Macron at the White House has been solved after authorities revealed it had been put in quarantine.

US President Donald Trump will look to pull off the ultimate charm offensive as he hosts French President Emmanuel Macron at a glitzy White House state dinner.

US President Donald Trump's homeland security adviser is resigning in the latest White House departure.

The leaders of the Baltic countries have arrived at the White House for talks with US President Donald Trump.

Former US Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin has blamed his sudden ouster from the Trump administration on "political forces" that he says are bent on privatising the agency and putting "companies with profits" over veterans' care.

President Donald Trump fired Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin and nominated White House doctor Ronny Jackson to replace him in the wake of a bruising ethics scandal and a mounting rebellion within the agency.

The White House has taken a step to restrict Chinese investment and put tariffs on 50 billion US dollars in Chinese imports for stealing technology.

The United States and Saudi Arabia can tackle "a lot of things" together in the future, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said.

He is perhaps the most idiosyncratic US leader ever, but protocol is bending to his peculiar style, and it’s working for him, if not for everyone else, says Peter Apps

Mary-Lou McDonald has denied she has been snubbed by the White House after not being invited to the annual St Patrick's Day events.

Rex Tillerson's sacking is the latest in a series of notable firings and resignations from President Donald Trump's White House since he took office on January 20, 2017.

Authorities have identified the man who fatally shot himself in front of the White House.

A man has shot himself outside the White House, the Secret Service said.

The security clearance of White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, has reportedly been downgraded.

The White House is on lockdown after a passenger vehicle struck a security barrier.

Donald Trump has finally broken his silence to explicitly denounce domestic violence amid allegations that a senior White House aide abused two ex-wives.

A second White House staffer has departed the Trump administration in the wake of abuse allegations.

Donald Trump has asked the Pentagon to plan a grand parade of armed forces in Washington to celebrate US military strength, officials said.

The FBI has said it has "grave concerns" about the accuracy of a classified memo on the Russia election investigation that Donald Trump wants released.

Steve Bannon’s lawyer relayed questions in real time to the White House during a House Intelligence Committee interview of the former chief strategist to Donald Trump, according to reports.

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is to speak to investigators as part of ex-FBI chief Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian election interference, sources have revealed.

As the fallout continues over US president Donald Trump’s use of a vulgar term to describe African countries during immigration talks, aides to the president are locked in an internal debate over which version of the word the president used.

Oprah Winfrey’s man-the-barricades speech at this week’s dressed-in-black Golden Globe awards catapulted her into America’s consciousness as a possible White House contender.

Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer will be interviewed live on The Late Late Show this Friday.

US president Donald Trump has said an explosive new book about the first year of his presidency is full of "lies, misrepresentations and sources that don't exist".

The White House is cracking down on staff using personal mobile phones at work.

A large portion of a magnolia tree on the south grounds of the White House has been removed because it posed a safety risk.

Former US Apprentice star Omarosa has denied she was fired from her job at the White House - and claims that she has stories to tell about what she has seen and heard there.