US Secret Service Uniformed Division officers walked across the North Lawn to retrieve the tot and reunite him with his parents

The White House Easter Egg Roll is back for the first time since before the coronavirus pandemic.

Donald Trump pumped his fist and waved as he departed the White House on Marine One on Wednesday for the last time as US president. “It’s been a great honour, the honour of a lifetime.

First responders and frontline workers being challenged by the deadly coronavirus pandemic have been highlighted in White House Christmas decorations, which also give a special nod to Melania Trump’s redesigned Rose Garden.

Nostalgia was in and jokes were out on Tuesday as US President Donald Trump offered a reprieve to two meaty turkeys at the traditional Thanksgiving turkey pardon ceremony at the White House.

The White House will continue to press ahead with its Christmas festivities despite expert warnings that the US is at a “dire point” in its fight against coronavirus.

A man shot and wounded by a uniformed secret service officer, prompting President Donald Trump to be escorted out of a news conference, had been threatening to kill people near the White House, officials say.

A uniformed Secret Service officer shot and injured a man during a confrontation near the White House on Monday that led to President Donald Trump being abruptly escorted out of a briefing room during a televised news conference.

Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a US Secret Service agent out of the White House briefing room as he was beginning a coronavirus update, then returned minutes later, saying there had been a “shooting” outside that was “under control”.