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Former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama listen as Jackie Evancho sings the national anthem following President Trump's inauguration in January. Teenage classical singer Jackie Evancho, one of the first performers to be enlisted for President Trump's inaugural festivities, took to Twitter Wednesday night to express her dismay with the administration's revocation of federal protections for transgender students and to request a meeting with the president.

Tillerson, Kelly head to Mexico amid deep strains in bilateral ties

Two top Trump administration officials are heading to Mexico for talks with President Enrique PeA a Nieto and his cabinet primarily aimed at cooling tensions that threaten to derail trade and other agreements on counterterrorism efforts, drug trafficking and immigration. The visit by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly comes a month after a heated volley of tweets between President Trump and PeA a Nieto over who should pay for a wall on the U.S. border prompted the Mexican leader to cancel a visit to the White House.

Trump returns to unfinished business

President Donald Trump's holiday weekend featured a raucous campaign rally, a health care strategy session, interviews for a new national security adviser - and even a few holes of golf. Trump brought four contenders to his private club Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Sunday as he seeks a replacement for retired Gen.

Mark Cuban goes on extended tweetstorm about ‘The Trump…

Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban used Twitter on Friday to respond to President Donald Trump's wild Thursday press conference and discuss what he termed "The Trump Conundrum." In an extended Twitter storm, the owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks who stars on ABC's "Shark Tank" said the biggest dilemma facing the president was whether to lead the government "effectively" or "play to his base."

The Trump administration has a spelling problem. But how bad is it really? We investigate.

President Trump attends a news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Feb. 13. The latest cringe-worthy gaffe, courtesy of the Education Department, was a double whammy: In a tweet Friday, the agency misspelled the name of the late scholar-activist and NAACP co-founder W.E.B. Du Bois. Then it followed up with a correction, with its own glaring error: "Our deepest apologizes for the earlier typo."

Worried about hacks, senators want info on Trump’s personal phone

Two senators have written to the U.S. Department of Defense about reports that President Donald Trump may still be using an old unsecured Android phone, including to communicate through his Twitter account. "While it is important for the President to have the ability to communicate electronically, it is equally important that he does so in a manner that is secure and that ensures the preservation of presidential records," Tom Carper, a Democrat from Delaware, and Claire McCaskill, a Democrat from Missouri, wrote in the letter , which was made public Monday.

Amid Trump Twitter controversies, White House preparing to expand social media team

The White House is expected to hire new staffers this week to work with the President on his posts for Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, a senior administration official told CNN. Up until now, Trump and his social media director Dan Scavino have essentially handled the President's tweets on their own.

Crazed pilot rants about politics and divorce over plane intercom

A hysterical pilot dressed in civilian clothing took over an intercom on a San Francisco bound-flight and starting ranting about politics and her divorce, according to a report. The early morning diatribe at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport continued until the unnamed pilot-who was scheduled to charter the flight- was overcome by tears, and removed from the United Airlines plane, officials and witnesses said.

Trump attacks on judiciary raise safety concerns for judges

This March 12, 2013 file still image taken from United States Courts shows Judge James Robart listening to a case at Seattle Courthouse in Seattle. Online abuse of Robart, who temporarily derailed President Donald Trump's travel ban, has raised safety concerns, according to experts who are worried that the president's attacks on the judiciary could make judges a more inviting target.

Federal appeals court rules against Trump, refuses to…

A federal appeals court unanimously ruled against President Donald Trump on Thursday, refusing to reinstate his travel ban affecting people from seven Muslim-majority countries. The ruling, issued by a three-judge panel on the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, means that refugees and citizens of the countries in question can continue entering the US - striking a blow to Trump's ability to deliver on one of his key campaign promises.

Lawyers condemn Trump’s ‘destructive’ attacks on judiciary

A group of lawyers have written a letter to the heads of the Department of Justice to complain about the President Donald Trump's attacks on the judiciary. Appellate lawyers from across the country wrote the letter to Acting Solicitor General Noel Francisco and Acting Attorney General Dana Boente complaining about the attacks, including a Twitter tirade against a judge who temporarily blocked one of Trump's executive orders.

Trump vs Nordstrom: The latest bout raising ethical concerns

In this Nov. 11, 2016 file photo, Ivanka Trump, daughter of President-elect Donald Trump, arrives at Trump Tower in New York. Nordstrom shares sunk after President Trump tweeted that the department store chain had treated his daughter "so unfairly" when it announced last week that it would stop selling Ivanka Trump's clothing and accessory line.

Trump’s Continuing War on His Own Credibility

Asked about Melissa McCarthy's portrayal of him on "Saturday Night Live," White House press secretary Sean Spicer had some advice for the actress: "Dial it back." May I suggest the president adopt that phrase as his administration motto? So far, Donald Trump has made it a practice to obliterate every known limit and pump up every grievance.

Trump’s Tweets Could Give Twitter a Bump in Users, BTIG Says

Trump's use of the 140-character messaging service at all hours of the day to bypass the traditional media is giving people a reason to learn how to use the platform, creating "a second chance to attract and retain users," BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield wrote Wednesday in a research note to clients. At the same time, the focus on Trump's tweets has turned the media into "a giant marketing vehicle" for the company, he wrote.