In an interview with Fox News, Trump said that in some cases, "you can’t take people off an unemployment, like an unemployment line, and say, 'I’m going to put you into a factory.'"
The president, whose staff explored ways to skirt a law requiring backpay for federal workers after the shutdown ends, insisted "they all knew the money is coming."
State Attorney General Rob Bonta said California will deploy its own election observers after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the DOJ would monitor polls in five counties.
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., bucked Trump last month when he tried to force a floor vote to compel the Justice Department to release files from the Jeffrey Epstein case.
The White House budget chief said Oct. 1 that the administration would start firing federal employees in the next "one to two days." It hasn’t followed through on that threat.
The White House said Trump would be at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and undergo a checkup after a planned meeting with service members in the facility.
The 1807 law, which allows the military to conduct civilian law enforcement activities under certain circumstances, hasn’t been used since the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
President Donald Trump said this week that pregnant women should "fight like hell" not to take Tylenol and that there's "no downside in not taking it."
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr told Fox News on Thursday afternoon that ABC's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's show indefinitely may not be "the last shoe to drop."
The president provided few details about the event, noting that the timing and location were still "to be determined." Democrats said they're also considering a midterm convention.
Trump abandoned a similar effort during his first term to host the Group of Seven at his Doral resort following bipartisan criticism that it could benefit him financially.