According to the official White House government shutdown clock, the historic impasse ended on Tuesday. While the federal government shutdown actually ended a week ago, the White House's shutdown clock continued to tick on Tuesday until it was pointed out to the White House by ABC News.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed President Donald Trump contacted the FBI and Secret Service for more information earlier this year about his first assassination attempt.

The Trump administration has been secretly formulating a new plan to end the war in Ukraine in consultation with Russia, Axios reported Tuesday, citing U.S. and Russian officials.

The bill, which comes in response to President Trump soliciting private money to fund a $300 million East Wing ballroom, is sponsored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.

A concolor fir selected for display as the White House’s Christmas tree was cut down, baled and loaded onto the back of a truck at the Michigan farm where it was grown (AP video: Mike Householder)

Homeland Security says Border Patrol has arrested more than 200 people in Charlotte, agents started detaining people in Raleigh Tuesday too

Tom Homan, the White House border czar, said Tuesday that ICE is increasing operations in New York City due to its status as a sanctuary city.

White House deputy chief of staff James Blair has said the Trump administration is considering options to issue $2,000 tariff rebate checks that would not require congressional approval. President Donald Trump announced in early November that dividend checks of “at least $2,