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The White House does not have a list of banned words that are restricted from use in official documents, and instead charges individual agencies with word choice in government documents, Fox News Digital learned. Media outlets in recent weeks have promoted reports that the Trump administration has banned hundreds of words from official documents, including words such as ‘diverse’ or ‘LGBTQ’ or ‘unconscious bias.’  An administration official told Fox Digital that the White House does...

The White House maintains that President Donald Trump does not use an autopen to sign legally binding documents like pardons — after Trump accused former President Joe Biden of having used the mechanical device to sign such documents.  A White House official confirmed to Fox News Digital Tuesday that the Trump administration’s official policy during both his terms has beento use Trump’s hand signature on every legally operational or binding document.  Trump told reporters on...

President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for at least 90 minutes Tuesday about ending the war in Ukraine, the White House said, noting that the two leaders agreed that ‘negotiations will begin immediately in the Middle East.’ The two leaders also agreed to a ceasefire against energy infrastructure, both sides said. Trump described the call as ‘very good and productive’ on Truth Social. ‘Many elements of a Contract for Peace were discussed,...

PUNTACANA, Dominican Republic – A key witness in the March 6 disappearance of University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki from a Dominican Republic resort arrived in court for a hearing on Tuesday afternoon in his bid to go home. Joshua Riibe arrived in court in the Dominican Republic, where he has been held in the disappearance of Konanki, 20, who has been missing since the early morning hours of March 6. Riibe has not been...

Canadians upset with President Donald Trump’s tariffs now have an outlet for their anger – a ‘rage room’ business now offers the ability to ‘smash’ the U.S. leader; kind of. Rage Room: Halifax, in the Nova Scotian capital, announced on its website that ‘until the tariffs come off, we understand you might have a little extra rage that you want to let out.’ The ‘Smash the Tariffs’ promotion offers customers portraits of Trump to ‘smash,’...

President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for at least 90 minutes about ending the war in Ukraine, the White House said. The call, which began at 10 a.m. ET, was ‘going well,’ White House spokesman Dan Scavino said at 10:54 a.m. ET. He added at 11:32 a.m. that it was still ongoing. The White House said around 12:52 p.m. that the call was over, though it would not say initially exactly when...

PUNTACANA, Dominican Republic – The State Department on Tuesday confirmed to Fox News Digital it is assisting a witness in University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki’s March 6 disappearance from the Dominican Republic. Konanki, 20, has been missing since the early morning hours of March 6, when she went swimming in the ocean with the witness, identified as 22-year-old Joshua Riibe of Iowa, outside the RIU Republica resort in Punta Cana after drinking at a...

WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance knocked recent globalization efforts that use ‘cheap labor as a crutch’ while simultaneously hampering innovation on the global scale during a Tuesday tech and artificial intelligence speech.  ‘Our workers, the populists, on the one hand, the tech optimists on the other, have been failed by this government,’ he said. ‘Not just the government of the last administration, but the government in some ways of the last 40 years, because...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to reform the incentive structure for Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), arguing that it drives up patient costs by encouraging them to favor higher-priced drugs while withholding potential savings. Led by physician and GOP Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, the group introduced the ‘Delinking Revenue from Unfair Gouging (DRUG) Act’ on Tuesday, requiring that PBMs in the commercial market only charge a flat fee for their services related to a...

President Donald Trump is now speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin about ending the war in Ukraine, the White House said. The call, which began at 10 a.m. ET, is ‘going well, and still in progress,’ White House spokesman Dan Scavino said at 10:54 a.m. ET. He added at 11:32 a.m. that it is still ongoing. It comes after Trump said last night that ‘Many elements of a Final Agreement have been agreed to, but...