The Trump administration is pushing for legislation that would accelerate certain federal death penalty cases. 
The White House reached out to the top official of two gun-rights organizations on Thursday to seek his input on a possible response to the recent mass shootings, including how to handle potential gun control legislation. 
Ian Bassin, the president and executive director of the liberal nonprofit Protect Democracy Project (PDP), said the proposed citizenship question for the 2020 U.S. census is an attempt to institutionalize "white power." 
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving her position at the end of the month, President Donald Trump announced Thursday. 
The New York Times editorial board urged Congress to give the Donald Trump administration requested emergency funds, writing that the president was right about a crisis on the border. 
CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta is working on a book about the "sobering, bewildering, and sometimes frightening experience" of covering the White House. 
President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday that his press secretary rarely conducts press briefings anymore because he told her not to bother, citing the "rudeness" of the media. 
Federal authorities arrested a 21-year-old Georgia man on Wednesday who they said was planning to attack the White House. 