Donald Trump on Friday removed a social media post that included a racist meme depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes following fierce backlash, including from within the Republican Party. The US president had posted a video on his Truth Social account hours earlier that sought to cast doubt on the validity of his 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden,

Donald Trump said he will only accept the GOP losing control of Congress in this November’s midterms if he considers the elections to have been “honest.” Speaking to NBC’s Tom Llamas, the 79-year-old president was pressed on whether he would trust the midterm results after his suggestion that Republicans should “nationalize” election races across the country.

He listed Atlanta, Detroit and Philadelphia after making unfounded fraud claims.

When President Donald Trump claimed to NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas in a Wednesday interview that “I’m getting – starting to get great polls on the economy,” Llamas quickly pushed back by noting that Trump’s polling on the economy is “not great.

While President Donald Trump is facing bipartisan backlash over a now-deleted social media post that included a blatantly racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama,

By John Geddie and Costas Pitas TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump gave his "total endorsement" of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ahead of a national election in Japan on Sunday, adding he looked forward to hosting her at the White House next month.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard arranged for agents who searched a Georgia election site last week to have a phone call with President Trump, sources say.

“The Republicans should say, ‘We want to take over. We should take over the voting in at least 15 places.’ The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting,” Trump said on The Dan Bongino Show. The comments sparked criticism from Democrats and Republicans, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer describing the proposal as "outlandishly illegal".

Democrat Taylor Rehmet’s upset win of a Republican-held state Senate seat in ruby-red Texas is stoking GOP fears that Republicans could lose a chamber of Congress in November without President Donald Trump on the ballot.