Washington spent Thursday in full political meltdown mode after President Donald Trump fired off a Truth Social post accusing a group of Democratic lawmakers of betraying the country.

The White House is pushing for a moratorium on state artificial intelligence laws either in the annual defense policy bill or through an executive order.

A senior US official says President Trump supports the plan and both Russia and Ukraine have to make concessions.

WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The White House quietly lobbied senators to slow-walk a vote to force the release of investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein even as President Donald Trump publicly insisted his administration had nothing to hide and urged Congress to act, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.

The Trump administration says its plan to dismantle the Education Department offers a fix for the nation’s lagging academics — a solution that could free schools from the strictures of federal influence.

For the first time since the government shutdown ended, the sweeping construction of the new White House ballroom is visible.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended President Donald Trump’s recent call to execute members of Congress for “seditious” behavior, insisting that the president opposes “dangerous rhetoric.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., made a brief speech on the House floor after the vote, accusing the leadership in both parties of “cutting backroom deals” to protect their own members, which they’ve denied. After Luna made her point, another member was heard whooping and telling Luna: “Get it, girl!”