White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted a New York Times reporter as a “left-wing stenographer” after he compared President Trump to Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s crackdown on press freedoms.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt tore into a reporter for comparing Trump administration's recent move to control press pool to Putin's tactics

Karoline Leavitt tried to tamp down speculation about Trump’s injury by claiming he shakes more hands “than any other president in history.”

The bruise on the back of the president’s right hand was visible during his visit with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House on Monday.

Before the weekend, the White House felt confident that coordination had been improving between senior staffers and Musk, two of those people said. In the first weeks of Trump’s new administration, some White House officials had expressed concerns over the tactics of Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency,

The confusion over Elon Musk's email that government workers justify their jobs or lose them intensified after the he said they had "another chance" to respond.

President Donald Trump said approximately 1 million federal workers who did not respond to billionaire Elon Musk’s demand to explain their activities are at risk of losing their jobs.