Since taking office as Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz has embarked on a whirlwind of international trips — earning the nickname of Außenkanzler, or foreign policy chancellor.

Lately the American president has been spending quite a bit of time redecorating the Oval Office. The results can only be called a gilded rococo hellscape. If our leader’s appearance is a ...

President Trump’s Oval Office meetings with world leaders like President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa have included reality-TV-style drama. Eric Lee/The New York Times ...

Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Many foreign leaders come to the Oval Office with a plan to flatter Donald Trump. When Canada’s Mark Carney ...

A series of ornate golden appliqués that were affixed to the fireplace have started to appear elsewhere in the room, as if the decor were multiplying itself.

Leaders watch as Trump upends the traditional Oval Office visit, worrying they could be next. “This is the Trump show,” a senior White House official said.

In a bruising Oval Office meeting, the visitors’ plan to keep President Trump from focusing on false accusations of white genocide backfired spectacularly.

Musk's time in government ended with a colourful Oval Office meeting at Trump's side.

President Trump returns to the Oval Office President Donald Trump has returned to the Oval Office for the first time since he was diagnosed with COVID-19. By Associated Press ...

President Trump welcomed television cameras into the Oval Office this afternoon for a goodbye event for Elon Musk, the billionaire whose short time in Washington was both exceptional and turbulent.

A glum Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was ushered into the Oval Office as President Trump signed “outrageous” executive orders on April 9, 2025.