Iran reached out to the U.S. because it wants to make a deal "very badly," President Trump said Monday as he implemented a blockade of Iranian ports to punish Tehran and force it to the negotiating table.

First lady Melania Trump is expected to join a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Capitol Hill Wednesday to advance her second major legislative initiative of this administration, intended to protect America's Foster Care children.

The IRS has adopted the National Taxpayers Union's proposal for calculating the costs of taxpayer compliance, which the low-tax advocates said was a "more realistic method."

The Trump administration said Monday it will resume flying a rainbow Pride flag on a federal flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City, reversing course after removing the banner in February.