He paved over the White House Rose Garden, installed giant American flags on the north and south lawns and announced plans for a brand new Mar-a-Lago-inspired ballroom. But President Donald Trump raised quite a few eyebrows on Tuesday when he joked about his next big building project: nuclear missiles.

Then it took an unexpected and unusual turn when he appeared on the roof of the White House's West Wing. Late Tuesday morning, Trump emerged from a door connected to the State Dining Room and stepped onto the roof above the press briefing room and west colonnade that walls the Rose Garden.

South Africa’s government is putting the final touches to an overarching package that aims to shield businesses against the fallout from punitive US trade tariffs and plans to present it to lawmakers later this week.

Ministers race to offer ‘support measures’ to affected companies as the coalition squabbles over handling of talks

United States reciprocal tariffs have put an estimated 30,000 jobs at risk, South African authorities said Monday, four days before a 30% U.S. tariff on most imports from South Africa kicks in. South Africa was slapped with one of the highest tariff rates by its third-largest trading partner — after the European Union and China — creating uncertainty for the future of some export industries and catapulting a scramble for new markets outside the U.

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina says she plans to start a statewide series of town halls this week in Myrtle Beach now that she's running for governor.

She joins a crowded Republican primary field that includes a rival candidate she has already clashed with sharply this year.