The decoration Mr. Trump has splattered across the Oval Office is inspired by European Baroque and Rococo of the 1600s and 1700s, when power was shown through ornate displays of grotesque abundance.

Hello from Berlin and welcome back to Europe Express Weekend. Since taking office as Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz has embarked on a whirlwind of international trips — earning the ...

Many foreign leaders come to the Oval Office with a plan to flatter Donald Trump. When Canada’s Mark Carney arrived at the White House on Tuesday, it was the US president doing the flattery.

When you’re in the hot seat on the Oval Office “Apprentice,” it helps to have your own personal media outlet. But Mr. Trump, his monopoly on attention has shown, still controls television.

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.

Gov. Whitmer’s party should learn from what she did in the Oval Office A glum Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was ushered into the Oval Office as President Trump signed “outrageous” executive ...

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

John Eligon, Johannesburg bureau chief, recounts what he witnessed in the Oval Office when President Trump confronted the visiting President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa with an elaborate ...