The head of the U.S. Social Security Administration has backed down from "shutting down the agency" after a federal judge rebuked him for misinterpreting a court ruling that limited billionaire Elon Musk's access to agency information.

President Donald Trump is defending the release of Social Security numbers that were made public through the JFK files.

White House rushes to mitigate the errant release of more than 400 Social Security numbers, other private information in JFK files.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States will sign a minerals and natural resources deal with Ukraine shortly. He made the comment after signing an order to increase U.S. production of critical minerals.

President Donald Trump said he would soon sign a natural-resources deal with Ukraine that would give the US partial control over revenue from future resource extraction.

The United States is close to signing a deal with Ukraine for access to its raw earth minerals, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday. "We're doing very well with regard to Ukraine and Russia. And one of the things we are doing is signing a deal very shortly with respect to rare earths with Ukraine,