Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has switched her affiliation to independent, according to the publisher of her new book.

Pierre, in an upcoming book, discusses a "broken White House" and why she's become an independent, her publisher says.

Separately, White House aides, after working to persuade the president to temper his public criticism of Musk to avoid escalation, scheduled a call Friday with the billionaire CEO of Tesla to broker a peace.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is in Washington D.C. Thursday to meet with President Donald Trump in person for the first time.

Former first lady Michelle Obama is releasing a new book, all about her fashion in the White House. Obama, who served as first lady for eight years during the two terms of her husband, former President Barack Obama, plans to give readers an inside look at the clothes she wore in the White House and how she felt in them in her new book, "The Look."

Michelle Obama is giving fans a glimpse at “The Look,” her new book coming out in the fall. In the book, she reflects about how her appearance during her time in the White House was “constantly being dissected” and aims to “reclaim more of that story” for herself.

Michelle Obama announced she's releasing a new beauty book in November to "reclaim" her style and fashion after her looks were "dissected" in White House.