News Wrap: White House defends Trump's $45,000 gifts to Natalie Harp and other aides
In our news wrap Wednesday, the White House is defending President Trump's gift of $45,000 to his executive assistant Natalie Harp and others, the U.S. and Iran are trading more attacks in a fight to control the Strait of Hormuz and the trade war between the U.S. and Canada is escalating even further after the Trump administration announced a ban on certain Canadian imports.
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Coverage at a glance
- First observed by CurrentWire: ABC News · Sep 8, 2026 at 11:46 PM ET
- Coverage span: 18h 58m
- Coverage: 5 reports from 5 independent publications
- Coverage growth: 1 → 5 publications in 15h 0m
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All-time coverage
6 publications have covered this story since CurrentWire first saw it: PBS NewsHour, BBC News, CBS News, The Guardian, ABC News, The Hill.
From the CurrentWire archive
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Coverage
5 publications are covering this story.
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PBS NewsHourTier A
News Wrap: White House defends Trump's $45,000 gifts to Natalie Harp and other aides(opens original report in a new tab)BBC NewsTier A
Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to Natalie Harp and two other aides, public records show(opens original report in a new tab)The White House has described the cash gifts to Harp and three others as personal - and legal. — BBC News
CBS NewsTier B
Trump gave $45,000 gift to Natalie Harp, 2 other aides(opens original report in a new tab)A White House spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday that Mr. Trump "has a longstanding practice of giving Christmas gifts to people in his orbit." — CBS News
The GuardianTier B
Trump gave $45,000 to Natalie Harp and other White House aides as holiday gifts(opens original report in a new tab)The president’s substantial holiday gifts to four White House aides were made public via financial disclosures released by the administration Donald Trump gave sizable holiday gifts to four White House aides, according… — The Guardian
ABC NewsTier B
Trump gave $45,000 holiday gifts to Natalie Harp and two other White House aides(opens original report in a new tab)President Donald Trump has given substantial holiday gifts to four White House aides, according to financial disclosures released by the administration — ABC News
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CurrentWire ranked this story 85.9 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.
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- 29.9 of 35
- Source authority
- 20 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 14.4 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 10 of 10
- Story prominence
- 10 of 10
- Velocity
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