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President Trump is ramping up immigration enforcement operations in Chicago and other areas as a way to target crime in major cities his administration has sought to paint as urban hellscapes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is President Trump about to send troops and federal officers to Chicago? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior's fiery appearance on Thursday in the Capitol exposed the country's still simmering discord about vaccines, COVID-19 and the future of public health during President Trump's watch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert F. Kennedy Junior will face tough questions today from senators who worry his management of the Department of Health and Human Services HHS as a vaccine skeptic has spawned national confusion and raised the stakes for public health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Congress returned to Washington this week consumed with the case over convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an issue that has divided President Trump‘s base and stoked backlash against his administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LAWMAKERS ARE BACK in Washington after their month-long recess and face a mountain of legislative work as GOP powerbrokers contend with a litany of thorny political fights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to face pointed questions when he travels to Capitol Hill next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is in a rush to leave his mark on the nation's capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is expected to get his wish on lower interest rates within weeks, but his brass-knuckled battle with the Federal Reserve will likely drag on much longer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A chorus of Democratic governors are lining up to resist President Trump‘s policies, putting potential future party leaders squarely at the center of some of the biggest battles of Trump’s second term. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump has escalated his threat to deploy National Guard troops to major cities to address crime as the federal crackdown in Washington, D.C., enters its third week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump this week dominated the airwaves and optics in his roles as an urban crime fighter, peace-seeker, deal maker and leader of the Republican Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Texas state House passed a new congressional map Wednesday to boost the number of GOP-held seats in Congress, paving the way for final passage this week and teeing up a national redistricting war. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Republicans are taking their battle against Gavin Newsom to court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump embraced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House and voiced optimism Russia will come to the table to end its brutal war against Kyiv, even as questions linger over unspecified security guarantees for Ukraine in a potential peace deal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his European allies will meet with President Trump at the White House this afternoon to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war, just days after Trump met in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump today faces the most critical test yet of his ability to deliver on his promise to make peace in Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Strategy was the word of the day on Wednesday as President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders huddled on a virtual call to unify their positions ahead of Friday’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump heads to Alaska on Friday for a make-or-break summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin to talk about ending the war in Ukraine, while the world holds its breath. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is looking beyond the nation's capital to deploy federal crime-fighting muscle and the National Guard to prominent cities run by Democrats, he said on Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump today will explain what he sees as a role for FBI law enforcers on Washington, D.C., streets as part of his crackdown against violent crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is raising the stakes of the midterms redistricting fight with his push to revive a battle over the census. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is raising the stakes of the midterms redistricting fight with his push to revive a battle over the census. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump has plowed ahead with sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries, following through on his months-long push to upend the global trading system even as some allies voice concern over the impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Texas Republicans are amping up calls to apprehend Democrats who fled the state in an effort to block new political maps that favor the GOP, with President Trump suggesting federal law enforcement could get involved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE PRE-2026 MIDTERM redistricting battle has kicked into high gear as Texas Democratic legislators face arrest warrants and blue state governors plot to fight back against GOP maps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Democrats are escalating their battle against Republicans' push to redraw political maps and give themselves a lift ahead of the two thousand twenty-six midterms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries late Thursday as he presses ahead with new levies on U.S. trading partners and shifts timelines to clinch agreements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump remained bullish about the country’s economic prospects on Wednesday, even as the Federal Reserve declined to cut interest rates and his tariff deadline looms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza is testing President Trump‘s Middle East policy, as the president faces pressure from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and the international community amid reports of famine in the besieged enclave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump faces twin challenges to his foreign policy sway as he prepares to return to Washington today after upping pressure on Russia for a ceasefire and breaking with Israel over the Gaza hunger crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh off announcing a U-S-European Union trade deal, President Trump is looking to clinch more bilaterial agreements this week before his Friday tariff deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump’s supporters, agitating to view government files on Jeffrey Epstein, are still waiting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The White House is escalating its push to move on from the Jeffrey Epsteen controversy, even as the story keeps growing and G-O-P lawmakers step up efforts to get files from the Justice Department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

House Republicans find themselves cornered by President Trump's MAGA base, their own pledges of “transparency” and by Democrats intent on making the most of the Jeffrey Epstein firestorm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump wants senators to work through a planned August recess, as lawmakers push to flee Washington to campaign back home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump applauded his sixth-month mark Sunday, hailing his second term as an early success even as he tallies unfinished business, middling poll results and Republican anxiety that next year's midterm contests might end on a sour note. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the battle over President Trump's spending priorities, Republicans say they are running the table, leaving Democratic lawmakers and a tiny band of G-O-P critics in the dust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The MAGA revolt over Jeffrey Epstein fractured President Trump's defensive line on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is providing fresh support for Ukraine and hardening his position on Russia in an effort to force Moscow to end its war by September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump’s vow to conduct mass deportations recently gained altitude from Congress, the Supreme Court and his most conservative supporters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will visit west-central Texas today to pledge support to families of flood victims and officials who continue to search for at least 170 people missing amid a catastrophe that killed more than 120, including children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump and Congress are threatening harsh sanctions against Moscow for its three-year war in Ukraine, with Republican lawmakers feeling more confident about passing sanctions legislation this month after Trump sharply criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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President Trump says the mammoth bill he will sign tonight at the White House will lead to America’s “golden age.” It’s a boast the Republican Party hopes it can successfully pitch to voters during next year’s elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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President Trump hailed the passage of the mammoth GOP budget bill as offering “something for everyone,” but the Senate legislation has landed with a thud among some House conservatives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices