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The Education Department will be dismantled and give states greater autonomy over education, President Trump vowed during a White House event Thursday intended to showcase a partial victory that has eluded conservatives since President Reagan’s administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump and allies revel in assertive decision making that keeps friends and foes off balance, even if resulting uncertainty turns out to be a drag on U.S. growth this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A full ceasefire in Ukraine remains largely out of sight, even after President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone for nearly three hours Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump and his advisers are ratcheting up their fight over his immigration policy, seeking to muscle past court orders aimed at pumping the brakes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Trump raises tariff heat on Europe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trade war, the sequel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three days before a government funding deadline, the House on Tuesday narrowly passed a party-line stopgap funding bill that would mostly keep government funding at current levels through September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump marked 50 days in office Monday confronting a grim report card that raised new doubts about his tariff policy and his theory that chaos improves leadership leverage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The future of President Trump’s tariffs plan is back up in the air. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carmakers will get a month-long reprieve from President Trump’s tough tariffs levied this week on goods from Canada, Mexico and China, the administration said Wednesday after Trump spoke with executives from General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Stellantis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump used a sweeping 100-minute address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday to rally Americans behind his tariff-and-tax-cuts plan for the economy while blaming former President Biden for inflated egg prices, a surge of illegal migrants and escalating deficits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump will tell Americans in a prime-time speech tonight that his dizzying moves early in his second term should give them confidence about constructing what he calls the nation’s new “golden age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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European leaders arrived this week to flatter and cajole President Trump. In the case of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky today, it’s to agree to negotiate over something of value, hoping to keep the U.S. in Ukraine’s corner against Russia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Cabinet and Congress, at least for the time being, squirm in Elon Musk’s shadow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It required 11th-hour lobbying by President Trump on the phone and hours of cloakroom jawboning by House GOP leaders before passage Tuesday night of a budget framework that aims to reset federal priorities after four years of Democratic governance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cracks are deepening in the rift between the United States and its European allies, as President Trump shakes up the global diplomatic order and the rest of the world scrambles to adapt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is flying high while floating back to Earth. His influence is vast but polls at his one-month mark are flashing yellow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Congress is giving President Trump two possible options to anchor his agenda in a budget. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two budget roads diverged in Congress this week, and GOP lawmakers haven’t agreed on which to travel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump, appearing Tuesday on Fox News alongside billionaire adviser Elon Musk, defended his rush to gain control of the federal bureaucracy, bashed former President Biden and hailed the SpaceX CEO for implementing change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Republican lawmakers have budget specifics to craft, a looming fiscal deadline next month and internal divisions galore over how to get President Trump’s agenda woven into statute as soon as possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Trump administration will meet this week with Russian officials to discuss an end to Russia’s three-year invasion of Ukraine — but no delegation from Ukraine is scheduled to take part. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump announced new “reciprocal” trade tariffs Thursday as House Republicans worked overtime in the Capitol and crafted a budget framework that they hope will anchor the president’s policies without requiring Democratic support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump said he’s working to fulfil a campaign promise to end Russia’s three-year invasion of Ukraine, ushering in negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s bears vs. bulls in House budget debate Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump, as he said he would, bolstered tariffs Monday on steel and aluminum imports to crack down on China and Russia, and he focused on plastic straws (he likes them) and pennies (too costly to mint). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trump leans in on tariffs, Musk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A House divided cannot stand — or at least push forward with a massive budget reconciliation package. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump’s powerful executive pen is not a magic wand in Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump floated one of his most stunning proposals yet Tuesday night with the suggestion the U.S. “take over” the Gaza Strip and evict around 2.2 million Palestinians as the enclave is rebuilt. The idea sparked swift and broad pushback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The U.S. should take over the Gaza Strip, President Trump suggested on Tuesday, and thereby evict around 2.2 million Palestinians as the U.S. rebuilds the enclave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump agreed Monday to delay for a month the aggressive tariffs he levied on Canada and Mexico over his advisers’ misgivings, receiving in return pledges from both trading partners to help him strengthen U.S. border security. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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President Trump sought Thursday to command the aftermath of a national aviation tragedy with reassurance, but without the patience to turn a moment of silence for the victims and their families into a longer pause to make room for today’s ongoing investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump sought Thursday to command the aftermath of a national aviation tragedy with reassurance, but without the patience to turn a moment of silence for the victims and their families into a longer pause to make room for today’s ongoing investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump sought Thursday to command the aftermath of a national aviation tragedy with reassurance, but without the patience to turn a moment of silence for the victims and their families into a longer pause to make room for today’s ongoing investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump sought Thursday to command the aftermath of a national aviation tragedy with reassurance, but without the patience to turn a moment of silence for the victims and their families into a longer pause to make room for today’s ongoing investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump sought Thursday to command the aftermath of a national aviation tragedy with reassurance, but without the patience to turn a moment of silence for the victims and their families into a longer pause to make room for today’s ongoing investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump sought Thursday to command the aftermath of a national aviation tragedy with reassurance, but without the patience to turn a moment of silence for the victims and their families into a longer pause to make room for today’s ongoing investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump sought Thursday to command the aftermath of a national aviation tragedy with reassurance, but without the patience to turn a moment of silence for the victims and their families into a longer pause to make room for today’s ongoing investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump sought Thursday to command the aftermath of a national aviation tragedy with reassurance, but without the patience to turn a moment of silence for the victims and their families into a longer pause to make room for today’s ongoing investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump sought Thursday to command the aftermath of a national aviation tragedy with reassurance, but without the patience to turn a moment of silence for the victims and their families into a longer pause to make room for today’s ongoing investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump sought Thursday to command the aftermath of a national aviation tragedy with reassurance, but without the patience to turn a moment of silence for the victims and their families into a longer pause to make room for today’s ongoing investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump sought Thursday to command the aftermath of a national aviation tragedy with reassurance, but without the patience to turn a moment of silence for the victims and their families into a longer pause to make room for today’s ongoing investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

House Republicans are chasing a moving target as they scramble to put together a reconciliation package to fund the government and push through President Trump’s key agenda items. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices