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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

The White House triggered a national eruption of panic over the future of federal loans and grants Tuesday, followed by a federal judge’s injunction ordering a halt until Feb. 3 to provide more time to sort out the resulting mess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Reconciliation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump begins his second week by daring Congress, the courts and other nations to bend to his will — or else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump begins his second week by daring Congress, the courts and other nations to bend to his will — or else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hegseth weathers accusations in march to Pentagon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hegseth gains momentum to lead Pentagon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Track and unpack president’s executive orders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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President-elect Trump today will revel with supporters during an indoor inauguration ceremony and publicly put foes on notice that he’s wasting no time before remaking American governance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President-elect Trump won the November election with bold economic promises embraced by an electorate ready to hold him responsible if prices don’t ease, job prospects aren’t rosier and if Americans don’t cheer up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gaza ceasefire: Will it last? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pete Hegseth, a self-described former Fox News “disruptor” and President-elect Trump’s choice to be Defense secretary, blasted through a cloud of controversies Tuesday on his way to what is expected to be Senate confirmation. A vote is expected Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President-elect Trump today confronts the unprecedented and mundane challenges of having lost the presidency and then winning it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This weekend, all roads lead to Mar-a-Lago. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Republicans’ 2025 legislative playbook is taking shape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President-elect Trump, transactional to his core, argued Tuesday that Denmark should sell Greenland to the United States to benefit global security. He pressed Panama to forfeit control of the canal that America completed in 1914. And he vowed that “economic force” could benefit the U.S. trade relationship with Canada, an ally he derided as a potential 51st state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With an exceedingly tame 30-minute certification by Congress Monday, President-elect Trump saw his Electoral College victory immortalized inside a Capitol building that was attacked in 2021 by a violent mob determined to keep him in power. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Senate G-O-P leader eyes Trump tutorial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today is Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) moment of truth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices