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Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., right, and Tim Kaine, D-Va., conduct a news conference in the Capitol on Jan. 8 (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

NIL bill foes likely out of timeouts as it clears second procedural hurdle

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 17, 2026 at 1:50pm
President Donald Trump greets supporters Wednesday at a rally in Gastonia, N.C., to drum up support for Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley.

Trump slams Democrat Cooper as ‘weak’ on crime as he campaigns in North Carolina

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 16, 2026 at 9:56pm, Updated September 17, 2026 at 11:14am
President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican midterm convention at the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas on Sept. 9.

Behind the Byline — Trump and the Republican midterm convention

By John T. Bennett and Chris Hale
Posted September 16, 2026 at 6:23pm
Attorney General Todd Blanche answers questions during a press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House on Tuesday. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Blanche vows to continue midterm efforts despite court blocking mail ballots rule

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 15, 2026 at 6:14pm
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., conduct a news conference with student athletes and coaches outside the U.S. Capitol on the “Protect College Sports Act,” on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026.

Cruz, coaching legends make pitch for NIL bill on cusp of votes

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 14, 2026 at 5:48pm
President Donald Trump exits the stage after speaking Wednesday at the Republican midterm convention at the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas.

‘Tired of politics’: By GOP convention’s end, even Trump had tapped out

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 11, 2026 at 12:40pm
President Donald Trump speaks Wednesday night at the Republican midterm convention at the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump puts himself on midterm ballot during Dallas spectacle

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 10, 2026 at 10:11am
Workers set up an outdoor stage Saturday outside the American Airlines Center in Dallas ahead of the 2026 Republican midterm convention. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News via Getty Images)

Trump heads to Dallas convention ahead of promised 30-day campaign blitz

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 8, 2026 at 1:51pm
Vice President JD Vance conducts the White House briefing on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Vance sidesteps endorsing Thune to continue as leader, plays coy on 2028 plans

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 3, 2026 at 5:22pm
President Donald Trump leaves the stage after a campaign rally with Sen. Darline Graham in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on Aug. 21. At the event, he said House Democrats were hell-bent on impeaching him — again. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Top Dems, voting groups gear up for potential midterm ‘emergency’

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 2, 2026 at 4:22pm
A voter fills out her ballot in the Alexandria City High School gymnasium on Nov. 5, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Foes gear up to counter Trump’s possible election moves

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 1, 2026 at 4:53pm
President Donald Trump waves the green flag to start the race with First Lady Melania Trump at his side, during the Freedom 250 Grand Prix Race on the streets of Washington, DC, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026. (Photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times)

After profane repost slamming GOP, Trump heads to Texas-sized fundraiser

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 27, 2026 at 1:36pm
Ground beef is seen for sale at a supermarket in Houston on Monday.

Midterms looming, Trump contends prices are going down

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 26, 2026 at 1:07pm
Rollins speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House on Tuesday.

USDA certified? Comments suggest beef deal not quite cooked

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 25, 2026 at 4:58pm
President Donald Trump greets Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., during a campaign rally on Friday in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

The name Trump didn’t utter while stumping for Darline Graham

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 24, 2026 at 2:08pm
President Donald Trump looks on before signing a piece of stone at the construction site of a helipad on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump tries to shrug off opponents’ rush to define him as lame duck

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 21, 2026 at 1:26pm
President Donald Trump speaks to the press on Wednesday next to ongoing construction of a helipad on the South Lawn of the White House. His top legislative affairs aide, James Braid, is leaving that post later this month.

White House legislative liaison’s exit comes ahead of tricky pre-midterms session

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 20, 2026 at 12:41pm
President Donald Trump wears a “Trump 2028” hat while he speaks during the 2026 White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington, D.C., on July 24.

Trump keeps 2028 door cracked, while calling law ‘very strong’ prohibiting third term

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 19, 2026 at 12:46pm
President Donald Trump listens as New York Republican gubernatorial nominee Bruce Blakeman speaks at an event Friday in Garden City, N.Y.

Trump paints Blakeman as tough on crime with cops as backdrop at New York rally

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 14, 2026 at 6:40pm
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after stepping off Air Force One on Tuesday evening at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

After Patriot Games’ MAGA vibes, Trump can’t shake Congress

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 12, 2026 at 1:59pm
Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and ranking member Maria Cantwell , D-Wash., talk before the start of the Senate Commerce Committee markup of the "Protect College Sports Act" in the Russell Senate Office Building on June 18. The two hope to push their bill over the goal line after the recess.

NIL bill advocates see goal line in sight after recess

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 10, 2026 at 2:02pm
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks to reporters after a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on Tuesday.

Don’t underestimate ultraliberal Dems, some GOP senators warn Trump

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 6, 2026 at 2:19pm
President Donald Trump speaks at an event at Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas on Wednesday.

At Las Vegas campaign stop, Trump slams Michigan winner Abdul El-Sayed

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 5, 2026 at 8:11pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters on June 23 in the Capitol. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Thune doesn’t guarantee NIL bill votes this week even with SEC, Big Ten backing

By John T. Bennett and Savannah Behrmann
Posted August 3, 2026 at 6:01pm, Updated at 9:49pm
President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs a Senate Republican caucus lunch meeting in the Capitol on June 24, flanked, from left, by Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.

Trump heads west as Senate eyes pre-midterm recess

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 3, 2026 at 4:10pm
A sign referencing high gas prices and Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., is seen at an event hosted by VoteVets calling for an end to the Iran war outside the Capitol on May 20. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

‘People just don’t see it’: Trump’s midterms messaging sounds a lot like Biden

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 29, 2026 at 2:24pm
The casket of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham sits inside the Washington National Cathedral as President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and members of the first family look on during a Tuesday funeral service. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

‘No one like Lindsey’: Washington, world leaders mourn Sen. Graham

By Savannah Behrmann and John T. Bennett
Posted July 28, 2026 at 5:15pm
President Donald Trump boards Marine One on Monday on the Ellipse near the White House en route to Michigan. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

After insults at WHCD, Trump touts economic record in Michigan

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 27, 2026 at 5:03pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., listens as President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives for a Senate GOP lunch meeting in the Capitol on June 24.

Trump-Thune tensions boil, but GOP leader seen as safe — for now

By John T. Bennett and Savannah Behrmann
Posted July 27, 2026 at 5:00am
Senate Majority Leader John Thune speaks to reporters as he leaves the Senate floor on July 14. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump’s ‘patience is running out’ with Thune over SAVE Act, Leavitt says

By Savannah Behrmann and John T. Bennett
Posted July 23, 2026 at 2:33pm
Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I. and Angus King, I-Maine, chat at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on July 16.

Trump linked Iran’s Hormuz attacks, midterms. Senators have doubts

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 23, 2026 at 1:15pm
President Donald Trump arrives Wednesday to speak at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Ga. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump in Georgia: Ossoff, Democrats ‘want to let the Marxists into power’

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 22, 2026 at 6:26pm
President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House on Thursday evening. (SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Independent voters have been skeptical of Trump’s election claims

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 21, 2026 at 1:51pm
A screen showing President Donald Trump's address to the nation is seen in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Thursday night as he delivers an address from the nearby East Room.

Trump’s questionable claims cast doubt over midterms as Dems fret

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 17, 2026 at 11:08am
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., walks through the Senate subway area in the Capitol with a security detail on June 2. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

No Graham heir apparent to help shape Trump’s foreign policy

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 15, 2026 at 5:13pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to the press as President Donald Trump and several GOP lawmakers look on during an Oval Office event on Feb. 3. (SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump loses his ‘Senate whisperer’ after Graham’s sudden death

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 13, 2026 at 2:49pm, Updated at 10:26pm
President Donald Trump rings the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq to mark the launch of Trump investment accounts for some U.S. children in the Oval Office on Monday.

Government-seeded accounts could test Trump’s ‘communists’ claim

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 10, 2026 at 12:57pm
President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday during a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.

Little clarity on Iran from Trump, but new help ahead for Ukraine

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 8, 2026 at 3:04pm
President Donald Trump appeared on stage with Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pa., during a visit to the a Mack Trucks manufacturing facility in Macungie, Pa., on June 23. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

So far, Trump’s midterm campaign schedule slightly behind 2018 pace

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 7, 2026 at 1:32pm
President Donald Trump greets supporters after arriving on the "Freedom250 Train" on his way to attend a dedication ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, N.D., on Wednesday. (AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s attention drifts to 250th even after House floor meltdown

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 2, 2026 at 11:51am, Updated at 1:06pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., listens as President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he arrives for Senate Republicans’ lunch meeting in the Capitol on June 24.

Democratic socialists’ primary wins give Trump new midterms attack lines

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 1, 2026 at 11:45am
Senate Commerce Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., talk before the start of a June 18 markup of a college sports bill the duo primarily wrote.

Senate college sports bill authors plan talks with House

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 26, 2026 at 11:54am
President Donald Trump is joined by top U.S. officials at a press conference Friday wrapping a G7 summit in France.

Senators want a briefing as Trump touts Iran ‘deal’

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 17, 2026 at 3:52pm
President Donald Trump wears the Olympic gold medal of US speedskater Jordan Stolz as he takes part in an event in Chippewa Falls, Wis., on June 5.

Trump soft pitches take-home pay message

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 15, 2026 at 5:08pm
Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., talk at a Wednesday roundtable on their college sports bill.

Senate panel sets markup on college sports bill

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 12, 2026 at 11:52am
Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and James W. Crawford III, president of Texas Southern University, at a roundtable on college sports legislation on Wednesday.

College sports bill authors making pitch to Black caucus

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 11, 2026 at 5:55pm
Derek Mason, head football coach at Middle Tennessee State University; James Crawford III, president of Texas Southern University; Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas; and Charles Huff, head football coach at the University of Memphis talk Wednesday after a Senate Commerce Committee roundtable on college sports legislation.

College sports bill sparks unusual alliances

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 10, 2026 at 3:57pm
President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an event at Custer Farms on Friday in Chippewa Falls, Wis.

Trump’s early midterm stops only touch on lawmakers

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 8, 2026 at 5:54pm
Former University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban arrives to testify before the Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday.

Trump backs Senate’s version of college athletics bill

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 4, 2026 at 2:48pm
Former Alabama and LSU head football coach Nick Saban, left, and Notre Dame athletics director Pete Bevacqua testify during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senators urge quick action to halt college sports decay

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 3, 2026 at 2:20pm
Senate Commerce Chairman Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks with ranking member Sen. Maria Cantwell , D-Wash., before the start of a Jan. 15, 2025 hearing.

White House ‘reviewing’ college sports bill ahead of Senate hearing

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 2, 2026 at 2:51pm
Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and ranking member Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., conduct a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on April 15.

Senate panel releases NIL bill, plans hearing

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 27, 2026 at 7:03pm
President Trump stayed in Washington this weekend amid speculation that a deal with Iran is imminent.

Trump says Iran deal announcement coming ‘shortly’

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 23, 2026 at 5:50pm
President Donald Trump shakes hands with New York GOP Rep. Mike Lawler at a campaign event in Rockland County. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump tests midterm coattails with visit to Lawler’s ‘Harris district’

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 22, 2026 at 5:41pm
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on global threats on March 18.

Tulsi Gabbard out as DNI but Trump doesn’t tee up a confirmation fight

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 22, 2026 at 3:02pm
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., is seen in the Senate subway on Dec. 9. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Dems see ‘missed opportunity’ in Trump resisting Xi’s Hormuz help

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 22, 2026 at 10:55am
Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, and John Cornyn, R-Texas, are seen after a Senate GOP luncheon at the Capitol on June 3, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump could face foreign policy squeeze in Senate after primary ruckus

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 21, 2026 at 2:37pm
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at a campaign stop on May 15 in Little Elm, Texas. (Ron Jenkins/Getty Images)

Trump backs Paxton over Cornyn in Texas runoff

By Daniela Altimari and John T. Bennett
Posted May 19, 2026 at 2:12pm
US President Donald Trump walks with China's President Xi Jinping as the US leader departs following a visit to Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing on May 15.

Trump’s trip to China doesn’t move the needle on low approval ratings

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 18, 2026 at 1:25pm
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins testifies during a House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on her department's fiscal 2027 budget request on April 16. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Higher fertilizer prices pressure Trump-loyal US farmers

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 11, 2026 at 5:00am
President Donald Trump conducts a news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran on April 6.

Trump shrugs off high gas prices, creating political headwinds for GOP

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 5, 2026 at 3:31pm
President Donald Trump departs the White House on Friday, traveling to Florida for the weekend.

Hostilities with Iran ‘terminated,’ Trump says in War Powers letter

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 1, 2026 at 2:35pm
President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, King Charles III and Queen Camilla visit a White House garden and beehive on Tuesday. (Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump focused on own priorities as House GOP wrestled over policy

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 30, 2026 at 2:22pm
From left, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, and FBI Washington Field Office Assistant Director in Charge Darren B. Cox conduct a news conference at the Department of Justice on Monday about the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting incident. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

DOJ details planning of man charged with White House dinner shooting

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 29, 2026 at 1:56pm, Updated May 1, 2026 at 12:21pm
President Donald Trump speaks Friday during a Turning Point USA event at the Dream City Church in Phoenix.

Trump hits cultural issues in midterms pep talk to Turning Point crowd

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 17, 2026 at 7:37pm
A prerecorded message from President Donald Trump is played during Turning Point USA's annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix, Ariz., on Dec. 21.

Trump to address Turning Point crowd as GOP hopefuls battle in Arizona

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 16, 2026 at 1:21pm
Vice President JD Vance speaks as Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff listen during a news conference after lengthy talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad on Sunday local time.

Vance hits rough patch as Iran talks falter, Orbán goes down in Hungary

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 14, 2026 at 5:34pm
This photo illustration created on Monday shows a picture of President Donald Trump on a screen and an AI-generated picture he posted, then deleted, on his Truth Social platform, appearing to depict himself as Jesus Christ. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump claims Jesus-like meme was him as a doctor amid MAGA pushback

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 13, 2026 at 2:53pm
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a news briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on Wednesday.

White House, pressed on threat to destroy Iran, stresses ‘results’

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 8, 2026 at 4:17pm
President Donald Trump mimics firing a gun during a Monday news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran.

Trump announces Iran ceasefire, backing down on threat to destroy country

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 7, 2026 at 7:58pm
An Iranian national flag is placed by the rubble of a collapsed building by graffiti reading "#NoKing" following strikes at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran on Tuesday. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump threatens ‘whole civilization’ of Iran ‘will die tonight,’ drastically escalating war

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 7, 2026 at 10:16am, Updated at 1:52pm
President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter Tuesday in the Oval Office. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump to address nation on Iran as gas prices rise, poll numbers drop — and midterms loom

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 1, 2026 at 1:38pm
Iranian Americans rally in Upper Senate Park in Washington on March 7 to support a proposed provisional government for Iran.

As Iran war passes one-month mark, mission creep clouds Trump’s strategy

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 31, 2026 at 2:23pm
Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, conducts a press briefing on Monday.

Leavitt: Trump wants Congress to come back early, end DHS shutdown

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 30, 2026 at 2:56pm
President Donald Trump attends the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon at the Capitol on March 17. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

‘Impulsive and emotional’: Trump tosses traditional wartime presidency blueprint

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 27, 2026 at 12:30pm
President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

Takeaways from Cabinet meeting: Trump issues new threats to Iran, Democrats

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 26, 2026 at 2:41pm
Iranian Americans rally in the Upper Senate Park on March 7 in support of a provisional government in Iran envisioned to be led by Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of National Council of Resistance of Iran.

Trump says Iran ‘regime change’ achieved as he seeks a tricky peace deal

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 24, 2026 at 5:01pm
An Iranian man in Tehran watches the news on Iranian state TV on Monday. (AFP via Getty Images)

Trump delays some US strikes in Iran for five days amid new round of talks

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 23, 2026 at 9:07am
President Donald Trump speaks during the annual Friends of Ireland luncheon with Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

A cacophony of presidential words, but few policy changes from Trump

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 20, 2026 at 1:28pm
Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin speaks during a media availability with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. (Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images)

Irish PM tells Trump ‘all conflicts come to an end,’ nudging him to end Iran war

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 17, 2026 at 2:57pm
President Donald Trump walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Senators unable to detect any Trump exit strategy from Iran war

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 16, 2026 at 2:37pm
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One en route to Ohio and Kentucky on Wednesday. Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, stands to Trump’s right.

Trump told MAGA supporters that ‘we won’ in Iran. They were silent

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 13, 2026 at 1:37pm
President Donald Trump speaks at Verst Logistics in Hebron, Ky., on Wednesday. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Worst person’: Trump slams Massie, boosts primary foe during Kentucky stop

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 11, 2026 at 6:33pm
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., hold a news conference with Jeffrey Epstein survivors on Sept. 3, 2025.

In Massie district, Trump’s revenge push will clash with keeping House

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 10, 2026 at 12:52pm
President Donald Trump speaks during a House Republican policy retreat at Trump National Doral in Florida on Monday. (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump calls Iran war ‘short term,’ says it could ‘be ended soon’

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 9, 2026 at 7:24pm
Protesters hold signs and chant during a demonstration outside the White House against President Trump and strikes on Iran on Feb. 28.

Can Trump avoid ‘magical thinking’ on Iran?

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 6, 2026 at 1:41pm
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., talks with the press outside the Capitol after President Donald Trump selected him as his pick to replace Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary Thursday.

Trump removes Noem, picks GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin to lead DHS

By John T. Bennett and Savannah Behrmann
Posted March 5, 2026 at 2:18pm, Updated at 4:06pm
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing in the White House on Wednesday. President Donald Trump will attend a ceremony marking the return of American troops killed during the war on Iran, she said. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Justifications for war multiply at White House

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 4, 2026 at 3:38pm
Protesters hold signs and chant during a demonstration outside the White House on Saturday against President Trump's decision to go to war with Iran. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump officials outline why they decided to bomb Iran

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 3, 2026 at 4:44pm
President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz address reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

Trump claims he ‘forced’ Israel into Iran war, contradicting Rubio’s account

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 3, 2026 at 2:07pm
President Donald Trump exits Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday night. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)

Republicans send mixed signals on Trump’s Iran war objectives

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 2, 2026 at 1:35pm
President Donald Trump delivers remarks about energy at the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas, on Friday. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump plays coy on Texas Senate GOP primary endorsement in Corpus Christi

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 27, 2026 at 6:04pm
President Donald Trump greets Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, before delivering his State of the Union address in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.

Members search for Iran clarity after Trump’s SOTU was short on foreign policy

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 25, 2026 at 3:29pm
President Donald Trump enters the House chamber Tuesday to give his State of the Union address.

Trump defends policies, attacks Democrats during State of the Union address

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 25, 2026 at 12:45am
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One on Jan. 27. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump heads into State of the Union after list of recent setbacks

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 23, 2026 at 1:56pm
President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters during a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on Friday. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

Angry Trump slams six Supreme Court justices who nixed his tariffs

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 20, 2026 at 3:34pm, Updated at 4:07pm
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress in the House chamber of the Capitol on March 4, 2025.

Trump speech expected to be heavy on politics, lower on policy

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 20, 2026 at 1:01pm
President Donald Trump speaks at the Coosa Steel factory in Rome, Ga., on Thursday.

‘I’ve won affordability’: Trump defends economy during Georgia stop

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 19, 2026 at 7:36pm
South Dakota Rep. Dusty Johnson says Republicans should focus on “the huge successes of securing the border, cutting mandatory spending, the deregulation efforts that are going to drive down costs.”

GOP lawmakers join Trump’s call for refined midterm economic message

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 17, 2026 at 2:19pm
President Donald Trump is handed the "Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal" trophy by Jim Grech, CEO of Peabody Energy, at a White House event on Wednesday.

‘It doesn’t matter’: Trump looked very much like a second-term president this week

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 13, 2026 at 4:21pm