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Speaker Mike Johnson listens as President Donald Trump addresses supporters Monday in an overflow space in Emancipation Hall after his second inauguration ceremony.

White House

‘So much sharper’: Which Trump will GOP encounter during high-stakes talks?

GOP lawmakers are all in, as some suggest they’re seeing a new version of the president

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 22, 2025 at 4:42pm

President-elect Donald Trump, seen here at the Capitol on Jan. 8 with incoming first lady Melania Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, will be sworn in Monday inside the Capitol Rotunda.

White House

Trump got the last laugh, but the hard part begins after second inaugural address

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 17, 2025 at 4:26pm
President Joe Biden boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in September. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

White House

Bad luck and a family matter: How a recent trip embodied Biden’s shaky term

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 13, 2025 at 5:50pm
A view of flames on a ridge, as seen Thursday from Topanga Canyon near Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles.

White House

As California fires rage, so does what could be final Trump-Biden battle

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 10, 2025 at 2:13pm
Vice President Kamala Harris presides over the joint session of Congress in the House chamber Monday to count the Electoral College votes as Speaker Mike Johnson looks on.

Congress counts electoral votes, clearing path for Trump’s return to Oval Office

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 6, 2025 at 3:17pm
Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker Mike Johnson converse before the start of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress in the Capitol on March 7 last year.

Speaker fight could overshadow awkward days for Harris after losing to Trump

By John T. Bennett and Niels Lesniewski
Posted January 2, 2025 at 4:19pm
President Joe Biden shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on Wednesday. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

White House touts ‘norms’ and ‘institutions’ it long warned Trump would obliterate

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 14, 2024 at 2:18pm
President-elect Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Vice President-elect JD Vance, R-Ohio, and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance, celebrate during the balloon drop in Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum at the Republican National Convention on July 18. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Here’s a look at who’s in — and possibly in — Trump’s second administration

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 8, 2024 at 2:19pm
President Joe Biden speaks about the presidential election results in the Rose Garden of the White House on Thursday. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden to nation: accept ‘will of the people’ and Trump win

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 7, 2024 at 12:59pm
Supporters of Donald Trump celebrate in New York as he became president-elect for a second time on Wednesday morning. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

‘Unprecedented and powerful mandate’: The contrast between 2016 Trump and 2024 Trump

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 6, 2024 at 1:27pm