2025

President Donald Trump signs a spending package to reopen the federal government in the Oval Office at the White House on Wednesday night. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

White House

‘Net neutral’: Shutdown unlikely to hobble Trump, former aides say

Political fallout called ‘a wash as it applies to the president’

By John T. Bennett
Posted November 13, 2025 at 12:19pm

A worker stocks beef fillets in the meat section of a grocery store in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25. Beef prices have climbed over the past 12 months, according to government data.

White House

White House scrambles for affordability message amid still-high prices

By John T. Bennett

Posted November 10, 2025 at 1:26pm

President Donald Trump concludes his remarks during a breakfast meeting with Senate Republicans in the State Dining Room of the White House on Wednesday.

White House

Trump urges GOP senators to change Senate rules to reopen government

By John T. Bennett

Posted November 5, 2025 at 10:15am

Democrats Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill, seen here early in their tenure as House members, are running for governor in Virginia and New Jersey, respectively. They both need to win to give Democrats momentum for the 2026 elections, Rothenberg writes.

Opinion

One win isn’t enough for Democrats in this year’s governor’s races

By Stuart Rothenberg

Posted October 6, 2025 at 1:05pm