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President Donald Trump rides in his motorcade Monday as he passes the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

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Despite Trump’s hawkish moves, GOP lawmakers back his Nobel push — with a twist

Republican officials shift peace prize pitch to COVID-19 vaccine efforts

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 9, 2025 at 2:30pm

President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber on Feb. 4, 2020. (Leah Millis/Getty Images/Pool)

White House

Trump’s first-term joint addresses offer clues about Tuesday’s big speech

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 3, 2025 at 6:00am
President Joe Biden places his hand on his chest as he leaves the stage after delivering his final address as president to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

White House

Biden warns about AI’s ‘risks,’ forces of ‘retreat’ in final UN address

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 24, 2024 at 12:02pm
President Joe Biden, seen here Monday in the East Room of the White House attending a ceremony to honor the Gotham FC 2023 NWSL Championship team, will deliver an address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.

White House

‘Lame duck’ Biden heads to UN as Trump’s possible return further clouds world affairs

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 23, 2024 at 2:43pm
Rep. Joaquin Castro was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer last July after a car accident in Spain.

Rep. Castro prognosis ‘good’ after surgery for gastrointestinal tumors

By Justin Papp
Posted February 27, 2023 at 5:12pm
Gillibrand credited a lobbying campaign by veterans and their families with winning over lawmakers.

Senate passes major benefits expansion for sick veterans

By Mark Satter
Posted June 16, 2022 at 2:40pm
Comedian and activist Jon Stewart lobbied on Capitol Hill last year for legislation to help veterans sickened by toxic chemicals.

Toxic exposure bill would rewrite America’s compact with veterans

By Mark Satter
Posted June 3, 2022 at 6:01am
President Joe Biden, 79, rides his bike through Cape Henlopen State Park in Rehoboth Beach, Del., on Sunday.

‘We don’t know that’: A curious answer about Biden and a 20-year-old getting COVID

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 22, 2022 at 3:26pm
A technician takes a measurement at the Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, where the Army tests biological weapon defenses.

Congress rejects Biden’s proposed cut to biosafety program

By John M. Donnelly
Posted March 10, 2022 at 5:02pm
A maskless President Joe Biden departs after delivering his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night.

Biden was masked Monday. It was gone by Tuesday night in SOTU preemptive strike

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 3, 2022 at 11:30am