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President Donald Trump walks to the White House after stepping off Marine One on Sunday.

Trump dials back public schedule as government shutdown rolls on

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 6, 2025 at 3:23pm, Updated at 6:20pm
Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news briefing at the White House on Wednesday. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Vance steps into shutdown forefront as Trump’s lead basher of Hill Democrats

By John T. Bennett
Posted October 2, 2025 at 3:35pm
President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Takeaways: Trump calls out Europe and UN in combative General Assembly return

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 23, 2025 at 1:37pm
President Donald Trump exits Air Force One on Thursday as he arrives at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump will be on the road as lawmakers scramble to avert shutdown

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 12, 2025 at 12:41pm
President Donald Trump rides in his motorcade Monday as he passes the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

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

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 9, 2025 at 2:30pm
A sign of support for President Donald Trump is seen on the side of a semi-trailer in East Palestine, Ohio, on Aug. 27. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

‘This is socialism’: Trump’s private sector intervention causes heartburn on right

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 5, 2025 at 1:21pm
President Donald Trump and Polish President Karol Nawrocki watch a flyover of F-16 aircraft in the "missing man" formation from the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Fighter jets scream over White House as Trump welcomes Polish leader he backed

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 3, 2025 at 2:45pm
President Donald Trump conducts a news conference Aug. 11 to announce the federal government will take control of the Metropolitan Police Department and use the National Guard to fight crime in Washington, D.C. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pamela Bondi also appear.

Trump used lawmakers’ break to fill out a loaded congressional to-do list

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 3, 2025 at 6:00am
President Donald Trump speaks to the media during a visit to The People's House: A White House Experience Aug. 22, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Trump to ask Congress for $2 billion to fix ‘hellhole’ DC

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 22, 2025 at 12:38pm
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, left, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, right and President Donald Trump shake hands during a pathway-to-peace pact signing ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House on Aug. 8.

‘Not politicking for it’: Trump goes all in on Nobel push with risky Putin summit

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 12, 2025 at 1:49pm