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Workers at the Ronald Reagan Building — home to the Wilson Center in downtown Washington — are seen Tuesday at the end of the work day. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)

White House

‘President is obligated’: Legal experts slam Trump order gutting Wilson Center, others

Administration has put government ‘on an Ozempic diet,’ Kari Lake counters

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 20, 2025 at 4:49pm

Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Tommy Tuberville of Alabama share a laugh at the Capitol on May 2, 2024.

White House

Trump, GOP senators ‘rowing in the same direction’ despite some differences

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 26, 2025 at 3:43pm
President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron take questions from reporters at the White House before a joint news conference on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

White House

‘Dear Donald’: Macron echoes Trump on Ukraine peace, but disagreements remain

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 24, 2025 at 5:22pm
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands before a joint news conference in Helsinki, Finland, in July 2018. (Yuri Kadobnov/AFP via Getty Images file photo)

White House

America’s heel turn: Democrats flabbergasted by Trump’s Russia pivot

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 20, 2025 at 4:50pm
President Donald Trump speaks Friday while visiting a neighborhood affected by Hurricane Helene in Swannanoa, N.C. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump floats executive order on ‘maybe getting rid of FEMA’

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 24, 2025 at 3:43pm
Speaker Mike Johnson listens as President Donald Trump addresses supporters Monday in an overflow space in Emancipation Hall after his second inauguration ceremony.

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

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.

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 delivers his farewell address to the nation Wednesday from the Oval Office of the White House. (Mandel Ngan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Oligarchy is taking shape’: Biden issues warnings as he bids nation goodbye

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 15, 2025 at 10:17pm
President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Jan. 7. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump’s idea to rebrand Gulf of Mexico would face hurdles — if he’s even serious

By John T. Bennett
Posted January 15, 2025 at 4:25pm
President Joe Biden boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in September. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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