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President Donald Trump talks on the phone in April as he waits onboard Marine One to depart the Leesburg Executive Airport after visiting his Northern Virginia golf club.

Trump worked phones on ‘big beautiful bill’ — but left some arm-twisting to others

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 3, 2025 at 5:14pm
The United States monitors the Juarez-El Paso border with armored vehicles last month in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Judge orders halt to Trump push to shut down border crossings

By Michael Macagnone
Posted July 2, 2025 at 5:34pm
President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis walk through a medical facility during a visit to the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center in Ochopee, Fla., on Tuesday. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is seen behind Trump.

‘Only way out is deportation’: Trump talks tough at Everglades detention site

By John T. Bennett
Posted July 1, 2025 at 3:38pm
President Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House on June 9.

‘Obliterated’: How one word has clouded success of Trump’s Iran strikes

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 27, 2025 at 3:56pm
President Donald Trump listens as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, second from right, addresses reporters Wednesday at the NATO summit. Also pictured are Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second from left, and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool/Getty Images)

Takeaways: Defiant Team Trump defends Iran strikes at NATO summit

By John T. Bennett and Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 25, 2025 at 1:22pm
President Donald Trump, flanked, from left, by Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, addresses the nation from the White House on Saturday. (Carlos Barria - Pool/Getty Images)

Trump’s Iran strikes put potential heirs Vance and Rubio in spotlight

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 23, 2025 at 3:48pm, Updated at 4:37pm
Tanks roll down Constitution Avenue Northwest in Washington on June 14 during the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary parade.

‘Two weeks’: GOP hawks left twisting on Iran after Trump resorts to familiar crutch

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 20, 2025 at 1:55pm
New York Democratic Reps. Jerrold Nadler, right, and Dan Goldman speak at a news conference Wednesday at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan after being barred from entering and inspecting Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding cells.

DHS tightens protocol for lawmaker visits to immigration facilities

By Chris Johnson
Posted June 18, 2025 at 5:46pm
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as workers install a large flag pole on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

On Iran strikes messaging, Trump aides opt to run it up the flagpole

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 18, 2025 at 3:07pm
President Donald Trump, here on the White House South Lawn on June 9, is facing criticism from his base over potential U.S. involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict.

As MAGA base grows anxious, Trump warns Iran’s supreme leader is ‘easy target’

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 17, 2025 at 2:54pm