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President Donald Trump is flanked by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, left, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, second from left, and White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks, right, at the White House on March 7.

White House

‘Manufacturing superpower’: Trump team eyes overhaul of US economy

Administration looks to the future and past, as Democrats raise recession fears

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 14, 2025 at 1:31pm

President Donald Trump arrives at the House chamber Tuesday to deliver his joint address to Congress. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

White House

Some GOP senators wait it out on tariffs after Trump warns of ‘little disturbance’

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 5, 2025 at 5:33pm
Former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., flanked by former Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., and former Sen. Mitt Romney, appears at a 2008 press conference.

Congress

Former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart dead at 70

By Jessica Wehrman
Posted March 3, 2025 at 5:00pm
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
Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Tommy Tuberville of Alabama share a laugh at the Capitol on May 2, 2024.

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)

‘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)

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

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 20, 2025 at 4:50pm
Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig, seen at the Capitol in November 2023, is weighing a run for Senate. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig weighs run for Senate

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Andrew Menezes
Posted February 18, 2025 at 7:45pm
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber on June 22, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump to huddle with Modi, sandwiched between Arab leader meetings

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 12, 2025 at 2:34pm
President Donald Trump greets Jordan's King Abdullah II as he arrives at the White House on Tuesday. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Democrats doubt Trump’s Gaza plan as president puts Arab allies on the spot

By John T. Bennett
Posted February 11, 2025 at 3:33pm