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President Donald Trump reacts as a United Auto Worker member identified as Brian speaks at the White House Rose Garden event Wednesday. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

‘No pain’: Trump team doubles down on tariffs as global markets plummet

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 3, 2025 at 4:38pm
President Donald Trump delivers remarks from the White House Rose Garden on Wednesday before formally putting his long-promised tariffs in motion.

‘Liberation Day’: Triumphant Trump rolls dice on tariffs despite warnings, risks

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 2, 2025 at 7:18pm
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., right, takes questions at a news conference in the Capitol on Feb. 19 as Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., looks on.

This week: Senate to vote on tariff ‘emergency’ ahead of possible budget vote-a-rama

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted March 31, 2025 at 6:21am
President Donald Trump is seen on a monitor watching footage of U.S. military strikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebels as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addresses reporters on March 17.

As Democrats focus on Signal use, team Trump flashes familiar definition of war

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 27, 2025 at 5:12pm
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Democrats had months to head off Schumer’s no-win dilemma

By Steven Pearlstein
Posted March 27, 2025 at 5:30am
JD Vance speaks with Donald Trump on Jan. 20 during an inauguration ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda before they were sworn in as vice president and president respectively. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images file photo)

Signal posts shed light on Vance’s views on military force and foreign policy

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 26, 2025 at 4:16pm
Dozens of eggs are displayed at a grocery store in Hailey, Idaho, on March 20. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s efforts to lower egg prices gets overshadowed by more partisan moves

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 24, 2025 at 3:42pm
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)

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

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

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

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 14, 2025 at 1:31pm
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday as he meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

Trans-Atlantic differences remain as Trump huddles with NATO boss

By John T. Bennett
Posted March 13, 2025 at 4:29pm