Asked about Musk’s conflicts, Trump offers an unintentionally amusing answer
Last week, the White House said the billionaire would police his own conflicts of interest. This week, the president pitched ...
The White House’s ‘Gulf of America’ push takes a needlessly aggressive turn
There is an apparent expectation in the White House that news organizations will either use Trump-approved language, or they ...
The key flaw in Trump's executive order about school funding and vaccine mandates
The president signed an executive order to defund schools that require Covid vaccines for students and staff — but there's an important catch.
The one easy question Trump’s Cabinet nominees keep flubbing
It's a simple question for a Cabinet nominee: "What would you do if directed by the president to ignore the law?" Trump's ...
Trump has a new gift in mind for Putin amid ‘elation’ in Russia
The American president first tried to get Russia back into the G7 in 2018. He tried again in 2020. Evidently, Trump is hoping ...
On his signature issue, GOP’s Chuck Grassley falls far short
Trump appears to have thumbed his nose at Sen. Chuck Grassley on the firings of inspectors general. The longtime Republican ...
Trump warns consumers: Prices ‘could go up’ because of White House plans
The Republican president is moving forward with an agenda that, by his own assessment, is likely to make the cost of living worse.
After confirmation votes, Trump’s offensive against McConnell gets uglier
It seemed hard to imagine the president's relationship with the Kentucky senator getting much worse. Then Trump questioned whether McConnell had polio.
DOJ order to drop Eric Adams case prompts at least 7 prosecutors to resign
Mass resignations among leading federal prosecutors are rare, but that's what happened in the DOJ's handling of the New York ...
Targeting the courts, the White House claims it's found the ‘real constitutional crisis’
According to the White House, the "real constitutional crisis" is the courts issuing rulings that Donald Trump doesn't like.
Prominent CEOs start raising public concerns about the White House’s agenda
Leading executives have largely avoided criticizing Trump and his plans. It’s reasonable to question, however, whether that’s ...
Why the details of this week’s Marc Fogel prisoner swap matter
Trump used to talk about his unique ability to free American detainees abroad without paying a price. The Marc Fogel prisoner ...