President Donald Trump on Friday escalated his rhetoric over Greenland, declaring that the United States will take action to acquire the Arctic territory regardless of opposition from Denmark or Greenland’s government. “We are going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not,” Trump told reporters at the …
Read More »Senate Moves to Curb Trump’s Venezuela War Powers After Bipartisan Break
The Senate on Thursday issued a rare bipartisan rebuke of President Donald Trump, voting to advance a resolution that would bar him from using U.S. military force “within or against Venezuela” without prior approval from Congress. The 52–47 vote came over objections from Republican leaders and amid escalating rhetoric from …
Read More »Trump Says U.S. Will “Run” Venezuela After Military Operation Captures Maduro
President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States will effectively govern Venezuela following a U.S. military operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, marking a dramatic escalation in Washington’s confrontation with the South American nation. “We’re going to run the country until such time …
Read More »Trump Backs Off National Guard Deployments in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is abandoning — at least for now — his effort to deploy National Guard troops to Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, after courts repeatedly blocked the moves. “We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins …
Read More »Trump Defends Health, Says He Takes High-Dose Aspirin and Denies Falling Asleep in Meetings
President Donald Trump pushed back this week against questions about his health and stamina, telling The Wall Street Journal that he does not fall asleep during meetings and that visible bruising on his hands is caused by his long-term use of high-dose aspirin. “They say aspirin is good for thinning …
Read More »Trump Issues First Vetoes of New Term, Blocking Bipartisan Water and Tribal Bills
President Donald Trump this week exercised his veto power for the first time since returning to the White House, rejecting two bipartisan bills that had sailed through Congress with little opposition — a move that stunned lawmakers in both parties and underscored the president’s willingness to override congressional consensus to …
Read More »Trump Mixes Holiday Cheer With Partisan Attacks in Christmas Eve, Christmas Day Posts
President Donald Trump spent part of Christmas Eve in a festive mood, taking phone calls at his Mar-a-Lago estate from children asking about Santa Claus as the North American Aerospace Defense Command tracked his journey around the globe. “Nice, right?” Trump told reporters after one call. “Could do this all …
Read More »Trump Name to Be Attached to New Class of Nuclear-Capable U.S. Battleships
President Donald Trump announced Monday that his name will be attached to a new class of U.S. Navy battleships expected to carry nuclear-capable weapons, marking an extraordinary personalization of a major military program and reviving a type of warship the United States has not used in combat in more than …
Read More »Fact-Check: Trump’s Year-End Address Mixes Economic Gains with Exaggerated and False Claims
President Donald Trump used an 18-minute prime-time address Wednesday to deliver a rapid-fire review of the first year of his second term, offering sweeping claims about wages, inflation, immigration, energy prices and drug costs. Some of his assertions aligned partially with available data, but others were misleading or plainly incorrect, …
Read More »Trump Blames Democrats for Economic Strain in Prime-Time White House Address
President Donald Trump used a rare prime-time address from the White House on Wednesday to argue that Democrats are responsible for Americans’ economic struggles, delivering a 17-minute speech that was billed as an economic update but often sounded more like a campaign rally. Speaking rapidly from the Diplomatic Room, Trump …
Read More »Trump Blames Rob Reiner’s Political Views for His Killing, Prompting Rare GOP Rebukes
President Donald Trump on Monday blamed actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner’s outspoken opposition to him for Reiner’s killing, issuing an unsubstantiated and incendiary claim as authorities were still investigating the apparent homicide — a remark that drew condemnation from Republicans and Democrats alike and underscored the president’s continued willingness to …
Read More »Trump Approval Slips as Economic Worries Persist, Poll Finds
President Donald Trump’s approval rating remains underwater as he approaches the end of his first year back in the White House, with signs of erosion among his core supporters and growing concern about the economy, according to a new NBC News Decision Desk Poll. The survey found that 42% of …
Read More »Trump Rebukes Cuellar for ‘Lack of Loyalty’ After Issuing Pardon
President Donald Trump on Sunday sharply criticized Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, accusing him of showing “a lack of loyalty” by running for re-election as a Democrat just days after receiving a presidential pardon. In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that Texas voters — and Cuellar’s daughters — “will …
Read More »Trump Presents 2025 Kennedy Center Honors at White House
President Donald Trump on Saturday presented the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees with newly redesigned medals during a ceremony in the Oval Office, praising the group of artists he helped select while marking a significant shift in how the nation’s signature cultural awards are administered. This year’s honorees — actor Sylvester …
Read More »Walz Blasts Trump’s Attacks on Somali Minnesotans as “unprecedented” and Dangerous
Democratic Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday sharply condemned President Donald Trump for denigrating Minnesota’s Somali community as “garbage” and calling the state a “hellhole,” accusing the president of using inflammatory rhetoric that stigmatizes children and fuels fear among one of the nation’s largest immigrant communities. Walz said Trump “slandered all …
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