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Trump leans into isolation as challenges mount at home

As the administration enters choppy political waters, it has redoubled its pushback against foreign people, products and cultures.

13 Dec 2025 10:36 pm
Trump moves on D.C. golf courses with notice to nonprofit

The administration puts the National Links Trust on the clock in a bid to take control of the citys three public golf courses.

13 Dec 2025 7:00 pm
Donald Trump is known for firing people. But not this year.

Some Republicans watching Trumps second term say theres a different dynamic this term: The president is surrounded by people who dont challenge him.

13 Dec 2025 4:30 pm
Trump called her garbage. Rep. Ilhan Omar says she remains unfazed.

Theres this creepy obsession that he seems to have on me that just feels pretty obnoxious, the Minnesota Democrat said of the president.

13 Dec 2025 4:30 pm
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs

Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.

13 Dec 2025 3:30 pm
Judge orders return of evidence against Comey, citing constitutional concerns

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ordered the FBI to return emails and other electronic communications it seized from Comey confidant Daniel Richman.

13 Dec 2025 9:42 am
House Republicans unveil health care plan, set up vote for next week

House Republicans unveiled a plan to address rising health insurance costs and extend Affordable Care Act subsidies.

13 Dec 2025 3:47 am
Admirals top military lawyer to be summoned in House boat strike inquiry

Adm. Frank Bradleys legal adviser has emerged as a key figure as members of Congress assess whether the killing of two men violated the law of armed conflict.

13 Dec 2025 2:02 am
Republican lawmakers tell Trump something hes not used to hearing: No

In a pair of nearly simultaneous votes this week in the Indiana legislature and in Congress, GOP lawmakers issued unusual displays of defiance against Trump.

13 Dec 2025 12:08 am
DOJ sues Georgia county as Trump pushes debunked 2020 election fraud claims

President Donald Trump has increasingly pressured his administration to find widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, despite those claims having been debunked and dismissed in dozens of cases by the courts.

12 Dec 2025 11:41 pm
House Democrats release photos from Epstein estate of Trump, other public figures

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released 19 images, many of them previously published, including some of Bill Clinton, Woody Allen, Steve Bannon and others.

12 Dec 2025 10:54 pm
National Trust sues to stop Trumps ballroom construction

The organization, which is charged by Congress with historic preservation, is seeking to halt construction on one of the presidents priorities.

12 Dec 2025 10:47 pm
Army charges gynecologist with secretly recording dozens of patients

The Army is investigating Maj. Blaine McGraws gynecological work at two major military hospitals in Texas and Hawaii.

12 Dec 2025 10:21 pm
Delawares acting U.S. attorney resigns amid fight over Trumps appointees

Julianne Murray, an ex-chair of the Delaware Republican Party who the Justice Department appointed as interim U.S. attorney in the state, announced her departure.

12 Dec 2025 9:49 pm
Secret meetings between FBI and Ukraine negotiator spark concern

FBI Director Kash Patel and his deputy, Dan Bongino, have met with Ukraines top delegate amid a U.S. pressure campaign on Kyiv to trade land for peace.

12 Dec 2025 8:35 pm
Why Mormonism may have an answer for our toxic politics

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox draws on teachings from his Mormon faith to disagree better. Studies show his approach could change public attitudes.

12 Dec 2025 3:30 pm
The minority voters who powered Trump to a second term are drifting away

Extended conversations with Black, Latino and Asian American voters who cast ballots for Trump in 2024 showed mixed feelings about the president and their votes.

12 Dec 2025 3:30 pm
White House signals campaign to seize more oil tankers near Venezuela

The effort appears to be a new phase in the Trump administrations push to oust President Nicols Maduro.

12 Dec 2025 10:20 am
Trump asserts he has pardoned county clerk convicted in Colorado case

Trump says he has pardoned Tina Peters, a major cause for MAGA supporters. She was convicted in state court, and its unclear if his act has any impact.

12 Dec 2025 7:35 am
Oklahoma Black Lives Matter leader indicted on alleged misuse of donations

Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson deposited at least several million dollars into personal accounts instead of the organizations accounts, authorities said.

12 Dec 2025 5:52 am
MyPillow founder and conspiracist Mike Lindell announces Minnesota gubernatorial bid

Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow and a 2020 election denier, joins a crowded race in his unlikely Republican bid against two-term incumbent Gov. Tim Walz (D).

12 Dec 2025 2:01 am
Administration fails again to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James

A grand jury has refused to indict New York attorney general Letitia James, the second panel to refuse to do so, dealing a major setback to President Trump.

12 Dec 2025 1:53 am
Highlights: Kristi Noem defends Trumps immigration policies before departing early from hearing

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem testified before a House panel in a hearing focusing largely on the Trump administrations immigration policies.

12 Dec 2025 12:05 am
Will Trumps base ever get tired of him? Your politics questions, answered.

Join our chief political correspondent for her live chat every other Thursday at 12 p.m. Eastern time.

11 Dec 2025 10:30 pm
Federal judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcas immediate release

U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said the government could not indefinitely detain Abrego, a 30-year-old immigrant from El Salvador who is fighting his deportation.

11 Dec 2025 10:08 pm
Tracking who Trump is appointing to fill key administration roles

Follow President Trumps progress filling over 800 positions, among about 1,300 that require Senate confirmation, in this tracker from The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service.

11 Dec 2025 9:50 pm
Why these red state Republicans are resisting Trumps efforts to expand GOP power

Republicans hold a 40-10 advantage in the state senate but may still reject Trumps pressure. Hoosiers are very independent.

11 Dec 2025 4:30 pm
Republicans struggle to unite on health care as Obamacare subsidies expire

Recent weeks have showcased a free-for-all of competing GOP ideas and reinforced deep partisan divisions over the issue.

11 Dec 2025 3:30 pm
Billionaires are spending massive sums on politics. A backlash brews.

An anti-oligarch protest in a small Indiana town shows the depth of the national backlash against the concentration of wealth and power.

11 Dec 2025 3:30 pm
Meet the Trump administrations 12 billionaires

At a net worth of $390 billion, its the wealthiest White House in modern history.

11 Dec 2025 3:30 pm
How a U.S. admiral decided to kill two boat strike survivors

The controversial order given by Adm. Frank Bradley is under scrutiny from Congress. Inside the most consequential deliberation of his career.

11 Dec 2025 3:30 pm
Trump launches $1 million gold card program for fast-tracked visas

Critics have pointed out that such programs create a two-tier immigration system, disproportionately benefiting wealthy individuals.

11 Dec 2025 2:15 pm
Lawmakers launch bipartisan, last-minute bids to force vote on ACA subsidies

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has launched a last-minute bid to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire at the end of the year.

11 Dec 2025 6:43 am
Calibri font banished as U.S. diplomacy returns to Times New Roman

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Biden administrations shift to a sans serif font, to assist people with vision issues, a wasteful diversity move.

11 Dec 2025 6:38 am
House passes Pentagon bill pressuring Hegseth to release boat strike evidence

The Senate could approve the measure in coming days, and lawmakers expressed confidence that President Donald Trump will sign it into law.

11 Dec 2025 5:06 am
How voters really feel about affordability

Trump brushes it off, but the evidence is piling up that Americans are unhappy with their economist situations.

11 Dec 2025 2:31 am
Supreme Court wrestles with death penalty in cases of intellectual disabilities

The justices wrestled with whether to allow Alabama to execute a man with low cognitive function, a ruling that could set new rules for states death rows.

11 Dec 2025 2:07 am
Trump finally confirms using vulgar slur about several countries in 2018

Trump previously denied using the language about Haiti, El Salvador and several African countries before his nonchalant admission at a rally Tuesday.

11 Dec 2025 1:55 am
Second federal judge in New York orders release of Epstein files

Judge Richard M. Berman says a law Congress passed last month overrides the usual secrecy of grand jury proceedings.

10 Dec 2025 10:21 pm
Governors cross aisle to call for moral clarity amid political violence

Govs. Josh Shapiro (D) and Spencer Cox (R) join forces to denounce the rise in political violence in the past few years.

10 Dec 2025 4:30 pm
Texas midterms point to ideological corners, not swing-state issues

Next years contests seem destined to produce a congressional delegation of staunch conservatives and liberals, as determined by primary voters.

10 Dec 2025 3:30 pm
At the first stop on his affordability tour, Trump mocks affordability

What was supposed to be a speaking tour to connect with Americans struggling with higher prices and stagnant wages was instead a greatest hits campaign speech.

10 Dec 2025 8:30 am
National Guard member shot in D.C. stood up today, Trump says

Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe was one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot in D.C. on Nov. 26. Spec. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died the next day.

10 Dec 2025 7:09 am
Rights organizations sue Trump admin. for release of memo justifying boat strikes

The complaint alleges that the U.S. military strikes on boats suspected of trafficking drugs from Latin America are illegal and that the public deserves to know the justification behind them.

10 Dec 2025 2:59 am
Admiral pushed out by Hegseth meets privately with lawmakers

Adm. Alvin Holsey, who oversees military operations in Latin America, has voiced concern about the Trump administrations activities there.

10 Dec 2025 2:56 am
Senate Republicans offer counter-proposal on Obamacare subsidies

The GOP plan would replace expiring ACA subsidies with a new program that directly funds health savings accounts for eligible patients

10 Dec 2025 2:31 am
GOP lawmakers wary of Trump escalating beyond boat strikes in Venezuela

President Donald Trump has said Nicols Maduros days are numbered as the countrys leader and declined to rule out deploying U.S. troops on the ground there.

10 Dec 2025 2:30 am
Judge orders release of voluminous records in Ghislaine Maxwell case

A federal judge ordered the release of voluminous material gathered for the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of aiding Jeffrey Epstein.

10 Dec 2025 1:20 am
Supreme Court weighs further loosening campaign finance limits

Republican leaders are asking the high court to remove limits on how much parties can spend in coordination with federal candidates on items like advertisements.

10 Dec 2025 1:16 am
Justice Dept. says a court ruling is blocking efforts to reindict Comey

Justice Department lawyers said a ruling barring their access to key evidence has effectively crippled their efforts to reindict former FBI director James B. Comey.

9 Dec 2025 11:15 pm