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Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson issue a stinging verdict on a cover-up that may have cost Democrats the 2024 election

The president’s hawking of $Trump memecoin has sparked a firestorm of criticism over potential influence buying

Trump's racist assault on South Africa's president was shockingly clumsy — because the truth doesn't even matter

As the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in federal funding to scientific research, thousands of scientists in the U.S. lost their jobs or grants

Who is Karoline Leavitt's husband? Get the facts on Nicholas Riccio, including his marriage to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt in January 2025.

President Donald Trump is ordering a massive overhaul of the National Security Council that will shrink its size and return many career appointees back to their home agencies

Staff to be cut as office meant to formulate national security policy is reduced to implementing the president’s ideas, under watch of trusted aides

A black-tie dinner for the top buyers of Donald Trump’s meme coin featured him speaking at a lectern emblazoned with the presidential seal, despite the White House arguing it was a “private” event on “personal time.” But it was the entree that drew gasps.

‘To me, it feels like emotional terror to ensure obedience,’ VOA White House bureau chief Patsy Widakuswara, who is on administrative leave, told The Independent

Donald Trump’s ratings continue to slide on most issues. Recent Economist/YouGov polling across the US, completed on May 9-12, shows 51% think the country is on the wrong track, while only 45% have a favourable impression of his job as president. On inflation and prices in the shops, only 35%…

The three most recent administrations — Donald Trump's and Joe Biden's — vary in how they've provided access to presidential statements.