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Brian Bennett
Brian Bennett covers the White House.
Recent Articles
How Trump Survived Decades of Legal Trouble
As he draws more legal scrutiny than any other former President before him, Trump's standard strategies for defending himself are facing the ultimate stress test.
By Brian Bennett
September 21, 2022
Biden: Putin Violating U.N. Charter
Biden said Vladimir Putin had “shamelessly violated” the U.N’s charter that protects national sovereignty as he tried to ”erase" Ukraine from the map.
By Brian Bennett
September 21, 2022
Kushner Works to Sculpt Trump Legacy
As Jared Kushner praised the Trump administration’s work in the Middle East, he did not touch on any of the investigations into his father-in-law.
By Brian Bennett
September 12, 2022
Biden Urges U.S. to Reject 'MAGA Republicans'
Biden embraced a sharper tone in a primetime address, warning of the dangers of a Republican Party still largely under Trump’s spell. It's a shift he's been honing for weeks.
By Brian Bennett
September 1, 2022
Trump's Legal Liability Grows Clearer
The latest filing is the most damning so far, with prosecutors alleging government records at Mar-a-Lago were “likely concealed and removed."
By Brian Bennett
August 31, 2022
GOP Hopes for Lawsuit Over Biden Student Debt
Conservative legal groups are exploring who would have legal standing to sue. House Republicans could try to sue if they win back the chamber.
By Brian Bennett
August 29, 2022
Trump Revives Impeachment Playbook
The legal system has ways to punish misrepresentations and lies, actions that have often brought Trump rewards in the political arena.
By Brian Bennett
August 25, 2022
Ukraine’s Secret Effort to Get U.S. Jets
Ukrainians are using invention, social media and disregard for protocol to fight back.
By Brian Bennett and Simon Shuster
August 19, 2022
Trump Messaging on FBI Search Mirrors Jan. 6
Trump publicly offered an olive branch to law enforcement on Monday, while continuing to stoke the rage of his supporters over the Mar-a-Lago search.
By Brian Bennett and Vera Bergengruen
August 15, 2022
How Trump Judges Limit Biden Executive Orders
Inside the White House, there’s a growing reluctance to take executive orders much further, partly out of concern that it could backfire.
By Brian Bennett and Abigail Abrams
August 15, 2022
Former Trump Officials Respond to FBI Search
The unprecedented move by federal law enforcement to execute a search warrant on a former President's home could serve to mobilize Trump's base.
By Brian Bennett
August 9, 2022
Biden Takes Victory Lap on Jobs Report
“Today there are more people working in America than before the pandemic began,” the President boasted.
By Brian Bennett
August 5, 2022
Zawahiri Strike Exposes Taliban-Al-Qaeda Link
“One can only imagine the kind of treatment that other Al Qaeda officials and fighters are getting,” says one counterterrorism expert.
By Brian Bennett
August 3, 2022
Biden Hails al-Zawahiri Killing
His death brings to a close one of the CIA’s longest-standing manhunts since the Sept. 11, 2001, attack.
By W.J. Hennigan and Brian Bennett
August 1, 2022
Biden’s ‘Bland Leadership’ May Get Results
Portions of the President's agenda are all but dead but he is poised to rack up some notable accomplishments headed into the midterms.
By Brian Bennett
July 29, 2022
Trump Calls for Moving Homeless to ‘Tent Cities’ in First D.C. Speech Since Leaving Office
In his first speech in Washington since leaving the White House, Trump offered autocratic ideas, lied about the 2020 election, and all but confirmed he wants to run again in 2024.
By Brian Bennett
July 26, 2022
The Jan. 6 Hearings May Be Exposing Trump’s ‘Glass Jaw’
A former Trump White House official says the clearest impact can be seen in how the Republican Party’s powerful donor base views the former President.
By Brian Bennett
July 22, 2022
What to Know About Stephen Bannon's Contempt of Congress Conviction
Bannon is one of the most prominent Trump allies who refused to cooperate with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
By Brian Bennett
July 18, 2022
Biden's Saudi Arabia Trip Is Really About Russia
The U.S. has decided it needs the Middle Eastern country on its side as it prepares for a new era of confrontation with Russia.
By Brian Bennett
July 13, 2022
These Are the Factors Garland Is Likely Weighing as He Mulls Charging Trump
With each consecutive Jan. 6 hearing, the spotlight on the Justice Department and the Attorney General has grown brighter.
By Brian Bennett
June 22, 2022
'There is Nowhere I Feel Safe': Jan. 6 Panel Hears From Election Officials Trump Targeted
Officials explained in harrowing detail how Trump's scheme to overturn the election disrupted their lives, sometimes in ways they were still recovering from.
By Eric Cortellessa and Brian Bennett
June 21, 2022
How Trump Pressured Pence With Taunts, Lies and an Angry Mob
"Make no mistake about the fact the vice president's life was in danger," a member of the Jan. 6 committee said.
By Brian Bennett
June 16, 2022
'The Mayor Was Definitely Intoxicated': Jan. 6 Panel Highlights Giuliani Role in Trump's Election Lie
The Jan. 6 Committee worked to show on Monday that Trump ignored any advisers telling him what he didn't want to hear.
By Brian Bennett
June 13, 2022
Biden to Kimmel: Voters Can Make Midterms About Gun Control
Kimmel pressed Biden on why he hasn’t done more to curb access to semi-automatic weapons.
By Brian Bennett
June 9, 2022
Matthew McConaughey, a Uvalde Native, Delivers an Emotional Speech at the White House
McConaughey’s eyes welled up as he described receiving text messages from Uvalde the day of the shooting.
By Brian Bennett
June 7, 2022
After Uvalde, Biden Fears Another Cycle of Inaction on Guns
A bipartisan group of senators are exploring whether any gun control measures could draw the necessary 60 votes.
By Brian Bennett
June 1, 2022
Sussman Trial: What to Know About Durham Probe and Trump
A trial underway in Washington has brought new attention to allegations against Trump that were pushed by Democrats and proved to be false.
By Brian Bennett
May 26, 2022
What Trump’s Bad Night in Georgia Says About GOP Voters
Whilte many of them eschewed his endorsements, Republicans in Georgia still love Trump.
By Brian Bennett
May 25, 2022
Biden Urges ‘Stand Up to Gun Lobby’ After Texas School Shooting
“I am sick and tired of it," the president said. "We have to act."
By Brian Bennett
May 24, 2022
Biden's Moves on NATO Come Amid Fear Russian War Will Expand
The president is getting progressively bolder in his efforts to support Ukraine and bolster NATO.
By Brian Bennett
May 19, 2022
Buffalo Shooting: Biden Faces Pressure on Gun Control
Joe Biden campaigned on a pledge to “end” America’s gun violence epidemic. The racially-motivated shooting that killed 10 people and injured three at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York on Saturday highlights how far...
By Brian Bennett
May 16, 2022
Biden's Abortion Stance and Catholic Faith Have Never Been More at Odds
Tension Between Biden's Abortion Stance and Catholic Faith
By Brian Bennett
May 13, 2022
Biden Says Access to Abortion Is a 'Fundamental' Right
President Joe Biden issued a forceful defense of access to abortion on Tuesday, saying a woman's right to choose is "fundamental" and that "basic fairness" demands that Supreme Court not overturn five decades of precedent...
By Brian Bennett
May 3, 2022
What Trevor Reed Reveals about Joe Biden’s Cautious Approach to Releasing American Hostages
President Joe Biden waited until former Marine Trevor Reed was out of Moscow, had been successfully exchanged for a Russian prisoner in Turkey, and was safely on a plane bound for the U.S. before calling...
By Brian Bennett
April 27, 2022
What Elon Musk's Purchase of Twitter Could Mean for Donald Trump's Account
Hours after Elon Musk bought Twitter, conservative Fox News host Tucker Carlson returned to the platform following a suspension for “hateful conduct” in tweets insisting a transgender senior Administration official was a man. When Twitter...
By Brian Bennett
April 25, 2022
Why Joe Biden Launched an Infrastructure Roadshow
Standing inside the cinder-block walls of the New Hampshire Port Authority in Portsmouth on Tuesday, Joe Biden had just praised the state’s politicians for helping pass last year’s infrastructure bill. He was about to launch...
By Brian Bennett
April 21, 2022
Biden Tries to Stop and Document Russian Atrocities in Ukraine
Collecting evidence of Russian brutality for later investigations and potential prosecutions has become a priority for the Biden Administration.
By Brian Bennett
April 6, 2022
The Invasion of Ukraine Hasn't Loosened Vladimir Putin's Grip on Power. It Might Have Done the Opposite
President Biden and senior U.S. officials have openly questioned Vladimir Putin’s leadership as Russia reels from economic sanctions and battlefield failures. Newly declassified U.S. intelligence has described Putin as increasingly isolated, unable to get accurate...
By Brian Bennett
April 2, 2022
The White House Is Already Starting the Blame Game for the Next COVID-19 Spike
The Biden Administration is preparing for a possible new surge in COVID-19 cases and has already started the political blame game in case the response falls short. The White House has called out Republicans in...
By Brian Bennett
March 25, 2022
Joe Biden's High-Stakes Europe Trip for NATO Summit Begins
Joe Biden had his hands full when he walked out the White House to start his four-day swing through Europe. Two cell phones were stacked together in one hand; a pair of his signature aviator...
By Brian Bennett
March 23, 2022
China’s Response to Russia Could Upend the World Order
Jake Sullivan looks flushed and his jaw is clenched. Across from President Joe Biden’s National Security Adviser, over a row of ferns at a matching table draped in blue cloth, sits China’s senior foreign affairs...
By Brian Bennett
March 16, 2022
Why President Biden Banned Russian Oil
Biden's ban on Russian energy imports is an effort to further choke off revenue going to Moscow amid Russia's deadly invasion of Ukraine.
By Brian Bennett
March 8, 2022
What Biden Could Do Next to Pressure Putin on Ukraine
As Joe Biden sat down in the West Wing’s Cabinet Room on Thursday with his top officials to discuss the U.S. response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a boom microphone rattled the chandelier overhead. Biden...
By Brian Bennett
March 4, 2022
President Biden's State of the Union: 'We Are United'
Joe Biden walked into the House Chamber Tuesday night, maskless, shaking hands with lawmakers before he spoke about a new moment in the country easing its pandemic restrictions. “Last year COVID-19 kept us apart. This...
By Abby Vesoulis and Brian Bennett
March 2, 2022
Russia's Ukraine Invasion Tests Joe Biden's Foreign Policy
Politicians have a tell. In moments of crisis, American Presidents are often most resolute about what they’re most worried about. When Joe Biden, visibly tired and facing a crisis of generation-defining proportions, walked to the...
By Brian Bennett
February 24, 2022
Joe Biden's Strategy for Dealing With Putin and Ukraine
Joe Biden spent the weekend before Valentine’s Day at Camp David, on the easternmost edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Russia had amassed 150,000 troops on the borders of Ukraine, and U.S. intelligence officials believed...
By Brian Bennett
February 17, 2022
How Donald Trump's Vaccine Support Is Splitting His Base
In late January, a blast of fundraising emails for Donald Trump featured a “MUST-SEE: New Trump Ad” that, among other things, championed Trump's role in creating a COVID-19 "vaccine in record time, saving millions of...
By Brian Bennett
February 10, 2022
Civilians Killed in ISIS Raid in Syria Despite Planning
There was a sense of relief inside the narrow, cramped Situation Room on Wednesday evening, when an early report came to President Joe Biden from the risky commando mission underway in northeastern Syria. A family...
By Brian Bennett and W.J. Hennigan
February 4, 2022
How Joe Biden Is Choosing a Supreme Court Nominee
With a freshly stoked fire roaring in the fireplace behind him, President Joe Biden welcomed into the Oval Office Tuesday two of the most powerful Senators charged with considering his pick for Supreme Court. “We’re...
By Madeleine Carlisle and Brian Bennett
February 2, 2022
Why Biden Is Already Losing in Putin’s Ukraine Gambit
As Russian tanks amassed along the frozen marshes of the Belarus border with Ukraine on Jan. 25, Joe Biden stepped into a small Capitol Hill boutique. After buying a card for First Lady Jill Biden...
By Brian Bennett and W.J. Hennigan
January 27, 2022
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