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U.S., China Trade Chiefs to Speak as Trump Threatens Deal

Trump threatened to “terminate” the agreement if Beijing wasn’t adhering to the terms

By Bloomberg April 30, 2021

21 States File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over 'Dangerous' Changes to Federal Firearm Regulations

Other states involved in this lawsuit include Connecticut, New York, Maryland, Delaware, Hawaii and Illinois

By Josiah Bates January 24, 2020

Iran Tensions Turn Focus of Democratic Primary to Foreign Policy

In a race that has rarely zeroed in on foreign policy, the question has the potential to reveal fissures between Democratic rivals and upend the wide-open 2020 nominating contest.

By Alana Abramson April 30, 2021

Pompeo Looking for Exit to Run for Senate: Sources

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told three prominent Republicans in recent weeks that he plans to resign from the Trump Administration to run for the U.S. Senate from Kansas in next year's elections. The...

By John Walcott April 30, 2021

Breaking Point: How Trump and Bolton Finally Hit Their Limit

As President Donald Trump prepared in recent weeks to meet in person with Taliban negotiators at Camp David and with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in New York later this month, National Security Advisor John Bolton...

By Brian Bennett April 30, 2021

Why President Trump Cut a Methane Regulation That Even Big Oil Companies Wanted to Keep

The Trump Administration announced Thursday the rollback of an important environmental regulation on methane emissions that even some of the world's biggest oil-and-gas companies support. The fact that Big Oil backed a regulation designed to...

By Justin Worland April 30, 2021

Trump's Muddled Message on Hong Kong Captures the Real Problem With His Foreign Policy

The confusion captures an enduring challenge of the Trump presidency: it’s almost impossible to discern America’s approach to key foreign issues because the process for setting and enforcing policy is ignored or irrelevant.

By John Walcott April 30, 2021

Trump Drops Ratcliffe as Pick for Top Intelligence Job

Trump's announcement, which came less than a week after he announced his intention to nominate Ratcliffe for the position, came amid a series of news reports indicating the Texas Republican had embellished his biography, concerns in Congress over Trump's attempt to install a partisan in a role that oversees a constellation of 17 intelligence agencies and the prospect of an exodus of intelligence officials over his plan to block the ascension of a veteran deputy.

By Alana Abramson August 2, 2019

Trump Says Iran Mistakenly Downed Drone. Iran Disagrees

The President hasn’t been shy about saying he doesn’t want to get involved in additional military entanglements overseas, but Thursday’s shoot-down represented the most serious clash yet.

By W.J. Hennigan April 30, 2021

Donald Trump Didn't Really Win 52% of White Women in 2016

The idea that a majority of white women voted for the President has shaped national narratives. The only problem? It's probably wrong.

By Molly Ball April 29, 2021

When It Comes to Breastfeeding, This Is Why Women Never Feel Like They’re Right

'We're overwhelmed and paralyzed by the debates about what's best'

By Susanna Schrobsdorff April 29, 2021

For the Trump Administration, Reuniting Migrant Families Proves Easier Said Than Done

The federal government is under court orders to swiftly reunite the migrant families that were separated at the border under the Trump Administration's "zero tolerance" policy. But efforts to get even the youngest children returned...

By Maya Rhodan December 5, 2018

I Fled the Nazis as a Child Refugee. Trump's Border Policy Echoes Europe's Darkest Days

Eighty years ago Britain took me in, writes Lord Alf Dubs. Would any country do the same today?

By Alf Dubs June 21, 2018

Did the Trump Administration Lose Immigrant Children?

The outrage over the dual news stories was unsurprising. Reports spread that migrant children were being separated from their families at the U.S. border and that Donald Trump's Administration had lost track of nearly 1,500...

By Abigail Abrams May 31, 2018

Why Donald Trump Hasn't Fired Scott Pruitt

“The more anyone tells him to ditch Scott Pruitt, the more he wants to fight them."

By Justin Worland April 27, 2018

The Federal Deficit Will Hit $1 Trillion by 2020

The CBO says tax cuts and spending increases signed by Trump don't boost economic growth

By Erik Wasson and Sarah McGregor / Bloomberg June 3, 2021

Schiff Memo Released

The White House deemed the document “politically driven"

By Billy House / Bloomberg June 3, 2021

Trump: Chief of Staff John Kelly Will Decide on Jared Kushner's Security Clearance

“I will let General Kelly make that decision,” Trump said

By Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg June 3, 2021

Linda Sarsour: Trump’s Anti-Muslim Rhetoric Helps Unite America Against Him

It was almost a week after the 2017 Women’s March — possibly the largest single-day protest in U.S. history — that President Trump signed an executive order temporarily banning immigrants and refugees from seven Muslim-majority...

By Linda Sarsour January 30, 2018

4 Keys to Rebuilding Our Roads and Airports the Right Way

An infrastructure plan requires these solutions, writes a former HUD Secretary

By Henry Cisneros January 31, 2018

The Biggest Controversies From Betsy DeVos' First Year

From school choice to campus sexual assault

By Katie Reilly April 29, 2021

President Trump’s Refugee Policies Primarily Hurt Women and Children

‘The United States has a critical role to play’

By Jina Krause-Vilmar February 13, 2018

Should You Work for the Trump Administration Even If You Disagree With the President?

After 37 years of public service in the Navy, I am an unabashed advocate for everyone stepping up to serve our nation. When people very nicely say to me, “Thank you for your service,” I...

By James Stavridis April 29, 2021

McCain Condemns Controversy Over Trump's Call to Widow

"That should not be the topic of discussion in America today"

By Abigail Abrams April 29, 2021

Health Secretary Tom Price Resigns After Scandal

The revelation that the Health and Human Services Secretary had taken more than a dozen flights on privately chartered jets infuriated the President and prompted Price to step down

By Philip Elliott April 29, 2021

Who Loses Disability Benefits in President Trump's Budget

President Trump's budget slashes funding for a social program that goes disproportionately to counties that supported him

By Haley Sweetland Edwards May 25, 2017

Congress Should Leave the Michael Flynn-Russia Investigation to the FBI

The intelligence community alone knows how to get full answers

By Joe Navarro April 7, 2017

Why Trump Is Interviewing Generals for His Cabinet

The benefit of their experience may be offset by a military-centric foreign policy

By Mark Thompson November 30, 2016

Donald Trump's Administration Is a Basket of Deplorables

"None of this is normal"

By Darlena Cunha April 29, 2021

Trump Administration

Rick Perry Pushed Deals That Helped Friends as Energy Secretary

CBP Defends Controversial Urban Deployment

12 Ways the Trump Administration Has Deepened Inequality

Names of PPP Borrowers Won’t Be Released

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