Tag: Donald Trump

President Donald Trump has repeatedly declared that “America will never be a socialist country,” but after just one year back in the White House, he’s already stood up policies that may prove more progressive than anything former President Joe Biden enacted across his four-year term. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

After one year, Trump is on his way to ‘out-progressive-ing’ Biden on the economy

Christian Datoc · January 4, 2026 7:00 am

Collage of Margo Martin, special assistant and communications advisor to President Donald Trump, and White House deputy chief of staff James Blair.

Get to know the unheralded aides who help keep Trump’s White House running

Christian Datoc · January 4, 2026 6:00 am

Trump at a rally.

Courage, Strength, and Optimism

The military’s staggering competence under Trump

Peter Laffin · January 4, 2026 6:00 am

Hundreds of newly trained al Shabab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area some 18km south of Mogadishu, Somalia.

Some cultures are simply not compatible with American values

Washington Examiner · January 4, 2026 5:00 am

Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX).

The 2026 campaign ad spending arms race is already underway

Samantha-Jo Roth · January 4, 2026 4:00 am

Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodriguez.

Court orders Venezuela’s vice president to serve as interim president after Maduro capture

Zach LaChance · January 3, 2026 11:25 pm

Trump and Hegseth at a press conference following U.S. strikes on Venezuela.

Hegseth says Trump ‘sets the terms’ for the future of Venezuela

Zach LaChance · January 3, 2026 8:16 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., right, talk with reporters following their meeting with President Donald Trump and Republican leaders on the government funding crisis, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025.

Schumer presses Republicans critical of Venezuela attack to pull back White House military powers

Emily Hallas · January 3, 2026 5:50 pm

Rubio at a UN meeting.

UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting over Trump Venezuela strikes and Maduro capture

Zach LaChance · January 3, 2026 4:53 pm

Venezuelan Vice President and Oil Minister Delcy Rodriguez gives a press conference at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 10, 2025.

Who is Delcy Rodriguez? Venezuela’s new president cooperating with Trump after Maduro’s capture

Emily Hallas · January 3, 2026 3:41 pm

A collage of President Donald Trump and former Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

Beltway Confidential

This wasn’t an arrest in Venezuela. This was an unauthorized regime-change war

Timothy P. Carney · January 3, 2026 2:29 pm

President Donald Trump listens as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine speaks at Mar-a-Lago, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla.

General ‘Razin’ Caine divulges details on Trump Venezuela operation that captured Maduro

Emily Hallas · January 3, 2026 2:20 pm