Tag: Donald Trump

President Donald Trump told Axios Thursday that he wants to be personally involved with picking Iran's next leader, despite multiple senior administration officials repeatedly declaring that "regime change" is not a stated objective of Operation Epic Fury. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump wants to be personally ‘involved’ in picking next Iranian leader: Report

Christian Datoc · March 5, 2026 12:39 pm

Ships on the Strait of Hormuz

Energy and Environment

Lloyd’s of London in talks over Trump plan to backstop ships in the Strait of Hormuz

Maydeen Merino · March 5, 2026 12:22 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Monday, March 2, 2026, in Washington

Washington Secrets

Trump’s correspondents’ dinner RSVP raises a dilemma: Can journalists laugh at his jokes or not?

Rob Crilly · March 5, 2026 11:55 am

Cornyn & Trump.

MAGA voters will be ‘up in arms’ if Trump endorses Cornyn over Paxton: Lauren Green

Asher Notheis · March 5, 2026 11:40 am

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY).

Rand Paul excoriates Congress for failure to pass War Powers Resolution: ‘Should be ashamed’

Claire Carter · March 5, 2026 11:15 am

This image provided by U.S. Central Command shows a F/A-18E Super Hornet preparing to make an arrested landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) after a mission in support of Operation Epic Fury, on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (U.S. Navy via AP)

Beware Iran’s Council at Fili: What if the regime goes underground?

Tom Rogan · March 5, 2026 8:00 am

Dr. Casey Means testifies during a Senate Health, Education Labor and Pension Committee confirmation hearing for U.S. Surgeon General on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)

The ‘woo-woo’ philosophy of Trump’s surgeon general pick

Gabrielle M. Etzel · March 5, 2026 7:00 am

Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi.

Beltway Confidential

Beware the Reza Pahlavi boosters

John Schindler · March 5, 2026 6:00 am

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., center, joined by, from left, Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters at the Capitol, in Washington, Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Democrats’ Iran criticism risks political blowback: ‘Reflexive anti-Trumpism’

Naomi Lim · March 5, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump speaks during the launch of a program known as Trump Accounts at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

White House Correspondents’ Association dinner gives Trump chance to hit media critics

Mabinty Quarshie · March 5, 2026 5:00 am

Texas Rep. James Talarico at his primary election night watch party. (Lauren Green/Washington Examiner)

Democrats cautious after Talarico nomination in red Texas: ‘Everything has to go right’

Lauren Green, Samantha-Jo Roth · March 5, 2026 5:00 am

Former President Joe Biden listens to a speaker before receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute's 10th Anniversary Celebration, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in Boston.

DOJ quietly closes autopen investigation targeting Biden and aides

Kaelan Deese · March 4, 2026 9:26 pm