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Amid the glitz, glamour and party atmosphere of an unusual midterm convention in Dallas, the president boasted of his accomplishments, predicted Republican victories and all but ignored the daunting political landscape his party faces this fall.
The president’s call to send a $5,000 “dividend” to every American adult if Republicans win the midterms disturbed some members of his party.
Senator Susan Collins, the only Republican seeking re-election in a state President Trump lost, steered clear of his convention as she distances herself from him and his record.
The Trump administration is taking an increasingly militarized approach to Latin America, and it has pushed governments across the region to work with U.S. forces.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose name has been floated as a possible 2028 Republican contender to succeed President Trump, said he has no plans to launch another bid for the White House. "I don't know what the future holds, but I have no plans at this time," Rubio said in an interview with Colombian...
The president has de-emphasized and shifted the war on terrorism at a time when fear of foreign attack has receded into the background of American life.
Vice President JD Vance received sobering assessments about the war that did not line up with what he, along with President Trump and other top administration officials, were saying publicly.
Iran has resumed production of ballistic missiles, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, contradicting the Trump administration's claims that Tehran's military capabilities have been destroyed in the months-long conflict with the U.S. Iran has assembled new missiles using existing components in more limited quantities than before the war in several underground sites, including the Khojir...
$45,000 is not pocket change. For many Americans, that could erase high-interest debt, cover months of housing, fund child care, build an emergency savings cushion or become a down payment.
Vice President Vance is giving the keynote address Thursday evening at the first-ever GOP midterm convention in Dallas. President Trump will close out the two-day event after Vance. Trump on Wednesday made a vow to provide $5,000 dividend checks to Americans if the GOP maintains majorities in the House and Senate in November. Vance has...
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a block on the Trump administration’s restrictions on mail-in voting, as the Supreme Court considers the case. Three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit concurred with U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, who last week blocked the U.S. Postal Service from implementing President Trump’s...
Republican politicians, donors and lobbyists have been busy networking and partying on the sidelines of a midterm convention that is partly a fund-raiser.
President Trump defended the timing of his proposal to give every U.S. adult a $5,000 dividend, only if Republicans maintain their majorities in the House and the Senate. "Why not just give the money now? If you have the money, why not give it now?" Fox News' Laura Ingraham asked Trump in an interview that...
A disclosure shows that Steve Witkoff collected nearly $107 million in 2025 from a holding company that includes a crypto business owned by his family and President Trump’s.
The White House plans to send the money to people in 30 states who have higher incomes and are insured under the Affordable Care Act.
The Trump administration proposed to change the national census to only count U.S. citizens and permanent residents and exclude immigrants living in the country illegally ahead of the 2030 census. The Census Bureau released the proposal online Wednesday, more than a year after President Trump directed the Commerce Department, which oversees the bureau, to develop...
The Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) lone Democratic commissioner is pointing to ABC comedian Jimmy Kimmel's decision not to broadcast an interview with Texas Senate nominee James Talarico (D) as evidence of what she called the Trump administration's attempts to stifle free press. “Jimmy Kimmel’s decision to keep his interview with a Senate candidate off the air...
OPINION: President Trump says he will give $5,000 to every adult American if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in this year's midterms.
OPINION: President Trump says he will give $5,000 to every adult American if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in this year's midterms.
Officials from the Justice Department (DOJ) and Education Department alleged Wednesday that the University of California, Berkeley School of Law favors Black applicants over white and Asian applicants, in violation of federal law. In a letter to attorney Tania Faransso, who is representing the law school, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said the institution “deliberately...
The Trump administration is pledging to send $500 rebate checks to nearly 1 million Americans who the White House says were overcharged for ObamaCare coverage. In a recorded message posted to the White House X account Thursday, President Trump alleged without evidence that the Biden administration was “massively” overcharging enrollees on the federal health insurance exchange...
President Trump will give remarks Thursday afternoon after touring the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas. The event comes less than a day after Trump headlined the first night of the GOP midterm convention in Dallas. During his speech, he pledged $5,000 dividend checks to Americans if Republicans maintain control of both chambers...
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President Trump on Wednesday pledged to dole out $5,000 dividends to U.S. adults only if Republicans keep their control of Congress after the fall midterm elections, the latest financial promise he has made across his two presidencies. The president announced the proposed "Trump dividends" while speaking at the Republican National Committee's (RNC) midterm convention in...