Just hours after being sworn in, Trump pardoned more than 1,500 people charged with crimes in connection to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Trump had repeatedly vowed to pardon the rioters who stormed the Capitol that day throughout his campaign, despite some of them being convicted of assaulting a police officer.
President Donald Trump answered questions at a press availability on a range of topics following a White House meeting with top congressional Republicans.
President Donald Trump will meet with a trio of moderate House Republicans at the White House on Wednesday as he courts unified GOP support for his agenda in the closely divided chamber, according to two Republicans familiar with the meeting.
House Republicans are pushing a new bill to limit birthright citizenship to babies born with at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
Donald Trump Jr., the adult son of President Trump, weighed in on a survey that showed him as a leading 2028 Republican presidential candidate, telling the crowd not to get him “in trouble.” Asked
In an interview aired Wednesday night, Trump said he may withhold aid to California until the state adjusts how it manages its scarce water resources. He falsely claimed that California’s fish conservation efforts in the northern part of the state are responsible for fire hydrants running dry in urban areas.
While Trump is a dominant political force among evangelical and conservative Christians, he has faced criticism from the Pope, the former Archbishop of Canterbury in the U.K. and progressive mainline protestants in the U.S over a range of issues.
The situation previews a series of looming clashes between Trump’s personal interests and lawmakers’ professed principles.
In President Donald Trump’s first television interview in the Oval Office since returning to the White House, he told Fox News he “might have to” cut funding for sanctuary cities, rebuffed concerns over TikTok and criticized Biden’s pardons.
Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance discusses the challenges Trump's orders from his first day back in office are already facing.
While some lawmakers have raised concerns, House Speaker Mike Johnson said planned reconciliation legislation and the president’s executive orders “dovetail