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President Donald Trump walks down the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
Trump says he’s not backing down on tariffs, calls them ‘medicine’ as markets reel
President Donald Trump says he won’t back down on his sweeping tariffs on imports from most of the world unless countries even out their trade with the U.S.
 
Laura Loomer arrives with Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at Philadelphia International Airport, Sept. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola, File)
A look at Laura Loomer, longtime Trump ally criticized for racist posts and Sept. 11 conspiracies
Laura Loomer, a right-wing personality known for her incendiary social media presence, appeared to have President Donald Trump’s ear again.
 
Republican candidate Randy Fine, second from left, meets with supporters after the special election for U.S. House District 6 was called in his favor, Tuesday, April 1, 2025 in Ormond Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Democrats take hope in flipping a county in a ruby red corner of the Florida Panhandle
When the results for Tuesday’s special election in Florida came in, Democrat Gay Valimont had fallen short of winning a congressional seat that few thought she had a chance to claim.
 
Republican Jimmy Patronis is congratulated during an election night watch party Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Pensacola, Fla. (AP Photo/Kate Payne)
Republicans win Florida special elections in Trump strongholds by narrower margins than in 2024
Republicans Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine have won special elections in two Florida congressional districts. They were bolstered by President Donald Trump’s endorsement to fill vacant seats in reliably Republican strongholds.
 
Early voters line up outside the Supervisor of Elections office Tuesday, March 25, 2025, in DeLand, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Republicans in Mike Waltz’s old district aren’t mad at him or Trump over Yemen Signal chat
Washington is roiled by the news that one of President Donald Trump’s top aides added a journalist to a group chat discussing military plans. But many Republicans going to the polls to replace that White House aide’s old U.S.
 
Luis Boulart, 85, poses for a photo in Miami, March 13, 2025. He arrived to the U.S. in 2015 and obtained his citizenship in 2022 casting his first presidential vote for Trump. (AP PhotoAdriana Gomez Licon)
‘It’s not personal': Trump’s deportation efforts find support among South Florida Latinos
Reaction in South Florida to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has been far more muted than in his first term.
 
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem walks past journalists at the White House, Monday, March 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
How the White House hired Republican political firms to launch an anti-migrant ad campaign
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security skipped a fully competitive bidding process to give two Republican-linked firms the first part of a $200 million anti-immigration ad campaign.
 
Vice President JD Vance, right, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, as President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mystyslav Chernov)
What they said: Trump, Zelenskyy and Vance’s heated argument in the Oval Office
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance had a heated exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office over the war in Ukraine, accusing him of not showing gratitude after he challenged Vance on the question of diplomacy with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
 
Elon Musk speaks during a Cabinet meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (Pool via AP)
Federal workers start to get a new email demanding their accomplishments
Federal employees are starting to receive a new email requiring them to explain their recent accomplishments.
 
Conservative commentator Dan Bongino speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., March 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Ex-Secret Service agent and conservative media personality Dan Bongino picked as FBI deputy director
A former U.S. Secret Service agent who has penned best-selling books, ran unsuccessfully for office and gained fame as a conservative pundit with TV shows and a popular podcast has been chosen to serve as FBI deputy director.
 
Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
‘Dark MAGA’ spreads as conservatives embrace Musk’s influence on Trump
At an annual gathering of conservatives, the emerging influence of billionaire Elon Musk on President Donald Trump was on display.
 
President Donald Trump dances as he speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Trump revels in mass federal firings and jeers at Biden before adoring conservative crowd
President Donald Trump says “nobody has ever seen anything” like his administration’s sweeping effort to fire thousands of federal employees and shrink the size of government.
 
Argentina's President Javier Milei waves to the crowd before speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
At CPAC, Argentina’s Milei explains his chainsaw methods and likens them to Musk’s DOGE
Argentina’s President Javier Milei is urging conservatives to keep supporting measures to shrink the size of government. He’s likening his policies to those started by President Donald Trump and his billionaire adviser Elon Musk.
 
Steve Bannon speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Steve Bannon is accused of doing a straight-arm Nazi salute at CPAC but says it was just ‘a wave’
Steve Bannon has been accused of making a Nazi salute at a conservative gathering where President Donald Trump is slated to speak this weekend, but says the gesture was merely “a wave.”
 
Elon Musk holds up a chainsaw he received from Argentina's President Javier Milei, right, as they arrive to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Musk waves a chainsaw and charms conservatives talking up Trump’s cost-cutting efforts
Billionaire Elon Musk has created a buzz waving a chainsaw in the air at a conservative gathering outside Washington. Musk showed openness to auditing the Federal Reserve and accused Democrats of “treason.”
 
FILE- Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks before unveiling the Model Y at Tesla's design studio, March 14, 2019, in Hawthorne, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
State Department halts plan to buy $400M worth of armored vehicles from Musk’s Tesla
The State Department had been in talks with Elon Musk’s Tesla company to buy armored electric vehicles, but the plans have been put on hold by the Trump administration after reports emerged about a potential $400 million purchase.
 
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor participates in a fireside chat with Knight Foundation President and CEO Maribel Pérez Wadsworth in Miami Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Sotomayor says presidents have largely followed rule of law, offers words of caution
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said presidents have historically obeyed judicial rulings with a few exceptions while advocating for the court to move cautiously to maintain a system of checks and balances.
 
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference Sept. 16, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
DeSantis goes to battle with Florida Republicans in trying to get closer to Trump
In Florida, it’s still DeSantis vs. Trump. Once hailed as a potential heir to Donald Trump — and widely expected to have presidential aspirations in 2028 — Florida Gov.
 
The U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, is pictured Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Trump and Musk move to dismantle USAID, igniting battle with Democratic lawmakers
The Trump administration and billionaire ally Elon Musk have moved to shutter an agency that provides crucial aid to fund education and fight starvation overseas, sparking a showdown with congressional Democrats who blasted the effort as illegal and vowed a court fight.
 
The air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is pictured, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Arlington, Va., near the wreckage of a mid-air collision between a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet in the Potomac River. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Air traffic controllers were initially offered buyouts and told to consider leaving government
Just a day before a deadly midair collision at Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., employees at the Federal Aviation Administration were sent an offer to resign with eight months’ pay.
 
A member of a dive team and a Coast Guard vessel with a crane are pictured as they work near the wreckage of a Black Hawk helicopter in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
‘Heartbreaking’ search for those killed in DC air crash as army helicopter’s black box recovered
Investigators have announced that the black box from the Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a commercial jetliner has been recovered.
 
President Donald Trump takes questions while speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Trump was challenged after blaming DEI for the DC plane crash. Here’s what he said
President Donald Trump began his White House briefing with a moment of silence and a prayer for the victims of Wednesday’s crash at Reagan National Airport. But his remarks quickly became a diatribe against diversity hiring.
 
A diving team and police boat is seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Midair collision kills 67 people in the deadliest US air disaster in almost a quarter century
A midair collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Kansas killed all 67 people aboard the two aircraft.
 
Gloria Camacho holds a notification stating her visa appointment was canceled, due to Colombian President Gustavo Petro's refusal to accept repatriation flights of Colombian citizens from the U.S., outside the U.S. embassy in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Hundreds of US visa appointments canceled in Colombia following spat with Trump over deportations
Visa appointments at the U.S. Embassy in Colombia have been canceled following a dispute between President Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro over deportation flights that nearly turned into a costly trade war between both countries.
 
President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act during an event in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
What is the Laken Riley Act? A look at the first bill Trump just signed
The first bill signed by President Donald Trump is named after a slain Georgia nursing student whose name became a rallying cry during Trump’s White House campaign.
 
Vice President-elect JD Vance takes the oath of office during the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool Photo via AP)
Billionaires, tech titans, presidents: A guide to who stood where at Trump’s inauguration
The crowded scene in the Capitol Rotunda on Inauguration Day featured four of the world’s five wealthiest men, five U.S. presidents, influential sporting figures and two foreign leaders with prime seats on the dais.
 
Han Kuo-yu of the Nationalist Party speaks during a media event in Taipei, Taiwan, Nov. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying, File)
Trump’s inauguration will be first attended by foreign leaders
For the first time in U.S. history, a president-elect is welcoming foreign leaders for one of the most American political traditions — the peaceful transfer of power.
 
Technicians set up the presidential lectern as organizers work to move the Inauguration Day swearing-in ceremony into the Capitol Rotunda due to expected frigid weather in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
What to watch at Trump’s inauguration: Big Tech CEOs, Carrie Underwood and foreign leaders
Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president was expected to be an extravagant break from tradition — before it got moved indoors due to cold weather.
 
President-elect Donald Trump, standing with Melania and Barron Trump, waves as they board an Air Force Special Mission airplane at Palm Beach International Airport Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 in West Palm Beach, Fla., en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Trump’s family circle has a different look as he returns to the White House
As Trump prepares to return to the White House, his family circle looks a little different than it did eight years ago. His youngest son, Barron, was in fifth grade when Trump’s first administration began. He’s now a college freshman.
 
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. President-elect Donald Trump will choose Sean Curran, right, as Secret Service Director. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Trump wants one of the agents who covered him after he was shot to lead the Secret Service
President-elect Donald Trump will choose as leader of the Secret Service one of the agents who covered him after a gunman opened fire at the candidate during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
 
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