Trump and Putin likely to speak this week, Steve Witkoff tells Jake Tapper 🦅 on CNN

A behind the scenes look at why Vance decided to join his wife on her trip to Greenland tomorrow, the message he hopes the trip will send, and the US delegation’s plans while there w/ Kevin Liptak Betsy Klein cnn.com/2025/03/27/pol…

Who has Trump's ear on tariffs? A look inside the economic team of rivals advising the president, w/Kevin Liptak & Phil Mattingly: cnn.com/2025/04/11/pol…

Where Obama’s portrait once was

Trump to become the second sitting president to attend a papal funeral. The first, George W. Bush, brought his two predecessors with him -- his father and Bill Clinton -- to Rome on Air Force One for John Paul II's funeral in 2005.

Our first newsletter is out! In today’s edition - an interview with Tim Walz on why members of Congress see gubernatorial races as a DC escape hatch, news from a skittish Wall Street and more. Please subscribe to the Early Brief: washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Historic and controversial changes at breakneck speed: Inside Trump’s first 100 days New reporting w/ Kevin Liptak cnn.com/2025/04/29/pol…

Amid ongoing battle with Harvard, Trump in the Oval Office raises notion of a 15% cap on foreign students so more Americans can attend.

Asked what the Trump admin will do given China not living up to trade commitments, Stephen Miller on CNN points to Rubio rolling out plans to revoke Chinese student visas & more measures will be considered. Reporting w/ Kevin Liptak & Phil Mattingly cnn.com/2025/05/29/pol…

California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis says on CNN to Jessica Dean there will likely be a lawsuit filed tomorrow challenging Pres. Trump’s activation of national guard troops in Los Angeles

Trump, on his call earlier with Putin: “He feels, as do I, this war in Israel-Iran should end, to which I explained, his war should also end.”

President Trump is departing the G7 early -- “President Trump will return to Washington tonight so he can attend to many important matters," Karoline Leavitt says.

President Trump's blunt assessment of the French president after G7: "Emmanuel always gets it wrong." Tonight, I got reaction to that harsh post from French FM spokesperson Christophe Lemoine:

"I can only confirm that there are both public and private messages being directly delivered to the Iranians in multiple channels, giving them every opportunity to come to the table,” Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth says today

Trump again warns Republicans against cutting too deep in his agenda bill: “I don’t want to go too crazy with cuts. I don’t like cuts. There are certain things that have been cut, which is good. I think we’re doing well, we’re going to have to see. It’s very complicated stuff.”

Trump is reviving the Presidential Fitness Test ⁦Alayna Treene⁩ ⁦Kyle Feldscher⁩ cnn.com/2025/07/31/pol…

With Scott Bessent's withdrawal of interest in the Fed chairmanship, it's a battle of the Kevins -- Warsh and Hassett -- for Federal Reserve chairman. “Both Kevins are good,” Trump tells CNBC. There are two non-Kevins in the running as well.

US officials, including Trump, have briefed European leaders and Ukrainian officials on a plan offered by Putin to halt the war in Ukraine in exchange for significant territorial concessions by Kyiv, according to Western officials briefed on the matter. cnn.com/2025/08/08/pol…

NEW: Summer is Alaska's peak tourist season & officials quickly learned that options to host a Trump-Putin summit were severely limited. Details on the WH scramble behind landing on Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage for the meeting -w/ Kevin Liptak cnn.com/2025/08/12/pol…

Large new flag on the White House North Lawn lowered to half-staff for the first time in honor of Minnesota shooting victims