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Jeff Zeleny

@jeffzeleny

Chief National Affairs Correspondent, @CNN. Covering the White House, Washington and the state of politics in America.

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A bit of White House redecorating today as iconic Trump painting from assassination attempt now hangs in Grand Foyer, with Obama portrait moved across the way. cnn.com/2025/04/11/pol…

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Trump pays close attention to presidential portraits as we learned during in his first term, when he effectively moved Clinton and Bush portraits out of sight, as we reported back then: cnn.com/2020/07/17/pol…

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"If I asked him to, he'll be out of there," President Trump said of Fed Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. "If I want him out, he'll be out of there real fast, believe me."

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In an extended Oval Office q & a, the president repeatedly said Powell should cut rates. "There’s a lot of political pressure for him to lower interest rates," Trump said.

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President Trump said gas prices hit $1.98 in some states. Prices have gone down, as we've seen when we fill up the tank, but not even close to below $2. The closest? $2.70 in Mississippi and Tennessee. Daniel Dale has a fact check: cnn.com/2025/04/17/pol…

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President Trump backtracks on his long-running threats against Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, saying: "No, I have no intention to fire him." A new tone just now in the Oval Office after saying this last week: “If I want him out, he’ll be out of there real fast, believe

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Does President Trump plan to walk away from Ukraine talks if Zelensky doesn't accept by the end of the day? “Not by the end of the day today, but the president has maintained that its frustration is growing, and he needs to see this thing come to an end,” Karoline Leavitt tells me.

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An extraordinary image and moment of Trump-Zelensky before Pope Francis' funeral. The White House calls it "a very productive discussion."

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President Trump is heading to Macomb County, Michigan to mark his first 100 days back in office. We spent a little time here talking with voters, where the economic anxieties and questions about tariffs echoed through our conversations. cnn.com/2025/04/29/pol…

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On day 101, the buck stops with ..... "This is Biden. You can even say the next quarter is Biden," President Trump said when asked about an economic slowdown and rising anxiety.

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"Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 and maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally," President Trump said when asked about the prospect of empty store shelves in a prolonged trade war with China.

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Speaking to CEOs at the White House, President Trump waxes nostalgic about the economy from his first term. As for now, he says: "I think you have to give us a little bit of time to get moving, but this is still the Biden economy."

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In his speech to the Saudi-US Investment Forum, President Trump takes time to tell his Riyadh audience how he won all seven battleground states in America last fall.

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He campaigned on a promise of “America First” with deep isolationist strains, but President Trump is signaling a far more globalist view on his Middle East tour. Betsy Klein & I report from Abu Dhabi: edition.cnn.com/2025/05/15/pol…

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Asked about Biden's cancer diagnosis, Trump said: “I think it’s very sad. I’m surprised the public wasn’t notified a long time ago -- to get to stage 9." (Trump twice repeated that, but Biden's cancer is actually stage 4.) Trump went on to talk about cognitive tests...

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"Elon's really not leaving -- he's going to be back and forth," President Trump said during an Oval Office farewell to his high-profile DOGE leader.

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Medicaid is at the center of the tax-and-spending debate in Congress. The real-world implications are playing out across the country for those who rely on health benefits, food assistance and rural hospitals. Our story from Missouri: cnn.com/2025/06/26/pol…

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Bacon, a rare outspoken critic of Trump in the House GOP, won't run in 26 A big Dem opening in NE-02. But his decision was widely expected by House R leaders, who saw him telegraphing his plans to leave, including with his voting record w/ Jeff Zeleny cnn.com/2025/06/27/pol…