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April 5, 2026
Stephen Miller Is Still Pursuing His Immigration Agenda, but More Quietly
The architect of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign wants “a moratorium on immigration from third world countries until we can heal ourselves as a nation.” The chaos in Minneapolis has not...
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April 4, 2026
Trump Directs Officials to Pay All D.H.S. Employees
The memorandum calls for paying employees at the Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who have gone without pay during a record-long...
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April 4, 2026
Trump Contemplates Other Cabinet Changes as He Faces Political Clock
With the midterms approaching, the president may be running out of time to get new cabinet members confirmed without bipartisan support.
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April 2, 2026
Trump Says Strait of Hormuz Is Not America’s Problem, and How Musk May Get Richer
Plus, does every middle schooler really need a laptop?
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April 2, 2026
D.H.S. Inspector General Inquiry Focuses in Part on Corey Lewandowski
The investigation comes as administration officials have fielded complaints about how Kristi Noem’s top adviser, Corey Lewandowski, dealt with companies seeking federal contracts.
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April 1, 2026
Bomb Shelters and a Drone-Proof Roof: Trump Says Ballroom Is a Matter of Security
President Trump spoke about his ballroom’s security features as he argued against a judge’s orders to stop construction.
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March 31, 2026
Trump Posts Video of Presidential Library in Miami
President Trump posted a video rendering that appeared to include elements generated by artificial intelligence of a skyscraper in Miami featuring what appeared to be Air Force One.
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March 30, 2026
After Months of Threats, Trump Softens His Stance on Blocking Oil to Cuba
The White House press secretary said the United States would evaluate oil shipments to Cuba on a “case-by-case basis,” after a Russian tanker full of crude reached the island.
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March 27, 2026
Trump Offers More Aid to Farmers, a Key Support Bloc Hurt by Tariffs and War
The president announced new loan guarantees at a White House event that appeared intended to reassure a group that has found itself caught in the crosshairs of some of his major policies.
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March 21, 2026
How Corey Lewandowski Wielded Power Inside D.H.S.
While he was supposed to serve in a limited role as an adviser to Kristi Noem, Mr. Lewandowski had wide influence over contracts, personnel and operations inside the agency over the last year.
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March 17, 2026
What Are Trump’s Positions on Iran? They Can Change by the Sentence.
The president is no stranger to staking out contradictory stands, part of what his aides say is his negotiating style. But on Iran, his shifting positions are colliding with the consequences of war.
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March 16, 2026
Why Republicans are Changing Course on Immigration
What did Speaker Mike Johnson mean when he talked about a “course correction” in the Trump administration’s deportation approach? Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs analyzes how the m...
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March 7, 2026
ICE Arrests Slowed as Trump Backed Off After Minneapolis
The drop in arrests reflects a retreat, at least for now, from some of the administration’s most aggressive immigration enforcement tactics.
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March 7, 2026
Kristi Noem Survived Many Crises. Then She Crossed a Trump Red Line.
President Trump, who values loyalty, has at times tried to distance himself from his administration’s own actions when they become politically toxic.
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March 6, 2026
Timeline: The Rise and Fall of Kristi Noem as Trump’s DHS Secretary
The homeland security secretary, who was fired by President Trump Thursday, helped fulfill his border pledges, but also drew negative attention to his administration.
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March 5, 2026
How Trump’s Base Is Reacting to His War Message
Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs looks into how Trump’s base is responding to the administration’s conflicting messages on the war with Iran.
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March 2, 2026
Trump Says More U.S. Casualties Are ‘Likely’ in War With Iran, and Oil Prices Jump After Attack
Plus, what to know about the A.I. videos that kids are watching.
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March 2, 2026
Trump Says Iran War Could Last Weeks and Gives Competing Visions of New Regime
In a brief interview, he said the country’s hardened military should simply surrender their weapons to the Iranian public.
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March 1, 2026
Trump Stays Out of Public View After U.S. Launches Military Assault on Iran
President Trump did not deliver a formal address to the American public to explain why the country was at war, a departure from his predecessors.
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February 28, 2026
‘We Got to Win the Midterms’: Trump Takes His State of the Union Message on the Road
During a visit to Texas, President Trump made clear that he would be driving home his depiction of Democrats as out of step ahead of the elections in November.
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February 27, 2026
Trump’s Go-To Tactic in the State of the Union
Our reporter Zolan Kanno-Youngs examines the context of a moment in the State of the Union speech when President Trump turned to a favorite tactic on immigration.
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February 26, 2026
Trump Declared Victory in Minneapolis. But What Did He Accomplish?
The Trump administration came under fire for an operation that turned lethal and politically toxic. But the show of force may also have had a bigger purpose: to serve as a warning.
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February 18, 2026
Administration Increases Scrutiny of Noncitizen Voting, Pursuing a Trump Claim
The move is part of an extraordinary all-fronts effort to insert federal law enforcement into the machinery of American elections ahead of the midterms.
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January 22, 2026
An Emboldened Trump’s Whipsaw Approach to the World
He says there’s a method to the madness. But European allies wonder whether the United States is reliable anymore.
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January 22, 2026
At Davos, a Clash Between Trump’s World and the Old World
For decades, leaders have gathered in Davos to discuss a shared economic and political future. On Wednesday, President Trump turned the forum into a bracing clash between his worldview and theirs.
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January 21, 2026
Trump Heads to Davos Amid Deep Worries About U.S.-European Alliance
The gathering of the global elite is set to serve as an all-hands effort to de-escalate tensions between President Trump and America’s allies over his insistence on acquiring Greenland.
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January 20, 2026
Trump Escalates Tensions With European Allies With Greenland and Gaza Efforts
President Trump’s bellicose demands about Greenland and participation in his “board of peace” are deepening worries about the fate of the trans-Atlantic alliance.
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January 10, 2026
A ‘Ticklish Subject’: Trump’s Words on Immigration Often Collide and Contradict
In an interview with The New York Times, President Trump made a point of keeping distance from certain hard-line immigration policies, even as he continues to demonize and shut out immigrants.
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