• WATCH: Bessent testifies on Trump’s Treasury Department budget request before Senate committee

    WATCH: Bessent testifies on Trump’s Treasury Department budget request before Senate committee

    Apr 22, 2026 02:29 PM EDT

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent doubled down on economic pressures on Iran on Tuesday. Watch Bessent's testimony on President Donald Trump's budget request in the video player above. In a post on X Tuesday evening, Bessent said the blockade of Iranian ports “directly targets the regime’s ...

  • WATCH: RFK Jr. testifies on Trump's HHS budget request before Senate committees

    WATCH: RFK Jr. testifies on Trump's HHS budget request before Senate committees

    Apr 22, 2026 12:37 PM EDT

    ... Letlow and Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming, to seize on any sound bites from Wednesday’s hearings that can make Cassidy seem at odds with the Trump administration. But Dorit Reiss, a vaccine law expert at UC Law San Francisco, said the political risk of his vaccine advocacy may not be ...

  • WATCH: Trump addresses NCAA Collegiate National Champions at White House

    WATCH: Trump addresses NCAA Collegiate National Champions at White House

    Apr 21, 2026 11:54 PM EDT

    President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his call for Congress to pass legislation that would rein in college sports at a time athletes are allowed to move freely from school to school and command salaries that put athletic departments in financial peril. Watch Trump's remarks in the video player ...

  • Trump extends Iran ceasefire as talks to end war stall

    Trump extends Iran ceasefire as talks to end war stall

    Apr 21, 2026 10:55 PM EDT

    ... the Americans again. But the source was telling us that the Trump administration has no desire to change anything about the blockade right now. President Trump made that pretty clear in his TRUTH Social post that we saw earlier today. A reality check here though, Amna. President Trump said just ...

  • Fed nominee Warsh questioned on independence from Trump and personal wealth

    Fed nominee Warsh questioned on independence from Trump and personal wealth

    Apr 21, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    President Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, was on Capitol Hill facing a slew of lawmaker questions on his monetary policy and independence from Trump. But the president’s pressure campaign against Jerome Powell threatens to freeze Warsh’s nomination. Amna Nawaz discussed more with David Wessel of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and...

  • Approval of Trump on economy falls in new AP-NORC poll, as Iran war drives up prices

    Approval of Trump on economy falls in new AP-NORC poll, as Iran war drives up prices

    Apr 21, 2026 09:48 PM EDT

    ... of money.” Falling approval on the economy among independents and Republicans Despite efforts to tout last year’s tax cuts and brush off economic concerns, Trump’s economic approval remains low among independents and has even eroded among Republicans. About 2 in 10 independents approve of Trump’s performance on ...

  • A timeline of Trump's shifting statements about how long the Iran war will last

    A timeline of Trump's shifting statements about how long the Iran war will last

    Apr 21, 2026 06:52 PM EDT

    ... as the REAL AGREEMENT reached is fully complied with." If the agreement isn’t reached, Trump said, the "shootin’ starts." April 12: After failed negotiations, Trump said "most points were agreed to, but the only point that really mattered, NUCLEAR, was not." Trump said the U.S. would begin blocking ...

  • Trump participates in marathon Bible-reading event with other top Republicans

    Trump participates in marathon Bible-reading event with other top Republicans

    Apr 21, 2026 04:30 PM EDT

    ... We need the word first to bring faith into our life.” Trump's latest faith-related tensions The Bible event comes just a week after Trump drew rare criticism from his evangelical supporters for circulating a social media meme in which a white-robed Trump appeared as a Jesus-like ...

  • Trump tells PBS News that ‘lots of bombs start going off’ if Iran ceasefire expires

    Trump tells PBS News that ‘lots of bombs start going off’ if Iran ceasefire expires

    Apr 20, 2026 01:56 PM EDT

    President Donald Trump told PBS News on Monday morning that if the ceasefire with Iran expires Tuesday, “then lots of bombs start going off.” The statement came during a phone call with White House correspondent Liz Landers focused on the Iran war, as a U.S. delegation is preparing for ...

  • Trump signs order to hasten review of psychedelics

    Trump signs order to hasten review of psychedelics

    Apr 18, 2026 04:27 PM EDT

    Trump's order calls on the Department of Health and Human Services to direct at least $50 million to states that have enacted or are developing programs to advance psychedelic drugs for serious mental illness. It's described as a federal-state partnership to provide funding, technical assistance and data ...