• Trump suggests high oil prices are a positive after bragging about low gas prices last month

    Trump suggests high oil prices are a positive after bragging about low gas prices last month

    Mar 12, 2026 07:41 PM EDT

    ... it placed mines in the Strait of Hormuz, later stressing that the U.S. military was blowing up Iran’s mine-laying ships. On Wednesday, Trump's Energy Secretary Chris Wright briefly posted that the U.S. Navy had escorted a tanker through the strait — later deleting the false claim ...

  • WATCH: Trump holds Women's History Month celebration at the White House

    WATCH: Trump holds Women's History Month celebration at the White House

    Mar 12, 2026 06:56 PM EDT

    President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump held a Women's History Month event on Thursday. Watch in our video player above. Trump says he’s been ‘fully briefed’ on attack on synagogue outside Detroit The president said at the White House event, “I want to send our love ...

  • Trump administration starts new process to try to replace tariffs struck down by Supreme Court

    Trump administration starts new process to try to replace tariffs struck down by Supreme Court

    Mar 11, 2026 11:54 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday opened a new trade investigation into manufacturing in foreign countries — an effort that comes after the Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s previous use of tariffs by declaring an economic emergency. Trump and his team have made clear that they’re ...

  • How Trump's SAVE America Act would reshape voting and why critics are concerned

    How Trump's SAVE America Act would reshape voting and why critics are concerned

    Mar 11, 2026 10:30 PM EDT

    President Donald Trump: Who told you that? Liz Landers: There's been reporting that there's an executive order, proposed executive order about this. Are you looking at that? Are you considering that? President Donald Trump: No. (Crosstalk) Liz Landers: The president has also said he regrets not using the ...

  • Smartmatic says Trump's 'campaign of retribution' is driving criminal prosecution

    Smartmatic says Trump's 'campaign of retribution' is driving criminal prosecution

    Mar 11, 2026 08:21 PM EDT

    MIAMI (AP) — Voting technology firm Smartmatic is seeking to dismiss a criminal indictment for money laundering, blaming President Donald Trump and his allies for seeking its prosecution as part of a “campaign of retribution” against those they blame for his 2020 election loss. Smartmatic's parent company, UK-based SGO ...

  • Trump has one prescription for the midterms. House Republicans have another

    Trump has one prescription for the midterms. House Republicans have another

    Mar 11, 2026 07:36 PM EDT

    In the meantime, other high-profile work lies ahead for Congress, including reopening the Department of Homeland Security and confirming its new leader. Johnson suggested on Tuesday that there were ways for lawmakers to continue their work amid Trump's threat to not sign legislation. The speaker noted that the ...

  • WATCH: Asked what U.S. needs to do to end Iran war, Trump says 'more of the same'

    WATCH: Asked what U.S. needs to do to end Iran war, Trump says 'more of the same'

    Mar 11, 2026 06:22 PM EDT

    Trump has chosen to deflect responsibility for the bombing of a girl's school in southern Iran on the first day of the conflict, killing at least 165 people. Trump on Saturday blamed the attack on Iran, saying its security forces are "very inaccurate" with munitions. On Monday, after the ...

  • WATCH: Trump touts economic agenda, campaigns against Rep. Massie in Kentucky

    WATCH: Trump touts economic agenda, campaigns against Rep. Massie in Kentucky

    Mar 11, 2026 03:50 PM EDT

    ... Kentucky's Republican primary on May 19. Massie is an outspoken Trump critic who opposed the White House-backed tax and spending measure and bucked Trump by pushing to have files related to the sex trafficking investigations into Jeffrey Epstein released. WATCH: Trump calls GOP Rep. Massie, who fought for ...

  • Fact-checking Trump's claim that Iran has Tomahawk missiles

    Fact-checking Trump's claim that Iran has Tomahawk missiles

    Mar 10, 2026 11:48 PM EDT

    ... look at evidence linking U.S. to Iranian school strike In a March 10 floor speech, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., criticized Trump’s assertion. "Iran doesn't have Tomahawk missiles, Donald Trump," Schumer said. "The claim is beyond asinine." Republican lawmakers expressed concern as well. Sen ...

  • Afghans stranded for a year by Trump's refugee freeze now caught in new war

    Afghans stranded for a year by Trump's refugee freeze now caught in new war

    Mar 10, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    President Trump’s decision to freeze refugee processing left thousands in limbo. For more than a year, 1,100 Afghan refugees who thought they were bound for the United States have been stranded on a disused military base in Qatar. Now, having fled one war, they’re trapped in another and caught in the crosshairs of Iran’s ballistic...