• Tensions rise with Trump and Republican senators ahead of midterms

    Tensions rise with Trump and Republican senators ahead of midterms

    Jun 19, 2026 04:22 PM EDT

    ... party in an election year. Trump's dwindling number of allies Some Senate Republicans have made clear they have no plans to separate themselves from Trump. As several of his colleagues criticized Trump’s agreement with Iran this week, first-term Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, aggressively defended it on ...

  • Italy's Meloni pushes back on Trump's 'fabricated' claim as top diplomat cancels U.S. trip

    Italy's Meloni pushes back on Trump's 'fabricated' claim as top diplomat cancels U.S. trip

    Jun 19, 2026 03:18 PM EDT

    ... leaders are ideologically aligned on many issues. As the head of a far-right party, Meloni backs curbing migration and promoting traditional values. Weeks before Trump’s 2025 inauguration, Meloni met Trump at his Mar-a-Lago retreat, a visit that she said went “beyond expectations.” It was, she said ...

  • 'Markets, munitions and midterms' pushed Trump to Iran deal, Michael Doran says

    'Markets, munitions and midterms' pushed Trump to Iran deal, Michael Doran says

    Jun 18, 2026 10:50 PM EDT

    To discuss the Republican reaction to President Trump's deal with Iran, Amna Nawaz spoke with Michael Doran, a former GOP foreign policy official. He was senior director for the Middle East on the National Security Council in the George W. Bush administration and is now at the Hudson Institute.

  • Trump administration's reframing of Jan. 6 reignites accountability debate

    Trump administration's reframing of Jan. 6 reignites accountability debate

    Jun 18, 2026 10:30 PM EDT

    ... lot of us should have -- actually helped save the country and partook in a real insurrection. Liz Landers: Fellows was among those pardoned by President Trump last year. Do you think that there has been a rewriting of what happened on January 6? Brandon Fellows: I think it needed to ...

  • WATCH: Vance holds White House briefing after Trump signs Iran war agreement

    WATCH: Vance holds White House briefing after Trump signs Iran war agreement

    Jun 18, 2026 02:40 PM EDT

    He said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, “to his credit, has not gone down this path” but blamed members of his Cabinet. “The problem for Israel is not Donald J. Trump and anybody in Israel who thinks their biggest problem is the president of the United States needs to ...

  • Trump's economic approval rating hits new low, poll finds

    Trump's economic approval rating hits new low, poll finds

    Jun 18, 2026 09:00 AM EDT

    Some voting groups that Trump handily won aren’t happy with his economic approach, including more thanhalf of white voters without a college degree.

  • Trump stalls confirmation process of his own national intelligence nominee

    Trump stalls confirmation process of his own national intelligence nominee

    Jun 17, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    ... just a few seconds, if you can, how does this complicate life for Senate Majority Leader John Thune? Andrew Desiderio: Look, his relationship with President Trump has definitely taken a hit. They had to do a lot of rebuilding before John Thune became Senate majority leader, of course. But he ...

  • Trump wants 'control of everything,' GOP strategist says as Congress faces pressure

    Trump wants 'control of everything,' GOP strategist says as Congress faces pressure

    Jun 17, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    ... I'm a Republican in Georgia, I'm nervous because I know that they have two Democratic senators that were basically made senators by Donald Trump by really own goal, to use a World Cup term, really own goal mistakes by Trump that really put Ossoff and Warnock in the ...

  • Takeaways from the G7: Trump's new attitude toward allies buoyed by their praise for Iran deal

    Takeaways from the G7: Trump's new attitude toward allies buoyed by their praise for Iran deal

    Jun 17, 2026 09:54 PM EDT

    ... they’d made headway in demonstrating to Trump that Ukraine does hold some cards and that Russia isn’t assured of victory -- contrary to what Trump had heatedly told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last year. Macron invited Zelenskyy to participate in the summit. Macron gets Trump to stay for the ...

  • WATCH: Trump tours Palace of Versailles before dinner with France's Macron

    WATCH: Trump tours Palace of Versailles before dinner with France's Macron

    Jun 17, 2026 09:51 PM EDT

    ... Trump, who called the Windsor banquet one of the highest honors of his life. But it seems to have won few concessions. The early Macron-Trump “bromance” has hardened into something rougher and more transactional.Trump has threatened tariffs of up to 100% on French wine and Champagne amid a ...