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White House national security advisor Mike Waltz participates in a TV interview at the White House on Thursday morning. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

White House

Trump to nominate Mike Waltz as UN ambassador

Waltz leaves national security adviser post in first shake-up of second term

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 1, 2025 at 12:22pm, Updated at 3:33pm

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends the White House Easter Egg Roll on April 21.

Policy

Lawmakers decry Hegseth’s elimination of Women, Peace & Security program

By Mark Satter
Posted April 30, 2025 at 12:16pm
President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on April 23. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

White House

Trump’s first 100 days offer blueprint for future presidents to evade Congress

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 28, 2025 at 3:15pm
The Supreme Court building in Washington.

Policy

US asks Supreme Court to allow transgender service ban

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 24, 2025 at 1:03pm
E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington.

US urges appeals court to allow military transgender ban

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 22, 2025 at 3:57pm
President Donald Trump meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni over lunch in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Thursday.

Trump puts Italy’s Meloni in high-pressure role as bridge to EU on tariffs

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 17, 2025 at 4:23pm
President Donald Trump speaks Monday in the Oval Office as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump open to tariff talks but warns of locking some countries out of US market

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 7, 2025 at 5:49pm, Updated at 8:01pm
Democrats raised concerns over the removal of books from the U.S. Naval Academy library. Above, a Naval Academy graduation ceremony in 2021.

Democrats call for halt of military academy book purge

By Briana Reilly
Posted April 7, 2025 at 11:32am
National Security Agency director Gen. Timothy Haugh testifies during a Senate Select Intelligence Committee hearing on March 25.

Democrats criticize Trump’s firing of National Security Agency director

By Briana Reilly
Posted April 4, 2025 at 3:52pm
Rep. Elise Stefanik, who was among the lawmakers mentioned in the report, said she would "always work to deliver results for NY-21 defense companies that support jobs in my district and ensure our service members have access to the best technology possible."

Hill wants $15 billion for weapons Pentagon didn’t seek: report

By John M. Donnelly
Posted April 2, 2025 at 9:00pm