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FILE – President Joe Biden speaks from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump directs administration to investigate Biden’s actions as president, alleging aides masked his ‘cognitive decline’

By Chris Megerian, Matt Brown, and others

President Donald Trump speaks during a summer soiree on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in Washington.

Trump revives travel ban, barring entry from Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iran, Sudan, Yemen and 7 other countries

By Chris Megerian, Farnoush Amiri, and others

President Donald Trump smiles as he speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump wants to expand his $600 million war chest to $1 billion—and even made calls to donors himself

By Jill Colvin and Chris Megerian

Elon Musk waves

Elon Musk says he’ll do ‘a lot less’ political spending in the future: ‘I think I’ve done enough’

By Chris Megerian, Irina Ivanova, and others

President Donald Trump, center, with from l-r., Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Vice President JD Vance, and Britian’s ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson, making remarks on a trade deal between U.S. and U.K. in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump cuts tariffs on U.K. cars, steel and aluminum but keeps 10% base duty while Britain trims its taxes on 2,500 U.S. products

By Josh Boak, Chris Megerian, and others

A shot of Trump's hands folded on the Resolute Desk, with a MAGA hat next to them

100 days into Trump’s presidency, here are the promises he’s kept—and the ones that have fallen by the wayside

By Chris Megerian, Calvin Woodward, and others

Elon Musk arrives for US President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025.

Elon Musk’s public approval sank as he ramped up DOGE, poll reveals

By Chris Megerian, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, and others

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivers remarks during the International Finance Institute Global Outlook Forum

Scott Bessent slams IMF and World Bank for ‘vapid, buzzword-centric marketing’

By Fatima Hussein, Chris Megerian, and others

President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at the White House on Marine One, Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

GOP Senator wonders if tariff ‘medicine will be worse than the disease’—‘This is President Trump’s economy now’

By Chris Megerian, Josh Boak, and others

Elon Musk speaks at a town hall Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Elon Musk now says he ‘expected’ to lose ‘important for the future of civilization’ Wisconsin election where he spent over $20 million

By Chris Megerian and The Associated Press

Trump sits at a desk flanked by schoolchildren

‘It’s doing us no good’: Trump signs order to dismantle Education Department

By Chris Megerian and The Associated Press

President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speak to reporters near a red Model S Tesla vehicle on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Washington. (Pool via AP)

Trump’s public claims that DOGE is ‘headed by Elon Musk’ are coming back to haunt him as his administration tries to claim Tesla boss is merely an adviser

By Chris Megerian, Lindsay Whitehurst, and others

Sarah Cummings carries a protest sign to save the Department of Education while joining other protesters outside a Tesla showroom and service center in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Trump set to sign executive order shutting the Education Department—although doing so is likely impossible without an act of Congress

By Collin Binkley, Chris Megerian, and others

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport, Friday, March 14, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump says he will talk with Putin about ‘dividing up certain assets’ in Ukraine on Tuesday

By Chris Megerian and The Associated Press

President Donald Trump, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mystyslav Chernov)

Trump is ‘strongly considering’ hitting Russia with new sanctions and tariffs because it’s ‘pounding Ukraine on the battlefield right now’

By Aamer Madhani, Chris Megerian, and others