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  • Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald Trump pose ahead a meeting in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Trump says he’ll meet Putin next Friday in Alaska to discuss Ukraine war’s end and predicts ‘some swapping of territories’

    By Will Weissert, Vasilisa Stepanenko, and others
  • TrumpPolitics

    Fresh off sealing massive EU trade deal, Trump’s Scotland jaunt opens golf course ‘labor of love’ designed by his son Eric

    By Will Weissert, Darlene Superville, and others
  • Bill BelichickSuccess

    Are college athletes employees of their schools? Trump signs executive order asking labor authorities to figure it out

    By Will Weissert and The Associated Press
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    Coke tight-lipped on Trump’s promise to make American Coke with real sugar again

    By Will Weissert and The Associated Press
  • Trump and portraitsPolitics

    Trump holds court on presidential portraits, pretty picture frames and FDR, ‘an amazing man’

    By Will Weissert and The Associated Press
  • In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, right, shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent before their meeting to discuss China-U.S. trade, in London, Monday, June 9, 2025. (Li Ying/Xinhua via AP)Politics

    Bessent says new U.S.-China deal is a sign of ‘de-escalation’ after Trump’s trade war roiled global markets

    By Elaine Kurtenbach, Will Weissert, and others
  • President Donald Trump drops papers as he meets with Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Politics

    Trump and British PM Starmer sign trade deal to slash auto and aerospace tariffs—but steel is still under discussion

    By Jill Lawless, Will Weissert, and others
  • FILE – Julie Chrisley, right, and her husband Todd Chrisley pose for photos at the 52nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards April 2, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)Politics

    Trump to pardon ‘Chrisley Knows Best’ stars convicted in 2022 of tax evasion and conspiring to defraud banks of over $30 million

    By Will Weissert and The Associated Press
  • Trump greets Qatari businessmen during his Middle East tripPolitics

    Ethics issues arise as Trump deepens his Middle East ties: ‘When he leaves the White House, the company is worth more, his personal wealth goes up’

    By Will Weissert and The Associated Press
  • President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Health

    Trump says new executive order limiting drug costs to what other countries pay will cut prices 30%-80% ‘immediately’

    By Will Weissert, Amanda Seitz, and others
  • FILE – A 13-year-old private Boeing aircraft that President Donald Trump toured on Saturday to check out new hardware and technology features, and highlight the aircraft maker’s delay in delivering updated versions of the Air Force One presidential aircraft, takes off from Palm Beach International Airport, Feb. 16, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)Politics

    Trump calls Qatar plan to give him a luxury Boeing 747 to use as Air Force One a ‘very public and transparent transaction’

    By Zeke Miller, Will Weissert, and others
  • White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller speaks to reporters outside the White House, Friday, May 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Politics

    Trump team mulls suspending the constitutional right of habeas corpus to speed deportations. Can it?

    By Will Weissert and The Associated Press
  • President Donald Trump waves to supporters from his limousine as he arrives at Trump International Golf Club, Saturday, March 29, 2025, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Health

    Trump proclaims himself ‘in good shape,’ but the results of his physical aren’t immediately released

    By Will Weissert and The Associated Press
  • Demonstrators gather outside of the Edward A. Garmatz United States District Courthouse in Baltimore, on Friday, March 14, 2025, before a hearing regarding the Department of Government Efficiency’s access to Social Security data. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)Politics

    Social Security is classifying more than 6,000 living immigrants as dead to get them to leave the country

    By Will Weissert, Fatima Hussein, and others
  • FILE – Thousands of unemployed people gather outside City Hall in Cleveland during the Great Depression, after some 2,000 jobs were made available for park improvements and repairs, Oct. 9, 1930. (AP Photo, File)Politics

    Trump says high tariffs could have prevented the Great Depression but history shows Smoot-Hawley made a bad situation much worse

    By Will Weissert and The Associated Press