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Trump greets Qatari businessmen during his Middle East trip

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

FILE – Usha Vance attends a campaign rally, Nov. 1, 2024, in Selma, N.C. (AP Photo/Allison Joyce, File)

Second lady Usha Vance will visit Greenland and see its national dogsled race as Trump talks up US takeover

By Will Weissert and The Associated Press

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 invokes 18th century law to speed deportations, judge stalls it hours later

By Nicholas Riccardi, Will Weissert, and others

Presidents Trump and Xi speak to each other

Trump says William McKinley ‘made our country very rich through tariffs.’ But the 25th president changed his mind on tariffs after realizing ‘friendly trade relations will prevent reprisals’

By Will Weissert and The Associated Press

In this photo released by an official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaks in a meeting with a group of defense officials, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Trump says he sent a letter to Iran to open nuclear talks: ‘The other alternative is we have to do something’

By Jon Gambrell, Will Weissert, and others

Donald Trump and Elon Musk stand together

Trump and Musk present a united front—but will the relationship last?

By Will Weissert and The Associated Press

President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk, joined by his son X Æ A-Xii, speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington.

Trump offers mixed praise on Elon Musk — ‘seriously high IQ individual’ who has his faults

By Will Weissert and The Associated Press

President Donald Trump and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, in Washington. (Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump warns ‘great friend’ Modi of higher reciprocal U.S. tariffs: ‘Whatever India charges, we charge them’

By Will Weissert and The Associated Press

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi listens during the closing session of the Franco-Indian Economic Forum at the Quai d’Orsay on the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (Abdul Saboor, Pool Photo via AP)

Modi looks to avoid tariffs in meeting with Trump, who calls India the ‘tariff king’

By Will Weissert and The Associated Press