Politics News Looking Ahead To Trump S Second Term

Republicans hyped the Epstein files for years. Now Trump is under pressure to deliver

What began as a campaign-trail promise to release the Jeffrey Epstein files has become one of the most fraught tests of President Donald Trump’s second term — opening a rift in his political coalition ... Read More

Trump and Mamdani in chummy White House meeting: recap

"I expect to be helping him, not hurting him," Trump said of Mamdani, a democratic socialist who he previously denounced as "a communist." ... Read More

Affordability: Does Trump have an answer?

And in a Washington Post/ABC News poll taken just before the elections, 71% of Americans said they were spending more on groceries than a year ago, with 59% blaming Trump for rising prices. Read More

Trump treading water on Epstein and the economy as MAGA coalition splinters

President Donald Trump’s 2024 coalition is in disarray, and the president embarked on a last-ditch effort this week to convince voters ahead of a contested midterm cycle that all is right at the White ... Read More

One Year After Trump’s Second Victory, The Right Is More Emboldened Than Ever

It has been one year since President Donald Trump was elected to the Oval Office for the second time. Read More

Week in Politics: This week's elections; SCOTUS and Trump tariffs; shutdown update

We look at what Tuesday's vote means to both parties, and how the Supreme Court is looking at President Trump's tariffs. We also look ahead to what's next in the shutdown. Read More

Democrats pitch alternatives for Trump's ballroom: From the Politics Desk

Convert it into a museum: Saikat Chakrabarti, a Democrat who’s running for retiring Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s seat in California, suggested turning the ballroom into a Smithsonian-run museum. If elected, he ... Read More

Two days that tarnished Trump’s aura of absolute power

The myth of Donald Trump’s absolute power rests on everyone believing it’s true. So, hints of vulnerability, successful challenges to his authority, or portents of a not-so-distant future that he ... Read More

Donald Trump’s Approval Rating ‘In a Free Fall’ for Weeks: Nate Silver

Silver, a statistician and political analyst, said Trump's net approval rating is now at "the lowest it's been during his second term." ... Read More

Trump hits lowest approval rating of second term in DDHQ polling average

President Trump has hit his lowest approval rating since taking office for his second term in the White House, according to a Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ) polling average. Trump’s approval ... Read More