Scoop: Trump enlists business to push Dems on shutdown

President Trump and top aides are enlisting powerful business and labor groups to push Senate Democrats to end the government shutdown, Axios has learned. Why it matters: Trump, while threatening mass ... Read More

Billionaire Trump Ally Emerges as Key Broker in Harvard Fight

Stephen A. Schwarzman, the leader of the Blackstone Group, one of the world’s largest investment firms, has taken a direct role in Harvard’s negotiations with the White House. Read More

Trump’s ‘Apocalypse Now’ threats conceal seeds of political weakness

President Donald Trump is vowing to wield apocalyptic power inside the United States, even as the adverse impact of some of his key policies is becoming clear. Read More

Stick to politics? How Donald Trump is using sports to advance his agenda

President Donald Trump’s plan to bring back the Presidential Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition — and with it the Presidential Fitness Test — has a healthy, get-off-the-couch ring to it. For as ... Read More

‘I don’t think it helps either side’: Quiet concerns emerge in Trump’s orbit over shutdown

President Donald Trump believed the government shutdown would deliver Republicans a swift and decisive political victory. But with the stalemate now likely to spill into a second week, that ... Read More

Trump asks 9 colleges to commit to his political agenda and get favorable access to federal money

The White House is asking nine major universities to commit to President Donald Trump’s political priorities in exchange for more favorable access to federal money ... Read More