Politics Today News President Trump S Second Week In Office Delivers Jolts And Chaotic Orders With A Mix Of Politics And Tragedy

Trump’s push for law and order shows he’s no longer encumbered by government guardrails

President Donald Trump is embracing tough-on-crime policies in his second term. The Republican has deployed National Guard troops to cities led by Democratic officials and has plans to do more. Read More

Here’s why Trump is in a ‘much better spot’ during second term: CNN analyst

Harry Enten compared Donald Trump’s current net approval rating to his net approval rating during the government shutdown in his first term in office. Read More

Trump’s week in review: President secures historic peace deal to bring hostages home as shutdown continues

Trump secured a historic peace deal between Israel and Hamas this week to end the war in Gaza and return the hostages two years after Oct. 7, 2023. Read More

A GOP-appointed judge fears Americans are complacent about Trump. Polling backs him up

In the most extraordinary judicial rebuke of President Donald Trump’s second term, a Ronald Reagan-appointed judge on Tuesday cast him as a lawless president who endorsed a “truly scandalous and ... Read More

Trump takes a victory lap as Gaza peace deal is signed: From the Politics Desk

The Knesset, the Israeli parliament, greeted Trump with a standing ovation when he spoke there. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi gave Trump his country’s highest civilian honor later in the ... Read More

Trump ups the pain, partisanship in taking shutdown politics to new levels

In the hours leading up to the government shutdown, the Department of Housing and Urban Development blared a message on its website declaring “the radical left are going to shut down the government.” ... Read More

The signs of a blue wave aren't there like they were in Trump's first term: From the Politics Desk

The signs of a blue wave aren't there like they were in Trump's first term: From the Politics Desk Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, a newsletter that brings you the NBC News ... 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

More Americans like how Trump’s second term is going compared to the first - but most still hate both

More Americans like how Trump’s second term is going compared to the first - but most still hate both - Trump’s ‘flood the zone’ tactic appears to be getting attention from Americans — but that doesn’ ... Read More

No stranger to shutdowns: A look at Trump's history with government closures

A shuttered government is familiar territory to President Donald Trump, whose first term saw three shutdowns, including a 35-day closure spanning the end of 2018 into early 2019. It remains the ... Read More