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A former U.S.A.I.D. worker talks with the columnist Lydia Polgreen about enduring the second Trump administration.

Agreement with Trump’s policy aims need not mean agreement with his power grab. But the most powerful branch of government — the branch with the power to check the others — is supine. It is not that ...

David Tennant took to the podium as the BAFTA Film Awards host for a second time on Sunday night — and called out U.S. President Donald Trump. The “Doctor Who” star, who also hosted last ...

President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend the 2025 Daytona 500 race in Daytona Beach, Florida. This will be Trump's second appearance at the Daytona 500 as president, having previously ...

Trump and Musk say they want to make sure the Fort Knox gold is still there: 'Maybe it's there, maybe it's not' Donald Trump and Elon Musk are unsure if there is still gold at the famed US repository.

Donald Trump visited the Daytona 500 in 2020 and 2025. George W. Bush was the first president to attend the Daytona 500. Only one other acting president has been to the Daytona 500: George W. Bush ...

Trump called Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’ amid a brewing war of words between the two leaders. Here are the key developments on the 1,092nd day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Billionaire and head of the newly created US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Elon Musk, along with US President Donald Trump, has taken on the legacy media houses in the US. The attempt ...

To the relief of Wall Street, the President agreed to pause his tariffs against Mexico and Canada, but he remains as determined as ever to upend the international trading order. A flurry of ...

The Herd with Colin Cowherd First Things First Speak Breakfast Ball The Facility ...

It's official: President Donald Trump will be at NASCAR's Daytona 500 on Sunday in Florida. It will be the second time Trump, as president, has attended "The Great American Race." There was a lot ...