Trump Presidency News

Original reporting on the Trump presidency with in-depth coverage of the administration’s policies, appointments, and governance. Explore news, commentary, and analysis on how President Trump’s presidential leadership continues to define America’s political, economic, and cultural direction.
Filter articles by
    • Opinion

    Who Wants to Increase the National Debt? Both Trump and Harris

    It’s been a little over a week since the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget sent a letter to Kamala Harris and Donald Trump suggesting the two presidential candidates get serious about “skyrocketing” national debt, which now exceeds $35 trillion.  Washington is spending $1.8 trillion more than it collects annually.  “Our publicly held debt will…
    Debra Saunders
    Read More
    • Opinion

    Why Veterans Are Voting for Trump

    Vice President Kamala Harris has a problem with veterans. They overwhelmingly support her opponent—favoring former President Donald Trump by a lopsided 61%-37%, according to the latest Pew Research Center survey. For years, civilians have been sold a narrative that just isn’t true. Democrats and liberals in the media invested heavily in trying to portray Trump…
    Daniel McCarthy
    Read More
    • News

    Trump Buoyed in 2 Polls in Battleground Pennsylvania 

    The Nov. 5 presidential election could be won or lost in Pennsylvania, and a recent Cygnal poll in the state’s key communities shows that Donald Trump may be in the driver’s seat.  In a poll released Oct. 3, Cygnal surveyed 420 likely general election voters in Pennsylvania’s two “bellwether counties,” Erie and Northampton. The poll,…
    Christina Lewis
    Read More
    • Opinion

    Debunking Democrats’ Oft-Repeated Anti-Trump Lies

    If you are reading these words, you are paying unusually close attention to Election 2024. Most Americans are too busy to follow campaigns in depth. Politicos often speak in shorthand and wrongly assume that everyone understands us. Phrases like “very fine people” and “bloodbath” echo across party offices and newsrooms. But they escape normal people….
    Deroy Murdock
    Read More
    • Opinion

    Sticking With Trump: CEO’s Sign Makes a Big Statement in Small-Town America

    Anthony Constantino grew up in Amsterdam, New York, at a time when the city was bustling with activity. In the years that followed, however, many of the manufacturing jobs disappeared, leaving its factories empty and its residents without work. Rather than flee upstate New York, Constantino instead co-founded Sticker Mule in 2010. The company makes…
    Rob Bluey
    Read More
    • Opinion

    CBS Effort to Make Harris Look Better Reveals Media Panic Over Trump

    As former President Donald Trump’s lead in the Electoral College widens over Vice President Kamala Harris, the national media is pulling out all the stops. The latest example: flagrant media bias at CBS News in favor of Harris. Conservatives are taking aim at CBS for what appears to be its attempts to polish Harris’ sloppy…
    Carrie Sheffield
    Read More
    • Opinion

    How Donald Trump Can Win the Popular Vote

    Democrats should brace for a shock four weeks from now—the possibility not just of a victory for former President Donald Trump but a win so big Trump even beats Vice President Kamala Harris in the popular vote. Trump doesn’t need to do that, of course: He can return to the White House just by winning…
    Daniel McCarthy
    Read More
    • News

    ‘I SEE NO APOLOGY’: Naval Academy Postpones Anti-Trump Lecturer, Critics Demand Answers

    The U.S. Naval Academy announced that it would postpone a lecture featuring a politically charged speaker who suggested she would use the event to attack former President Donald Trump, less than a month before the 2024 presidential election. While the academy postponed the speech, critics demanded answers as to why it selected the speaker in…
    Tyler O’Neil
    Read More
    • News

    5 Highlights From Trump Rally at Site of Attempted Assassination

    Former President Donald Trump honored Corey Comperatore, the father and firefighter who was shot at his July rally, in his return to Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday—one month before the 2024 presidential election. “Corey, our beautiful Corey, Corey is not with us tonight, and he should be, and we all miss him,” Trump said at his…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
    Read More
    • News

    Poll: Trump Leads Harris by 1% in 2-Way Contest, Trump and Harris Tied at 48% in 8-Way Contest

    LANSING, Mich. (MICHIGAN NEWS SOURCE)—As Nov. 5 inches closer, the race for president in Michigan sits at a statistical dead heat. An exclusive statewide poll of Michigan voters conducted for Michigan News Source and MIRS by Mitchell Research & Communications, Inc. shows former President Donald Trump holds a 1% lead over Vice President Kamala Harris…
    Michigan News Source Staff
    Read More
    • Opinion

    That Bipartisan Border Bill Harris Blames Trump for Killing Would Codify Illegal Immigration Crisis Into Law: The BorderLine

    Back in February, the Senate voted down a supposedly “bipartisan” and “compromise” border bill co-sponsored by Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz. Though in 2022, Vice President Kamala Harris told Chuck Todd of Meet the Press “the border is secure,” she has promised to support this bill’s return in Congress. As the…
    Simon Hankinson
    Read More
    • Opinion

    Democrats Support Foreign Interference to Stop Trump

    REAL CLEAR POLITICS—For eight years now, Democrats have bemoaned interference in American elections. The national security apparatus of the United States has been warning about influence campaigns. The media has done so as well. Editorials and anchors have decried Russian interference. They are all strangely silent over the latest foreign interference in our elections. That…
    Erick Erickson
    Read More
    • News

    ‘Breakdown’: Pa. Law Enforcement Slams Lack of Secret Service Guidance Ahead of Trump Shooting

    Local law enforcement officials from Pennsylvania told a House panel Thursday that they got little guidance on security at the rally site where former President Donald Trump was shot in July—and a former Secret Service agent said the lack of planning was highly unusual.  Chairman Mike Kelly, R-Pa., opened the first hearing of the House…
    Fred Lucas
    Read More
    • News

    Melania Trump Says Media Is ‘Fueling A Toxic Atmosphere’ Against Her Husband Following Assassination Attempts

    THE DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Former First Lady Melania Trump criticized the media’s rhetoric on Thursday for allegedly fueling the would-be assassins’ motives to commit violence against former President Donald Trump. The former first lady said during a “Fox & Friends” interview that it is expected that two would-be assassins would threaten her husband’s life since members of…
    Nicole Silverio
    Read More
    • News

    In Speech on Economy, Trump Calls for ‘New American Industrialism’

    “To the autoworkers in Michigan, Georgia, and all other parts of our country, I am pinpointing you for greatness,” former President Donald Trump said in a campaign speech on Tuesday. In a rally held in Savannah, Georgia, Trump laid out his economic vision for the United States if he is reelected in November. His message…
    Jarrett Stepman
    Read More
    • Opinion

    Debunking the Worst Gun Control ‘Hot Takes’ After Second Trump Assassination Attempt

    Donald Trump by all accounts survived another assassination attempt earlier this month when Secret Service agents engaged a rifle-wielding man lying in wait in bushes adjoining a hole at his private golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, where the former president was playing. As is so often the case after high-profile incidents involving the…
    Amy Swearer
    Read More
    • Opinion

    Voters Don’t Want Harris’ or Trump’s Campaign Policies

    Neither Vice President Kamala Harris nor former President Donald Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday’s front page, has any proposals to cut the rapidly increasing national debt. Instead, both are proposing to hand out goodies to strategically positioned voters. Harris, with an eye on polls showing young voters not as pro-Democratic as in…
    Michael Barone
    Read More
    • Opinion

    Another Month, Another Trump Assassination Attempt

    This week, a would-be assassin aimed a rifle at Donald Trump through the fence at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. A Secret Service agent saw the man and shot at him; he was later arrested. The alleged shooter has a long record of clear-cut, left-wing hatred: He has opined that…
    Ben Shapiro
    Read More
    • Opinion

    PolitiFact Throws Its 200th ‘Pants on Fire’ Tag at Donald Trump

    Kamala Harris consented to a puffball panel discussion with the National Association of Black Journalists on Sept. 17, and it was announced that PolitiFact would engage in live “fact-checking.” Its Twitter feed then displayed 14 checks on Harris’ answers. The first one was labeled “False,” and all the rest of them were “True,” “Accurate,” or…
    Tim Graham
    Read More
    • News

    ABC News May Have ‘Inappropriately Influenced’ Harris-Trump Debate, Senator Says

    Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., has accused ABC News of partiality and left-leaning bias during the recent presidential debate, saying that Kamala Harris’ campaign may have “inappropriately influenced the proceedings” against Donald Trump.   In a letter Wednesday, the senator demanded that ABC release all pre-debate communication and coordination with the Harris campaign, saying the public…
    Ann Moreno
    Read More