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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, stand next to national Thanksgiving turkey Gobble during a pardoning ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Donald Trump takes jabs at political opponents — including Gov. JB Pritzker — at annual turkey pardoning

November 25, 2025 at 1:13 p.m.

President Donald Trump plans to bestow ceremonial pardons on two turkeys and fly to his private Florida resort on Tuesday to celebrate Thanksgiving, a holiday interlude during what has been...

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani departs El Hotel Caribe Hilton after attending the SOMOS Puerto Rico conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

Trump plans to meet with Mamdani, says he’ll ‘work something out’ with New York City’s mayor-elect

November 17, 2025 at 8:12 a.m.

President Donald Trump indicated Sunday that he plans to meet with New York City’s mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and said they’ll “work something out,” in what could be a detente for...

FILE – Violent insurrections loyal to President Donald Trump break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

President Donald Trump pardons Jan. 6 rioter for gun offense and woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents

November 15, 2025 at 2:03 p.m.

President Donald Trump has issued two pardons related to the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 riot, including for a woman convicted of threatening to shoot FBI agents.

FILE – In this Nov. 9, 2017, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, chats with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

President Trump reduces tariffs on China after meeting President Xi Jinping in South Korea

October 30, 2025 at 5:52 p.m.

President Donald Trump says he has decided to lower his combined tariff rates on imports of Chinese goods after talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose together ahead of their summit talk at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

President Trump appears to suggest the US will resume testing nuclear weapons for first time in 30 years

October 30, 2025 at 5:05 p.m.

President Donald Trump has appeared to suggest on social media that the U.S. resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time in three decades.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro holds up a portrait given to him by a supporter during a rally in Ibague, Colombia, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/ Fernando Vergara)

President Donald Trump calls Colombia’s Petro an ‘illegal drug leader’ and announces an end to US aid to the country

October 19, 2025 at 1:47 p.m.

The United States will slash assistance to Colombia because its leader, Gustavo Petro, “does nothing to stop” drug production, President Donald Trump said Sunday, escalating the friction between Washington and...

FILE – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro points at a map of the Americas during a new conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas), File

US will send survivors of strike on suspected drug vessel back to Ecuador and Colombia, President Trump says

October 18, 2025 at 2:02 p.m.

The two survivors of an American military strike on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean will be sent to Ecuador and Colombia, their home countries, President Donald Trump said...

President Donald Trump, left, greets Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

After meeting with Ukrainian president, Donald Trump calls on Ukraine and Russia to ‘stop where they are’ and end the war

October 17, 2025 at 10:04 p.m.

The president's frustration with the conflict has surfaced repeatedly in the nine months since he returned to office.

President Donald Trump waits to greet leaders during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Trump will urge leaders at Egypt summit to put ‘the old feuds’ to rest and seize momentum for peace

October 13, 2025 at 12:35 p.m.

President Donald Trump arrived in Egypt on Monday for a global summit on Gaza’s future as he tries to advance peace in the Middle East after visiting Israel to celebrate...

President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives at the White House, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Trump will speak at a hastily-called meeting of top military leaders, AP source says

September 28, 2025 at 10:42 a.m.

President Donald Trump will speak at a hastily-called meeting of top military leaders on Tuesday, according to a person with knowledge of his plans.

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