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Donald Trump recently said the Smithsonian – the world’s largest museum, education and research complex, which is based in Washington – is “out of control”.

Trump says he’s worried about getting into heaven. He should be

Trump’s newest painting of himself is a perfect metaphor for the president who sets fires and leaves destruction in his wake.

  • Maureen Dowd

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Donald Trump in the White House on Monday.

Trump is losing his grip as Europe loads up

While Donald Trump still commands the daily news cycle, he no longer commands the West nor the fate of Ukraine as Europe builds up its military capabilities.

  • Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
FILE - National security adviser John Bolton talks to reporters about Venezuela, outside the White House, May 1, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci File)

Ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton’s home, office raided by FBI

The searches are likely to elicit fresh alarm that the Trump administration is using its law enforcement powers to go after the US president’s foes.

  • Eric Tucker
Cook took office in 2022, becoming the first Black woman to serve on the Fed’s board of governors.

‘Must resign now’: Trump pushes Fed governor to quit after fraud allegations

Lisa Cook is the latest Federal Reserve official in the president’s crosshairs as he escalates his campaign to reshape the central bank.

  • Josh Wingrove
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Trump’s puppet has a crazy plan to weaken the US dollar

The president’s “vision” for the US dollar is a mass of contradictions and apparently incompatible goals. This man might make his dream come true.

  • Jeremy Warner
Donald Trump announced plans to deploy the National Guard to Washington and place the DC Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control in a push to reduce crime in the nation’s capital.

The Democrats can’t allow Trump to be a saviour on crime in Washington

Just because the US president is painting Washington as a crime-ridden hellscape does not mean we don’t have a problem in D.C.

  • Maureen Dowd
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The billionaire with an ‘amazing story’ who changed Trump’s mind

Days after calling for the firing of Intel’s CEO, President Donald Trump reversed course following a “very interesting” meeting with the executive. Now the pair might be getting even closer.

  • Biz Carson and Pui Gwen Yeung
National Guard personnel keep watch near the Capitol, in Washington DC, on Friday.

Trump team backs down in stoush over police takeover in Washington, DC

Officials in the US capital took the Trump administration to court after it tried to put a federal official in charge of the city’s police department.

  • Lindsay Whitehurst and Stephen Groves
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump in June.

Melania Trump threatens Hunter Biden with $1.5b lawsuit over ‘salacious’ Epstein claim

The first lady has demanded Biden – son of former president Joe – retract his claim that sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein introduced her to now-President Donald Trump.

  • Jonathan J. Cooper
Trump was overdue for the Nobel Peace Prize, the White House has said.

‘He wanted the Nobel’: Trump cold-calls Norwegian minister about peace prize

The account of the phone conversation, reported by a newspaper in Norway, has set off new speculation about the US president’s efforts to win the prestigious award.

  • David Crowe