Sternly-delivered spectacle appeared tailored to please President Donald Trump, who, sure enough, said Hegseth ‘gets an “A” PLUS, PLUS, PLUS’ right after the early morning appearance

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Trump’s elevation of his hardline, anti-immigrant loyalist tells another story about how he is processing his party’s crushing defeat at the polls this week, writes Andrew Feinberg

In defeat, Trump retreats into the first lady’s realm while Melania negotiates with Russia, Andrew Feinberg writes

President elevates loyal hardliner after crushing rebuke from voters over his policies on Election Night

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Exclusive: The US secretary of state is thought to be preparing for a presidential run in 2028 and will likely want to distance himself from Trump, The Independent can reveal.

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Trump’s ever-present aide appears to be deciding who Trump can speak to

The lame-duck president tries pretending all is well as he brings reporters along to celebrate the end of steelwork on his $400 million ballroom, but the Trump presidency is starting to come crashing down, Andrew Feinberg writes

The president’s push to solidify the MAGA coalition he rode to victory two years ago led directly to a historic defeat so huge, Andrew Feinberg writes, that he couldn’t even claim election fraud in the end

President signals defiance in face of his party’s crushing defeat in midterm elections

Watch as The Independent’s White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg explains why Donald Trump has only himself to blame for a brutal midterm election night Democrats are projected to take back control of both the House and the Senate after a series of major wins dubbed a “Blue Tsunami”. Trump has responded to the results so far. Speaking by phone to Fox News, the president deflected blame for his party’s losses onto lackluster Republican candidates, some of whom lost even in GOP strongholds s

With control of Congress on the line, the president spent nearly an hour at the Lincoln Memorial narrating photographs of old pipes, musing about renaming the pool after himself, and warning of vandals before he ever got to the so-called 'communist jihadists'

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Trump has demanded investigations and prosecutions into the alleged ‘ballot stacking.’ a practice that is legal even if ethically dubious

Unusual setup in Oval Office comes a day after Trump berated a reporter for asking why he had canceled rallies

Insiders say the president is flailing about and going where he’s not wanted as he closes what could be a disastrous midterm campaign for his Republican Party, Andrew Feinberg writes

The midterm elections are just days away, so with the balance of the House and Senate set to be decided, The Independent’s Inside Washington Substack team sat down to dissect the biggest issues of the campaign season. White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg and senior reporters Alex Woodward and Holly Baxter discuss what is at stake for the final two years of the Trump presidency, the acrimonious Ohio gubernatorial race between Vivek Ramaswamy and Amy Acton and Feinberg’s own run-in with a fur