Christian Datoc

1 week ago | denvergazette.com | Christian Datoc |Rachel Schilke

President Donald Trump is preparing his political machine to support Republican congressional candidates in a big way in 2026, something of a departure from the president’s behavior in the last two midterm election cycles. Trump has proven to be one of the GOP's all-time greatest fundraisers, especially at the grassroots level, and has continued to amass donations to shore up power and his legacy.

1 week ago | denvergazette.com | Christian Datoc |Rachel Schilke

President Donald Trump is giving congressional Republicans their first chance to codify cuts proposed by the Department of Government Efficiency. The White House plans to transfer a $9.4 billion "rescissions package" to Congress on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson for Trump's Office of Management and Budget. The legislation will include $1.1 billion in cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which runs PBS and NPR, both of which the president has previously vowed to end.

2 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Christian Datoc

White House officials maintain the recent purge of senior Federal Emergency Management Agency officials won’t impact the nation’s hurricane preparedness. FEMA announced Wednesday that 16 agency executives, including the agency’s acting second-in-command MaryAnn Tierney, would be leaving their posts, roughly one week before the official start of hurricane season on June 1.

2 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Christian Datoc |Lauren Green

President Donald Trump swooped in this week to help Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) deliver his sprawling tax legislation through the House of Representatives. Republicans passed Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” with just one vote to spare early Thursday morning, and the president himself met with holdouts in the House on both Tuesday and Wednesday to seal the deal.

2 weeks ago | gazette.com | Christian Datoc |Naomi Lim

President Donald Trump, a former reality TV producer, has reimagined foreign leader visits to the White House, using the usually buttoned-up bilateral talks as opportunities to hijack media coverage on his own terms. On Wednesday, for the second time this year, Trump gave a head of state or government visiting the White House a public dressing down before members of the media.