
Jeff Zeleny
Chief National Affairs Correspondent at CNN
Chief National Affairs Correspondent, @CNN. Covering the White House, Washington and the state of politics in America.
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cnn.com | Erin Burnett |Jeff Zeleny
Ad Feedback Video Ad Feedback Trump says economy will be ‘okay’ with short-term recession Erin Burnett Out Front In an interview with NBC News, President Donald Trump's said that the economy would be “okay” in the long-term if there were to be a short-term recession.
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cnn.com | Alayna Treene |Kylie Atwood |Alex Marquardt |Jeff Zeleny
Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, arrives for a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, May 1, 2025. US President Donald Trump has started vacillating between telling Americans to be patient in the face of bad economic news and blaming his predecessor for it, leaving him vulnerable to losing the support of voters who elected him to improve the nation's economy.
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kitv.com | Kaitlan Collins |Alayna Treene |Kevin Liptak |Jeff Zeleny
(CNN) — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would nominate national security adviser Mike Waltz to serve as UN ambassador, after widespread reports that Trump planned to oust him, in the first major staff shakeup since the president took office in January. The president said Secretary of State Marco Rubio would replace Waltz in the prior role on an interim basis. “Mike Waltz has worked hard to put our Nation’s Interests first.
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cnn.com | Kevin Liptak |Jeff Zeleny
Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on as President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (not pictured) in the Oval Office on April 7, 2025. Kevin Mohatt/REUTERS/REUTERS Washington CNN — In a sweltering Rose Garden on Thursday, as President Donald Trump intoned at length about restoring faith to the White House, he took a moment to single out a man sitting right up front.
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yahoo.com | Kaitlan Collins |Alayna Treene |Kevin Liptak |Jeff Zeleny |Kristen Holmes |Zachary Cohen | +1 more
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would nominate national security adviser Mike Waltz to serve as UN ambassador, after widespread reports that Trump planned to oust him, in the first major staff shakeup since the president took office in January. The president said Secretary of State Marco Rubio would replace Waltz in the prior role on an interim basis. “Mike Waltz has worked hard to put our Nation’s Interests first.
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