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Morning Report — Trump hails Education Department shrinkage 

In today’s issue: The Education Department will be dismantled and give states greater autonomy over education, President Trump vowed during a...

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Morning Report — Trump, Fed split over tariff outlook and economy

In today’s issue: President Trump and allies revel in assertive decision making that keeps friends and foes off balance, even if resulting...

20.03.2025 20

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Morning Report — Putin in Trump call stops short of Ukraine truce

In today’s issue: A full ceasefire in Ukraine remains largely out of sight, even after President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke...

19.03.2025 10

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Morning Report — White House escalates fight over deportations

In today’s issue: President Trump and his advisers are ratcheting up their fight over his immigration policy, seeking to muscle past court orders...

18.03.2025 4

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Morning Report — Democrats target Trump but battle each other

In today's issue: Looming budget and tax battles in Congress threaten Democratic lawmakers, who are in open, internal revolt, even as weakened party...

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Morning Report — Democrats look to sidestep shutdown blame 

In today’s issue:   Senators are working down to the wire to avoid a midnight funding lapse in Washington that would carry major ramifications....

14.03.2025 8

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Morning Report — Dems between rock and hard place on stopgap 

In today’s issue:    The shutdown ball is firmly in the Senate’s court. The spending package passed the House along party lines, with one...

13.03.2025 8

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Morning Report — Senate takes up spending bill; Trump backs off on Canada tariffs 

In today’s issue: Three days before a government funding deadline, the House on Tuesday narrowly passed a party-line stopgap funding bill that...

12.03.2025 10

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Morning Report — Trump stirs economic uncertainty

In today’s issue: President Trump marked 50 days in office Monday confronting a grim report card that raised new doubts about his tariff policy...

11.03.2025 10

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Morning Report — Trump zigs and zags on tariffs

In today’s issue: The future of President Trump’s tariffs plan is back up in the air. The president on Thursday signed off on tariff exemptions...

07.03.2025 20

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Morning Report — Trump drives a tariff pause for carmakers 

In today’s issue: Carmakers will get a month-long reprieve from President Trump’s tough tariffs levied this week on goods from Canada, Mexico...

06.03.2025 9

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Morning Report — Trump hails early strides, “a little disturbance”

In today’s issue: President Trump used a sweeping 100-minute address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday to rally Americans behind his...

05.03.2025 10

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Morning Report — Trump to sell disruptive governance in speech 

In today’s issue: President Trump will tell Americans in a prime-time speech tonight that his dizzying moves early in his second term should give...

04.03.2025 20

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Morning Report — Ukraine picks up pieces after Trump, Zelensky blowup

In today’s issue:   What’s next for Ukraine? That’s the big question after the explosive Oval Office meeting between President Trump,...

03.03.2025 9

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Morning Report — Trump talks tough with allies, woos Putin 

In today’s issue: European leaders arrived this week to flatter and cajole President Trump. In the case of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky...

28.02.2025 10

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Morning Report — From Cabinet to Capitol, Musk’s role questioned

In today’s issue: The Cabinet and Congress, at least for the time being, squirm in Elon Musk’s shadow. President Trump interjected to explain...

27.02.2025 20

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Morning Report — House adopts budget resolution 

In today’s issue: It required 11th-hour lobbying by President Trump on the phone and hours of cloakroom jawboning by House GOP leaders before...

26.02.2025 9

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Morning Report — Trump teases Ukraine deal amid Russia pivot

In today’s issue: Cracks are deepening in the rift between the United States and its European allies, as President Trump shakes up the global...

25.02.2025 10

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Morning Report — Americans focus on their wallets as Trump policies roam   

In today’s issue: President Trump is flying high while floating back to Earth. His influence is vast but polls at his one-month mark are flashing...

24.02.2025 10

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Morning Report — Senators muscle forward in the budget fight

In today’s issue: Congress is giving President Trump two possible options to anchor his agenda in a budget. With House GOP leadership still...

21.02.2025 10

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Morning Report — It’s House vs. Senate in the budget battle

In today’s issue:   Two budget roads diverged in Congress this week, and GOP lawmakers haven’t agreed on which to travel. In an effort to enact...

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Morning Report — Trump, Musk defend a month of DOGE

In today’s issue: President Trump, appearing Tuesday on Fox News alongside billionaire adviser Elon Musk, defended his rush to gain control of the...

19.02.2025 5

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Morning Report — How to spend, where to cut: GOP counts the ways

In today’s issue: Republican lawmakers have budget specifics to craft, a looming fiscal deadline next month and internal divisions galore over how...

18.02.2025 7

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Morning Report — Trump is starting Ukraine peace talks — without Ukraine

In today’s issue: The Trump administration will meet this week with Russian officials to discuss an end to Russia’s three-year invasion of...

17.02.2025 10

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Morning Report — World leaders, GOP lawmakers ask: What does Trump want? 

In today’s issue: President Trump announced new “reciprocal” trade tariffs Thursday as House Republicans worked overtime in the Capitol and...

14.02.2025 10

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Morning Report — The art of the Russia-Ukraine peace deal

In today’s issue:   President Trump said he’s working to fulfil a campaign promise to end Russia’s three-year invasion of Ukraine, ushering in...

13.02.2025 10

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Morning Report — It's bears vs. bulls in House budget debate

In today’s issue:   It's bears vs. bulls in House budget debate Budget, taxes and tariffs: These are some of the buzzwords on Capitol Hill this...

12.02.2025 9

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Morning Report — Trump’s clashes abound  

In today’s issue: President Trump, as he said he would, bolstered tariffs Monday on steel and aluminum imports to crack down on China and Russia,...

11.02.2025 10

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Morning Report — Trump leans in on tariffs, Musk

In today’s issue: Trump leans in on tariffs, Musk The United States is not “that rich right now,” President Trump said Sunday while also...

10.02.2025 9

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Morning Report — GOP looks to Trump to break stalemate

In today’s issue: A House divided cannot stand — or at least push forward with a massive budget reconciliation package. House Republicans must...

07.02.2025 10

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Lawmakers mix silly and serious at journalism gala: 'The free press must endure'

Lawmakers mixed sometimes-NSFW witticisms with dire warnings about the future of democracy as they traded barbs and banter at the Washington Press...

06.02.2025 10

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Morning Report — Trump’s legislative difficulties mount

In today’s issue: President Trump’s powerful executive pen is not a magic wand in Congress. He cannot enlarge House and Senate GOP majorities...

06.02.2025 9

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Morning Report — Trump eyes ‘long-term’ US ownership in Gaza

In today’s issue: President Trump floated one of his most stunning proposals yet Tuesday night with the suggestion the U.S. “take over” the...

05.02.2025 10

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Morning Report — Trump pauses tariffs on Mexico, Canada as China retaliates

In today’s issue:   President Trump agreed Monday to delay for a month the aggressive tariffs he levied on Canada and Mexico over his advisers’...

04.02.2025 10

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Morning Report — Trump’s tariffs risk US economic hit

In today’s issue:   Canada and Mexico vowed to respond this week to President Trump’s steep new trade tariffs of 25 percent on imports while the...

03.02.2025 10

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Morning Report — Aviation tragedy tests Trump

In today’s issue: President Trump sought Thursday to command the aftermath of a national aviation tragedy with reassurance, but without the...

31.01.2025 10

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Morning Report — GOP scrambles for budget plan

In today’s issue:   House Republicans are chasing a moving target as they scramble to put together a reconciliation package to fund the government...

30.01.2025 10

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Morning Report — Firestorm swirls over Trump funding freeze

In today’s issue:   The White House triggered a national eruption of panic over the future of federal loans and grants Tuesday, followed by a...

29.01.2025 8

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Morning Report — Trump rallies the troops at House GOP retreat

In today’s issue: Reconciliation. It’s the key word at the House Republican policy retreat at Trump National Doral outside Miami this week as...

28.01.2025 10

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Morning Report — Trump seeks to impose his will on immigration

In today’s issue: President Trump begins his second week by daring Congress, the courts and other nations to bend to his will — or else. After...

27.01.2025 10

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Morning Report — Trump heads west playing defense and offense 

In today’s issue:   President Trump spent a dizzying first week on offense, but this morning he is reminded that the courts and states,...

24.01.2025 10

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Morning Report — Trump dispatches troops, ICE in migration crackdown 

In today’s issue:    President Trump on Wednesday ordered active-duty troops to the southern border to bolster federal, state and local law...

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Morning Report — Critics tee off on Trump orders 

In today’s issue:   Within hours of his inauguration, President Trump’s flurry of executive orders is facing significant pushback from...

22.01.2025 10

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Morning Report — Trump's whirlwind second term begins  

In today’s issue:   Trump whirlwind second term begins  President Trump stormed into office for his second term with soaring rhetoric and...

21.01.2025 10

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Morning Report — Trump returns to power

In today’s issue: © The Associated Press | J. Scott Applewhite President-elect Trump today will revel with supporters during an indoor...

20.01.2025 30

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Morning Report — Treasury choice touts Trumponomics 

In today’s issue: President-elect Trump won the November election with bold economic promises embraced by an electorate ready to hold him...

17.01.2025 10

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Morning Report — Gaza ceasefire: Will it last?

In today’s issue:   Gaza ceasefire: Will it last? Fifteen months of fighting in Gaza is poised to end in the coming hours, as Israel and Hamas...

16.01.2025 10

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Morning Report — Hegseth clears fiery Senate hearing

In today’s issue:   Pete Hegseth, a self-described former Fox News “disruptor” and President-elect Trump’s choice to be Defense secretary,...

15.01.2025 10

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Morning Report — Trump under fire in released Smith report

In today’s issue: President-elect Trump today confronts the unprecedented and mundane challenges of having lost the presidency and then winning...

14.01.2025 20

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Morning Report — Trump team blitzes Senate

In today’s issue:   The Cabinet nominees are officially going under the Senate’s microscope. Starting Tuesday, senators will hold hearings to...

13.01.2025 10

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