Morning Report

President Trump today faces the most critical test yet of his ability to deliver on his promise to make peace in Ukraine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Strategy was the word of the day on Wednesday as President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders huddled on a virtual call to unify their positions ahead of Friday’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump heads to Alaska on Friday for a make-or-break summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin to talk about ending the war in Ukraine, while the world holds its breath. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is looking beyond the nation's capital to deploy federal crime-fighting muscle and the National Guard to prominent cities run by Democrats, he said on Monday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump today will explain what he sees as a role for FBI law enforcers on Washington, D.C., streets as part of his crackdown against violent crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is raising the stakes of the midterms redistricting fight with his push to revive a battle over the census. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is raising the stakes of the midterms redistricting fight with his push to revive a battle over the census. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump has plowed ahead with sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries, following through on his months-long push to upend the global trading system even as some allies voice concern over the impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Texas Republicans are amping up calls to apprehend Democrats who fled the state in an effort to block new political maps that favor the GOP, with President Trump suggesting federal law enforcement could get involved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE PRE-2026 MIDTERM redistricting battle has kicked into high gear as Texas Democratic legislators face arrest warrants and blue state governors plot to fight back against GOP maps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Democrats are escalating their battle against Republicans' push to redraw political maps and give themselves a lift ahead of the two thousand twenty-six midterms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries late Thursday as he presses ahead with new levies on U.S. trading partners and shifts timelines to clinch agreements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump remained bullish about the country’s economic prospects on Wednesday, even as the Federal Reserve declined to cut interest rates and his tariff deadline looms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza is testing President Trump‘s Middle East policy, as the president faces pressure from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and the international community amid reports of famine in the besieged enclave. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump faces twin challenges to his foreign policy sway as he prepares to return to Washington today after upping pressure on Russia for a ceasefire and breaking with Israel over the Gaza hunger crisis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh off announcing a U-S-European Union trade deal, President Trump is looking to clinch more bilaterial agreements this week before his Friday tariff deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump’s supporters, agitating to view government files on Jeffrey Epstein, are still waiting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The White House is escalating its push to move on from the Jeffrey Epsteen controversy, even as the story keeps growing and G-O-P lawmakers step up efforts to get files from the Justice Department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

House Republicans find themselves cornered by President Trump's MAGA base, their own pledges of “transparency” and by Democrats intent on making the most of the Jeffrey Epstein firestorm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump wants senators to work through a planned August recess, as lawmakers push to flee Washington to campaign back home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump applauded his sixth-month mark Sunday, hailing his second term as an early success even as he tallies unfinished business, middling poll results and Republican anxiety that next year's midterm contests might end on a sour note. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the battle over President Trump's spending priorities, Republicans say they are running the table, leaving Democratic lawmakers and a tiny band of G-O-P critics in the dust. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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The MAGA revolt over Jeffrey Epstein fractured President Trump's defensive line on Tuesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Trump is providing fresh support for Ukraine and hardening his position on Russia in an effort to force Moscow to end its war by September. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices