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President Donald Trump speaks to House Republican lawmakers during their annual policy retreat, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, in Washington.
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President Donald Trump insists Republicans have “so many good nuggets” to campaign on as they try to hold their slim House majority. On Tuesday, Trump spoke for nearly 90 minutes at a GOP policy forum. He spent much of the time defending past actions and joking about various topics. Trump emphasized the success of his 2024 presidential campaign and pondered why voters turn against the party in power during midterms. But he had little in the way of a fresh policy agenda or a cohesive new message to guide the year. And he warned that if Democrats regain control of Congress, “they’ll find a way to impeach me.”
President Donald Trump promised that “America First” would stand against more foreign entanglements. Yet he's intervened with force and without congressional approval in a new frontier, with the U.S. seizure of Venezuela’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife. The raid means another reckoning for the “Make America Great Again” coalition. Already, it's been rocked by the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files and strained by rising health insurance premiums and living costs. Associated Press journalists interviewed Trump supporters around the country. Many are fully behind what Trump did in Venezuela. But some worry the U.S. will be dragged into yet another foreign morass.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed setting U.S. military spendin…
