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Trump And CPAC: A Complicated Relationship No More

10:14am February 25, 2017

Conservatives embraced their new leader at their pre-eminent annual gathering. Meanwhile, Trump's team was quick to draw comparisons between the new president and CPAC's longtime hero, Ronald Reagan.

President Trump, flanked by business leaders, signs an executive order aimed at rolling back regulations across government agencies.

Trump Orders Agencies To Reduce Regulations

3:19pm February 24, 2017

by Scott Horsley

Surrounded by corporate leaders, President Trump signed an executive action telling government agencies to slash "job killing" rules. Environmentalists argue the move could undo important protections.

Anti-Pope Francis posters appeared in Rome last week, with a message in a Roman street dialect saying, "Hey, Frank, you took over Congregations, suspended priests, decapitated the Order of Malta and the Franciscans of The Immaculate, ignored Cardinals...

Steve Bannon Aligns With Vatican Hard-Liners Who Oppose Pope Francis

6:52pm February 08, 2017

by Sylvia Poggioli

Bannon has made common cause with those in the Vatican who resist the pope's liberal moves. Francis' supporters worry that after Trump's victory, the pope is a lonely progressive on the global stage.

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Eliot Cohen, director of the Strategic Studies program, poses a question to U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Former State Dept. Adviser Paints Gloomy Picture Of Trump's First Week

11:30pm January 30, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Eliot Cohen, a former State Department counselor in the George W. Bush administration, about how the president's first week in office confirmed his worst fears.

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Trying to prove a point that little has changed, White House press secretary Sean Spicer holds up highlighted papers about the National Security Council. But that's not quite true.

FACT CHECK: Spin Aside, Trump's National Security Council Has A Very Big Change

6:03pm January 30, 2017

by Domenico Montanaro

The White House argues little has changed when it comes to its National Security Council. But the elevation of chief strategist Steve Bannon to the Principals Committee represents a major departure.

Stephen "Steve" Bannon, chief strategist for U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives to a swearing in ceremony of White House senior staff in the East Room of the White House on Sunday, Jan. 22.

With National Security Council Shakeup, Steve Bannon Gets A Seat At The Table

5:43pm January 29, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Bannon has been elevated to the NSC's Principals Committee, the top inter-agency group for discussing national security. He formerly led Breitbart News, a platform for the alt-right movement.

It isn't just the people who went to Trump rallies who think he'll do a good job as president. Here, Trump turns to talk to members of the press at an event in Orlando in March.

Polls Suggest Americans Warming To Donald Trump, But With Reservations

5:58pm November 22, 2016

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Post-election polls paint a picture of a nation that's cautiously optimistic about a Trump administration. However, voters are still heavily divided.

During his campaign for president in March, Donald Trump spoke at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.

Could A Trump Presidency Be Pro-Israel And White Nationalist At The Same Time?

3:48pm November 21, 2016

by Tom Gjelten

Donald Trump promises to be the most aggressively pro-Israel president ever. His embrace of an adviser whose media enterprise is tainted by anti-Semitism allegations has some Jewish leaders concerned.

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Breitbart Editor: Trump Strategist Bannon Is Conservative 'National Hero'

2:18pm November 16, 2016

Former Breitbart News CEO Steve Bannon called the organization "the platform for the alt-right." Steve Inskeep talks to Breitbart senior editor-at-large Joel Pollak for his take on Bannon.

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Vice President-elect Mike Pence, who is now overseeing President-elect Donald Trump's transition, walks by reporters while exiting Trump Tower on Tuesday.

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Reports Of Turmoil Color Trump's Transition

1:23pm November 16, 2016

by Jessica Taylor

Reports of infighting and dissension have plagued the transition team amid the ouster of advisers and the purging of lobbyists. On Twitter, President-elect Trump called the process "very organized."