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ABC News' Day 100 interview with President Donald Trump went off the rails after reporter Terry Moran refused to accept Trump's false assertion that an altered photo was real.Trump and Moran were discussing the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Maryland resident who the administration admitted was deported by mistake — when Trump brought up the photoshopped image of Abrego Garcia's knuckles that made it look as if Abrego Garcia was publicly affiliating with the MS-13 gang."He said he wasn't a member of a gang, and then you look on his knuckles, they said 'MS-13' — wait a minute — he had 'MS-13'

President Donald Trump's ongoing trade war with China is apparently the source of panic from officials in his administration, and one journalist has described that tension in "private conversations" with some of her sources.During a Tuesday night interview with CNN host Anderson Cooper, New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman said that the Trump administration is largely positive as it takes stock of its accomplishments during the first 100 days of his second term. This includes the "near-total sealing of the Southern border," which she said is now "basically closed." However, she said that the administration's mood on the econo

The Wall Street Journal editorial board took Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to task for backing out of a proposal to indicate the price of President Donald Trump’s tariff on each affected Amazon product. The White House responded harshly to the proposal, declaring the move a "hostile and political act by Amazon" at a televised morning briefing, but Trump late praised Bezos for changing his mind Tuesday“He solved the problem very quickly and he did the right thing," Trump said. "He's a good guy."READ MORE: 'Extr

On April 28, the president issued an executive order titled “Protecting American Communities from Criminal Aliens.” The order on its face is a screed against so-called sanctuary cities. It directs the attorney general to compile a list of sanctuary jurisdictions around the U.S. and, among other things, threatens to withhold federal funding from them. To me, an attorney in a city with a long, proud history of welcoming and protecting people from all over the world, the executive order reads like a temper tantrum. There isn’t a universal definition for a sanctuary city. The term refers to a non-federal jurisdiction — it could be a state, a county, o

President Donald Trump is now leaning on the Republican majorities in the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate to enact his agenda in a "big, beautiful bill" he hopes to sign this summer. But one key sticking point will be an extension of his 2017 tax cuts.But because the bulk of Trump's tax cuts exclusively benefit the richest Americans, some Republicans have suggested that the administration allow the lowered rates for the rich to expire and revert back to the previous top tax rate in order to pay for other elements of Trump's policy agenda. However, Kevin Hassett, who is the director of the White House's National Economic Cou

A prominent economist is challenging U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s claims about the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariff war on Americans’ ability to access goods in stores and online.Bessent, a hedge fund manager and Trump donor and fundraiser, was asked on Monday if he’s worried about the possibility of empty shelves.“Not at present,” Bessent told Fox News. “We have some great retailers. I assume they preordered.”Appearing to mock Bessent, Wolfers paraphrased the Treasury Secretary: “If I hurt the American consumer enough, we’ll see how quickly the Chinese w

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) told Deadline: White House anchor Alicia Menendez that Democrats have nothing but “F” grades for President Donald Trump, even as their own poll numbers continue to sink.“There's some new polling from ABC News finding that 69% of Americans say the Democratic Party is out of touch with the concerns of most people in the country. Sixty percent say the same of Trump, 64% the same of the Republican party. I wonder, as Democrats, what do you do to counter those numbers?” Menendez asked Kelly.But the Arizona Senator believed the answer came down to messaging.READ MORE: Busted: MSNBC fact-checker corrects Karoline Leavitt's critical er

Just 100 days into President Donald Trump's second term, Trump has seen his public support largely evaporate despite being the first Republican president in 20 years to win the popular vote. Pollster and Republican strategist Frank Luntz said in a Monday segment on CNN that while Trump's base has continued to stand by him even as the economy has been rocked by his chaotic new tariffs, the moderates and independents that were more willing to support him than Vice President Kamala Harris aren't willing to stand by their vote."[Americans] still want lower prices. They still want immigration solved. They still want quality of life made easier for them, more affordable for them. But it's the execution and the communication that is increasingly costin

A recent exchange between President Donald Trump and one of the wealthiest Americans was particularly revealing in that it showed what the administration is most afraid of, according to one columnist.In a Monday essay, The New Republic's Greg Sargent remarked on how White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's answer to a reporter's question during her daily briefing shined a light on what may be the administration's biggest fear. Leavitt was responding to one reporter who brought up Trump's call with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, where the t

In the wake of President Donald Trump moving to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, his Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, says the "great jobs of the future" will be generations upon generations of Americans working in factories."It's time to train people, not to do the jobs of the past, but to do the great jobs of the future," Lutnick, a billionaire, told CNBC on Tuesday afternoon (video below). "You know, this is the new model, where you work in these kind of plants for the rest of your life and your kids work here and your grandkids work here.""You know, we let the auto plants go overseas," continued Lutnick, the former president and chief executive officer of the major financial ser