🇺🇸 Tariffs Grow Uncertainty For Farmers ▫“It’s always been a guessing game here on the farm, but I think it’s more of a guess now than it’s ever been in my lifetime,” one North Carolina farmer said last week ▫Cleve R. Wootson Jr. ▫is.gd/fDnLlr #frontpagestoday #USA

Wittlest visitor to the briefing room.

I spent last week talking to farmers in North Carolina, who have a different take and who warned that they and their crops don’t have a lot of room for patience. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Front page of WaPo today — this story by Cleve R. Wootson Jr.

Leavitt confirms that the White House is considering a tariffs bailout for farmers

Trump’s Middle East trip is marked by potential private business conflicts. Though some accusations of conflicts are not entirely different from what has become a hallmark of modern presidencies. More here, w/ Cleve R. Wootson Jr. susannah george Todd C. Frankel washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

The “big beautiful bill” is not breaking through Trump noise. At weekly news conference, Speaker Mike Johnson takes 5 Qs, just 1 on tax-border-etc bill. CBS: Qatari plane. NBC: Trump family foreign dealings. Fox: Jersey detection center. Punchbowl: stock trade ban. Last: SALT

It's going to be a WEEK in the House as GOP leadership and now Pres. Trump try to wrangle a divided conference around the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.' The latest on the rallying campaign with Cleve R. Wootson Jr.: washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

“There’s nothing the president could tell me tomorrow that can change my mind at this point,” Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris said. Rep. Chip Roy said earlier he “wouldn’t get into” whether Trump’s support would convince him to support the bill. This bill isn’t boding well…

Trump is addresses grads of a changed West Point: one his administration has reshaped to reflect his world view. Some say the changes have thrust a historically nonpartisan institution into the partisan fray. w/⁦Dan Lamothe⁩ ⁦Emily Davies⁩ washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Donald Trump and the art of the Oval Office confrontation Leaders watch as Trump upends the traditional Oval Office visit, worrying they could be next. “This is the Trump show,” a sr WH official said. w/ Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Emily Davies & Natalie Allison: washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

Tariffs, Israel, Ukraine and Trump likely topics as antsy G-7 leaders meet in Canada, via Cleve R. Wootson Jr. Amanda Coletta David J. Lynch Annabelle Timsit washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

VP Vance to Jonathan Karl: “We’re not at war with Iran ... We are at war with Iran’s nuclear program and I think the president took decisive action to destroy that program last night.”

The House is headed home for a five week recess from Washington, but Democrats aren't letting Republicans off the hook on the Epstein files. The latest with Kadia Goba washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

I cannot tell you the number of times (first at the NYT, then at the WaPo) when I wasn't sure about some complicated issue, and I always turned to the WaPo Fact Checker for a clear, honest and understandable answer. Glenn Kessler was its heart, and his is another big loss.

Putin and Trump appear locked in a battle of egos, one expert told me. And Trump’s consistent message on Putin’s defiance makes it increasingly possible that he will have to back up his threat. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

A Washington Post flash poll finds that Americans largely disapprove of Trump’s handling of the Epstein files, and most suspect the documents contain embarrassing information about Trump, Democrats and billionaires. Via Scott Clement @emgusk  washingtonpost.com/politics/inter…

The Trump administration has largely succeeded in pushing its core supporters to back off their online obsession with billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a Washington Post analysis of far-right internet activity. wapo.st/4mweh5f

Questions about what is happening in D.C.? I'm taking your questions with Meagan Flynn for the The Washington Post at 12 p.m. ET. Get them in early here 📷washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

this kicker though... w/ Cleve R. Wootson Jr. Karen Tumulty Drew Harwell Jonathan Edwards washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…