Even by Donald Trump’s own standards, the past few days have been something else
US President Donald Trump receives a McDonald's food order from Sharon Simmons, a DoorDash worker, outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, April 13, 2026. Trump is highlighting the "No Tax on Tips" policy, which allows eligible workers to deduct qualified tips from their federal income taxes as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Photographer: Salwan Georges/Bloomberg
Spending bills with longer timelines offer tempting ways around blockages, but also put changes out of reach
The US Capitol behind a cyclist in a bike lane in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, newly minted as the nation's top law enforcement officer, said he doesn't feel pressure to carry out retribution against Donald Trump's political enemies even as he pledged fidelity to the president's agenda. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg
Israeli leader wants to keep going as Trump seeks off-ramp to war
A civil defense worker looks on as an excavator clears the rubble of a building destroyed in an airstrike in Beirut on April 9. Photographer: Hussein Malla/AP Photo
The vice president is being sent in to end a war he reportedly didn’t support
US Vice President JD Vance speaks at a pre-election rally for Viktor Orban, Hungary's prime minister, in Budapest, Hungary, on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. With five days until elections in Hungary, Orban is hoping that the visit of US Vice President JD Vance to Budapest can turn things around. Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg
Markets rallied, but it’s unclear what the US won from the bombardment
TEHRAN, IRAN - APRIL 6: A general view of buildings destroyed in a joint attack by Israel and the United States on April 6, 2026, in Tehran, Iran. The United States and Israel continue their joint attack on Iran that began on February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones at Israel, and targeting U.S. allies in the region. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
The president has given Iran until 8 pm Eastern to make a peace deal
TOPSHOT - A woman walks past the residential buildings that were damaged by recent strikes at Vahdat town in Karaj, southwest of Tehran on April 3, 2026. Iran and its allies traded fire with Israel and the United States, as Washington-linked assets across the Middle East were targeted alongside civilian infrastructure -- with the month-long war on April 3 showing little sign of easing. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images) / Photographer: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images
People caught up in the process lose access to their own money
Capital One signage in front of a bank branch on Park Avenue in the Plaza District of New York, US, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. The world’s largest alternative asset managers, which for years have fueled the private credit boom, are suddenly grappling with investors skittish about the industry’s lending practices and exposure to businesses vulnerable to artificial intelligence. Photographer: John Taggart/Bloomberg
The request is likely to include a lot more military spending
The West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. President Donald Trump will hail his military campaign in Iran as a success during a Wednesday prime-time address and stress that the conclusion of operations may come in two-to-three weeks, according to a White House official. Photographer: Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg
In a 20-minute speech, the president offered few new insights
US President Donald Trump during a prime-time address to the nation in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, April 1, 2026. Trump said the war in Iran is “very close” to completion, seeking to reassure Americans about his handling of a conflict that has roiled financial markets and jeopardized his political standing with American voters. Photographer: Alex Brandon/AP Photo/Bloomberg
Justices will decide key question of who is an American
A new American citizen holds an envelope with a US citizenship certificate following a naturalization ceremony in Utqiagvik, Alaska. Photographer: John Moore/Getty Images
Annual corporate tax revenue fell $65 billion in wake of One Big, Beautiful Bill
President Donald Trump signs the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act into law during an Independence Day military family picnic at the White House in Washington on July 4. Photographer: Samuel Corum/Getty Images
The biggest question hanging over the president this week is whether he sends in ground troops
US President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Sunday, March 29, 2026. Trump said that Iran “gave” the US most of the 15 demands it issued to Tehran to end the war, even as it remains unclear whether either side is negotiating. Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg
Republican unity is showing early signs of fraying
Senator Lisa Murkowski, a Republican from Alaska, speaks to members of the media in the Senate Subway of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. The US Senate cleared the way for President Donald Trump to continue military attacks on Iran in a vote Wednesday that starkly demonstrated the nation’s deep divisions as it goes to war in a volatile region. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg
Top national Republican political groups are outraising Democrats 4-to-1
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, departs following a vote at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. The US Senate cleared the way for President Donald Trump to continue military attacks on Iran in a vote Wednesday that starkly demonstrated the nation’s deep divisions as it goes to war in a volatile region. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg
Real action begins as lawmakers face the prospect of missed flights home
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, walks towards his office at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. President Donald Trump’s attempts to strong-arm Republicans into gutting Senate rules to pass voter ID legislation will spill out onto the Senate floor this week, focusing political time and attention on a MAGA priority that appears certain to fail. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg
Senator Markwayne Mullin, a Republican from Oklahoma and secretary of Homeland Security nominee for US President Donald Trump, during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security will face pointed questions from senators about his limited management and homeland security experience. Photographer: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg
The focus on war over affordability is threatening the administration’s control over Washington
US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, March 20, 2026. US officials said the White House is sending more than 2,000 additional Marines to the Middle East as it weighs a plan to seize Iran’s Kharg Island oil export hub, a ground operation that would carry huge risks for President Donald Trump. Photographer: Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg
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