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Atlantic magazine editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg recently interviewed President Donald Trump at the White House, where they discussed everything from the Signal scandal to the economy and foreign policy. But Goldberg said the "most interesting" part of the conversation was about his retribution efforts against his political enemies.

CNN host Jake Tapper asked Goldberg during a Wednesday segment about what stood out the most in his conversation with the president. Goldberg — who was inadvertently added to a Signal group chat in which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared sensitive attack plans — that their conversation about the so-called "Signalgate" was notable in that Trump continued to stand by Hegseth despite the error. Goldberg said Trump was optimistic that Hegseth would be "just fine" despite another separate Signal leak and the Navy recently losing a $60 million jet.

A Trump administration effort to inquire about the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia with officials in El Salvador was reportedly slapped down by the authoritarian government, according to a new report in The New York Times.

The Salvadoran government, led by President Nayib Bukele, said no in response to a diplomatic note sent by White House officials, the Times reported Wednesday. The Bukele administration reportedly claimed Abrego Garcia, the Maryland father whom U.S. officials have admitted was sent to the country in error, should remain there because he is a Salvadoran citizen, according to the publication.

One of President Donald Trump's Cabinet officials bought into a conspiracy theory that his agency helped enslave children.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told his colleagues that he had shut down the connection between the government and a child trafficking ring that doesn't exist, The Daily Beast reported Wednesday.

Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia is taking action following a viral video of a middle-schooler tormenting a 5-year-old preschooler with racial slurs, People Magazine reported on Wednesday.

“Let me be clear: hate speech and racial slurs have no place in our schools or in our community,” wrote LCPS Superintendent Aaron Spence in a letter to parents in the district. “Every child, every family, and every staff member deserves to feel safe, respected, and valued. In a wonderfully diverse county like Loudoun, it is not just our responsibility, it is our moral obligation, to honor the dignity and humanity of each individual.”

Since returning to the White House, Donald Trump has ushered in sweeping changes to international geopolitics and US government administration with little regard for norms that have constrained predecessors.

But there has been one source of restraint on a president determined to push the limits of US governance: financial markets.

The Supreme Court’s supermajority appeared ready to hand the religious right a sweeping legal victory that could dramatically increase religion’s influence in American public schools.

That’s according to Vox’s Ian Millhiser, who flagged for readers Wednesday what real-world implications the case could carry.

Germany's Mercedes-Benz and US-European group Stellantis, whose brands include Jeep, Peugeot and Fiat, joined other automakers Wednesday in suspending their annual financial guidance because of uncertainty over US tariffs.

The announcements came even as US President Donald Trump moved Tuesday to soften the blow from the 25-percent tariffs that he imposed on car imports earlier this month.

Mexico's economy returned to growth in the first quarter of 2025, avoiding a recession despite deep uncertainty over US President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, official data showed Wednesday.

Gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.2 percent from the fourth quarter of 2024, when Latin America's second-largest economy had contracted for the first time in three years, national statistics agency INEGI reported.

One of Harvey Weinstein's accusers on Wednesday again told a New York court that he had raped her, five years after she testified in the first sexual assault trial of the disgraced Hollywood producer.

Miriam Haley, 48, is one of dozens of women who have accused Weinstein of harassment, sexual assault or rape -- a list that includes Angelina Jolie, Gwyneth Paltrow and Ashley Judd. Their accounts helped galvanize the #MeToo movement.

Even conservative firebrand Ann Coulter is fed up with the shameless groveling at President Donald Trump’s Cabinet meetings.

The president on Wednesday opened his latest televised meeting with complaints about the judiciary blocking some of his administration's deportations, before calling on embattled Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other agency heads, who took turns praising Trump's actions – almost “to the point of parody,” as The Daily Beast pointed out.

University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers criticized President Donald Trump after his claim that families with young children could simply buy far fewer dolls this holiday season.

“They’re having tremendous difficulty because their factories are not doing business. They made a trillion dollars with [former President Joe] Biden … selling us stuff. Much of it, we don’t need,” Trump said about goods coming from China.

A Republican aide in Virginia is pushing back hard on accusations from the GOP lieutenant governor nominee that he defamed him.

The drama unfolding in the GOP race for the lieutenant governorship exploded this month after Gov. Glenn Youngkin urged the nominee, John Reid, to drop out of the race, after a Tumblr account Youngkin believed was linked to him was unearthed full of photos of naked and sexually compromised men. Reid, however, has adamantly refused to step aside and claims he is being persecuted for being gay.