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President Trump has long been a critic of NATO and believes Europe does not contribute enough to its own defense. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte agrees, and says ‘that is going to happen.’ (Image credit: AP Photo)

100 days into President Trump’s second term, DOGE hasn’t delivered on its promised savings, efficiency or transparency in meaningful ways. But it has amassed unprecedented power over government data. (Image credit: Andrew Harnik)

Congress returns from a two-week recess with a massive item on its to-do list: budget reconciliation. Lawmakers barely passed the plan’s framework along party lines and now face an uphill battle on reaching consensus. (Image credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag)

The Trump administration is in active negotiations for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine but does not seem to be in talks with China over trade.

Frustrated with their party’s response to President Trump, young Democrats are challenging incumbents in safe blue districts ahead of next year’s midterm elections.

For generations of Black workers, federal government jobs have provided a path into the middle class. The Trump administration’s workforce cuts are now throwing that sense of stability up in the air. (Image credit: Kyna Uwaeme for NPR)

This week, President Trump seemed to take a softer tone when asked about the trade war with China. Here are four takeaways from week 14 in our continued look at Trump’s first 100 days in office.

President Trump has put Steve Witkoff — a friend from New York’s real estate world — in charge of delicate talks on the war in Ukraine, Iran’s nuclear ambitions and the conflict in Gaza. (Image credit: Evelyn Hockstein)

Social Security employees are feeling “overwhelmed” and wait times for phone services are up as workforce cuts from the Trump administration are being felt throughout the agency. (Image credit: George Walker IV)

In a new memo, Attorney General Pam Bondi said the DOJ will allow for subpoenas, court orders and search warrants to get information and testimony from journalists. (Image credit: Win McNamee)

Nearly 100 days into his new term, President Trump has set an aggressive agenda, spending his political capital and losing some of the public approval he began with.

It was their first face-to-face meeting since they argued in front of cameras in the Oval Office in February — and comes as efforts intensify to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. (Image credit: Ukrainian Presidential Press Office)

On Thursday, three federal judges in Maryland, New Hampshire and Washington, D.C., said Trump’s anti-DEI efforts were on shaky legal ground. (Image credit: Alex Brandon)

The toddler, a U.S. citizen, was apparently sent to Honduras with her mother and 11-year-old sister, even as a federal judge tried to contact an attorney representing the government. (Image credit: Michael M. Santiago)

Civil rights groups, labor organizations and politicians praised Alexis Herman as a “trailblazer” who fought for the rights of women, Black people and American workers over the course of decades. (Image credit: Ethan Miller)

NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with journalist Maria Ressa, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, about the Trump administration and press freedoms.