Politics

Shortly after Secretary of State Marco Rubio was singled out by President Trump for praise, a New York Times photographer captured him reading messages from Mr. Trump’s special envoy to Venezuela.

With the midterms approaching and polls showing unease about the economy, some of President Trump’s arguments about its strength sounded eerily like those of his predecessor.

President Trump spoke for nearly two hours to a joint session of Congress.

Even as the president considers an attack, his State of the Union address offered little more than a brief repetition of vague talking points from recent days.

During the State of the Union address, the president said states “must ban” social transitions among young people without parental consent.