President Donald Trump abandoned his teleprompter in favor of impromptu musings in a speech at a retreat for House Republicans on Tuesday. And those ad-libbed Trump comments were filled with false claims.

President Trump says the United States conducted a strike in Venezuela and captured that country's president, Nicolás Maduro along with his wife, Cilia Flores.

President Trump addressed the nation Wednesday night in a politically charged prime-time speech. In front of Christmas trees at the White House, he blamed Joe Biden and the Democrats in general for economic challenges and inflation.

Mr. -- the president of the United States, Donald Trump, ladies and gentlemen, dear members of the delegations, distinguished guests, as we have just placed our signatures at the bottom of the joint declaration, enshrining the Washington Agreements for Peace and Prosperity, I do feel, on behalf of the people of Congo, a deep gratitude and clear hope.

President Trump on Tuesday morning will meet with House Republicans at the Kennedy Center as part of the GOP retreat. His remarks come just days after the U.S. captured Venezuelan President

Columbia University’s Elizabeth Saunders says Trump’s moves in Venezuela are the latest illustration that he is far less constrained by his advisers and Congress than during his first term.

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Former special counsel Jack Smith testified for more than eight hours about the investigations and prosecutions of President Trump.

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