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The Fix • Analysis

President Trump's full Washington Post interview transcript, annotated

The president sat down in the Oval Office with The Post's Philip Rucker and Josh Dawsey. Here are the highlights.

By Aaron Blake • Read more »

Trump slams Fed chair, questions climate change and threatens to cancel Putin meeting in wide-ranging interview with The Post

The president said of the central bank: "They're making a mistake because I have a gut, and my gut tells me more sometimes than anybody else's brain can ever tell me."

By Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey and Damian Paletta • Read more »

Fact Checker • Analysis

Fact-checking President Trump's interview with The Washington Post

Here's a guide to nine false or misleading statements made by the president in his interview with The Washington Post

By Glenn Kessler and Salvador Rizzo • Read more »

'I don't like that aggression': Trump threatens to cancel Putin meeting over clash with Ukraine

The U.S. and Russian presidents are scheduled to meet at the Group of 20 meeting in Buenos Aires later this week.

By Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey and Anne Gearan • Read more »

Trump on climate change: 'People like myself, we have very high levels of intelligence but we're not necessarily such believers.'

One Texas A&M scientist called his comments "idiotic," saying, "How can one possibly respond to this?"

By Josh Dawsey, Philip Rucker, Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney • Read more »

Losing cooperators is a blow, but not a fatal one, for Mueller, analysts say

Prosecutors said former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort violated his plea agreement by lying, while another possible witness declined to take a deal.

By Matt Zapotosky • Read more »

Mississippi runoff: Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith wins racially charged election over Democrat Mike Espy

Hyde-Smith became the state's first elected female senator after her racial gaffes gave an opening to Democrats, who mounted their most competitive campaign in Mississippi in decades.

By Matt Viser and David Weigel • Read more »

John Bolton says he didn't listen to tape of Khashoggi's murder because 'I don't speak Arabic'

"What do you think I'll learn from it?" Bolton, the national security adviser, said Tuesday at a White House briefing.

By Felicia Sonmez • Read more »

Trump says he's considering a Plan B if Congress rejects his demand for $5 billion in border wall funding

"There are other potential ways that I can do it," the president said Tuesday in an interview with The Washington Post.

By Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey and Felicia Sonmez • Read more »

Power Up: In search of a Woke Washington

It's "not your daddy's Congress."

By Jacqueline Alemany • Read more »

Pelosi solidifies support among dozens of Democratic freshmen on eve of crucial vote

The California congresswoman appealed for unity at a closed-door session with about 60 new members. House Democrats meet Wednesday to nominate a candidate for speaker.

By Mike DeBonis and Elise Viebeck • Read more »