Trump’s White House Briefing Room Has Become a Playground for MAGA Influencers. By Ross Barkan, a political columnist for Intelligencer. May 12, 2025. save d.

President Trump watches as first lady Melania Trump speaks at an event for Military mothers, May 8, 2025, in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

Just a few weeks after Donald J. Trump became president once again, I stood in the East Room of the White House, surrounded by fellow female athletes.

The president gave an emotional farewell speech to White House staff. — -- On August 9, 1974, President Richard Nixon woke up with a start after a restless night. “I looked at my watch ...