Topic: kristen welker

President Donald Trump speaks alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. (Aaron Schwartz / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump pounces on the press in a panic

Sophia Tesfaye
President Donald Trump (right) regularly calls on FCC Chair Brendan Carr to censor or punish what he views as unfavorable news coverage, commentary and journalists. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

Trump on bad press? “FCC TO THE RESCUE!"

CK Smith
President Trump's interview with NBC's Kristen Welker gets heated as she pushes back on fact-checking, and he walks out early. (Adam Bettcher / NBC)

Trump attacks NBC, ends interview

CK Smith
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche (Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images)

Blanche's bad analogy to back voter ID

CK Smith
Vice President JD Vance continues to push the Trump diplomatic agenda. After an interview, social media takes sides with very different views of who won. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

ABC cuts Vance's mic

Alex Galbraith
Vice President JD Vance continues to push the Trump diplomatic agenda. After an interview, social media takes sides with very different views of who won. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)

Same interview, different outcomes

CK Smith
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Manuel Balce Ceneta-Pool/Getty Images)

Noem walks into "Press" buzzsaw

Alex Galbraith
Former President Donald Trump and moderator Kristen Welker appear in a pre taped interview on “Meet the Press” at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, in Bedminster, NJ, Sep. 13, 2023. (William B. Plowman/NBC)

Saved by our fourth branch of government

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a press conference after being found guilty over hush-money charges at Trump Tower in New York City on May 31, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's not confused by his words of war

Jesselyn Radack
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the media during a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club on January 07, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump balks at following Constitution

Alex Galbraith
Marco Rubio (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Rubio defends deportation of US citizens

Alex Galbraith
US President Donald Trump listens as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (R) speaks in the Oval Office of the White House as he announces reciprocal tariffs, in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Tariff backlash comes for Trump admin

Alex Galbraith
U.S. Republican Presidential Candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at the U.S.-Mexico border on August 22, 2024 south of Sierra Vista, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

Trump floats third term

Alex Galbraith
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) appears for a news conference following the weekly Senate Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on November 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Schumer: Trump is "lawless"

Griffin Eckstein
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to reporters during a press conference ahead of a vote on the foreign aid package in Washington, DC on April 23, 2024. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

McConnell: More problems now than WWII

Nandika Chatterjee
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"Meet the Press" deserves the backlash

Chauncey DeVega
Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks at the Pray Vote Stand Summit at the Omni Shoreham Hotel on September 15, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Legal expert: Trump sure talks a lot

Areeba Shah
Donald Trump (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Trump offers candy; media grabs it

Andrew O'Hehir
Donald Trump (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Trump keeps confessing to new crimes

Heather Digby Parton
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak during the Pray Vote Stand summit at the Omni Shoreham hotel in Washington, DC on September 15, 2023. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump talks prison on "Meet the Press"

Kelly McClure
Former US President Donald Trump speaks at the Turning Point Action conference as he continues his 2024 presidential campaign on July 15, 2023 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Legal experts laugh at Trump's new claim

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Donald Trump and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Debate winner: The invisible mute button

Melanie McFarland

Natasha Lennard