Politicians have always sworn, but it was not until recently that their blue language has made it into the public record.

Sometimes more talking doesn’t produce more clarity. One afternoon, Trump told reporters that there were “no surprises” when Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski decided to oppose Pete Hegseth to lead the Pentagon. The next morning, Trump said he was “very surprised” by their votes.

President Donald Trump's White House has received more than 10,000 applications for its "new media" seat, according to press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Friday. The new media seat — which was announced earlier this week at Leavitt's first press briefing — aims to give independent journalists,