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.

There has not yet been a large-scale sweep by agents in any of those public spaces locally, but that hasn’t quieted fears. Rumors ricocheting across the region have for many begun to feel like a promise of what’s to come.

He seems much more comfortable, almost relaxed in how he’s doing the job,” according to Sean Spicer, Trump’s first White House press secretary, who said Trump is showing a new “level of confidence,” having spent four years in office.

Donald Trump 2.0 is, so far, very much the same as his first go around. But eight years after he was last sworn into office, the new Republican president is emboldened, far more experienced and surrounded by a very different team.

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,