Melania Trump declares her independence, again, with a solo Africa trip
It often feels like Donald and Melania are part of different administrations.
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Three headlines that should be on your radar
"Can He Do That?" host Allison Michaels fills in for James.
Melania Trump’s parents become U.S. citizens through ‘chain migration’
Donald Trump is the do-as-I-say, not-as-a-I-do president. His in-laws became U.S. citizens this week because their daughter, Melania, sponsored them, even though Trump decries this form of family reunification.
The swamp gets swampier
The first member of Congress to endorse Donald Trump allegedly committed felony insider trading last year while standing on the White House lawn.
Alarm bells ring for House Republicans
A tight special election between Democrat Danny O’Connor and Republican Troy Balderson in a deep-red Ohio House district Tuesday reinforced a trend that has been developing for more than a year.
An uncomfortable reunion in a Virginia courtroom
As Rick Gates implicated himself and his former boss Paul Manafort in multiple criminal acts, Manafort, who could spend the rest of his life in prison, gave the cooperating witness with an icy glare.
Race continues to be a blind spot for Trump one year after Charlottesville
One week before the first anniversary of his botched response to the racial violence in Virginia, President Trump again sparked controversy this weekend with personal attacks on the intelligence of three prominent African Americans.
Trump officials say they’re taking election security seriously
Their show of unity just steps from the Oval Office on Thursday appeared aimed at easing public concerns about President Trump’s public skepticism of Russia’s intentions.
Mueller agrees to narrow questions for Trump
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has offered to limit the number of questions that his team would ask Trump in a potential interview in an effort to restart stalled negotiations with the president’s legal team.
Exciting technological advances keep being used against us
Two stories from yesterday illustrate innovation's dark side. A federal judge blocked the publication of blueprints for 3-D-printed guns, and Facebook acknowledged that there is an ongoing disinformation campaign on its platform.
U.S. spy agencies are watching North Korea work on new missiles
It’s increasingly clear that President Trump got burned by North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
The Koch network threatens to turn on Republicans
The tariffs have really gotten their goat.
U.S. military takes possession of human remains from North Korea
A U.S. Air Force plane carrying what are thought to be the remains of 55 Americans killed during the Korean War arrived at Osan Air Base in South Korea on Friday morning -- the 65th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War.
Inside the Trump-Cohen divorce
Michael Cohen – the president's longtime attorney, consigliere and fixer – once vowed he’d take a bullet for his boss.
Cohen tape suggests Trump knew about model’s deal to sell story of alleged affair
A September 2016 recording by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen reveals that Donald Trump appeared familiar with a deal that a Playboy model made to sell the rights to her story of an alleged affair with him.
Why U.S. v. Nixon matters – now more than ever
The watershed case is back in the news after it emerged over the weekend that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh argued in 1999 that the “tensions of the time” may have led to what he called an “erroneous decision."
Carter Page FISA warrants underscore the difficulty of disproving presidential falsehoods
In a string of four Sunday tweets, President Trump made several demonstrably false assertions about what’s actually in the documents. He continued to hammer on this theme Monday morning.
Trump advisers are mad at the intel chief for saying he didn’t know Putin was invited to D.C.
Tensions have ratcheted up here in Washington after the White House announced Thursday that President Trump has invited Vladimir Putin to visit the United States in the fall.
Russia imbroglio deepens the disconnect between Trump and his own administration
President Trump, who is increasingly isolated, found himself at odds on Wednesday with his own people who work out of Foggy Bottom, Fort Meade, Langley, the Pentagon and the J. Edgar Hoover Building.
Simultaneous foreign trips by Trump and Obama showcase the contours of the ‘culture’ wars
It’s striking to compare the current president’s European adventures to his predecessor’s Africa foray.
Trump ignored advisers in embracing Putin
Everyone around President Trump urged him to take a firm stance with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump complicates a special relationship
President Trump's afternoon tea with Queen Elizabeth II marks the culmination of a sometimes tortured fascination with the British royal family, dating back two decades to the divorce of Princess Diana.
Congress won’t stop President Trump’s trade war
President Trump is remaking the global order without significant political resistance or penalty, unchecked by a largely compliant Congress and bolstered by the loyalty of his supporters — even those likely to be hurt by his burgeoning global trade war.
The human fallout of Trump’s family separation policy continues
It’s not saturating the news any more, but immigrant families are still feeling the aftershocks of President Trump’s policy to tear them apart at the border.
Trump picks a D.C. GOP insider for Supreme Court
President Trump nominated federal judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Monday night, a move that elevates a conservative stalwart with deep ties to the Republican establishment to succeed retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.