Politics

Trump said Obama needed war authority from Congress. Will he ask for it now?

On Thursday night, Trump laid out conventional U.S. rationales for unilateral military action in a way that suggests he does not see a need for formal authority from Congress.

April 07, 2017

President Trump delivers a statement about missile strikes on a Syrian airfield. (Photo: Carlos Barria/Reuters)

With his wife Louise looking on, Judge Neil Gorsuch testifies during the second day of his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on March 21, 2017. Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

The Senate Has Confirmed Neil Gorsuch To The Supreme Court

April 07, 2017

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Republicans Go 'Nuclear'

April 06, 2017

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April 05, 2017

Bannon no longer on Trump’s National Security Council - report

Dunford, are again considered “regular attendees” of the principals committee

April 05, 2017

April 03, 2017

Democrats get the votes to block Gorsuch

Senate Democrats secured the votes Monday to block President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, a short-lived victory as Republicans vowed to change the rules to put Neil Gorsuch on the high court and score a much-needed win for their party. (April 3) AP

April 03, 2017

April 02, 2017

Sen. Schumer Says It’s Unlikely Gorsuch Will Reach 60 Votes

If the 60 votes aren't there

April 02, 2017

April 01, 2017

Documents show how much Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway are worth

THE White House released financial disclosures for many of its senior officials Friday — a group of some of the wealthiest people ever to join a presidential administration.

April 01, 2017

Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner dance at the Freedom Ball. Picture: AP

March 30, 2017

Russia 'tried to hijack US election', says US senator

Russia tried to hijack the US democratic process, says a senator investigating alleged interference in the US election.

March 30, 2017

Senators are examining what role Russia played in influencing the US election

March 30, 2017

North Carolina 'bathroom' law: Deal reached on repeal

A late-night deal has been reached in North Carolina to repeal a controversial law that limits protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.

March 30, 2017

Forcing transgender people into specific bathrooms was the best-known effect of HB2

March 28, 2017

Climate Rule Rollback

President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order intended to shift the direction of U.S. environmental policy and begin the process of undoing some of the most significant Obama-era environmental regulations

March 28, 2017

March 28, 2017

Democrats Ask Leader of House Russia Inquiry to Step Down

Top Democrats rebuked Representative Devin Nunes for his secret meeting on the White House grounds to review intelligence related to surveillance involving President Trump’s team.

March 28, 2017

Representative Devin Nunes, Republican of California, at the Capitol on Friday. Credit Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times

March 28, 2017

Democrat Adam Schiff, probing Trump-Putin ties, has gone up against Russia (and Stephen Colbert) before

Now Schiff is locked in a tense, headline-making standoff with the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes,

March 28, 2017

Rep. Adam Schiff, R-Calif., and his wife celebrated beating incumbent Rep. James E. Rogan in 2000. (Photo: Mark J. Terrill/AP)

March 27, 2017

House intel chairman met source on White House grounds

The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, Rep. Adam Schiff of California, said Nunes' meeting with his source appeared to have been "a dead-of-night excursion."

March 27, 2017

Kushner, Senate investigators to meet in wake of Russian ambassador meetings

The White House on Monday insisted Kushner's meetings were appropriate given his broad profile during the presidential campaign and transition.

March 27, 2017

March 26, 2017

Democrats call for independent Russian probe apart from Congress

A closer look at the draft legislation House Republicans hope will replace the Affordable Care Act. USA TODAY NETWORK

March 26, 2017

March 26, 2017

Ohio governor says he's not running for office again

I'm not really interested in running for political office again

March 26, 2017

March 25, 2017

President Trump and the GOP Humbled by Health Care Failure

The decision to cancel a vote to repeal major chunks of the Affordable Care Act after years of campaign promises was a humbling moment for President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan

March 25, 2017

March 24, 2017

Donald Trump’s healthcare bill is pulled off of the House floor, short of votes

DONALD Trump says he’s “disappointed and surprised” his healthcare bill was pulled, saying Republicans “were very, very close” to getting the controversial bill passed.

March 24, 2017

President Donald Trump has vowed to turn his focus to tax reform and immigration if the Republican health care bill doesn’t pass Congress. Picture: AP Photo/Evan Vucci

March 24, 2017

Trump aide with Russia ties offers to talk to House panel

Manafort is not a subject of the new documents Nunes has been talking about.

March 24, 2017

March 23, 2017

Sorry or not, 'the damage is done': Devin Nunes's credibility in question after Trump briefing

Irregular briefing by House intel chief to White House causes 'rupture in a relationship with the committee'

March 23, 2017

U.S. House intelligence committee chairman Devin Nunes, a Republican, apologized Thursday for breaking with decorum by briefing the White House on intelligence reports about surveillance of foreign targets that might have intercepted communications with D