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The day Donald Trump took office, I wrote a column arguing that what was new and frightening here was that he had no reverence for the civic and governmental institutions of this country. This had never been true of a president before, at least in the modern era.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions' sudden decision to recuse himself from election-related Russia probes eased some of the political pressure that was building around his two meetings with the Russian ambassador. But it came with a cost: the nation's top law enforcement officer now will be mostly sidelined on the agency's highest-profile, highest-stakes federal investigation, barely weeks into taking over the job.
Vice President Mike Pence is assuring the Republican Jewish Coalition that he and President Donald Trump will work tirelessly on foreign and domestic issues important to the group, such as enacting business-friendly policies at home and supporting Israel abroad. "If the world knows nothing else, the world will know this: America stands with Israel," Pence told the group Friday night.
Vice President Mike Pence's speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition will be the visual evidence of the fruits of years of labor by the politically active group. The annual conference at billionaire donor Sheldon Adelson's casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip has become a de facto campaign stop for Republican presidential candidates over the past few years.
Vice President Mike Pence's speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition will be the visual evidence of the fruits of years of the politically active group's labors. The annual conference at billionaire donor Sheldon Adelson's casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip has become a de facto campaign stop for Republican presidential candidates over the past few years.
President Donald Trump banned the entry of people from seven majority Muslim countries. Leaders as far apart ideologically as former Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. Bernie Sanders warned the ban could become a recruitment tool for terrorists.
I was on the road again this week, and was thinking about how Florida has swung back and forth between Democrats and Republicans. I also thought more about the House, Senate, and White House being held by the same party.
President Trump signed an executive order halting all refugees from entering the U.S. for 120 days, among other provisions. Here's what the order says.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Capitol Hill Tuesday, has been a budget hawk. Don't look now, but it's time to argue about deficits again.
Donald J. Trump has picked another fight with the elders of his own Republican Party, over whether Russia engaged in hacking aimed at influencing the US election. Trump has maintained that it is impossible to trace hacking attempts, that it isn't clear who was behind them, and that he knows a lot about hacking and knows things about these incidents that the rest of us do not know, which he would reveal last Tuesday or Wednesday .
Now, they're finding common cause with Trump over his pick to lead the State Department: Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, who has long orbited their same political, philanthropic and business worlds. Former President George W. Bush, who has largely avoided politics since leaving office in 2009, heaped praise on Tillerson in a recent phone call to Sen. Bob Corker, the Tennessee lawmaker who will oversee the secretary of state confirmation hearings.
Throughout the presidential campaign, the Bush family and many of its Republican allies turned their backs on Donald Trump. Now, they're finding common cause with Trump over his pick to lead the State Department: Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, who has long orbited their same political, philanthropic and business worlds.
Earlier this week, Donald Trump warned on Twitter that he would reverse the current U.S. warming of relations with the Cuban government if Havana doesn't give Washington a "better deal." The tweet was short and to the point.
Donald Trump's chief strategist and ex-Breitbart news executive Steve Bannon has the power to shape Mr. Trump's legacy. How does he see the real estate mogul impacting America? The former Breitbart executive and chief strategist for Donald Trump has been a controversial pick on the president-elect's staff.
London: US Vice President-elect Mike Pence is shaping up to be the most important man in the new US administration, apart from his boss. The long presidential campaign revealed sharp differences between Donald Trump and Mike Pence, which may yet cause difficulties between the now President-elect and Vice-President-elect.
The GOP folks scattered all over the country who will be answering President-elect Trump's calls to serve in his administration will soon be moving in. They'll be buying condos and mini-mansions and tooling around the streets in those dark sedans and taking the private tables in the city's steakhouses.
In this file photo, New York Democratic Congressional candidate, New York State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, left, greets diners at a restaurant in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan. When the final votes are tallied, count on some trailblazers heading to Congress.
No matter which party wins the White House in November, attention could quickly turn to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue if the Senate finds itself in unusual - but not unprecedented - territory. CNN's analysis of this year's competitive races raise the possibility that the 100-member chamber could be evenly split next year with 50 members caucusing with each of the two parties.
Former Vice President and warmonger Dick Cheney, took to the pages of the Wall Street Journal to use the 9/11 tragedy that happened on his watch to score cheap political points. Not only did the Bush administration ignore the warnings before the attacks happened, they then used the tragedy to carry out an horrific agenda.
In this photo provided by David Hume Kennerly, Wyoming U.S. House Republican candidate Liz Cheney gets a hug from her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney at his home in Wilson, Wyo., after she won the party's primary Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. Her victory Tuesday in the Republican primary likely signals that she will win the seat in the general election this fall.