With new cartoon, no such thing as Trump fatigue for Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert, right, executive producer of the Showtime animated series "Our Cartoon President," takes part in a panel discussion on the show with fellow executive producer Chris Licht at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour on Jan. 6, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif. Stephen Colbert, right, executive producer of the Showtime animated series "Our Cartoon President," takes part in a panel discussion on the show with fellow executive producer Chris Licht at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour on Jan. 6, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif.

Backtracking Bannon issues an apology for his ‘treason’ attack on Trump’s son

Isolated from his political allies and cut off from his financial patrons, Stephen K. Bannon, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, issued a striking mea culpa on Sunday for comments he had made that were critical of the president's eldest son. Bannon, who is quoted in a new book calling Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with Russians in 2016 "treasonous," tried to reverse his statements completely, saying that the younger Trump was "both a patriot and a good man."

Trump bemoans ‘very weak’ U.S. libel laws as tell-all book questions his mental fitness

The U.S. president pushed back against new book 'Fire and Fury', which paints him as a leader whose competence is questioned by aides. WASHINGTON - Plainly agitated by a new book portraying him as dysfunctional, U.S. President Donald Trump is bemoaning his country's "very weak" libel laws and making the case that he's "like, really smart" and, indeed, a "very stable genius."

Trump wishes for better libel laws after book slams him

Plainly agitated by a new book portraying him as dysfunctional, President Donald Trump is bemoaning his country's "very weak" liberal laws and making the case that he's "like, really smart" and, indeed, a "very stable genius." Trump defense of his mental fitness in a series of tweets was a singular episode in a presidency rife with moments unlike any that have come before in that office.

‘Fire and Fury’: Excerpts from tell-all book on TrumpAFP

The following are excerpts from "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," an incendiary new book by Michael Wolff which was rushed into bookstores Friday after President Donald Trump failed to suppress it. The book quickly sold out in shops in the US capital, with some lining up at midnight to get their hands on the instant best-seller, dismissed by Trump as "phony" and "full of lies."

Donald Trump battles fire with fury: Excerpts from book that threaten to end his presidency

Copies of the book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" by author Michael Wolff are seen at the Book Culture book store in New York. When American journalist Michael Wolff's book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House released on Friday, days ahead of its schedule, it became an instant bestseller.

Can US do to Trump what Philippines did to Estrada?

US President Donald Trump signs a bipartisan bill to stop the flow of opioids into the United States. Photo: EPA cascade of leaks and revelations coming out of US President Donald Trump's White House in the first month of the new year has left us facing three possible conclusions, all equally unsettling: the president of the United States may well be a kook, a crook or an incompetent perhaps some combination of the three.

The Latest: GOP lawmaker says no decisions yet on DACA

Lynn Tran and Richard Hazen built a beachfront treehouse that would be the envy of any child, but they've been in a legal fight for years to keep it _ and now they're at their last stop, the Supreme Court. Lynn Tran and Richard Hazen built a beachfront treehouse that would be the envy of any child, but they've been in a legal fight for years to keep it _ and now they're at their last stop, the Supreme Court.

Trump, Republican lawmakers pore over agenda at Camp David

THURMONT, Md. - Emerging from closed-door meetings with Republican leaders, President Donald Trump on Saturday held out the prospect of a deal with Democrats on the fate of young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children but appeared to put a welfare system overhaul - once a top White House priority - on the back burner.

a Fire and Fury,a the book on the Trump White House, flying off…

A day after the release of Michael Wolff's "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" which has stirred controversy by portraying President Donald Trump as unfit for office some Southern California bookstores are scrambling to stock their shelves with copies of the explosive book. The book which Newsweek reports has sold out on major retailers' websites - gained buzz after excerpts became available online earlier this week, prompting a storm of tweets from Trump whose lawyer has threatened to sue the book's publisher.

Trump defends fitness for office by saying he’s ‘stable genius,’ in book fallout

President Donald Trump lashed out at critics Saturday in defense of his mental fitness for office, calling himself a "very stable genius" in a tweetstorm of boasts. First on Twitter and then at a news conference with Republican leaders at Camp David, Trump defended himself against a new book that cites purported fears from former and current aides that he was unprepared for the presidency, incapable of processing information and uninterested in making difficult decisions.

The Latest: Cumberbatch riffs on ‘stable genius’ tweet

When a producer mentioned a Twitter post from Benedict Cumberbatch led to a TV role, the actor couldn't resist riffing on President Donald Trump's "stable genius" tweet. Michael Jackson, executive producer of Showtime's new "Patrick Melrose" series, told TV critics Saturday that he learned from Twitter that Cumberbatch longed to play the title role.

President, GOP lawmakers huddle at Camp David

President Donald Trump, fifth from right, accompanied by from left, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Vice President Mike Pence, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, speaks during a news conference after after participating in a Congressional Republican Leadership Retreat at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018. THURMONT, Md.

A ‘postliterate’ president?

Michael Wolff's tantalizing takedown of President Donald Trump's White House is so tightly packed with tales of political convulsion and personal betrayal that official Washington will be buzzing off its sugar high for weeks. But after the shock of Wolff's account of Trump's willful ignorance and intellectual incoherence fades, Americans will be left with the inescapable conclusion that the president is not capable of fulfilling his duties as commander in chief.