Graham: Donald Trump hits Bannon with ‘Fire and Fury’

It's not even the first Friday of the new year - the Trump presidency itself isn't even one year old yet - and already American politics is off the rails. Donald Trump's political BFF, Steve Bannon is quoted calling a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer "treasonous" and "unpatriotic."

California cites Trump in immigration policy fight

Add Immigration as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Immigration news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The California attorney general says a tweet by President Donald Trump shows the true motivation behind his decision to end a program protecting some young immigrants from deportation.

EU foreign policy chief says ‘blockade’ of Cuba not solution

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini toured the historic center of Havana accompanied by city historian Eusebio Leal Spengler and the EU ambassador to Cuba Alberto Navarro in Havana, Cuba, 3 January 2018. [Alejandro Ernesto/EPA/EFE] Blockading Cuba is not the solution, the European Union's foreign policy chief said yesterday on a trip aimed at strengthening ties with Havana, after Washington tightened restrictions on the island.

Asia’s ‘best’ and ‘worst’ of 2017

As 2018 begins in Cambodia and around the world, we take a last look at what made headlines and, fitting in this day, lit up Facebook and Twitter in Asia in 2017. From the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother at a Malaysia airport to smog-filled Indian skies and a year-end US presidential visit, the images were all-too-real.

The – nuclear button’ explained: For starters, there’s no button

A military aide traveling with President Donald Trump carries the 45-pound briefcase known as the nuclear football while walking from Marine One to the White House after traveling with Trump to Philadelphia, Jan. 26, 2017. The briefcase, which accompanies the president wherever he goes, contains an instructional guide to carrying out a nuclear strike, a radio transceiver and code authenticators.

Jefferson County Probate judge: Trump’s voter fraud claims ‘urban legend’

Jefferson County Presiding Probate Judge Alan King, one of the 11 members of a presidential commission looking into possible voter fraud in last year's election, was not aware the panel had been disbanded until President Donald Trump made the public announcement Wednesday. King, the lone Alabama representative and one of several Democrats on the commission, was a frequent critic of the panel.

Confusion over Trump’s border wall delays spending talks

Donald John Trump House Democrat slams Donald Trump Jr. for 'serious case of amnesia' after testimony Skier Lindsey Vonn: I don't want to represent Trump at Olympics Poll: 4 in 10 Republicans think senior Trump advisers had improper dealings with Russia MORE about his plans for a proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border is holding up talks to avoid a government shutdown. Trump has demanded tougher immigration controls and more border-security measures in return for relief for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipients in the 2018 spending bill.

Hatch’s retirement lets him leave at the height of his power Source: AP

Orrin Hatch's decision to retire from the Senate after four decades lets the Utah Republican walk away at the height of his power after helping to push through an overhaul of the tax code and persuading President Donald Trump to downsize two national monuments. Retirement also preserves the 83-year-old's legacy by allowing him to avoid a bruising re-election battle that would have broken his promise not to seek an eighth term.

Donald Trump Responds To Steve Bannon Bombshell: ‘He Lost His Mind’

President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered a fiery response to bombshell reports that Steve Bannon, his former chief strategist , had accused the president of meeting with Russian operatives after Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with them at Trump Tower in June 2016. "Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my Presidency," Trump said Wednesday in a statement.

2 Democrats sworn in as senators, narrow GOP majority

The Republican majority in the Senate narrowed to 51-49 on Wednesday as two new Democratic senators were sworn into office, complicating GOP efforts to advance the party's legislative agenda before the 2018 midterm elections. Jones is the first Alabama Democrat elected to the Senate in a quarter century.

Will President Trump’s political luck hold in 2018?

If President Donald Trump totally dominated the political landscape in 2017, and there is no reason to think he will lose his ability to drive the new cycle, in 2018 he must contend with some supporting actors: the economy, health care markets, and the midterm elections. The GOP, after a year of legislative failure, finally passed a tax bill at year's end.

Utah’s Orrin Hatch set to retire

Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said Tuesday he will not seek re-election after serving more than 40 years in the Senate, opening the door for former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney to run for his seat. Hatch, 83, said he's always been a fighter, "but every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves."

Continue reading 2 new faces, old standoffs as Congress returns to D.C.

There will be two fresh Senate faces and some familiar but stubborn clashes facing lawmakers Wednesday as Congress begins its 2018 session staring at the year's first potential calamity -- an election-year government shutdown unless there's a bipartisan spending pact by Jan. 19. Looking to prevent a closure of federal agencies, top White House officials planned to meet at the Capitol on Wednesday with House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and each chamber's top Democrat. Their goal is to find a compromise on raising limits on defense and domestic spending that eluded lawmakers before they left Washington for the holidays.

Trump administration eases penalties against negligent nursing homes

Reversing guidelines put in place under former President Barack Obama, the Trump administration is scaling back the use of fines against nursing homes that harm residents or place them in grave risk of injury. The shift in the Medicare program's penalty protocols was requested by the nursing home industry.

DACA talks hinge on Trump

Leaders of Congress will sit down with key White House staff on Wednesday, and negotiations on immigration policy could hang in the balance. As the Senate comes back Wednesday and the House is set to follow next week, lawmakers are returning to their unfinished business that was punted at the end of last year -- including a potential deal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy.