Kushner Still Does Not Have Permanent Security Clearance

Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's top adviser and son-in-law, still has interim security clearance, while his application for permanent clearance is being reviewed, according to Politico. Many senior White House officials have gotten permanent clearance, but interviews and paperwork for Kushner - who has been with the administration since the first day - are still in the works.

Hillary Clinton says she’s resigning from ‘Fox News presidency’

The 2016 Democratic presidential candidate joked in an interview with the online news outlet NowThis that she is officially resigning as the conservative news channel's president of the United States. She said the outlet is "always talking about the Clinton administration," despite the fact that she lost the election to Donald Trump.

Grassley alters Senate policy for 2 judicial nominees

Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said Thursday he's going ahead with confirmation hearings for two appellate court nominees, Davis Straus of Minnesota and Kyle Duncan of Louisiana, even though they have not received the support of both of their home-state senators. In each case, a senator declined to return a so-called blue slip marking their support for the judicial nominee from their state.

Sylvester Stallone accused of sexually assaulting a teen in the 80s

A police report obtained by The Daily Mail shows that Sylvester Stallone was accused of forcing a 16-year-old girl into a sex act with him and his bodyguard at a Las Vegas hotel in 1986. Stallone has denied the allegations, saying "it never happened."

Congress sends Trump $700B military spending bill

By RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press WASHINGTON - Congress on Thursday sent President Donald Trump a sweeping defense policy bill authorizing a $700 billion budget for the military, including billions of dollars more for missile defense programs to counter the growing nuclear weapons threat from North Korea.

On Republican tax bill, Donald Trump and Paul Ryan nudged skeptic Ken …

Last-minute conversations with President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan helped persuade U.S. Rep. Ken Buck to vote with most of his Republican colleagues in support of a broad tax bill, the Colorado lawmaker said Thursday after the 227-205 vote. Buck initially was skeptical of the measure - given expectations that it would grow the national deficit - but the Windsor Republican said he was convinced to get behind it after he got assurances the tax cuts would be partially offset by future reductions to spending on social programs.

Trump stops short of saying U.S. Senate candidate Moore should leave race

President Donald Trump believes Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore should step aside if sexual misconduct allegations against him are true, the White House said on Thursday, while state party leaders in Alabama vowed to stand by their nominee. Judge Roy Moore speaks as he participates in the Mid-Alabama Republican Club's Veterans Day Program in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, U.S., November 11, 2017.

There’s a massive moral vacuum in the country right now

When an "Access Hollywood" tape featuring Donald Trump making comments about how money and power allowed him to grab women in their private parts without penalty - and he still won the White House - we knew there would be political and cultural repercussions. When more than a dozen women accused Trump of sexually inappropriate behavior during the campaign - and he still won - we knew the impacts would be long lasting and meaningful.

GOP Muscling Tax Bill Through House; Hits Senator Roadblock

Republicans are muscling their massive tax bill through the House, with President Donald Trump urging them on to a critically needed legislative victory and GOP House leaders exuding confidence they have the votes. But the tax overhaul hit a roadblock Wednesday as Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin became the first Republican senator to say he opposes his party's politically must-do tax legislation.

Revenge Is a Rotten Way to Run a Country

President Donald Trump chats with Russia's President Vladimir Putin as they attend the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, part of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on Nov. 11, 2017. Looking back at the last tumultuous year, to me, one of the saddest aspects of the Trump candidacy and presidency is that both in part were built from one of the basest of human impulses: revenge.

House Republicans await audience with Trump on tax overhaul

Republicans are muscling their massive tax bill through the House, with President Donald Trump urging them on to a critically needed legislative victory and GOP House leaders exuding confidence they have the votes. But the tax overhaul hit a roadblock Wednesday as Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin became the first Republican senator to say he opposes his party's politically must-do tax legislation.

Palace welcomes US P5.1-B support for Marawi rehab, war on terrorism, drugs

MalacaA ang said that President Duterte has earned the trust of United States President Donald Trump with the White House announcement that the US would pour in $101.3 million, or P5.1 billion, to support the initiatives of the Duterte administration. The White House announced, upon President Trump's return from his 12-day Asian swing , that the US government was pledging the amount to support the rehabilitation of Marawi City, the country's counter-terrorism efforts, and the administration's drug war.

Deval has clearest path to 2020 nomination

With Democrats claiming victory in the 2017 elections and Donald Trump's approval ratings mired in the mid-30s, political chatter has turned predictably to 2020 and who could, or should, be the Democrats' presidential nominee. The chatter has intensified with Joe Biden's book tour; in Massachusetts, the buzz hovers over U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton.