Trump’s New Chief of Staff Gen. Kelly Takes Over a White House in Chaos
Retired Gen. John Kelly, previously the Homeland Security secretary, takes over Monday from the ousted Reince Priebus.
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Sessions to Tout Battle Against Leaks in Press Briefing This Week
In an apparent attempt to curtail the culture of leaks, Attorney General Jeff Sessions plans this week to hold a press conference in which he will release figures showing an increase in the number of such cases pursued so far this year, compared to all of 2016, Axios reported on Monday. Administration officials have said the reason for the increase in leak cases is due to both more leaking going on, particularly by appointees of former President Barack Obama who remain in government, and because the Justice Department is being increasingly aggressive in going after the violators.
Republicans Face Tough Choice: Repeal Obamacare or Cut Taxes
After the collapse of Obamacare repeal, Republicans may have to choose between pursuing another health bill or pushing through a tax overhaul this year, because there's almost certainly not enough time to do both. And that's not even their biggest problem -- which is, they can't agree on either.
Retired Gen. John Kelly, Trump’s new chief of staff, takes over a White House in chaos
Retired Gen. John Kelly , previously the Homeland Security secretary, takes over Monday from the ousted Reince Priebus .
Trump’s new chief of staff takes over a White House in chaos
Retired Gen. John Kelly, previously the Homeland Security secretary, takes over Monday from the ousted Reince Priebus.
White House: Trump to decide soon on ending health payments
In this Tuesday, July 25, 2017, photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine is surrounded by reporters as she arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, before a test vote on the Republican health care bill. Collins, who was one of three Republican senators voting against the GOP health bill on Friday, July 28, said she's troubled by Trump's suggestions that the insurance payments are a "bailout."
Trump to decide soon if he will let ‘Obamacare implode,’ White House says
U.S. President Donald Trump has not answered a single question from non-friendly media about his party's health care plan. He seems fond of tweeting about the topic to publicly scold Republicans, but it's not clear if Trump knows or understands any of the nuances of health care policy.
How the Trump-Sessions relationship evolved into an icy standoff
They met more than a decade ago, when the genteel junior senator from Alabama invited the brash real estate mogul to testify on Capitol Hill about the renovation of the United Nations. Jeff Sessions was taken by Donald Trump, calling him a "breath of fresh air for this Senate."
Trump’s top trade nominees lobbied for hormone-meat exports
The nature of Britain's trade deals with the United States after Brexit raises serious concerns about the quality of food on supermarket shelves - and the influence of vested interests in the meat industry, reports LAWRENCE CARTER of EnergyDesk, Greenpeace. I can't see the Farm Bureau and the commodity organisations being willing to say yes, let's do a deal with the UK under the same terms that we have with the European Union Donald Trump's nominee to be the United States' chief agricultural trade negotiator previously called for the US to walk away from trade talks with the EU if it refused to drop its ban on beef reared with antibiotics and growth supplements.
Foreign policy challenges escalate amidst domestic turmoil
President Donald Trump's turbulent few weeks at home -- the palace intrigue of White House rivalries, sudden departures and legislative defeats -- have been echoed by a brewing storm of challenges overseas. North Korea is launching missiles designed to reach the US; Moscow is forcing a drastic reduction in US diplomatic staff in Russia; Venezuela is wracked by violence as its democracy dies; and Iran has been expanding its reach in Syria and Iraq.
How Romney Loyalists Hijacked Trump’s Foreign Policy
Those who play the game by establishment rules are waived in. Those who would challenge the status quo are kept out.
Trump has new chief of staff, old health care fight
President Donald Trump is looking for a fresh start with a new White House chief of staff. But he's still clinging to an old battle, refusing to give up on health care.
For Sessions, being attorney general is chance to make mark
America's top law enforcement officer wandered through a Salvadoran jail, sizing up the tattooed gang members who sat with their backs to him on the concrete floors of their cells. His soft voice was barely audible over the downpour pelting the tin roof as he spoke to the local police.
Clinton lost, but Republicans still want to investigate her
Democrat Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to President Donald Trump, but some Republicans in Congress are intensifying their calls to investigate her and other Obama administration officials. As investigations into Russian meddling and possible links to Trump's campaign have escalated on both sides of the Capitol, some Republicans argue that the investigations should have a greater focus on Democrats.
New order at White House front and center as Kelly takes helm
Incoming White House chief of staff John Kelly's ability to instill order was on the minds of those inside and outside the Trump administration Sunday, but it remained unclear to them whether he will be able to get his underlings to snap to. President Donald Trump on Friday swapped in the homeland security secretary and retired Marine Corps general to be his chief of staff following Reince Preibus' resignation from the job last week.
Donald Trump’s transgender troop ban cheers social conservatives
Social conservatives are savoring a rare victory in the armed forces' long battle of the sexes, toasting President Trump's Twitter announcement that there will be no transgender troops. "The real winners are military and pro-defense voters who responded to Trump's promise to end political correctness in the military," said Elaine Donnelly, who runs the Center for Military Readiness and has long fought against using the military to test social theory.
US President Donald Trump doesn’t bother to disguise his thuggish instincts
OPINION: US President Donald Trump, speaking on Friday on Long Island, told a gathering of police officers: "I said, please, don't be too nice - like when you guys put somebody in the car and you're protecting their head ... I said you can take the hand away, OK?" That's not a trash-talking guy with a Confederate battle flag. That's the head of the executive branch , who has sworn to uphold the Constitution.
GOP sends mixed messages on the future of American healthcare after…
The Republican party appears to be sending differing signals following the collapse of Senate GOP efforts to overhaul the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. President Donald Trump has, in recent days, ramped up calls for the Senate to vote on healthcare before considering any other legislation.
Trump, White House Continue to Press for Health Care Overhaul
President Donald Trump speaks about the healthcare vote during a joint news conference with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, July 25, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump and key aides pressed lawmakers Sunday to not abandon an overhaul of the country's health care law in the face of the Senate's rejection last week of three measures to repeal or replace it.
Celebrated photo editor John Morris dies at 100 in Paris
In this file photo dated Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, 97-year old former Life Magazine, New York Times and Washington Post picture editor John Morris during an interview in New York City. In this file photo dated Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, 97-year old former Life Magazine, New York Times and Washington Post picture editor John Morris during an interview in New York City.