Pelosi says she never met with current Russian ambassador, then photo emerges contradicting her claim

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's claim she never met with Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak was contradicted Friday when an unearthed 2010 photo showed her sitting in a group meeting with him. When Politico later presented her office with a wire photo showing her, in fact, sitting in a meeting with him, a spokesperson said Pelosi meant she had never met privately with the ambassador.

With ‘Trumpcare’ On Horizon, Voters Go Wobbly On Repeal

As candidate Donald Trump hammered the Affordable Care Act last year as "a fraud," "a total disaster" and "very bad health insurance," more Americans than not seemed to agree with him. Now that President Trump and fellow Republicans show signs of keeping their promise to dump the law, many appear to be having second thoughts.

Notre Dame Students Polarized Over Pence Speech to Graduates

In this file photo, Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Frame USA facility, Thursday, March 2, 2017, in Springdale, Ohio. Notre Dame senior Xitlaly Estrada got a call after the presidential election from her mother, who immigrated to the United States from Mexico in the early 90s.

Donald Trump condemns ‘witch hunt’ after attorney general quits Russia probe

Donald Trump has accused Democrats of conducting a "witch hunt" in their criticism of his attorney general over his contacts with the Russian ambassador during the presidential campaign. Jeff Sessions has recused himself from any investigation into Russian interference in America's 2016 presidential election after it emerged that he twice spoke with Sergey Kislyak during the campaign and failed to say so when pressed by Congress.

‘Welcome refugees,’ churches say in a public challenge to Trump

Employees of the Church World Service office in Lancaster, Pa., attend Friday Prayer at the Islamic Community Center of Lancaster in solidarity with the Muslim community, Feb. 3. A network of 37 Protestant and Orthodox Christian denominations is preparing a campaign to lobby the president to rescind his executive order on immigration. Employees of the Church World Service office in Lancaster, Pa., attend Friday Prayer at the Islamic Community Center of Lancaster in solidarity with the Muslim community, Feb. 3. A network of 37 Protestant and Orthodox Christian denominations is preparing a campaign to lobby the president to rescind his executive order on immigration.

A Closer Look at Trump’s 10% Defense Spending Increase

Reports surfaced this week that President Donald Trump's administration plans to increase fiscal 2018 defense spending significantly. The administration's initial statements coupled with the budget and political environment confirm our forecast of around $650 billion in defense spending for fiscal 2018, of which $625 billion-$630 billion will go to the Department of Defense.

What is Trump-Russia controversy about? Who all are involved? All your questions answered

US President Donald Trump arrives aboard Air Force One at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia. Officials in the Donald Trump administration are being investigated ever since reports surfaced that Donald Trump's aides colluded with Russia to get ahead in the US Presidential Elections surfaced last year.

Congressman compares town halls to cleansing by orientals

He compared the raucous events to 'struggle sessions' - a brutal practice carried out by the Chinese Communist Party under Chairman Mao Zedong 'You know the cleansing that the Orientals used to do where you'd put one person out in front and 900 people yell at them?' Bost said The government moved to stop using the terms 'oriental' and 'negro' after former President Barack Obama signed the change into law Rep. Mike Bost was discussing his poor attendance at raucous town hall events, which he described as counterproductive, when he used the racial slur. 'The amount of time that I have at home is minimal, I need to make sure that it's productive,' Bost told the editorial board.

Trump’s Attorney General Wins Respite by Sitting Out Campaign Probes

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.

Obama, Organizing for Action, and the Death Throes of the Democratic Party

If you think you're going crazy from nonstop news coverage of unruly behavior and disruptive protests across the country since Donald Trump was elected president, rest assured there are veiled reasons for the current madness. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Goodwin asserts the 'Trump Derangement Syndrome,' is no temporarily insane reaction, but rather "a calculated plan to wreck the presidency, whatever the cost to the country."

Former prime minister John Howard on what won Donald Trump the US Presidency

These factors were not, for example, rust-belt unemployment, stagnating wages, inequality, fake news, xenophobia, or sexism against Mr Trump's opponent, Hillary Clinton, none of which rated a mention. "There were two things that were critical to Trump's success that I personally identify with very strongly," Mr Howard told a corporate audience at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia lunch in Sydney on Friday.

Revised Trump order won’t ban Iraqis

President Donald Trump's new executive order on immigration will not include a blanket ban on citizens from Iraq, among a host of other revisions meant to allay legal and diplomatic concerns, people familiar with the matter said. The White House late Tuesday scrapped plans for Trump to sign a revised travel ban Wednesday afternoon, a person familiar with the matter said, marking the third time the administration has put off the matter since the president said dangerous people might enter the country without a prohibition in place.

Trump’s address his finest hour as president

Donald Trump may not be Ronald Reagan, but in his address to Congress on Tuesday night, he delivered a worthy imitation of the 40th U.S. president, in style and substance. In measured tones accompanied by a calm and often conciliatory demeanor, Trump and his speechwriters correctly calibrated the president's address to this momentous occasion, much to the delight of congressional Republicans and the consternation of many Democrats who undoubtedly had hoped he'd fall on his face.