Trump returns to unfinished business

President Donald Trump's holiday weekend featured a raucous campaign rally, a health care strategy session, interviews for a new national security adviser - and even a few holes of golf. Trump brought four contenders to his private club Mar-a-Lago club in Florida on Sunday as he seeks a replacement for retired Gen.

DHS targets aggressive deportations

The Homeland Security Department has drafted sweeping new guidelines aimed at aggressively detaining and deporting immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, according to a pair of memoranda signed by DHS Secretary John Kelly. The memos dated Friday seek to implement President Donald Trump's broad directive to crack down on illegal immigration.

At conference of world leaders, McCain blasts Trump’s worldview

Without ever mentioning President Trump by name, Sen. John McCain used a speech in Germany on Friday as an international platform in an apparent blast at his fellow Republican's policies and worldview. At conference of world leaders, McCain blasts Trump's worldview Without ever mentioning President Trump by name, Sen. John McCain used a speech in Germany on Friday as an international platform in an apparent blast at his fellow Republican's policies and worldview.

Pruitt OK’d as EPA chief over environmentalists’ objections

Over the strong objections of environmental groups, the Senate confirmed Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday, giving President Donald Trump an eager partner to fulfill his campaign pledge to increase the use of planet-warming fossil fuels. In six years as Oklahoma's attorney general, Pruitt filed 14 lawsuits challenging EPA regulations that included limits on carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants.

McCain just systematically dismantled Trump’s worldview

Speaking Sunday at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, U.S. Sen. John McCain criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin's intervention in Syria's nearly five-year civil war. "Mr. Putin is not interested in being our partner," said McCain During a speech at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, the Republican senator from Arizona delivered a pointed and striking point-by-point takedown of Trump's worldview and brand of nationalism.

Climate doubter Pruitt takes EPA reins

Director of Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt is sworn in by Justice Samuel Alito at the Executive Office in Washington, US February 17, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Carlos Barria The US Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday over the objections of Democrats and environmentalists worried he will gut the agency, as the administration readies executive orders to ease regulation on drillers and miners.

Even CEOs oppose Trump’s promise to sweep aside Paris climate accord

Trashing the Paris Agreement made for a great campaign prop at Donald Trump's rallies, where the climate change accord was portrayed as a product of the out-of-touch, insufferable elites that Trump pledged to sweep from power. Now the landmark agreement, signed under President Barack Obama, is fast becoming a nuisance for President Trump's White House.

Trump administration deals a big setback to Caltrain

In this July 1, 2013, file photo, commuters board a Caltrain train at the Caltrain and BART station in Millbrae. The Federal Transit Administration is delaying a decision on whether to approve a $647 million federal grant for electrification of Caltrain, which would also help California's high-speed rail project.

Sunday: Priebus, Graham, Nunes, Cummings

U.S. President Donald Trump hands Chief of Staff Reince Priebus an executive order that directs agencies to ease the burden of Obamacare, after signing it in the Oval Office in Washington, U.S. Jan. 20, 2017. President Trump stepped back into campaign mode this week, once again taking aim at one of his favorite targets: the media.

Local residents share thoughts on Affordable Care Act repeal and replace(WLFI).

The Trump Administration is taking steps toward repealing and replacing former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act. It's still not known how many Republicans are dissecting the health law, but it is known that some elements of the ACA are likely to survive.

Trump exchange with black journalist sparks outrage

In this Jan. 5, 2017, file photo, House Assistant Minority Leaser James Clyburn of S.C speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus expressed bafflement and dismay on Feb. 16, after President Donald Trump asked a black reporter to set up a meeting with them.

John McCain just systematically dismantled Donald Trump’s…

During a speech at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, the Republican senator from Arizona delivered a pointed and striking point-by-point takedown of Trump's worldview and brand of nationalism. McCain didn't mention Trump's name once, but he didn't have to.

Tensions over Trump deepen fractures among American Jews

The early weeks of the Trump Administration have widened divides between liberal and conservative Jews, setting off quarrels over anti-Semitism, Israel and the Holocaust. Well before the 2016 election, discussion over Israel had become so barbed among Jews that Jewish groups began organizing civility training so relationships and holidays wouldn't be ruined.

Tillerson presides over shakeup at State Department

The news sent shock waves through the agency and has left career officials on edge, in part because of its abrupt nature - taking place before their assignments end this summer and replacements have been found - and in part because these officials help the secretary, a government novice, work with policy experts throughout the building. While Tillerson was on his first overseas trip at the G20 in Bonn, Germany, his aides told the entire staff in the offices of the deputy secretary of state for management and resources and the State Department counselor that their current assignments were prematurely coming to an end, according to senior aides.

Senate confirms Trumpa s EPA pick as White House targets regulation

The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday over the objections of Democrats and green groups worried he will gut the agency, as the administration readies executive orders to ease regulation on drillers and miners. Senators voted 52-46 to approve Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, who Senator John Barrasso, a Republican and the head of the chamber's environment committee, said would reform and modernize the EPA.

Mark Cuban goes on extended tweetstorm about ‘The Trump…

Billionaire businessman Mark Cuban used Twitter on Friday to respond to President Donald Trump's wild Thursday press conference and discuss what he termed "The Trump Conundrum." In an extended Twitter storm, the owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks who stars on ABC's "Shark Tank" said the biggest dilemma facing the president was whether to lead the government "effectively" or "play to his base."

GOP lawmaker stuns CNN’s Kate Bolduan: ‘Deep State’ …

A Kentucky Republican knocked CNN's normally unflappable Kate Bolduan sideways by suggesting President Donald Trump was being played for a pawn by "Deep State" forces eager for conflict with Russia. Rep. Thomas Massie appeared Friday morning on CNN's "At This Hour," where he defended the president after reports showed Michael Flynn misled FBI investigators and the vice president about his calls to the Russian ambassador.

Will Republicans do the right thing regarding Russia and the 2016 election?

Russian wooden dolls depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are displayed for sale at a street souvenir shop in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Jan. 20. There's an old clichA for times like this: "What did the president know, and when did he know it?" As far as "Russia-gate" goes, that dam has broken. Denial is not an option, America.