Scott Pruitt should’ve been fired ’28 scandals ago,’ Sen. Elizabeth Warren says

"A man who doesn't believe in climate change never should have been in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency in the first place," Warren told The Hill . "And a government official that corrupt should have been fired by the President of the United States 28 scandals ago."

Trump unleashes trade war with latest tariffs on China

A shipping container is offloaded from the Hong Kong based CSCL East China Sea container ship at the Port of Oakland on June 20, 2018 in Oakland, California. WASHINGTON: Punishing US tariffs on Chinese imports took effect early Friday , marking the start of President Donald Trump's trade war with the largest US trading partner and intensifying the anxieties of global industry.

3 judges top Trump’s Supreme Court nominee list

President Donald Trump is closing in on his next Supreme Court nominee, with three federal judges leading the competition to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Trump's top contenders for the vacancy at this time are federal appeals judges Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Raymond Kethledge, said a person familiar with Trump's thinking who was not authorized to speak publicly.

(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster). President Donald Trump boards Air Force…

California can limit police cooperation with immigration officials and require inspections of detention facilities but can't enforce a key part of a third state sanctuary law barring private employers from allowing immigration officials on their premises without a warrant, a U.S. judge ruled Thursday. The decision came in a lawsuit filed against the state by the Trump administration seeking to block all three laws.

Phillip Tutor: President Trump’s Alabama slammer

Standing before a portrait of George Washington, President Donald Trump announces about $60 billion worth of annual tariffs on Chinese imports, at the White House in Washington, March 22, 2018. If President Trump loves Alabama, which he says he does, and if Alabamians by and large love him back, why then is he kicking us in the shins? This isn't about immigration.

Judge tosses DNC lawsuit, suggests lack of jurisdiction

Donald Trump's campaign won the technical knockout of a lawsuit filed by two Democratic National Committee donors and a DNC staffer who accused it of colluding with Russian to publish compromising information about the Clinton campaign on WikiLeaks that included details about their lives. U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle in Washington dismissed the year-old lawsuit in a ruling issued late Tuesday, but did so in a way that would allow the men to refile elsewhere.

Montana Sen. Tester a welcomesa Trump by touting passed bills

In this July 3, 2018 file photo President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is giving Trump a tongue-in-cheek welcome to Montana by taking out a full-page ad in 14 newspapers thanking the president for signing 16 bills that the Democrat sponsored or co-sponsored.

Trump focused on Kavanaugh, Kethledge for Supreme Court

Conservative federal appeals court judges Brett Kavanaugh and Raymond Kethledge are the two most serious contenders being considered by President Donald Trump for the U.S. Supreme Court, a source familiar with the process said on Thursday. Kavanaugh serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Montana Sen. Tester ‘welcomes’ Trump by touting passed bills

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester gave President Donald Trump a tongue-in-cheek welcome to Montana Thursday by taking out a full-page ad in more than a dozen newspapers thanking him for signing 16 bills the Democrat sponsored or co-sponsored. Trump was scheduled to hold a rally in Great Falls on Thursday to campaign for Tester's Republican challenger, State Auditor Matt Rosendale.

President closes in on Supreme Court pick; 3 judges top list

A key GOP senator is warning President Donald Trump not to repeat "mistakes" of past Republican presidents by picking a Supreme Court nominee who turns out to be insufficiently conservative. In a Fox News op-ed, Cruz writes that "after countless mistakes by Republicans, we finally have a chance to get this right."

Trump closes in on Supreme Court pick; 3 judges top list

President Donald Trump is closing in on his next Supreme Court nominee, with three federal judges leading the competition to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Trump's top contenders for the vacancy at this time are federal appeals judges Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Raymond Kethledge, said a person familiar with Trump's thinking who was not authorized to speak publicly.

Congressman: Jewish Settlers Are Like Termites

A Democratic member of the House Armed Services Committee compared Jewish Israeli settlers to termites on Monday while speaking at an event sponsored by an anti-Israel organization that supports boycotts of the Jewish state. Rep. Hank Johnson launched into a tirade against Israel and its policies toward the Palestinians, comparing Jewish people who live in disputed territories to "termites" that destroy homes.

Jaws 2′ was almost – Saving Private Ryan’ … with sharks

The original "Jaws" movie was a classic, but it's sequel not so much. According to a recent podcast, filmmaker Steven Spielberg initially wanted to tell a very different shark tale - the famed sinking of the USS Indianapolis, as told by "Jaws" character Quint - instead of returning to Amity Island.

Jenkins explains vote against second immigration bill

Despite President Donald Trump's support of the immigration bill which failed to pass the House of Representatives last week, U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., was among the 301 lawmakers who voted against the legislation. The bill, House Resolution 6136 , would have created a pathway to citizenship for people who were brought illegally to the country as children.