Supreme Court vacancy: Prepare for a game-changer, experts say

U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials - A resolution to encourage breast-feeding was expected to be approved quickly and easily by the hundreds of government delegates who gathered this spring in Geneva for the United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly. Trump Giving a Fresh Look to Thomas Hardiman for Supreme Court - BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. - President Trump is expressing fresh interest in Judge Thomas M. Hardiman, the runner-up for last year's Supreme Court vacancy, as he pushes his decision on a replacement for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy A journalist's conscience leads her to reveal her source to the FBI.

Endorsement: For 12th District: Danny O’Connor favored for open seat

U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials - A resolution to encourage breast-feeding was expected to be approved quickly and easily by the hundreds of government delegates who gathered this spring in Geneva for the United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly. Trump Giving a Fresh Look to Thomas Hardiman for Supreme Court - BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. - President Trump is expressing fresh interest in Judge Thomas M. Hardiman, the runner-up for last year's Supreme Court vacancy, as he pushes his decision on a replacement for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy A journalist's conscience leads her to reveal her source to the FBI.

Trump Keeps Everyone Guessing on Supreme Court Pick Ahead of Monday Night Reveal

President Donald Trump appears to be doing everything in his power to build up suspense ahead of his self-imposed Monday night deadline to announce his second Supreme Court nominee. As of late Sunday afternoon, Trump had yet to make a clear decision in what many saw as an effort by the former reality television star to ensure all eyes will be on his announcement that is scheduled for Monday at 9 p.m. Some are describing the last minute back-and-forths to announce the replacement for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy as "insane," as one source put it to NPR .

Pruitt’s ethical disaster ends; EPA’s environmental disaster still threatens

It took months of revelation after damning revelation for President Donald Trump to finally remove Scott Pruitt from the top job at the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt last week joined the ranks of former Trump administration officials forced to resign in disgrace, raising questions about why Trump hired them in the first place.

.com | US awaits Trump’s Supreme Court nominee

President Donald Trump will announce his US Supreme Court pick on Monday, an intensely anticipated decision likely to swing the bench rightward for years to come and which has Washington readying for an explosive confirmation battle. In an undeniable bid to maximise exposure for his nominee to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, long a swing vote on the nine-member court, Trump said he would unveil his choice at a 21:00 prime time televised appearance at the White House.

Trump has nothing to fear from Cohen’s cooperation with prosecutors, Giuliani says

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's outside lawyer in the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election said the president has no reason to fear possible cooperation between Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen and federal prosecutors. "If he wants to cooperate, I think it's great," Rudy Giuliani said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Trump nears decision on replacement for Supreme Court

President Donald Trump is nearing a decision on a replacement for retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy after a weekend of deliberation at his New Jersey golf club. A person with knowledge of the president's thinking said Sunday that Trump has not yet communicated a final choice.

Giuliani advises Trump not to pardon Cohen, says – it would just confuse everything’

Rudolph Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, said Sunday that he has counseled the president against granting a pardon to his longtime fixer Michael Cohen, at least for now. ''I have advised the president, which he understands: no discussion of pardons,'' Giuliani said in an appearance on ABC News' ''This Week.'

Giuliani: Mueller Investigation Is ‘The Most Corrupt…

President Donald Trump's attorney, Rudy Giuliani, characterized Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election as the "most corrupt investigation" he's ever seen. The former New York City mayor is referring to texts from FBI agents that show political bias against the president.

A ‘Supreme’ show: Trump savors big reveal for court choice

In this Jan. 31, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, to announce Judge Neil Gorsuch, standing with his wife Louise, as his nominee for the Supreme Court. A family separation crisis of his making continues at the border.

Conservatism’s Challenges In the Age of Trump

In these confounding times, conservatives would do well to recall that modern conservatism is a creature of confounding times. Both the broad school of politics that emerged in England in the 17th and 18th centuries and the mature, post-World War II American variant arose to combat new threats to freedom -- and freedom's moral, cultural, and religious preconditions.

How the trade war is changing minds in a Senate battleground

Jimmy Tosh's sprawling hog farm in rural Tennessee is an unlikely battleground in the fight for control of the U.S. Senate. Yet his 15,000 acres two hours west of Nashville showcase the practical risks of President Donald Trump's trade policies and the political threat to red-state Republican Senate candidates such as Tennessee's Marsha Blackburn.

Trump lawyers call Comey ‘Machiavellian’ in note to Mueller

Lawyers for President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack on former FBI Director James Comey in a confidential memo last year to the special counsel, casting him as "Machiavellian," dishonest and "unbounded by law and regulation" as they sought to undermine the credibility of a law enforcement leader they see as a critical witness against the president. The letter, obtained by The Associated Press, underscores the intense effort by Trump's legal team over the last year to tarnish Comey's reputation and pit the president's word against that of the former FBI director.