Emmanuel Macron during his address to a joint meeting of Congress

French president Emmanuel Macron has laid out a firm vision of global leadership in a speech to US Congress, rejecting "the illusion of nationalism" in a candid counterweight to Donald Trump's appeals to put "America first". Opening a joint meeting of Congress, Mr Macron was courteous but firm, deferential but resolute as he traced the lines of profound division between himself and Mr Trump on key world issues: climate change, trade and the Iran nuclear deal.

VA nominee accused of drunken behavior, reckless prescribing

Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, center, President Donald Trump's choice to be secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, walks down a stairwell to avoid reporters and cameras as he leaves a Senate office building after meeting individually with some members of the committee that would vet him for the post, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 24, 2018.

Memo: VA pick Ronny Jackson said to have crashed car while drunk

President Donald Trump's pick for Veterans Affairs secretary showed "a pattern" of questionable prescription drug practices and drunken behavior, including crashing a government vehicle while intoxicated and doling out a large supply of a prescription opioid to a White House military staff member, according to a summary of allegations compiled by Democratic staff of a Senate panel. The two-page summary details complaints it received from 23 former and current colleagues of Dr. Ronny Jackson, who has served as a White House physician since 2006.

Sessions defends Trump pardons of Joe Arpaio, Scooter Libby Source: AP

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday defended President Donald Trump's right to pardon former Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former Bush administration official I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. Both of those pardons were issued by Trump and bypassed the involvement of the Justice Department and its pardon attorney, which historically reviews petitions for clemency.

French President Emmanuel Macron resists Trump’s ‘America first’ in speech to Congress

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he is introduced before speaking to a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 25, 2018. WASHINGTON - French President Emmanuel Macron drew sharp contrasts with President Donald Trump's worldview Wednesday, laying out a firm vision of global leadership that rejects "the illusion of nationalism" in a candid counterweight to Trump's appeals to put "America first."

Trump travel ban seems poised for victory at U.S. Supreme Court

Chief Justice John Roberts suggested he doubted that the policy was unconstitutionally tainted by Trump's campaign call for a Muslim ban at the border In this Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017 file photo, a protester holds up a sign during a protest of President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel to the U.S. by citizens of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia or Yemen at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia. More than five decades after Americans poured into the streets to demand civil rights and the end to a deeply unpopular war, thousands are embracing a culture of resistance unlike anything since.

Trump’s travel ban likely to be upheld, justices indicate

The Supreme Court seemed poised Wednesday to uphold President Donald Trump's ban on travel to the U.S. by visitors from several Muslim-majority countries, giving the president a major victory on a signature and controversial policy. In the court's first full-blown consideration of a Trump order, the conservative justices who make up the court's majority seemed unwilling to hem in a president who has invoked national security to justify restrictions on who can or cannot step on U.S. soil.

GOP unsettled by narrow win in US House race in Arizona

It took a big money push from the Republican Party, tweets by the president and the support of the state's current and former governors, but the GOP held onto an Arizona U.S. House seat they would have never considered endangered in any other year. Tuesday's narrow victory by Republican Debbie Lesko over a Democratic political newcomer sends a big message to Republicans nationwide: Even the reddest of districts in a red state can be in play this year.

Absolutely the Best: President Obama Signed Off on Dr. Ronny Jackson’s Fitness Multiple Times

Just days ahead of the scheduled confirmation hearing for U.S. Navy Rear Admiral and longtime White House Doctor Ronny Jackson to become the next Secretary of Veteran's Affairs, anonymous allegations of professional misconduct have surfaced in news report. Jackson is accused of drinking on the job and improperly prescribing prescription drugs like Ambien to White House staffers on foreign trips.

Eli Lake:

Those who want to kill the Iran nuclear deal, and those who want to fix it, may all overlook that there's a strong third option: keep its fate in limbo. May 12 is the deadline for President Donald Trump to decide whether to re-impose crippling sanctions, which were lifted by the deal that was intended to provide transparency into and temporary limits on Iran's nuclear development.

GOP unsettled by narrow US House win in ‘safe’ Arizona district

It took a big money push from the Republican Party, tweets by the president and the support of the state's current and former governors, but the GOP held onto an Arizona U.S. House seat they would have never considered endangered in any other year. Tuesday's narrow victory by Republican Debbie Lesko over a Democratic political newcomer sends a big message to Republicans nationwide: Even the reddest of districts in a red state can be in play this year.