Bannon tries to make amends as aides defend Trump’s fitness

Faced with a growing backlash, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist released a statement Sunday reaffirming his support for the commander in chief and praising Trump's eldest son as "both a patriot and a good man." Bannon infuriated Trump with comments to author Michael Wolff describing a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower in New York between Donald Trump Jr., Trump campaign aides and a Russian lawyer as "treasonous" and "unpatriotic."

Too early to handicap the 2018 elections? No

If Democrats win at least one branch of Congress, there will be an investigative feast - with rich targets - of the ethically challenged administration of President Donald Trump, plus a check on presidential actions. If Republicans retain full control, expect renewed attacks on Obamacare, efforts to cut Medicare and Social Security, and one or two more right-wing Supreme Court justices.

Trump is scaling back his already light White House work schedule in 2018: report

President Donald Trump is starting work later and ending the day earlier in 2018, according to internal White House documents obtained by Jonathan Swan of Axios.com . Trump is postponing the beginning of his work day until 11 a.m., taking fewer meetings and and demanding more "executive time" in which he is unscheduled for official duties.

Bannon contrite as aides defend Trump’s competence

President Donald Trump's former chief strategist released a statement Sunday reaffirming his support for the commander in chief and praising Trump's eldest son as "both a patriot and a good man." Bannon infuriated Trump with comments to author Michael Wolff describing a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower in New York between Donald Trump Jr., Trump campaign aides and a Russian lawyer as "treasonous" and "unpatriotic."

With new cartoon, no such thing as Trump fatigue for Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert, right, executive producer of the Showtime animated series "Our Cartoon President," takes part in a panel discussion on the show with fellow executive producer Chris Licht at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour on Jan. 6, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif. Stephen Colbert, right, executive producer of the Showtime animated series "Our Cartoon President," takes part in a panel discussion on the show with fellow executive producer Chris Licht at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour on Jan. 6, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif.

Backtracking Bannon issues an apology for his ‘treason’ attack on Trump’s son

Isolated from his political allies and cut off from his financial patrons, Stephen K. Bannon, President Donald Trump's former chief strategist, issued a striking mea culpa on Sunday for comments he had made that were critical of the president's eldest son. Bannon, who is quoted in a new book calling Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with Russians in 2016 "treasonous," tried to reverse his statements completely, saying that the younger Trump was "both a patriot and a good man."

Trump bemoans ‘very weak’ U.S. libel laws as tell-all book questions his mental fitness

The U.S. president pushed back against new book 'Fire and Fury', which paints him as a leader whose competence is questioned by aides. WASHINGTON - Plainly agitated by a new book portraying him as dysfunctional, U.S. President Donald Trump is bemoaning his country's "very weak" libel laws and making the case that he's "like, really smart" and, indeed, a "very stable genius."

Trump wishes for better libel laws after book slams him

Plainly agitated by a new book portraying him as dysfunctional, President Donald Trump is bemoaning his country's "very weak" liberal laws and making the case that he's "like, really smart" and, indeed, a "very stable genius." Trump defense of his mental fitness in a series of tweets was a singular episode in a presidency rife with moments unlike any that have come before in that office.

‘Fire and Fury’: Excerpts from tell-all book on TrumpAFP

The following are excerpts from "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House," an incendiary new book by Michael Wolff which was rushed into bookstores Friday after President Donald Trump failed to suppress it. The book quickly sold out in shops in the US capital, with some lining up at midnight to get their hands on the instant best-seller, dismissed by Trump as "phony" and "full of lies."

Donald Trump battles fire with fury: Excerpts from book that threaten to end his presidency

Copies of the book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" by author Michael Wolff are seen at the Book Culture book store in New York. When American journalist Michael Wolff's book Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House released on Friday, days ahead of its schedule, it became an instant bestseller.

Can US do to Trump what Philippines did to Estrada?

US President Donald Trump signs a bipartisan bill to stop the flow of opioids into the United States. Photo: EPA cascade of leaks and revelations coming out of US President Donald Trump's White House in the first month of the new year has left us facing three possible conclusions, all equally unsettling: the president of the United States may well be a kook, a crook or an incompetent perhaps some combination of the three.

The Latest: GOP lawmaker says no decisions yet on DACA

Lynn Tran and Richard Hazen built a beachfront treehouse that would be the envy of any child, but they've been in a legal fight for years to keep it _ and now they're at their last stop, the Supreme Court. Lynn Tran and Richard Hazen built a beachfront treehouse that would be the envy of any child, but they've been in a legal fight for years to keep it _ and now they're at their last stop, the Supreme Court.

Trump, Republican lawmakers pore over agenda at Camp David

THURMONT, Md. - Emerging from closed-door meetings with Republican leaders, President Donald Trump on Saturday held out the prospect of a deal with Democrats on the fate of young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children but appeared to put a welfare system overhaul - once a top White House priority - on the back burner.

a Fire and Fury,a the book on the Trump White House, flying off…

A day after the release of Michael Wolff's "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" which has stirred controversy by portraying President Donald Trump as unfit for office some Southern California bookstores are scrambling to stock their shelves with copies of the explosive book. The book which Newsweek reports has sold out on major retailers' websites - gained buzz after excerpts became available online earlier this week, prompting a storm of tweets from Trump whose lawyer has threatened to sue the book's publisher.

Trump defends fitness for office by saying he’s ‘stable genius,’ in book fallout

President Donald Trump lashed out at critics Saturday in defense of his mental fitness for office, calling himself a "very stable genius" in a tweetstorm of boasts. First on Twitter and then at a news conference with Republican leaders at Camp David, Trump defended himself against a new book that cites purported fears from former and current aides that he was unprepared for the presidency, incapable of processing information and uninterested in making difficult decisions.