U.S. formally proposes replacing Obama’s carbon-cutting plan

Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency , speaks to employees of the agency in Washington, U.S., February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RTSZO5F The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a formal proposal on Tuesday to scrap and replace a plan devised by the agency under former President Barack Obama to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

The fish still stink in Trump’s Washington swamp

When Tom Price was pushed out of his cabinet job last month for sticking taxpayers with $1 million worth of private jet travel, the White House explained that his behavior was unacceptable in an administration devoted to draining the Washington swamp. I wonder where the former health and human services secretary got the notion that it was OK to mix public service and personal privilege.

The takedown of the Clean Power Plan begins

President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency is expected to officially propose a withdrawal from the Clean Power Plan on Tuesday. Former President Barack Obama's controversial plan was introduced in 2015 and aimed to cut power plant emissions by 32 percent of 2005 levels by 2030.

High stakes as 2-month sprint to Election Day begins

Control of Congress and the future of Donald Trump's presidency are on the line as the primary season closes this week, jump-starting a two-month sprint to Election Day that will test Democrats' ability to harness opposition to Trump and determine whether the Republican president can get his supporters to the polls. After crushing defeats in 2016, Democrats open the fall campaign brimming with confidence about their prospects for retaking the House, which would give them power to open a wide swath of investigations into Trump or even launch impeachment proceedings.

News Analysis: Trump feuds with own party amid tensions on Korean Peninsula

U.S. President Donald Trump is feuding with his own party over what the GOP views as provoking conflict with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea , with a key senator blasting Trump for risking "World War III." Leading Republican senator Bob Corker over the weekend engaged in a battle of words with Trump, accusing the president of treating the White House like a reality TV show and of playing fast and loose with words amid rising tensions between Washington and Pyongyang.

Trump’s immigration demands threaten DACA deal

President Donald Trump's long list of immigration demands has landed with a thud among lawmakers hopeful for a deal to protect hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. The list of demands released late Sunday includes funding for a southern border wall and a crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities - items that are cheered by the president's most loyal supporters, but are non-starters among Democrats and could divide Republicans, who will have to come together on any deal.

RNC chairwoman says Trump and Harvey Weinstein are not…

Amid the fallout over allegations of sexual misconduct levied against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel told CNN on Monday that President Donald Trump and the movie producer are "not even comparable." During an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, McDaniel was asked if there was a double standard for Republicans who were blasting Weinstein but had previously defended Trump when the " Access Hollywood " tape was released, which was followed by roughly a dozen women accusing the then-Republican presidential nominee of unwanted sexual conduct.

Could Steve Bannon’s efforts really unseat Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch?

Should he seek re-election next year, Sen. Orrin Hatch could potentially face a far-right challenger financed by former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who's hunting for Trump devotees to unseat several Senate Republicans. "There's a mini-drama that we're looking at right now," said Tim Chambless, a political science professor at the University of Utah.

Rising Democratic party star and possible Trump rival an ex-Montrealer

An alumna from a high school in a Montreal suburb is increasingly being mentioned as a potential candidate to prevent U.S. President Donald Trump from winning a second term in 2020. While California Sen. Kamala Harris does not publicly embrace speculation about her 2020 intentions, some online betting websites have put her at the front of the pack to lead the Democratic party into the next election.

Was Mike Pence right to walk out of an NFL game during the national anthem?

Vice President Mike Pence walked out of an NFL game after nearly two dozen players from the San Francisco 49ers knelt during the national anthem. Many have applauded Pence's decision to leave the game in counter-protest, including President Donald Trump .

Trump lists demands on immigration in exchange for DACA

President Donald Trump has told congressional leaders that his hard-line immigration priorities must be enacted in exchange for extending protection from deportation to hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, many of whom were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Trump's list of demands included overhauling the country's green-card system, a crackdown on unaccompanied minors entering the country, and building his promised wall along the southern border.

Trump’s harshest critics are always secretly begging him for stuff, according to Trump

Senator Bob Corker is chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and supported Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. So when the man who, 18 months ago, praised then-candidate Trump's stated foreign policy plans as "very thoughtful" and lauded him for "challenging the foreign policy establishment" suggested that the nation's foreign policy is no longer in the hands of a grown-up, the president did what he usually does when criticized.

GOP Congressman Defends Conflicting Trump-Tillerson Policies as a ‘Strategy’

Rep. Sean Duffy appeared on New Day Monday morning and defended President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's apparently contradictory approaches to North Korea. The Wisconsin Republican first responded to Sen. Bob Corker's remarks that Trump's rhetoric could set the U.S. "on the path to World War III," arguing that the approach of past administrations to North Korea has failed.

Trumpa s Very Public Falling Out With Sen. Bob Corker Escalates

President Donald Trump and outgoing Sen. Bob Corker launched into a Twitter spat Sunday morning in a major public falling out, making the Tennessean the latest senior Republican lawmaker to openly criticize Trump over his statements online and off. Trump tweeted Sunday morning in a series of posts attacking Corker that he denied the senator's request for an endorsement - a claim denied by Corker's chief of staff, Todd Womack, later in the day.

General Pledges ‘Tidal Wave’ Of Bombs To Rain Down In Afghanistan

Pfc. Samuel Corsolini, a gunner assigned to F Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, pulls security with other Pathfinders as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter takes off after unloading his team and members of 2nd Afghan National Civil Order Patrol Special Weapons And Tactics Team during a vehicle interdiction as part of Operation Pranoo Verbena in order to disrupt Taliban operations in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, March 16. US Army/Flickr The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan vowed a new wave of helicopter strikes by the Afghan National Security Forces on Taliban insurgents after the delivery of dozens of UH-60 black hawk helicopters, in a joint Saturday appearance with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.