Trump heads into tough week with budget, health care battles

With his tweets and his bravado, Trump is putting his mark on the presidency in his fir... New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg is warning world leaders not to follow President Donald Trump's lead on climate change. New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg is warning world leaders not to follow President Donald Trump's lead on climate change.

Sweet home Chicago: Obama re-emerges in city where it all began

Former U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday makes his first major appearance since leaving office, having chosen Chicago, the city where his political career started, to emerge from a three-month hiatus from the public eye. Obama will meet youth leaders and promote community organizing near the same South Side neighborhoods where his own activism blossomed and propelled him to two terms in the White House that ended with Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who served as Obama's first White House chief of staff, said that he was proud that Obama picked Chicago to make his last speech as president and the first in his post-presidency.

Centennial of war lures visitors

Crossing a glass walkway that spans a field of 9,000 poppies, visitors to the official U.S. memorial to World War I are transported to a time when tanks and air warfare were new and the hopeful flowers sprang up on the barren, trench-dotted battlefields where hundreds of thousands of soldiers died. The museum, which is housed under a tower that rises 217 feet into the Kansas City skyline and is topped by a giant flame, will be the site of a remembrance Thursday to mark the 100-year anniversary of the United States entering the war.

FILE – In this Jan. 30, 2017 file photo, Washington Attorney General…

The top government lawyers from 19 states are telling President Donald Trump and the Republican leaders of Congress not to pass health insurance changes that would stop the flow of federal drug treatment money. The top government lawyers from 19 states are telling President Donald Trump and the Republican leaders of Congress not to pass health insurance changes that would stop the flow of federal drug treatment money.

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander calls Foothills Parkway ‘one of the prettiest drives in America’

Some of those who attended an update on the Foothills Parkway tour one of the corridor's newly finished bridges on Thursday. U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, of Maryville, addresses the crowd at a ceremony Thursday celebrating the beginning of the final project for the completion of the "missing link" of the Foothills Parkway from Walland to Wears Valley.

How the March for Science splits researchers

Calls from US President Donald Trump to roll back environmental regulations and slash funding for health, environmental and research agencies have raised alarm in the scientific community. Earlier this year, a commenter on the social-media website Reddit made an off-hand remark about the need for scientists to march on Washington DC.

Trump order would target high skilled worker visa program

President Donald Trump is planning to sign an executive order that seeks to make changes to a visa program that brings in high-skilled workers. Trump is heading Tuesday to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he plans to sign an order dubbed "Buy American, Hire American," said administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity despite the president's frequent criticism of the use of anonymous sources.

CHICAGO, IL – MARCH 23: A sign points to the direction

Amtrak's long-distance train routes could get the ax President Trump's proposed budget would derail 15 of the country's most train trips. Check out this story on dailyworld.com: http://usat.ly/2oZnLgA CHICAGO, IL - MARCH 23: A sign points to the direction of the trains at Chicago's Union Station where Amtrak's California Zephyr makes a daily 2,438 miles run to Emeryville/San Francisco that takes about 52 hours.

2 top Trump immigration advisers linked to alleged hate groups

Two hard-line opponents of illegal immigration who have held leadership posts at two organizations labeled as hate groups have obtained high-level advisory jobs at federal immigration agencies in the Department of Homeland Security. Jon Feere, a former legal policy analyst for the Center for Immigration Studies, or CIS, has been hired as an adviser to Thomas D. Homan, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to Homeland Security spokesman David Lapan.

Gov. Christie calls for halt to airline ‘bumping’ and overbooking regulations

The Latest on the passenger who was dragged off a full United Express flight at Chicago's O'Hare Airport : New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he has asked the Trump administration to suspend regulations that allow airlines to overbook flights. Christie, a Republican, sent a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Tuesday, citing a passenger who was dragged off a United Express flight in Chicago on Sunday.

Russian Spies’ Go-To Tactics For Entangling People: Bribery and Blackmail

As congressional and FBI investigators in Washington explore potential ties between President Trump's 2016 campaign and Russian intelligence services' meddling in the election, they're searching for one particular clue: money. Loans, payments, sweetheart deals or other transactions are a tried and tested way that Russia's spy agencies get access to or control over people who interest them.