Trump’s Cabinet has to work as a cleanup crew

After President Donald Trump said that deporting undocumented immigrants was "a military operation," Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly, speaking in Mexico, clarified that there would be "no use of military force in immigration operations." After Trump, standing next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, upended decades of U.S. policy by saying he was open to a one-state solution to the conflict in the Middle East, U.N. envoy Nikki Haley asserted that the United States "absolutely" supports a two-state solution.

Historically black colleges push for financial support

Presidents from a majority of the country's historically black colleges and universities are in Washington this week, calling for $25 billion in the upcoming budget to help address priorities including infrastructure, college readiness and financial aid as President Trump prepares to sign an executive order aimed at signaling his commitment to the schools. Trump met briefly with the college leaders on Monday, posing for a photograph in the Oval Office before the group met with Vice President Mike Pence and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

Hugh Hewitt: What ‘President Promise-Keeper’ should say on Tuesday night

"Ghostwriting" isn't really what happens in a presidential speechwriting shop. There's too much back and forth between the president and his writers to say a speech was actually ghosted for a president when it's a big one like President Trump's first address to Congress Tuesday night.

Conservatives unsure how to handle Trump

For the past eight years, thousands of conservative activists have descended on Washington each spring with dreams of putting a Republican in the White House. With Donald Trump's presidential victory, the future of the conservative movement has become entwined with an unconventional New York businessman better known for his deal-making than any ideological principles.

“Not everybody is going to have health care”: Leaked bill …

"Not everybody is going to have health care": Leaked bill shows Republicans getting closer to an Obamacare replacement - sort of House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., joined by Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, following GOP strategy session. Ryan gave a strong defense of President Donald Trump's refugee and immigration ban to caucus members and said he backs the order, which has created chaos and confusion worldwide.

Heather Matarazzo Just Called Caitlyn Jenner the ‘C-Word’ for Supporting Trump

Actress Heather Matarazzo, who starred in the cult classic Welcome to the Dollhouse back in the '90s, called trans athletic superstar Caitlyn Jenner a "cunt" on Twitter for supporting Donald Trump. Yesterday , Jenner sent a public message to Donald Trump chiding him for failing to protect trans people.

The Latest: Pence to address influential GOP Jewish group

Vice President Mike Pence's speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition will be the visual evidence of the fruits of years of labor by the politically active group. The annual conference at billionaire donor Sheldon Adelson's casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip has become a de facto campaign stop for Republican presidential candidates over the past few years.

Some EU officials thought Trump’s statement that the EU was ‘wonderful’ was a ‘hoax’

When Donald Trump called the European Union "wonderful" and said he was "totally in favor of it", some Brussels officials feared the headline was a hoax, given the U.S. president's earlier apparent disdain for the bloc. Trump's remarks in an interview with Reuters late on Thursday appeared to contrast sharply with comments he made last month when he labeled the EU a "vehicle for Germany", called Brexit a "great thing" and said more countries would follow Britain out of the bloc.

Pence, Bannon appeal for conservatives to unite behind Trump

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and other top White House officials urged conservative activists on Thursday to set aside differences and unite behind President Donald Trump's agenda stressing tough trade and immigration policies. Addressing the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, in suburban Maryland, outside Washington, Pence rallied the large group of Republicans who helped elect Trump on Nov. 8. "My friends, this is our time.

Pence’s response to anti-Semitism raises a question – Did voters elect the wrong Republican?: John L. Micek

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and Vice President Mike Pence view some of the damage done at the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Mo., on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Over 150 headstones had been overturned by vandals.

Judge blocks Texas cutting Medicaid to Planned Parenthood

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Texas can't cut off Medicaid dollars to Planned Parenthood over secretly recorded videos taken by anti-abortion activists in 2015 that launched Republican efforts across the U.S. to defund the nation's largest abortion provider. An injunction issued by U.S. District Sam Sparks of Austin comes after he delayed making decision in January and essentially bought Planned Parenthood an extra month in the state's Medicaid program.

Trumpa s first month augurs stormy trans-Atlantic relations

After President Donald Trump's raucous first month in office, Europeans have reacted with demonstrations, counter-barbs and sheer angst that a century of trans-Atlantic friendship may be sinking. "Too much as happened," European Union leader Donald Tusk said Monday, "for us to pretend that everything is as it used to be."

John Kasich: Trump’s NATO role worries Europe

From an international security conference in Munich , Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Sunday that world leaders remain uncertain about President Trump 's commitment to Europe and NATO . "There is a question that in a time of crisis, where will America be," Mr. Kasich said on CNN's "State of the Union."

Robert Harward Turns Down Trump’s Request To Replace Michael Flynn

Hours after Thursday's rambling press conference where Trump lamented the messy country he inherited, the Financial Times reported the president's top choice for National Security Adviser has withdrawn from consideration. In an unusual move for President Trump, his pick to replace ousted national security adviser Michael Flynn wasn't alarming.