White House: No exemptions from steel, aluminum tariffs

President Donald Trump's administration appears unbowed by broad domestic and international criticism of his planned import tariffs on steel and aluminum, saying Sunday that the president is not planning on exempting any countries from the stiff duties. Speaking on CNN's "State of the Union," White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said: "At this point in time there's no country exclusions."

Jonah Goldberg

Set aside what you think of guns or immigration as a matter of public policy or even morality. Instead, think of them as dye markers of how our cultural politics and the nature of the two parties have changed over time.

President’s in-laws likely in U.S. via ‘chain migration’ policy he has blasted

Viktor and Amalija Knavs, parents of first lady Melania Trump, likely relied on a family- reunification process that President Donald Trump has derided as "chain migration." The parents of first lady Melania Trump, formerly of Slovenia, are living in the U.S. on green cards, but their attorney won't say when or how they got them.

Keeping Guantanamo open will only hurt US

During his first State of the Union address, President Donald Trump announced the issuance of an executive order that ignored the conclusion shared by both the Obama and Bush administrations: The detention facility at Guantanamo Bay does more harm to the United States than good. The new executive order revokes the Obama administration's official policy to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay "as soon as practicable" and paves the way for new, additional detainees to be added to the existing detainee population.

Clapper Calls Facebook Official’s Post That Trump Touted ‘False’

Former U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper contradicted a tweet from a Facebook Inc. executive that said swaying the 2016 election wasn't the main aim of Russian interference outlined in a new indictment. "Clearly the Russians were trying to affect the election," Clapper, who served under President Barack Obama, said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday.

Kasich: ‘No confidence’ Congress will address guns

Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich said the deadly school shooting on Wednesday should be a rallying moment for the nation on guns, but that he predicted Congress would not live up to the task. "Do I think they can do anything on guns? I hope they prove me wrong and they can because I have no confidence in them," Kasich said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union."

America’s Missing Money

During last month's State of the Union address, President Trump called on Congress to end the automatic budget caps enacted in 2013, which have significantly limited the expansion of defense spending. In a rare show of political support, the chiefs of staff of each armed-service branch cheered the president's call.

China warns Trump over potential steel and aluminum tariffs

President Donald J. Trump greets Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross as he arrives in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives to deliver the State of the Union address January 30, 2018 in Washington, DC. HONG KONG - China is warning President Trump that it will take action if he puts heavy tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum.

Three ways East Asia can avoid a North Korean refugee ‘crisis’

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets members of the high-level delegation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea which visited South Korea to attend the opening ceremony of the 23rd Winter Olympics in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency February 13, 2018. Source: KCNA/via Reuters WITH tensions in the Korean peninsula seemingly never-ending, the possibility of conflict erupting in East Asia is keeping everyone on edge.

The Curious Case of Melanija Knavs

First lady Melania Trump arrives in the House chamber before President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Jan. 30. President Donald Trump stood in the well of the House chamber on the penultimate night of January and spoke about undocumented immigrants with his familiar rhetoric . During his first State of the Union address, the "America first" president lambasted the country's immigration laws, saying they have for too long "allowed drugs and gangs to pour into our most vulnerable communities," cost poor Americans jobs, and "caused the loss of many innocent lives."

Trump’s $1.5 TRILLION infrastructure plan coming Monday

'After so stupidly spending $7 trillion in the Middle East, it is now time to start investing in OUR Country!' President Donald Trump on Monday will unveil his long-awaited infrastructure plan, a $1.5 trillion proposal that fulfills a number of campaign goals, but relies heavily on state and local governments to produce much of the funding. 'This will be a big week for Infrastructure,' Trump tweeted Monday morning.

Trump’s infrastructure plan puts most of burden to states, cities

The Trump administration is set to unveil a $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan Monday that largely puts the bill on the shoulders of local governments. But just $200 billion would actually come from the federal government - something President Trump hinted at during his State of the Union address last month.