Media the enemy? Trump is sure an insatiable consumer

With Twitter app at the ready, the man who condemns the media as "the enemy of the people" may be the most voracious consumer of news in modern presidential history. Trump usually rises before 6 a.m. and first watches TV in the residence before later moving to a small dining room in the West Wing.

Corzine: MF Global’s demise was not due to big bond bet

It was not a huge bet on European bonds that caused the 2011 demise of Wall Street brokerage firm MF Global, but rather "confusion" created by its accountants about the company's financial condition, former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine testified on Thursday. Corzine, who ran MF Global after leaving the governor's office, took the stand in a New York trial pitting the legal remnants of the collapsed brokerage against its accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Yet Another TV Series About the Hellish 2016 Election Is Coming

Game Change authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann will tackle 2016 election in upcoming book and HBO miniseries. Credit Rick Wilking Getty " Saturday Night Live " has continuously parodied the 2016 presidential election with Alec Baldwin playing Trump, and as for non-scripted TV programming, much content has covered Trump.

Federal ethics chief criticizes White House for decision not to discipline Conway

The federal government's top ethics official on Thursday chastised the White House for declining to discipline President Trump's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway for her on-air endorsement of Ivanka Trump's clothing line. Walter M. Shaub Jr., director of the Office of Government Ethics, had urged officials last month to reprimand Conway after she told Fox News viewers to "go buy Ivanka's stuff," appearing to violate a federal rule banning public officials from using their position to endorse products or services.

The political lexicon of a billionaire populist

President Trump, trailed by senior counselor Stephen K. Bannon, boards Air Force One to return to Washington after spending the weekend at the Mar-a-Lago Club. From the start of his presidential campaign, Donald Trump pledged "total change," delivering his promises with a scorched-earth political vocabulary - "Lyin' Ted," "Crooked Hillary," "drain the swamp," "lock her up."

One climate lawsuit could change everything. The Trump administration …

A groundbreaking climate lawsuit, brought against the federal government by 21 children, has been hailed by environmentalists as a bold new strategy to press for climate action in the United States. But the Trump administration, which has pledged to undo Barack Obama's climate regulations, is doing its best to make sure the case doesn't get far.

Second House panel approves Obamacare replacement

A second House committee has approved an Obamacare replacement bill, putting the controversial measure over a first major hurdle as Republican leaders seek to get it passed by Congress. The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved the measure 31-23 down partisan lines Thursday afternoon, ending a 27-hour hearing in which Democrats unsuccessfully pushed for more than a dozen amendments and slammed the bill for pulling back on major parts of the Affordable Care Act.

New Hampshire legislature blocks bill on transgender rights

A bathroom sign welcomes both genders at the Cacao Cinnamon coffee shop in Durham, North Carolina, United States on May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo State legislators in New Hampshire narrowly blocked a bill on Thursday that would have prohibited discrimination against transgender people, including allowing them to use the public bathrooms that match the gender with which they identify.

Justice Dept. refuses to back up Sean Spicer’s claim that Trump is not under investigation

The U.S. Department of Justice declined to confirm Sean Spicer's claims that President Donald Trump was not under investigation. Trump claimed last weekend that former President Barack Obama had ordered a wiretap on his campaign, but has thus far not offered any proof, and the president has asked the U.S. Congress to investigate his own allegations.

House committee requests copies of any Trump eavesdropping orders

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes speaks to the media about President Donald Trump's allegation that his campaign was the target of wiretaps on Capitol Hill in Washington March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein A U.S. House of Representatives panel has asked the Justice Department for copies of documents which if they exist could shed light on President Donald Trump's allegation that the Obama administration wiretapped his election campaign.

‘Junk this cruel bill’: Elizabeth Warren unloads on Trumpcare in epic tweetstorm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren , like a lot of other lawmakers, does not seem to be a fan of the House Republicans' proposed Obamacare replacement program. Warren took to Twitter on Thursday to tear apart the GOP's plan, which early estimates project would throw millions of people off their health insurance.

Sean Spicer tries to walk back wiretap claims by comically repeating…

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer wants everyone to know that he, the White House and the president are "not aware" of a Justice Department investigation into Donald Trump's wiretapping accusations. In fact, he repeated the claim 10 times in response to one question on Thursday and then recommended that reporters use a thesaurus to look up additional ways to say it.

Eliza Dushku opens up about alcoholism, addiction at summit

Washington state's attorney general is asking a federal judge to affirm that an order blocking President Donald Trump's first travel ban will also apply to a revised travel ban. Washington state's attorney general is asking a federal judge to affirm that an order blocking President Donald Trump's first travel ban will also apply to a revised travel ban.

The Latest: Trump plans Nashville, Tennessee, rally

President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 9, 2017, during a meeting with leaders from small community banks. . FILE- In this March 6, 2012 file photo, an FBI poster showing a composite image of former FBI agent Robert Levinson, right, of how he would look like now after five years in captivity, and an image, center, taken f... .

Federal budget won’t contain specific actions to address Trump uncertainty

If the Trudeau government takes action to address the economic risks of the Donald Trump presidency, it won't happen in the upcoming federal budget. Following weeks of meetings between Liberal cabinet ministers and the Trump administration, sources say Ottawa feels it can proceed with the plan it laid out before the U.S. election.

Former NJ Governor Corzine testifies in MF Global trial

Former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine has begun testifying in the $3 billion trial between the brokerage he once ran, MF Global, and its accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers. The legal remnants of the brokerage are suing the accounting firm, claiming that its negligence and malpractice led to the collapse of MF Global.

Climate science cuts in Boulder could have economic impact

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration space weather forecasters Ken Tegnell, left, and Jeff Stankiewicz working together in January to monitor sun activity at the Space Weather Prediction Center on the NOAA campus in Boulder. The Trump administration's proposed slashing of the budget for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration continues to stir strong reactions in Boulder.