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Lawmakers from both parties are admonishing a federal ethics official who sent a series of tweets commenting on President Donald Trump's potential conflicts of interest. Members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee say the tweets by Walter Shaub Jr., director of the Office of Government Ethics, were inappropriate and could compromise the agency's objectivity.
The talks are the latest attempt to forg... . Astana's Rixos President Hotel, the place that will host Syria peace talks, seen in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017.
Much of President Donald Trump's first weekend in the White House was driven by criticism from Trump and press secretary Sean Spicer of media coverage over the size of his inauguration crowd. Received a key legal OK from the Justice Department for Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner to take on a role in the White House.
President Donald Trump announced a series of executive actions Monday focused on trade and the federal workforce, making good on a pair of his core campaign promises. The actions, signed Monday at the White House, implement a federal employee hiring freeze, formally withdraw the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and reinstate a GOP-backed policy regarding foreign aid and abortion funding.
Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Monday he "didn't understand" President Trump's speech at the CIA's headquarters -- or White House spokesman Sean Spicer's media briefing on Saturday. Trump spent much of his CIA speech focusing on the size of the crowd at his inauguration, his appearance on magazine covers and saying he "has a running war with the media."
Republican leaders worried about President Donald Trump's trade agenda are warning him not to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement, saying it could drastically undercut American businesses throughout the country. In interviews with top Republicans, some are expressing concern about the protectionist views voiced by the new President on the campaign trail and in the very early days of his administration.
From one former White House resident to the newest one -- Chelsea Clinton has a message for the world regarding the latest first kid. "Barron Trump deserves the chance every child does -- to be a kid," Clinton wrote on her Facebook and Twitter accounts Sunday.
It wasn't that long ago in Hollywood that casting a generic American president was as easy as flipping through a binder full of square-jawed, clean-shaven, tall American men. If you wanted a Jack Kennedy type, you'd find someone youthful, natural hair color but with a bit of gray around the temples -- the Dad President.
Brian Eno has something to say. The legendary musician and record producer, whose credits include U2 , Talking Heads and David Bowie , says in a new Guardian interview that he's taking a different look at the various political earthquakes from 2016, namely Brexit in his native U.K. and the election of Donald Trump in the States.
President Donald Trump moved to pull the United States out of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact Monday, fulfilling a campaign promise as he began his first full week in office. "Great thing for the American worker that we just did," Trump said as he signed a notice in the Oval Office.
The United States officially withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Monday after President Donald Trump signed an executive order. The 12-nation pact was assumed to be dead on arrival after Trump was elected president in November.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday reinstating a Republican policy that would ban U.S. aid to groups that provide or promote abortions overseas. U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order on U.S. withdrawal from the Trans Pacific Partnership while flanked by Vice President Mike Pence and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington January 23, 2017.
We all can guess what will happen to the 80,000 Mainers who obtained medical insurance under the Affordable Care Act when the Republicans repeal it . Our neighbors, friends and family members who received coverage as a result of the act will go without medical insurance, jeopardizing their health and their pocketbooks.
President Donald Trump's blunt declaration during his stark inaugural address now becomes a yardstick to judge his administration's ability to fundamentally reshape America's politics and global posture. The first weekday of the new White House opens a new chapter in the story of Trump the politician.
The Chicago Police Department is gathering records to turn over to prosecutors trying to identify wrongful convictions tied to corrupt former Sgt. Ronald Watts, according to a police spokesman.
A Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group is filing a lawsuit on Monday alleging that President Trump is violating the U.S. Constitution by illegally receiving foreign payments through his businesses. Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington says Mr. Trump is getting cash and favors from foreign governments through guests and events at his hotels, leases in his buildings and overseas real estate deals.
If HR 193 passes, the U.S. will leave the United Nations, as well as all of its partner organizations, such as the World Health Organization. It also would kick the U.N. out of its New York headquarters.
Leading up to the presidential election, Rochester resident Ryan Potaracke struggled over whom to vote for president, finding her conservative values clashing with her feminist side. In the end, the 31-year-old Rochester woman voted for Donald Trump, largely because of his stands on immigration and welfare reform.