Trump administration is calling China’s bluff on North Korea

The Trump administration on Thursday announced secondary sanctions against Chinese entities accused of aiding North Korea's illicit nuclear and missile programs. The action is a sharp turn in President Donald Trump's approach to China and the beginning of a new and unpredictable effort to use sticks instead of carrots with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Pence Meets With Charles Koch as Big Donors Convene in Colorado

Vice President Mike Pence met privately Friday evening in Colorado with Charles Koch as a weekend summit of donors led by the billionaire industrialist convened at a time of angst and uncertainty about the early months of President Donald Trump's administration. Pence, who has long ties to Republican mega-donors Charles and David Koch, also attended an evening fund-raiser for Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado at the resort where the network will hold a three-day conclave starting Saturday.

The Latest: Trump says new health care law will be a kinda

President Donald Trump is having lunch with Republican senators to discuss the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act. Trump said President Barack Obama's health care law "had been broken and it's been a broken promise."

The Latest: Trump says new health care law will be ‘kind’

From left are, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Sen.... . Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa listen at right as President Donald Trump speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 13, 2017, before having lunch with Republican Senators.

Trump to push Obamacare repeal in lunch with senators

Facing a do-or-die moment to pass health care reform through the Senate, President Donald Trump will have lunch with 13 consequential Republican senators on Tuesday to push repealing Obamacare, according to a White House official. In recent weeks, Trump has stressed the need for Republicans to come together to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's sweeping health care law.

White House: Republicans to be rewarded for health care vote

" The Republican Party will be rewarded for doing "what's right" by voting to overhaul a "failing and collapsing" health care system, a top aide to President Donald Trump asserted as Democrats and at least one outside group began laying the groundwork to challenge the GOP for control of the House in the 2018 midterm election. The health advocacy group Save My Care on Monday announced the launch of a six-figure TV and digital advertising campaign beginning this week, targeting 24 Republican House members who voted last week to repeal the health care law enacted under President Barack Obama.

Rifle man tapped for No. 2 spot at Interior

David Bernhardt, who in 2006 was unanimously confirmed by the Senate as the department's solicitor, was nominated to the No. 2 spot in Interior by President Donald J. Trump, drawing support from U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., whose 3rd District includes most of the Western Slope and much of southern Colorado.

Twitter case shows breadth of US power to probe anti-Trump statements

A 3D-printed logo for Twitter is seen in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina on January 26, 2016. An attempt by U.S. authorities to identify an anonymous critic of President Donald Trump on Twitter has set off alarm bells among Democratic and Republican lawmakers and civil liberties advocates fearful of a crackdown on dissent.

Gardner facing political karma on vote to replace Obamacare

There is some political karma in the fact that Republican Sen. Cory Gardner, who accused his predecessor Mark Udall of casting the deciding vote on the Affordable Care Act, will be a key decider of whether the GOP's plan to replace it passes. Colorado's newest senator is positioned to demand much - if the question breaks on party lines - in this Republican-led effort to reform both Obamacare and Medicaid.

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.

Chorus of Conservatives Slam the Republican a Obamacarea Repeal

A growing list of conservative groups and lawmakers balked on Tuesday at House Republicans' plan to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, condemning the replacement health care bill "Obamacare 2.0." , a Republican health care bill that maintains some of the most popular provisions of the 2010 Affordable Care Act and was revealed on Monday. . "The overwhelming response from our activists is, 'This is not what we meant or expected when we voted for Congress to repeal Obamacare.

Republican health care plan trades coverage mandate for tax credits

House Republicans unveiled on Monday their long-awaited plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, scrapping the mandate for most Americans to have health insurance in favor of a new system of tax credits to induce people to buy insurance on the open market. The bill sets the stage for a bitter debate over the possible dismantling of the most significant health care law in a half-century.

BLM planning rule gives locals a voice

Late last year, the federal Bureau of Land Management issued a new and long overdue rule - called Planning 2.0 - that gave a wider range of voices the opportunity to weigh in on how federal lands can be used and developed for decades to come. Planning 2.0 was grounded by an idea at the heart of American democracy: that people most affected by public policy decisions deserve to be heard.

Trump budget plan draws strong opposition _ from Republicans

President Donald Trump's plan to impose sharp cuts to foreign aid and domestic programs is running into opposition on Capitol Hill - and that's just from his Republican allies. Trump's proposal to slash the foreign aid budget by more than one-third, for example, came in for criticism from the Senate's top Republican, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Pence: Administration backs Israel abroad, business at home

Vice President Mike Pence is assuring the Republican Jewish Coalition that he and President Donald Trump will work tirelessly on foreign and domestic issues important to the group, such as enacting business-friendly policies at home and supporting Israel abroad. "If the world knows nothing else, the world will know this: America stands with Israel," Pence told the group Friday night.

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.

Pence to address politically potent Republican Jewish group

Vice President Mike Pence's speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition will be the visual evidence of the fruits of years of the politically active group's labors. 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.

Keep Guantanamo and grow it, GOP senators say in letter to Trump

A group of Republican senators has written President Donald Trump to not only keep the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but to suspend the parole-style review board and grow the prison population. Four of the 11 senators who wrote Trump represent Colorado, Kansas and South Carolina - states the Obama administration had considered as possible sites for relocation of the last 41 Guantanamo detainees.