William Barr, the man President Trump plans to nominate as his the new attorney general, believed the 1973 Roe decision establishing a national right to abortion was wrongly decided and should be overturned, he told senators in a 1991 hearing.
Politics, like sports, continues to attract wagers. "Donald Trump is the favorite to win in 2020 at 7-5 odds (+140), meaning, a $100 bet would profit $140 if Trump wins," reports Dave Mason, the Sportsbook brand manager for BetOnline.ag, a very active online outlet.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Friday demanded that a deal for an infrastructure program include measures to combat climate change, throwing down the gauntlet on road and bridge projects that was one of the only areas of potential agreement between Capitol Hill Democrats and President Trump.
President Trump on Friday signed a stopgap spending bill into law that will keep the government running through Dec. 21, setting up a pre-Christmas showdown with Congress over his desired U.S.-Mexico border wall.
President Trump said Friday he will nominate William P. Barr as attorney general and State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert as ambassador to the United Nations, prominent moves on a day of staff shakeups that is expected to include the departure of White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly.
President Trump said Friday his legal team already has 87 pages written of a counter report in preparation for the final report from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
Former Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson spoke Thursday in a rare appearance in Houston about the times he butted heads with President Trump.
White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly is expected to leave his job within days, CNN reported Friday.
President Trump tore into special counsel Robert Mueller and former FBI Director James B. Comey Friday morning, demanding that the Russia probe disclose any possible conflict of interests.
House Republicans are preparing to interview James B. Comey behind closed doors Friday, hauling the former FBI director to Capitol Hill one final time before they cede power to Democrats in January.
President Trump may be pulling the United States out of the global Paris Accord on global warming, but the administration is making a hard sell for its side of the story at the giant U.N. climate summit now underway in the heart of Poland's coal-producing region.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert is reportedly President Trump's pick for next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Just five of the 565 companies in President Trump's business empire are signed up to use E-Verify, the government's best tool to weed illegal immigrants out of the workforce, according to a Washington Times analysis that suggests the president could personally be doing more on that front.
Former Attorney General William P. Barr may soon have his old job back, according to a report Thursday.
Republican state senators in North Carolina on Thursday demanded a new bipartisan investigation into fraud allegations, casting doubt on the impartiality of the election board.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday flatly rejected the idea of approving funding for President Trump's border wall in exchange for protections for illegal immigrant "Dreamers."
President Trump blamed the special counsel investigation and "Presidential Harassment" for dragging down his approval rating on Thursday.
More Americans are concerned about Hillary Clinton's private emails than they are about Ivanka Trump's -- but the partisan divide runs deep.
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden on Wednesday blamed current U.S. leaders for the rise in hate crimes in the nation.
The incoming Democratic governor of Wisconsin says he plans to make a personal appeal to his defeated rival, Gov. Scott Walker, to veto far-reaching GOP legislation that would strip the new administration of some powers. If that doesn't work, he might sue.
