Dave Boyer

Donald Trump: Don McGahn departure a matter of loyalty, not due to pressure from Robert Mueller

President Trump said Thursday that pressure from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation had nothing to do with his decision to announce the departure of White House counsel Don McGahn, the latest example of how a president who prizes loyalty is having longtime allegiances questioned, tested and sometimes dissolved in criminal probes.

August 30, 2018

Bernie Sanders, Chuck Schumer, Adam Schiff among Democrats ‘guilty’ of using phrase ‘monkey around’

A Twitter user has compiled video clips of more than a dozen prominent Democrats using the phrase "monkey around" in recent years, pushing back at Democrats' argument that Florida GOP gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis was racist to say it.

August 30, 2018

Donald Trump sets pay freeze for federal workforce in 2019, citing budget problems

President Trump rescinded a pay raise Thursday for more than 2 million civilian federal employees next year, saying the government can't afford the scheduled increases and issuing a call for a move to a merit-based pay system.

August 30, 2018

Koch-backed group hits tariffs on TV, radio ahead of Donald Trump’s visit to Indiana

A group affiliated with the conservative Koch network is confronting President Trump's campaign trip to southern Indiana Thursday with radio and TV ads opposing the administration's tariffs.

August 30, 2018

Don McGahn leaving Donald Trump White House after reports of Robert Mueller cooperation

White House counsel Don McGahn, who played a key role in President Trump's transformation of the federal judiciary and worked to stave off the growing threat of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, will leave the White House in the fall, the president announced Wednesday.

August 29, 2018

Don McGahn, White House counsel, will step down, Trump says

President Trump announced Wednesday legal counsel Don McGahn is leaving his job at the White House after Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings.

August 29, 2018

Donald Trump warns Evangelicals of Democrats ‘violently’ overturning his agenda

President Trump has urged Evangelical leaders to get their followers to the polls in November or face Democrats overturning his conservative agenda "violently."

August 28, 2018

Donald Trump tells Evangelical leaders he’s delivering on promises

President Trump hosted a dinner of Evangelical leaders at the White House Monday night and told them that he has delivered "just about everything I promised" on policies of religious liberty and defense of life.

August 27, 2018

Donald Trump orders White House flags back to half-staff for John McCain’s death

President Trump acknowledged his respect Monday for the late Sen. John McCain's service to the nation and ordered U.S. flags lowered to half-staff, after complaints from veterans groups and others that the White House was snubbing the president's frequent critic even in death.

August 27, 2018

White House flags again flying at full staff after McCain’s death

Flags at the White House were flying at full staff again Monday, a day after they were lowered to mark the death of Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona.

August 27, 2018

Meghan McCain calls her father ‘a great fire who burned bright’

Meghan McCain offered the following statement about her father shortly after his death Saturday night: "My father, United States Senator John Sidney McCain III, departed this life today."

August 25, 2018

Trump offers sympathies to McCain’s family as tributes pour in from Congress

President Trump offered his sympathies Saturday night to the family of Sen. John McCain, who died of brain cancer at age 81.

August 25, 2018

Trump says Democrats not ready to govern, citing Mollie Tibbetts and other immigration-related crime

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- President Trump said Friday night that Republicans will prevail in the midterm elections because Democrats "are not in a position to govern" with lax immigration policies that he said led to the death of Iowa teenager Mollie Tibbetts and others.

August 24, 2018

Dulles airport’s new facial recognition system snares fraudster, snarls passengers

The federal government is touting its new facial recognition software at Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, as a critical tool in fighting fraud -- but passengers are blaming the software for long queues at the end of lengthy international flights.

August 24, 2018

Trumps visit children’s hospital in Ohio to draw attention to opioid crisis

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump visited with children at a hospital here Friday to call attention to the plight of infants born addicted to drugs such as opioids.

August 24, 2018

Kellyanne Conway’s husband: Donald Trump ‘needs a real lawyer’

George Conway, husband of presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway, said Friday that President Trump "needs a real lawyer."

August 24, 2018

Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump public feud fuels resignation talk

A public eruption in the ongoing clash between President Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions has senior GOP lawmakers predicting the president will soon fire the nation's top law-enforcement official.

August 23, 2018

Jeff Sessions fires back at Donald Trump, accuses president of ‘improper political considerations’

Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired back at President Trump Thursday, insisting he will not let politics dictate Department of Justice investigations.

August 23, 2018

Donald Trump insists he was ‘not involved’ in Michael Cohen’s crimes

President Trump said Thursday that his former lawyer Michael Cohen, who paid hush-money to two women alleging affairs with Mr. Trump, pleaded guilty to crimes that were "totally unrelated" to his presidential campaign in 2016.

August 23, 2018

Trump slams Sessions for letting Democrats control Justice Department

President Trump slammed Attorney General Jeff Sessions Thursday, saying he has allowed Democrats to control the Justice Department and get away with "subversion" of his administration.

August 23, 2018