Dave Boyer

Donald Trump focusing on three appellate judges for Supreme Court nomination

President Trump is focusing on three prospective Supreme Court nominees, sources said Thursday, with conservatives divided on the pro-life records of the candidates who have emerged.

July 5, 2018

Donald Trump taps ex-Fox News executive Bill Shine as deputy chief of staff

President Trump announced Thursday he's hiring former Fox News executive Bill Shine to become White House deputy chief of staff overseeing communications.

July 5, 2018

Missing in America Project, Mission of Honor work to ensure military burials for veterans’ ashes

In funeral homes around the country, sometimes in mass crypts or storage sheds, thousands of veterans' cremains are neglected in obscurity. But some volunteer-based veterans organizations across the U.S. are working steadily and painstakingly to locate these cremains and give them the dignified burials that their country promises to all service members.

July 3, 2018

Mike Lee, Donald Trump speak about Supreme Court nomination

Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah has spoken with President Trump about the Supreme Court vacancy, the senator's office said Tuesday, as Mr. Trump interviewed three other prospective nominees.

July 3, 2018

Donald Trump lowers flag to honor five shooting victims in Maryland

President Trump ordered U.S. flags flown at half-staff Tuesday in honor of five journalists killed in Annapolis, Maryland, after the town's mayor said the president initially declined his request.

July 3, 2018

Fox News’ John Roberts, ABC’s Kyra Phillips married journalists in White House first

In what's believed to be a first, a married couple of TV journalists shared the front row Monday at the White House press briefing.

July 2, 2018

Donald Trump interviews four Supreme Court candidates as leading contenders emerge

President Trump interviewed four candidates Monday in his search for the next Supreme Court nominee, with two federal appeals court judges emerging as leading contenders for the nomination that could change the complexion of the high court for decades to come.

July 2, 2018

Immigration activists condemn ICE, family detention

Far from settling the family separation issue, President Trump's executive order last month has only solidified the battle lines, with his administration saying it is left with no choice but to keep entire families detained and Democrats and liberal activists saying no illegal immigrants should be detained at all.

July 1, 2018

Bob Casey, Lou Barletta spar over abortion, Roe v. Wade ruling

The pending Supreme Court vacancy and its implications for abortion law has become a battleground already in Pennsylvania's Senate race between incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and his Republican challenger, Rep. Lou Barletta.

July 1, 2018

Abolish ICE calls expose Democrats ideological split

Democrats have found themselves at odds over whether to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the latest rift between the party's liberal and leftist wings.

July 1, 2018

Susan Collins resists pressure on Supreme Court nominee vote

It's looking like a long, hot summer for Sen. Susan M. Collins, the famously moderate Maine Republican who represents the Democratic Party's best hope for a defection on President Trump's pivotal Supreme Court nomination.

July 1, 2018

Donald Trump says liberals confronting administration officials in public better ‘take it easy’

President Trump said liberals who increasingly are confronting administration officials in public "better just take it easy."

July 1, 2018

Donald Trump welcomes Democrats’ calls to abolish ICE

President Trump said Sunday that Democrats "will never win another election" if they keep pushing to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

July 1, 2018

Donald Trump ‘probably’ won’t question Supreme Court candidates on abortion

President Trump said Sunday he probably won't question prospective Supreme Court nominees about their views on the landmark abortion decision of Roe v. Wade.

July 1, 2018

Donald Trump says Saudis will increase oil production at his request to lower gas prices

President Trump said Saturday that he persuaded the king of Saudi Arabia to increase oil production in an effort to lower gas prices in the U.S.

June 30, 2018

Donald Trump slams Democrats’ push to abolish ICE

President Trump hit back Saturday at Democrats' call to abolish the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, saying it will never happen on his watch.

June 30, 2018

Trump says he’s not planning to pull out of WTO

President Trump said Friday he's not planning to pull the U.S. out of the World Trade Organization -- at least not for now.

June 29, 2018

Trump says he’s not sure if John Kelly is leaving White House soon

President Trump said Friday he's not sure how long Chief of Staff John F. Kelly will remain in his job.

June 29, 2018

Trump says Supreme Court pick ‘narrowed to about five,’ will make decision by July 9

President Trump said Friday that he plans to make a Supreme Court pick by July 9 and will interview one or two candidates this weekend.

June 29, 2018

Donald Trump favors youth in Supreme Court justice candidates

Youth is a factor as President Trump searches for his pivotal nominee to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy on the Supreme Court, a task that the president said Thursday is already in high gear.

June 28, 2018