Priorities USA super PAC ramps up fundraising for 2018
The Democratic group raised $4.5 million in the first quarter, plus $2.2 million for an allied nonprofit.
Trump risks political blowback from his base on Syria
The president, who campaigned on a noninterventionist platform, has followed the path of his predecessors and reversed himself in office.
Emotions run high at gun-control demonstration
Speakers and volunteers pushed a voter registration drive and vowed to oust lawmakers who oppose gun control.
Emails reveal conservative alarm over ‘Obama holdovers’ in Trump administration
‘A cleaning is in order,’ wrote a former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, as State Department officials reassigned a career diplomat of Iranian descent.
U.S. imposes new sanctions on Russian entities over 2016 election meddling
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says America will level additional sanctions ‘to hold Russian government officials and oligarchs accountable.’
Japanese PM says he had ‘a cheeseburger on the golf course’ with Trump
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe joked that he had two lunches with President Trump on Wednesday, including a cheeseburger on the president’s golf course.Abe and Trump played a round of golf at Trump Internationa…
Death of McMaster’s father being investigated as suspicious: report
Philadelphia authorities are investigating the death of the father of former White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster, …
California gov says feds will fund National Guard deployment
The Trump administration has agreed to fund the deployment of as many as 400 California National Guard troops along the U.S.-Mexico border and elsewhere, the state’s governor, Jerry Brown, said Wednesday.The missio…
Haley spat fuels political chatter around White House
Nikki Haley’s public spat with the White House has underscored Trump World’s obsession about the political ambitions of people in the president’s orbit.