Why is Trump giving someone a ‘key to the White House’?

Donald Trump was president of the United States. This is a position that includes many perks, offered to the person who was selected by American voters to serve as chief executive. Perhaps the most ... Read More

Senate won’t pass border security legislation this year, Johnson's office suggests

A spokesperson for House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested that GOP leaders do not see an avenue for passing border security reform this Congress. Read More

Election 2024 latest news: Biden repeatedly jabs Trump during address to construction workers union

President Biden is scheduled to address the organization North America’s Building Trades Unions at a conference in Washington following the group’s announcement Wednesday that it is backing the ... Read More

Democrat lawmakers who pushed Trump impeachment sing different tune on Biden border chief

Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are singing a different tune when it comes to the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas vs. that of former President Donald Trump — with both ... Read More

To pass Ukraine aid, 'Reagan Republican' leaders in Congress navigated a party transformed by Trump

Providing Ukraine with weapons and other U.S. aid as it fends off a Russian invasion is rooted in the earliest and most formative political memories of the two top Republicans in Congress ... Read More

How the White House convinced Mike Johnson to back Ukraine aid

The Senate’s vote on Tuesday to approve new aid for Ukraine capped off six months of public pressure and private overtures by the White House to build support, including the not-insignificant task of ... Read More

House fails to pass border security bill backed by Republicans

The House rejected a revised version of its signature border bill, offered by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), that would have given U.S. border authorities additional tools to clamp down on ... Read More

Trump compares campus protests with violent white supremacist march at Charlottesville

Trump portrayed largely peaceful pro-Palestinian protests on U.S. college campuses as “riots,” saying that “Charlottesville is like a ‘peanut’” in comparison. Read More

Exclusive: Trump brothers emerge as loyalty czars for dad's potential transition to White House

Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have become key players in the early planning for a second Trump administration's transition team, and would focus on vetting potential officials and staffers for ... Read More

GOP, Trump build on immigration fears to push voting restrictions in states

With polls showing unauthorized immigration as Republicans’ best issue for the fall, the GOP is looking to raise the alarm about voting by non-citizens and the undocumented. Read More