The State Department on Friday moved belatedly to implement a sanctions law President Donald Trump had resisted, publishing a list of toxic Russian companies and warning third parties they're at risk of tough U.S. financial penalties should they do business with any of them.
Dana Boente, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia who served as acting attorney general earlier this year, has submitted his resignation.
Democrats are spending the closing days of Virginia’s contentious gubernatorial race trying to tie Republican nominee Ed Gillespie to this summer’s white supremacist violence in Charlottesville – something the Gillespie campaign is decrying as an “ugly character smear.”
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer has threatened to block two of President Trump’s Commerce nominees if the department doesn’t speed up its probe into China’s aluminum and steel trade.
Republican ambitions to overhaul the country’s tax code got a big boost this week after the House narrowly passed a budget blueprint – but lawmakers are now scrambling to bridge deep divides over contribution limits to 401(k) retirement accounts and the possible elimination of a popular tax break.
Republican ambitions to overhaul the country’s tax code got a big boost this week after the House narrowly passed a budget blueprint – but lawmakers are now scrambling to bridge deep divides over contribution limits to 401(k) retirement accounts and the possible elimination of a popular tax break.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is facing a fresh round of calls from conservative critics for his resignation from the Russia collusion probe, amid revelations that have called into question the FBI’s own actions and potentially Mueller’s independence.
Fusion GPS, the firm behind the controversial dossier of allegations about President Trump’s connections to Russia, was – at least in part – hired by a lawyer representing the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee.
The confusion surrounding who pulled the strings on the Democrat-funded research resulting in the controversial Trump dossier has only emboldened Republicans looking to cut through the fog, amid signs the connections between the project and its overseers were murky by design.
President Trump gave a Twitter shout out to Lee Greenwood, the singer and composer of “God Bless the USA,” for his birthday Friday morning -- but he tagged the wrong Lee Greenwood.
The question confounding congressional security officials is how Ryan Clayton blended with reporters just outside the Senate chamber when he wasn’t supposed to be there.
Democratic Rep. John Lewis (Ga.) wished a happy birthday to "Madame President Hillary Clinton" on Tuesday afternoon, even though Clinton is not actually president of the United States.
President Trump assured Americans early Friday that hundreds of records related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy would be shared with the public and promised “great transparency,” despite a delayed release.
President Trump slammed liberal billionaire Tom Steyer on Friday as “wacky” and “totally unhinged,” after he launched a multi-million dollar ad campaign calling for Trump’s impeachment.
The first national Women’s Convention in 40 years set to commence on Friday features speakers who could not condemn female genital mutilation, called white women “awful”, and said they are more afraid of Israel supporters than “the mentally ill young people the FBI recruits to join ISIS.”
A senior reporter at a British newspaper received an anonymous phone call prior to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, alerting the reporter to “some big news” about 25 minutes in advance, according to a CIA file released Thursday.
