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The tumult of the past week has fueled a deep and seething anger within President Donald Trump -- not an uncommon emotion for the insolent commander in chief -- but one that allies and aides say has escalated as he faces a new gauntlet of problems, including the encroaching Russia investigation.

The pricey furniture order for Secretary Ben Carson's private dining room at the Department of Housing and Urban Development "has officially been canceled," the owner of the company that made the sale confirmed to CNN.

White House national security adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster could leave his position in the White House by the end of the month, according to an administration official.

Russian President Vladimir Putin doubled down on his claims about Russia's nuclear capabilities Thursday following his announcement earlier in the day unveiling new drones and nuclear weapons systems.

A Justice Department review is expected to criticize former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe for divulging information about an ongoing investigation into Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information to the media,The New York Times reports, citing four people familiar with the inquiry.

In the weeks since a sharply critical inspector general report faulted Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin with misusing taxpayer funds and amid reports of an agency rife with tension and infighting, Shulkin has maintained that he is fully in control, insisting that he has "no tolerance" for those who try to distract from the department's mission.

President Donald Trump's freewheeling meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers Wednesday has delayed what top White House aides had promised would be the rollout of specific policy proposals about guns and school safety by the end of the week, multiple sources tell CNN.

The walk down Pennsylvania Avenue was short, but the image was a show of force.

US counterintelligence officials are scrutinizing one of Ivanka Trump's international business deals, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

February 2018 was a month that saw a Super Bowl and the Olympics, talk of a military parade in Washington and an actual military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea. A shooting in Florida left 17 dead but was a catalyst for student activism. A White House staffer dealt with high-profile crises and controversies.

Former Trump campaign deputy Rick Gates told a federal court Thursday afternoon that he and his wife believe it's "not prudent" for them to take their four children on a trip to Boston, after feeling threatened by an online commenter who invoked the Russian mafia.

US officials dismissed President Vladimir Putin's boast of resurgent Russian military might as "cheesy" and made clear that US defense and military capabilities remain "second to none."

Sources on the Senate Intelligence Committee suspect that House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes and his staff were behind the leak of Sen. Mark Warner's text messages with a lobbyist for a Russian oligarch.

The Trump administration is considering military action against North Korea if the rogue regime successfully builds a nuclear missile capable of hitting the United States, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the administration's latest thinking. Senior national security officials believe a nuclear armed Pyongyang represents an unacceptable risk to the US.

President Donald Trump has, throughout his life, embraced chaos as a life philosophy. (He's like Littlefinger in that way.)

President Donald Trump seemed to advocate the death penalty for drug dealers on Thursday during brief comments at an opioid summit at the White House.

It turns out nothing -- not even President Donald Trump -- can change Congress on guns.

That's one civics lesson we'd rather have skipped.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Thursday the Senate will turn to a banking bill next week, dashing hopes of many senators in both parties that the Senate would be able to pass gun legislation quickly in the wake of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida.