President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that the reason Republican Sens. Jeff Flake and Bob Corker are not seeking re-election is due to them being unpopular rather than their harsh criticism of him.
Idaho Republican Sen. Jim Risch denied it's his responsibility to call out President Donald Trump if he lies during a back-and-forth with CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday.
The National Park Service proposes more than doubling the entrance fees at 17 popular national parks, including Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Yellowstone, to help pay for infrastructure improvements.
Former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus announced Wednesday he is returning to his old law firm, his first career move since leaving the administration.
Political retirement speeches are not usually all that memorable. A celebration of your many accomplishments, a nod to the great institution you serve, a hat tip to all the sacrifices your family made over the years to let you live the life you've lived.
Threatening the GOP's top priority of passing major tax reform, Republican Rep. Tom MacArthur warned Tuesday night that so many House Republicans are frustrated with plans to nix a popular deduction, they could block the budget this week.
A woman who befriended Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza online said he was "singularly focused and obsessed with mass murders and spree killings" and looked upon school shooters "with respect and understanding," according to heavily redacted FBI documents released Tuesday.
Bipartisan anger about the ongoing violence in Myanmar prompted Trump administration officials Tuesday to defend their approach to the country, where more than 600,000 people have fled persecution.
Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona will not run for re-election, saying Tuesday he wouldn't embrace President Donald Trump to win next year's Republican primary.
Two US Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have arrived in the Pacific in the past two days, putting three of the massive war ships in the region as President Donald Trump prepares for a visit early next month.
President Donald Trump, during a meeting earlier this year with Alaska's two Republican senators, asked about reversing a decision made by the Obama administration and renaming the nation's largest mountain, according to Sen. Dan Sullivan.
Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake announced Tuesday that he won't run for a second term in the Senate. But he made the decision about his political career months ago -- when he decided to go public (in book form, no less!) with his indictment of both President Donald Trump and a GOP that had accepted such an interloper into its ranks.
After getting a first-hand glimpse of the impact of South Sudan's brutal civil war, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said the US bears an important responsibility to push for an end to the conflict.
As President Donald Trump's travel ban restrictions expire, the administration will allow refugees from all countries -- but with new, enhanced vetting rules, according to a senior administration official.
Sen. Lamar Alexander said President Donald Trump praised the Tennessee Republican's work on health care in the lunch with Republican senators Tuesday, but added the ball is now in the White House's court.
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