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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.

Senators approved a $36.5 billion package Tuesday to respond to the spate of hurricanes and wildfires that have hit the country in recent months.

A US appeals cleared the way on Tuesday for an undocumented teen in detention in Texas to end her pregnancy.

Senators were stunned Tuesday when their colleague Sen. Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican and occasional target of President Donald Trump's ire, walked onto the Senate floor, delivered a blistering speech on the state of the country's politics and announced he would no longer seek re-election for the Senate in 2018.

Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake called on members of his party to stand together and criticize President Donald Trump's behavior shortly after announcing he would not seek re-election.

Following Sen. Jeff Flake's evisceration of President Donald Trump from the floor of the Senate, the White House said Tuesday it was a smart decision for the Arizona Republican to retire.

(As prepared for delivery) Mr. President, I rise today to address a matter that has been much on my mind, at a moment when it seems that our democracy is more defined by our discord and our dysfunction than it is by our values and our principles. Let me begin by noting a somewhat obvious point that these offices that we hold are not ours to hold indefinitely. We are not here simply to mark time. Sustained incumbency is certainly not the point of seeking office. And there are times when we must risk our careers in favor of our principles.

Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake was critical of Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign and has clashed with the President regularly over the past year. He railed against the rise of Trumpism in his August book, "Conscience of a Conservative."

A protester threw a handful of Russian flags at President Donald Trump on Tuesday as he entered a meeting with Republican senators on Capitol Hill.

Hours before Donald Trump was set to huddle with Senate Republicans to rally support for his tax cut measure, Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker delivered an absolute bludgeoning of the President. And even that may be an understatement.

With a decision imminent, President Donald Trump is narrowing his options to head the Federal Reserve, deciding among candidates who represent widely divergent views on the US economy.

President Donald Trump discussed tax reform and the opioid epidemic, but not his bitter feud with Sen. Bob Corker, during lunch with Republican senators on Tuesday.

Sen. Thom Tillis went to a lunch with Republican lawmakers carrying a bag of popcorn, ready for President Donald Trump's visit to Capitol Hill after he feuded with Sen. Bob Corker Tuesday morning.

The US Army team that was ambushed in Niger was gathering intelligence on a terrorist leader operating in the area when it was attacked, two military officials told CNN on Tuesday.