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President Donald Trump, pressed on whether back-to-back deadly hurricanes have changed his views on climate change, dodged the question on Thursday by contradicting past comments he made about the size of storms that have rocked Texas and Florida.

President Donald Trump called Attorney General Jeff Sessions an "idiot" to his face and said he should resign in May, The New York Times reported Thursday.

The Republican-led Senate judiciary committee now plans to take the first steps on legislation that would make it harder for President Donald Trump to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the latest sign that Trump could face a backlash from Capitol Hill if he sought to dismiss the special counsel.

The US-led coalition fighting ISIS appeared Thursday to give the Russians and their client, Syrian President Bashar al Assad, a clear path to capture a strategically important city currently held by ISIS.

CNN's Jake Tapper looks at a claim about alleged voter fraud in New Hampshire that was recently made by Kris Kobach. Read more at FactCheck.org

President Donald Trump is expected to extend sanctions relief for Iran this week as part of the 2015 nuclear deal, two senior administration officials said, even as the President offered yet another signal that he favors ending the agreement and his administration imposed new non-nuclear sanctions on Tehran.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller briefly did some legal work for a company that was part of a Middle East energy and arms project pushed by Michael Flynn, the former Trump national security adviser who Mueller is now investigating as part of the Russian meddling probe.

Republican leaders in Congress were cautious Thursday morning to avoid admonishing their President for negotiating with Democrats, maintaining there's not yet a deal on immigration -- a sensitive political issue that has divided the GOP for decades.

A bipartisan group of senators is opposing President Donald Trump's pick to head NASA, arguing he is a political appointee who doesn't have the necessary experience to run the agency.

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have detained a US citizen who had been fighting with ISIS in Syria, a US military official told CNN Thursday.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that one of the signature promises he made during his 2016 campaign -- building a wall along the US-Mexico border -- will come after a deal to help children brought to the United States illegally by their parents.

Outside the House floor Thursday morning, conservatives were having a very hard time believing that President Donald Trump would undercut Republicans on immigration.

President Donald Trump, stung by Republicans' failure to pass a party line vote on health care reform earlier this year, said Thursday that he expects -- and will court -- Democratic support for tax reform.

Democratic leaders Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi said following a Wednesday night meeting with President Donald Trump that they have "agreed" to a fix on DACA and resolved iron out a border-security plan -- "excluding" the US-Mexico border wall that was one of Trump's most memorable campaign promises.

Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore suggested earlier this year that the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks might have happened because the US had distanced itself from God.

Roger Stone, a one-time adviser and frequent confidante of President Donald Trump, said Thursday he will testify before the House intelligence committee on September 26.

The media organs that have so steadfastly supported Donald Trump, from the golden escalator to the White House, are turning.

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's annual gala is what organizers refer to as "Latino Prom." Every year, hundreds gather in Washington to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and honor people from the community for their contributions.