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Michael Smerconish scored what he called Sean Spicer's "exit interview" as White House press secretary, though he didn't realize it at the time, the CNN host said Saturday.

A soldier in the US Army has been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly attempting to provide material support to ISIS, the Justice Department announced Saturday.

Geologist Jess Phoenix says she doesn't mind being an underdog.

In a White House under siege, something had to change.

Sean Spicer is out of the White House. Anthony Scaramucci is in.

A recent Morning Consult national poll testing the approval ratings of the nation's governors produced a surprising -- to me -- result: The most popular governor in the country is Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker. Even in the liberal Bay State, 71% of residents approve of the job the Republican Baker is doing. Seeking to explain the key to Baker's popularity, I reached out to Boston Globe political reporter James Pindell. Our conversation, conducted via email and lightly edited for flow, is below.

Special counsel Robert Mueller has asked the White House to preserve all documents relating to the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower that Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort had with a Russian lawyer and others, according to a source who has seen the letter.

Sean Spicer said Friday night that President Donald Trump did not want him to resign as White House press secretary but "understood" that it was in the best interest of the administration.

The Senate Republican health care bill has run into another major problem, as key anti-abortion provisions -- a major selling point to conservatives -- have been ruled to run afoul of Senate rules, endangering them altogether.

The leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee have cut a deal with President Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., and former campaign chairman Paul Manafort to avoid a high-profile public hearing next week, with the two men agreeing to provide records to the panel and to be privately interviewed ahead of any public session.

Former CIA Director John Brennan says government officials should refuse orders to fire special counsel Robert Mueller if they are told to by the White House.

A senior US general has confirmed that the US has ended a classified CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels in Syria.

Efforts will continue over the weekend to get the Republican health care bill back on track, but there's virtually no room for error.

White House press secretary Sean Spicer resigned Friday morning, according to three White House officials.

Defense Secretary James Mattis told reporters Friday that the administration is "close" to finalizing a plan going forward in Afghanistan. He stressed that putting together an overall strategy "takes time" and added, "this is hard work so you've got to get it right, that's all there is to it and we are working to get it right."

Susan Rice, who served as former President Barack Obama's national security adviser, quietly met behind closed doors Friday with Senate intelligence committee investigators probing Russian meddling in the elections, according to an official familiar with the matter.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer announced his resignation after 182 days on the job, marking the end of a tumultuous and combative run -- as well as one of the shortest tenures in the position's history.

Jared Kushner's status as a top aide to President Donald Trump was used to lure Chinese investors to his family's New Jersey development, even after his family's company apologized for mentioning his name during a sales pitch in May, CNN has found.

Sean Spicer may be gone (from the White House communications team), but he certainly will not be forgotten.