President Donald Trump on Thursday played a tough hand as well as could be expected, likely pleasing his lawyers and political aides, as he tried to quell a new firestorm over Russia that threatens to overshadow his visit to Paris.
Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee, told CNN the panel will ask Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr. for additional documents, following revelations from a damaging email chain that Trump Jr released this week.
Gov. Brian Sandoval expressed "great concern" Thursday with the new Senate Republican health care bill and said he plans to meet one-on-one with top administration officials, including Vice President Mike Pence, to discuss it Friday.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday that 412 people -- including 115 doctors and other health care providers -- have been charged in health care fraud schemes resulting in $1.3 billion in "false billings."
When President Donald Trump speaks to evangelicals, he often portrays himself as their patron, protecting their churches and ministries from secular elitists and big bad bureaucracies.
While in France on Thursday, President Donald Trump effusively praised Chinese President Xi Jinping as a "very special person" -- just as GOP Sen. John McCain slammed the Chinese government in a statement after the death of a Chinese dissident who until recently had been in prison.
On October 25, 2007, Salvatore Giunta and his 173rd Airborne Brigade team went on a night patrol in the mountains of Eastern Afghanistan and stepped into history.
The Justice Department released a section of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' security clearance form in response to a federal lawsuit Thursday, resurfacing questions surrounding his contacts Russian officials that the former Republican senator has previously tried to put to rest.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said his diplomatic work to resolve a stand-off between Qatar and four Arab nations might have produced a greater possibility of direct talks taking place, but warned that resolving the dispute "may take quite a while."
Rep. Steve Scalise has been upgraded to fair condition after undergoing surgery to treat infection, according to a MedStar Washington Hospital Center statement Thursday afternoon.
A group of everyday citizens whose personal information became public last year as a result of WikiLeaks releasing a trove of information from the Democratic National Committee is suing the Trump campaign and political strategist Roger Stone.
President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement loomed over his visit to the city Thursday, with both he and French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledging that the prickly topic came up during their private discussions.
Several protesters -- including religious leaders -- were arrested Thursday outside of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, following demonstrations against Republican legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare.
The Trump administration is expected to re-certify that Iran is complying with guidelines set by former President Barack Obama's nuclear deal, multiple Trump administration officials tell CNN, meaning President Donald Trump -- at least for the time being -- will go along with a deal he once promised to "tear up."
Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller has brought on Peter Strzok, a senior FBI official who oversaw the Hillary Clinton email investigation, to help manage his investigation into Russian election meddling, according to two US officials briefed on the matter.
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