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Building a border wall remains a stated top priority for President Donald Trump, but thus far he has precious little to show for it.

US President Donald Trump will make back-to-back phone calls to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday, the White House announced Saturday night.

The Department of Homeland Security is cutting some organizations out of grant money to counter violent extremism -- including nearly a dozen that the Obama administration considered worthy of receiving the funds.

Civil rights and LGBT activists say they are concerned about President Donald Trump's nomination Thursday of Eric Dreiband to head the Justice Department's civil rights division because of his work defending major corporations and others against discrimination lawsuits.

New Jersey's state government was forced to shut down on Friday night after Gov. Chris Christie and state lawmakers failed to reach an agreement on a budget.

Take a look at the week in politics from June 25 through July 1.

In ways big and small, Congress is taking back power from President Donald Trump on national security matters.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that he plans to continue the effort to repeal and replace Obamacare -- the same day President Donald Trump called for repealing the law immediately and replacing it later.

A group of Republican senators are requesting August recess be canceled or shortened to give the party more time to make progress on its legislative agenda.

President Donald Trump has let one Obama-era immigration policy continue -- and conservative states are running out of patience.

As he announced a major Supreme Court ruling recently, Anthony Kennedy spoke so fervently about free speech and the power of the Internet, he seemed ready to spring from his black leather chair on the justices' elevated bench.

President Donald Trump called out the nearly 30 states expressing concerns about the legality of his administration's efforts to investigate voter fraud, asking what the states might be hiding in a tweet Saturday morning.

A Trump administration letter requesting data from all 50 state's voting rolls has put some states and voting rights advocates on edge after many were already wary of the aims of the President's commission on voting.

Journalism legend Carl Bernstein called on the US press Friday to rise to the challenge of the Donald Trump presidency, which he characterized as "malignant."

The Pentagon is delaying a decision on allowing transgender people to enlist in the military for six months, according to a memo obtained by CNN.

Remember when your anti-Trump friends vowed to pack their bags and flee to Canada after the 2016 US presidential election?

Sen. Kamala Harris is using her newfound progressive stardom to raise money for her Democratic colleagues -- and amplifying buzz about the California freshman as a prospect for the party's 2020 presidential nomination in the process.

The White House released its annual report to Congress Friday detailing the salaries of President Donald Trump's Executive Office staff.

President Donald Trump, speaking alongside South Korean President Moon Jae-in, declared Friday the US' patience with the North Korean regime "is over."

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley received mixed reviews this week after cheering cuts to the UN's peacekeeping budget and leading efforts to dramatically reduce the organization's long-standing presence in Sudan's embattled Darfur region.