White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer denied President Donald Trump didn't know what a key nuclear disarmament agreement with Russia's president was when the two men spoke by phone two weeks ago.
House Democrats put on a unified show in public this week at their annual retreat, but behind the scenes members of the party were still trying to find a way to bridge their own divides ahead of a 2018 election that could put them back in control of the House or deeper in the hole than before.
The three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a decisive rebuke to President Donald Trump Thursday night, issuing a 29-page order rejecting almost every argument it made to reinstate his travel ban.
Obviously it was a tongue-in-cheek tweet. But in this climate where people perceive everything through their own political prism, it didn't go over well.
Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota, who is running to be chair for the Democratic National Committee, released his strategy Friday for how to get the Latino community more engaged in the Democratic Party -- an issue that came up after the Democrats' loss in the 2016 election.
Now that a three-judge panel of 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the government's emergency request to reinstate the travel ban -- what happens next in the case?
Two US defense officials told CNN that there was an "unsafe" close encounter between a US Navy P-3 Orion aircraft and a Chinese surveillance aircraft Wednesday.
The Senate voted in the early hours of Friday morning to break a Democratic filibuster and advance the nomination of Steve Mnuchin for treasury secretary.
House Democrats are scrapping their playbook -- with plans to fire pollsters, hire new staff and ditch the very tools they used to decide where they fight against Republicans -- as they search for a way to win back the House of Representatives in two years.
When then US President-elect Donald Trump had a 10-minute conversation with Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen in December 2016, he caused a huge diplomatic firestorm.
President Donald Trump phoned the leaders of Iraq and Afghanistan on Thursday, but even amid their discussions about combating terrorists, his contentious immigration executive order remained a sticking point.
The action on Thursday wasn't triggered by President Donald Trump's signature, but rather, a ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which declined to reinstate his controversial travel ban. The President quickly tweeted, "SEE YOU IN COURT," but it's unclear what the next step is for his immigration executive order.
A potential nominee to serve as the Trump administration's solicitor general -- the lawyer who argues the government's position before the Supreme Court -- withdrew from consideration Thursday night.
Let's be real -- Washington isn't exactly a destination for celebrity sightings. But the shared hobby of the District's most high-profile women, Michelle Obama and Ivanka Trump, has local indoor cycling studios abuzz.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Donald Trump will meet at the White House Friday and then head to the golf course Saturday. They both need a win.
The senator who disclosed Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch's apparent criticism of President Donald Trump is now calling for Gorsuch to go public with his misgivings.
Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser to President Donald Trump, was "counseled" after promoting Ivanka Trump's clothing and accessory brand during an interview from the White House Thursday morning.
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