The court, with its strong 5-4 conservative majority, is facing requests from an aggressive Trump administration to weigh in early on many of its most controversial policies in areas including immigration, LBGT rights, asylum and reinstating the citizenship question on the census.
President Trump tweeted on Saturday morning that Zinke, who has held the position for almost two years, would be leaving the administration.
President Trump tweeted on Saturday morning that Zinke, who has held the position for almost two years, would be leaving the administration.
Nothing has changed even though a federal judge in Texas ruled Friday that the Affordable Care Act’s individual coverage mandate is unconstitutional and invalidated the entire law.
President Donald Trump has picked budget director Mick Mulvaney to be his acting chief of staff, ending a chaotic search in which several top contenders took themselves out of the running for the job.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It was a remarkably dramatic year on television, with much of it unscripted. While prime-time series including “This Is Us” and “Atlanta” reached notable emotional and provocative highs, TV impressively fulfilled…
A closed-door meeting between President Trump and Democratic leaders in Congress lasted barely 30 minutes Tuesday after a heated televised opening session “spiraled downwards,” in the words of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi.
In a viral response to the President on Twitter, a Capital Gazette photojournalist mourned, remembered and celebrated his beloved colleague, Wendi Winters, and four other staffers killed when a gunman walked into the newsroom of the Annapolis paper.
The chairman is the highest-ranking military officer in the country and serves as the principal military adviser to the president.
A Guatemalan living in the U.S. illegally who says she faced abusive working conditions as a maid at Donald Trump’s New Jersey golf club doesn’t regret speaking out.
President Trump signs appropriations bill, keeping the federal government running until Dec. 21.
“It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of one of America’s greatest points of light,” Trump said in a statement. ” … I invite the people of the world who share our grief to join us in this solemn observance.”
Trump offered condolences from Buenos Aires, where he is attending a Group of 20 summit. He postponed a news conference scheduled for Saturday afternoon “out of respect for the Bush family” and proclaimed Wednesday, Dec. 5 a national day of mourning for former president.
As the gathering officially kicks off Friday, issues like development and investment seem like afterthoughts, overshadowed by contentious matters from the U.S.-China trade dispute to the conflict over Ukraine.
As world leaders denounced Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, President Donald Trump waited more than a day before offering a muted response about the clash, leaving the task of criticizing Moscow to the outgoing US ambassador to the UN.