Politics
- Matt Bai
Silent Republicans have their reasons. They don't have an excuse.
President Trump doesn’t care what happens to the GOP after he’s gone. So why aren’t more Republicans separating themselves from him?
- Hunter Walker
San Juan mayor rips Trump for giving himself a perfect '10' on hurricane response
“If it is a 10 out of a scale of 100, of course. It is still a failing grade,” San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz said when asked about President Trump's giving himself a perfect grade for his response to the hurricane devastation in Puerto Rico.
- Olivier Knox
Amid Niger questions, Congress calls Tillerson, Mattis to testify in war powers debate
The Senate took a step late Thursday toward reviving the post-9/11 debate over where, when, how, why and on whose authority young Americans should go off to war.
- Gabby Kaufman
Video undermines White House attack on Rep. Wilson over condolence calls
The controversy continues over President Trump’s treatment of a military widow during a condolence call, with Rep. Frederica Wilson, Fla., accusing the White House of lying about her record.
- Christopher Wilson
Trump blames rise in British crime on Islamic terror, surprising Britain
In a Friday morning tweet, the president correctly cited a figure from a new report on British crime but seemed to pin the entire rise on one cause, which the report doesn’t do. The president’s tweet caused confusion and pushback in Britain.
Jerry AdlerA liberal is a conservative whose house just flooded
Some Trump voters, after their towns were flooded by Hurricane Harvey, are beginning to reconsider their conviction that climate change has no scientific basis.
- Jon Ward
Obama makes a plea to Virginians and signals a way forward for Democrats
Former President Barack Obama makes an impassioned return to the campaign trail in New Jersey and Virginia.
Hunter WalkerTrump grades his own Puerto Rico response a perfect '10'
President Trump gives himself high marks for his response to hurricane damage in Puerto Rico.
- Olivier Knox
Kelly defends Trump on casualties, attacks 'selfish' congresswoman
White House chief of staff John Kelly on Thursday delivered an impassioned defense of President Trump’s outreach to families of four Americans recently killed in Niger.
- Liz Goodwin
GOP senators back Obamacare stabilization as Trump sends mixed messages
Twelve Republican senators signed on to a bill that would stabilize the Obamacare individual markets despite mixed messages from President Trump.
- Olivier Knox
Expert warns Trump about tweeting on Asia trip
China expert Dennis Wilder, President George W. Bush’s senior director for East Asian Affairs, sets the stage for President Trump’s Asia trip.
- Dylan Stableford
George W. Bush: 'Bigotry seems emboldened' in Trump era
“We’ve seen our discourse degraded by casual cruelty,” former President George W. Bush said in a rare public speech. “We’ve seen nationalism distorted into nativism.”
Gabby KaufmanIn emotional interview, Gold Star parents say of Trump: 'It's not about a call or a letter'
The parents of a United States Army specialist killed in Syria in May said Thursday they hadn’t received any acknowledgment from President Trump, despite his claim to have called “virtually” all families of fallen U.S. soldiers.
Dylan StablefordTrump demands to know: Who paid for the 'Trump dossier'?
President Trump is wondering who paid for the controversial dossier that made salacious but unverified claims about his ties to Russia a day after executives from a firm that helped produce it refused to answer questions from the House Intelligence Committee.
- Dylan Stableford
White House slams lawmaker's 'disgusting' criticism of Trump's call to soldier's widow
The back-and-forth dispute between the president and a Florida congressman over what Trump said to a soldier’s widow continued Wednesday afternoon. While not denying a remark that Rep. Frederica Wilson attributed to Trump, the White House criticized her for politicizing the issue.
- Michael Walsh
Opioid-law scandal sheds light on lobbying by industry-funded 'patient access' groups
For years, the opioid industry has been funding nonprofit organizations that promote patient access to their drugs. These organizations pushed for Congress to approve Rep. Tom Marino’s Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act.
- Liz Goodwin
Sessions: U.S. not doing enough to stop future election interference
Attorney General Jeff Sessions conceded Wednesday that the U.S. government is not doing enough to prevent future interference in elections by Russia and other foreign adversaries.
- Christopher Wilson
Trump says he has 'proof' on his call to soldier's wife, and the nation waits
If the president's proof is anything like the evidence he’s promised to offer for some of his other controversial assertions, the nation will believe it when — or if — it sees it.
- Gabby Kaufman
Trump resumes Twitter attacks on Comey and 'Crooked Hillary'
James Comey may have begun drafting a statement about the Clinton email investigation before it was finished, to judge from newly released documents. The president, jumping on this, criticized both Comey and Clinton in tweets Wednesday.
Dylan StablefordTrump accuses congresswoman of fabricating what he said to dead soldier's widow
Florida congresswoman Frederica Wilson’s account of what the president said to a military widow on Tuesday was disputed by the president on Wednesday, but the congresswoman fired back.
- Jon Ward
Ed Gillespie's scaremongering TV ads may define his campaign
Ed Gillespie, an architect of the GOP outreach to Hispanics, is running for governor of Virginia with commercials demonizing Hispanic immigrants as gang members. His turnaround is reminiscent of another Southern centrist who made coded appeals to conservative white rural voters to win office: Jimmy Carter.
- Hunter Walker
Trump's tax reform pitch to conservatives comes with a 'sense of urgency'
The president will use the speech before the audience of conservatives to make the case that his tax cuts will spur “massive economic growth,” senior administration officials said in a conference call with reporters. While the White House officials said they’re “very confident and excited” the plan will boost the economic fortunes of the middle class, they also acknowledged it has critics on both sides of the aisle and comes with high stakes for the president.
- Gabby Kaufman
Biden: World leaders call me to interpret Trump
Former Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that 14 world leaders have sought him out to seek insight into President Trump.
- Liz Goodwin
Senators reach bipartisan deal to restore Obamacare payments
Sens. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Tuesday announced a deal to stabilize Obamacare markets that President Trump has tentatively blessed
Olivier KnoxTrump ambassador promises Russia he'll be 'practical'
U.S. Ambassador Jon Huntsman is promising his hosts to be “practical” when it comes to relations damaged by Moscow’s invasions of Georgia and Ukraine, and by alleged meddling in the 2016 election.
