Politics Aug 19 Trump to skip Kennedy Center arts awards Past presidents and first ladies have hosted a reception for honorees at the White House before the Kennedy Center gala and sat with them at the televised event.
Politics Aug 18 Bannon returns to Breitbart News The conservative news site says Bannon is back as its executive chairman, and says he led an editorial meeting Friday evening.
Politics Aug 18 Citing Trump remarks, most of president’s arts council quits Actor Kal Penn, artist Chuck Close and virtually the entire membership of the President's Committee On the Arts and Humanities have announced their resignation.
Nation Aug 17 Wisconsin Assembly passes $3 billion Foxconn bill The Wisconsin state Assembly has passed a $3 billion tax break package for Taiwan-based electronics giant Foxconn Technology Group.
Politics Aug 17 Trump abandons plans for infrastructure advisory council It's the third such industry council to be eliminated by the White House this week after the backlash to the president's comments blaming "both sides" for the recent violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Politics Aug 16 Historians say Trump went afoul in lumping Robert E. Lee with founding fathers Is it really so far-fetched to put Robert E. Lee in the same category as George Washington, as President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday? Many historians say yes.
Politics Aug 16 Pence ‘stands with’ Trump on Charlottesville remarks Vice President Mike Pence is skirting questions about President Donald Trump's Tuesday press conference. But he says he stands with the president.
Politics Aug 16 Trump to rally supporters next Tuesday in Phoenix Trump's campaign announced the event Wednesday — a day after the president blamed "both sides" for weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, between white supremacists and counter-demonstrators.
Politics Aug 15 Strange, Moore head for runoff in Alabama GOP primary to fill Sessions’ Senate seat Sen. Luther Strange and former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore are headed to a Republican primary runoff to fill the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Nation Aug 15 Internet company DreamHost fights government request for records related to Inauguration Day protest An internet company is fighting what it says is a "sweeping" request for information about an anti-Trump website that prosecutors allege was behind destructive Inauguration Day protests.