Politics Feb 06 Trump's racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White House earlier defending it The Republican president’s Thursday night post was deleted Friday and blamed on a staffer after widespread backlash, from civil rights leaders to veteran Republican senators, for its treatment of the nation’s first Black president and first lady.
Politics Jan 29 Klobuchar announces she's running for Minnesota governor after Walz dropped bid Sen. Amy Klobuchar's decision gives Democrats a high-profile candidate and proven statewide winner as their party tries to hold onto the office occupied by Gov. Tim Walz. …
Politics Jan 27 Killing of Alex Pretti scrambles Second Amendment politics for Trump On Tuesday, Trump weighed in anew on Pretti having a firearm, which he was legally allowed to carry. Before leaving for a trip to Iowa, the president told reporters he wanted to see an investigation into the death but also…
Politics Jan 22 Trump appointees question White House ballroom's design and scale, ask to see 3D models Some of Donald Trump's handpicked appointees who have a say in his White House ballroom project asked questions Thursday about its “immense” design and scale, even as they broadly endorsed the president's vision for a massive expansion.
Nation Jan 12 With action against Powell and the Fed, Trump's list of targeted opponents grows longer President Donald Trump’s administration has gone after multiple elected and appointed government officials who have either directly opposed the Republican president or not granted his wishes.
Politics Jan 05 Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz won't run for a third term Walz, Democrats' 2024 candidate for vice president, said in a statement Monday that he believes he would have won another term but decided “that I can’t give a political campaign my all” after what he described as an “extraordinarily difficult…
Politics Dec 23 Transgender NSA employee sues Trump administration over executive order on 'immutable' genders The employee says she is unable to use the women's restroom at work and NSA cannot use her preferred pronouns.
Health Dec 18 WATCH: Trump orders reclassification of marijuana, downgrading its drug schedule This change won't legalize recreational use nationwide but may alter regulation and taxation.
Politics Dec 16 Susie Wiles, Trump's chief of staff, criticizes Bondi's handling of Epstein files in Vanity Fair interview White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is criticizing Attorney General Pam Bondi’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case and broadly defending Donald Trump's second presidency in a series of interviews published Tuesday.
Politics Dec 12 Preservationists sue Trump for ballroom project reviews and congressional approval The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a privately funded group, is asking the U.S. District Court to block Trump’s White House ballroom project, which already has involved razing the East Wing, until it goes through comprehensive design reviews, environmental assessments,…