Politics

Paul Ryan doubts Trump’s efforts to improve Russia relations will work

By Daniel Bush

House Speaker Paul Ryan told PBS NewsHour in an interview Wednesday that he did not think Donald Trump's efforts to bring the U.S. closer to Russia would succeed. In the broad-ranging interview, Ryan also addressed the president's immigration ban, and…

WATCH: Senate votes to confirm Jeff Sessions as attorney general

By Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram, Associated Press

Wednesday's confirmation vote comes amid rising tension between Republicans controlling the chamber over what they call delaying tactics by minority Democratic members.

Gorsuch disheartened by Trump attacks on judges

By Associated Press

Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee has told a Democratic senator that he found the president's attacks on the judiciary "disheartening" and "demoralizing." Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut disclosed the comments from Judge Neil Gorsuch after meeting with the nominee Wednesday.

Groups sue to block Trump’s order on government regulations

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Organizations opposing President Donald Trump's executive order to curb government regulations filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to block it.

WATCH: Betsy DeVos makes first speech as education secretary

By News Desk

Devos will address employees at the Department of Education for the first time since being confirmed and sworn in as President Trump's education secretary.

Trump’s list of underreported terror doesn’t back up claim

By Jonathan Lemire, Vivian Salama, Associated Press

A White House list of what it calls underreported terrorist attacks did not support President Donald Trump's claim that the media are downplaying a "genocide" carried out by the Islamic State group. But it did shine new light on the…

HHS pick Tom Price made ‘brazen’ stock trades while his committee was under scrutiny

By Marisa Taylor and Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News

Health and Human Services secretary nominee Tom Price showed little restraint in his personal stock trading during the three years that federal investigators were bearing down on a key House committee.

Pope repeats ‘bridges not walls’ after Trump travel ban

By Associated Press

Pope Francis has frequently invoked the "bridge not walls" appeal in urging countries to welcome migrants, including when he returned from a visit last year to the U.S.-Mexico border.

For a new president, an election that won’t fade

By Ken Thomas, Associated Press

More than two weeks into his presidency, President Donald Trump is still fixated on the last fight.

GOP lawmakers to meet with leaders of black colleges

By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press

President Donald Trump said during his campaign that he wanted to ensure funding for HBCUs, which have been pushing for more high-level attention from leaders in Washington, D.C.