Jill Colvin

Democrats seize House control, but Trump’s GOP holds Senate

November 7, 2018 at 8:41 p.m.

Democrats seized the House majority from President Donald Trump's Republican Party on Tuesday in a suburban revolt that threatened what's left of the president's governing agenda. But the GOP gained...

President Donald Trump boards Air Force ...

Trump pledges asylum crackdown, tent cities; is it legal?

November 1, 2018 at 10:06 p.m.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to sign an order next week that could lead to the large-scale detention of migrants crossing the southern border and bar anyone caught...

Trump targets birthright citizenship, stokes migrant fears ahead of election

October 30, 2018 at 5:52 p.m.

Thousands of U.S. troops to stop an 鈥渋nvasion鈥� of migrants. Tent cities for asylum seekers. An end for the Constitution鈥檚 guarantee of birthright citizenship.

Pentagon sending 5,200 troops to border week before midterms

October 29, 2018 at 11:19 p.m.

The Pentagon said it's sending 5,200 troops to the Southwest border in an extraordinary military operation ordered up just a week before midterm elections.

Trump decries violence but calls on media to end “hostility”

October 24, 2018 at 8:57 p.m.

President Donald Trump condemned the series of attempted attacks on high-profile Democrats and CNN on Wednesday, declaring that "acts or threats of political violence have no place in the United...

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a "Make America Great Again" rally at the Eastern Kentucky University, in Richmond, Kentucky, on Oct. 13, 2018.

Trump: Climate change not a hoax, not sure of source

October 14, 2018 at 6:42 p.m.

President Donald Trump is backing off his claim that climate change is a hoax but says he doesn鈥檛 know if it抖阴ap man-made and suggests that the climate will 鈥渃hange back...

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies ...

How they did it: The Republicans’ campaign to save Brett Kavanaugh

October 6, 2018 at 11:55 a.m.

Mitch McConnell walked onto the Senate floor for the big vote to save Brett Kavanaugh's nomination with a secret: He didn't know how it would turn out.

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the Lotte New York Palace hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, in New York.

“Mr. Kurd,” #MeToo: Highlights from President Trump’s UN news conference

September 27, 2018 at 8:22 a.m.

He rarely holds formal news conferences. But when he does, President Donald Trump lets 鈥榚r rip. For more than an hour and 20 minutes Wednesday, Trump held court with reporters...

President Donald Trump speaks during a ...

President Donald Trump says his past accusers influence thinking on Brett Kavanaugh

September 27, 2018 at 7:20 a.m.

For 10 days, Trump has watched as allegations of sexual misconduct have swirled around Brett Kavanaugh, his nominee for the Supreme Court. On Wednesday, Trump spoke aloud what he鈥檚 been...

Donald Trump says his past accusers influence thinking on Brett Kavanaugh

September 26, 2018 at 5:23 p.m.

An agitated President Donald Trump acknowledged Wednesday that past accusations of sexual misconduct against him have influenced the way he views similar charges against other men, including his Supreme Court...

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