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Republicans feel anxious and adrift defending Trump
Republican senators are lost and adrift as the impeachment inquiry enters its second month, navigating the threat to President Donald Trump largely in the dark, frustrated by the absence of...

Inside Trump’s defiance on the longest shutdown ever
WASHINGTON - When President Donald Trump made a rare journey to the U.S. Capitol last week, he was expected to strategize about how to end the government shutdown he instigated....

Trump vows not to reopen federal government until wall funding is secured
President Trump said Tuesday that he intends to keep the federal government closed until he secures the desired funding from Congress for his promised border wall and claimed that "many"...

“Very possible” shutdown could last into new year, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney says
The partial shutdown paralyzing large portions of the federal government may last into January, when Democrats retake control of the House, the White House acknowledged Sunday, as negotiations over funding...

Republican anxiety spikes as Trump faces growing legal and political perils
WASHINGTON - A growing number of Republicans fear that a battery of new revelations in the far-reaching Russia investigation has dramatically heightened the legal and political danger to Donald Trump's...

Trump slams Fed chair, questions climate change and threatens to cancel Putin meeting
President Donald Trump placed responsibility for recent stock market declines and this week's announcement of General Motors plant closures and layoffs on the Federal Reserve during an interview Tuesday, shirking...

“Like a dog”: Trump has a long history of using canine insults to dehumanize enemies
In President Donald Trump's singular lexicon, there is no more vicious put-down than likening an adversary to a dog.

“We have to pick a great one”: Inside Trump’s plan for a new Supreme Court justice
President Donald Trump is driving to execute the same playbook in selecting a new Supreme Court nominee that last year delivered swift confirmation of Justice Neil Gorsuch, following a methodical...

Trump and Putin will meet July 16 in Helsinki, Washington and Moscow announce
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on July 16 in Helsinki, Finland, both of their governments announced Thursday.

Trump advocates depriving undocumented immigrants of due-process rights
President Donald Trump on Sunday explicitly advocated depriving undocumented immigrants of their due-process rights, arguing that people who cross the border into the United States illegally were invaders and must...