Philip Rucker

President Donald Trump speaks on Dec. 18 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.

Trump to North Korean leader Kim: My “Nuclear Button” is “much bigger & more powerful”

January 2, 2018 at 8:16 p.m.

President Donald Trump escalated his war of words with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday evening, asserting that his "nuclear button" is "much bigger & more powerful" than...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's ...

Doubting the intelligence, Trump pursues Putin and leaves a Russian threat unchecked

December 14, 2017 at 2:08 p.m.

In the final days before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his inner circle pleaded with him to acknowledge publicly what U.S. intelligence agencies had already concluded...

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters ...

Trump warns of government shutdown as GOP scrambles for funding deal

December 6, 2017 at 11:08 a.m.

President Donald Trump warned that there could be a government shutdown Saturday, weighing in on Congress' budget stalemate after his senior aides had tried to exude confidence a deal could...

Republicans fear Democratic wins mean more losses to come

November 9, 2017 at 6:24 a.m.

A wave of Democratic victories ignited a ferocious debate across the Republican Party Wednesday over whether President Donald Trump's unorthodox behavior and polarizing agenda is jeopardizing the GOP's firm grip...

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, left, senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, and chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon watch as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on April 20.

“The president’s wingman”: Absent in the West Wing, Bannon stays close to Trump

November 3, 2017 at 5:07 p.m.

In the two months since Stephen Bannon was shunted from the White House and returned to the helm of Breitbart News, the former chief strategist has declared "a season of...

Twelve days of silence, then a swipe at Obama: How Trump handled four dead soldiers

October 18, 2017 at 8:03 a.m.

On Oct. 4, the day that four U.S. Special Forces soldiers were gunned down at the border of Niger and Mali in the deadliest combat incident since President Donald Trump...

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., talks to reporters on June 21.

Corker calls White House “an adult day care center” in response to Trump’s latest Twitter tirade

October 8, 2017 at 10:30 a.m.

President Donald Trump attacked Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., in a Sunday morning Twitter tirade, alleging that the Tennessee Republican "begged" him for an endorsement, did not receive it and "didn't...

Senior Advisor Jared Kushner waits for ...

Jared Kushner used private email account for some White House business

November 3, 2017 at 5:07 p.m.

President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner has used a private email account to conduct and discuss official White House business dozens of times, his lawyer confirmed Sunday.

Trump calls North Korea’s nuclear test “very hostile and dangerous,” scolds South Korea

September 3, 2017 at 9:30 a.m.

President Donald Trump sharply condemned North Korea's overnight nuclear test, saying Sunday morning that the action - which defied Trump's blunt warnings - were "very hostile and dangerous to the...

President Donald Trump and Melania Trump ...

Trump pitches in at shelter for Harvey victims

September 2, 2017 at 12:52 p.m.

President Trump swooped into this flood-ravaged city Saturday to meet with survivors of Hurricane Harvey in his second visit to southeast Texas since the storm came ashore eight days ago.

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