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Bannon’s departure is unlikely to calm the turmoil in Trump’s White House
President Donald Trump's most unconventional senior adviser, Stephen Bannon, may have left the White House, but the political turbulence that has characterized the first seven months of Trump's presidency doesn't...

Sessions’ move to take on affirmative action energizes Trump’s base
Attorney General Jeff Sessions' internal announcement indicating that the Justice Department is seeking to curb affirmative action in a university admissions case has roused President Donald Trump's conservative base by...

Jeff Sessions offered in recent months to resign as attorney general
Attorney General Jeff Sessions offered to resign at one point in recent months after his relationship with President Donald Trump grew increasingly tense, according to two people close to the...

Trump family members met with GOP leaders to discuss strategy
Amid mounting questions at the White House about Russia, three prominent members of President Trump's family -- his sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., and Eric's wife, Lara --...

Trump’s budget proposal targets social safety net, slashes spending by $3.6 trillion over 10 years
President Donald Trump on Tuesday will propose cutting federal spending by $3.6 trillion over 10 years, while preserving Social Security, Medicare and military spending.

How Trump’s anger, impatience prompted him to fire the FBI director
WASHINGTON - Every time FBI Director James Comey appeared in public, an ever-watchful President Trump grew increasingly agitated that the topic was the one that he was most desperate to...