Senator James Inhofe, who has long championed Mr. Pruitt, now says he’d like to see an investigation into the ethical allegations against his protégé. If any prove true, he said, they could “have an effect” on Mr. Pruitt’s job.Mr. Inhofe said he[...]

Melania Trump is embracing her moment in the spotlight for the French president's state visit. She traded in her usual dark sunglasses for a white wide-brimmed hat that quickly became a trending topic on social media. She has thrown herself into [...]

U.S. President Donald Trump's physician Ronny Jackson will not withdraw as the nominee to head the Veterans Affairs department and will fight allegations about his conduct that surfaced ahead of a Senate confirmation hearing, a White House[...]

Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone approved by the Senate to lead NSA, Cyber Command in a voice vote Tuesday.The upper chamber approved the nomination of Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone in a voice vote Tuesday morning. Nakasone will replace outgoing NSA Director Mike[...]

If Democrats want to contend in Ohio in 2020, they need to win in 2018. If Democrats have any hope of keeping Ohio competitive and rebuilding the Midwestern blue wall that fell to Donald Trump in 2016, Sherrod Brown needs to win reelection this[...]

The Senate's GOP and Democratic leaders can't agree on much, but they both say they want to avoid the annual take-it-or-leave-it vote on a $1 trillion-plus catchall spending bill. Critics say the system gives too much power to top leaders at [...]

Former FBI Director James Comey has reportedly hired his close friend and former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald as one of his personal lawyers.Two Capitol Hill sources confirmed to Talking Points Memo (TPM) that Comey had retained Fitzgerald, [...]

Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean on Tuesday referred to a group of Neo-Nazis as "Trump base voters." Dean, a frequent critic of President Trump, retweeted a link to a Time Magazine article about neo-Nazis holding a [...]

A 2012 watchdog report ordered up by Veterans Affairs nominee Dr. Ronny Jackson found that both he and a rival physician exhibited "unprofessional behaviors" as they engaged in a power struggle over the White House medical unit. The report [...]

Court documents raise new questions about the vetting of top Trump campaign officials.The documents filed late Monday by prosecutors in the office of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016[...]

President Donald Trump is suggesting his pick for Veterans Affairs secretary might want to withdraw after the emergence of allegations about inappropriate workplace behavior, including over-prescribing prescription drugs and drinking on the job.[...]

Christopher Wylie, the whistleblower behind revelations about Cambridge Analytica's handling of Facebook user data, on Tuesday briefed a group of House Democrats behind closed doors. Following the interview, Democrats from the House Judiciary[...]

President Donald Trump signaled White House physician Ronny Jackson should consider withdrawing his nomination as Veterans Affairs secretary as a Senate panel opened a review into "serious allegations" regarding his management and[...]

Even as demographics shift, the location of Tuesday's special election still favors the GOP.Since 2000 alone, we can see a dramatic shift in age and racial density in the country. Since congressional districts change their boundaries over time,[...]

President Donald Trump brushed what he said was dandruff from the shoulder of French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday in the White House Oval Office. “We have a very special relationship, in fact I’ll get that little piece of dandruff off,”[...]