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Meadows would bring political skill to chief of staff job. But can he control Trump?
WASHINGTON -- North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows has emerged as a top pick for White House chief of staff as President Donald Trump has struggled to find someone to fill what has become one of the most perilous jobs in Washington.
Meadows would bring political and conservative chops to the position as Trump gears up for his 2020 re-election ...Read more
Nearly 150 activists arrested in 'Green New Deal' protest
WASHINGTON -- The group spearheading the effort for House Democrats to move Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's "Green New Deal" to the top of their legislative agenda appeared to score a victory on Monday as more than 1,000 demonstrators stormed the Capitol Hill offices of Democratic House leaders to stage sit-ins.
Massachusetts Rep. Jim ...Read more
Troubles past and future hinder Trump's search for new White House chief of staff
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's troubled search for his third chief of staff illustrates the sharp decline in power and desirability of a job that long was regarded as a plum in politics -- either the capstone for a prestigious career or a launching point for one.
But Trump has, as with nearly everything he touches, radically changed ...Read more
Trump administration poised to scale down Clean Water Act
WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration is poised to roll back Clean Water Act protections on millions of acres of streams and wetlands, following through on a promise to agriculture interests and real estate developers to rewrite an Obama-era rule limiting pollution.
The administration's plan for a vastly scaled-down Clean Water Rule is ...Read more
Can Trump cut budget deal with 'Chuck and Nancy' to fund his border wall?
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, the likely kickoff of up to 10 days of political posturing and negotiations over whether the president's border wall should be funded as part of a year-end spending bill that needs to pass by Dec. 21.
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Shutdown fears abound, despite temporary reprieve
WASHINGTON -- Congressional aides on both sides of the aisle say they don't see how the appropriations impasse ends without a partial government shutdown just in time for Christmas Eve.
President Donald Trump signed a continuing resolution into law Friday that would change the expiration date of the stopgap measure enacted before the midterm ...Read more
Supreme Court turns down abortion-related appeal from states seeking to defund Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON -- A divided Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an abortion-related case from conservative states that sought to defund Planned Parenthood.
It was a sign that at least some members of the newly strengthened conservative majority are not yet ready to move the court to the right on sensitive issues such as abortion.
The court's ...Read more
Rep. Mark Meadows on Trump's short list for chief of staff: reports
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump and his top advisers are considering whether to make Rep. Mark Meadows, the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, his next chief of staff.
Axios first reported the president's consideration of Meadows, one of his fiercest defenders in the House since he took office.
Trump has asked his closest ...Read more
Nick Ayers won't be Trump's chief of staff
WASHINGTON –– Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff, Nick Ayers, will not take over from John Kelly when the White House chief of staff leaves by year-end, a White House official said.
Ayers and President Donald Trump weren't able to come to terms on an agreement for Ayers to stay in the job for two years, the official said Sunday. ...Read more
After years of election fraud complaints in rural North Carolina, a congressional vote dissolves into scandal
ELIZABETHTOWN, N.C. -- In the run-up to the Nov. 6 general election, North Carolina officials were so concerned about ballot fraud in Bladen County that they sent letters to every voter who requested a mail-in absentee ballot, warning them not to hand it over to someone who might knock on their door.
"Only you or your near relative or legal ...Read more
John Kelly, hired to bring order to White House, to leave as Trump's chief of staff
WASHINGTON -- John Kelly, the retired four-star Marine general who became President Donald Trump's second chief of staff, will leave that post by the end of the month after struggling for a year and a half to bring order to a White House beset by chaos because of the president's impetuous behavior -- and occasionally Kelly's own.
Trump ...Read more
John Kelly to leave White House, Trump says
WASHINGTON –– President Donald Trump said Saturday that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly will leave his post at the end of the year.
"A great guy," Trump said of the retired Marine Corps general as he left the White House for the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia. "We'll be announcing who will be taking John's place" in the next ...Read more
A freshman, but not a rookie: Donna Shalala starts her new career in Congress
WASHINGTON -- As Debbie Mucarsel-Powell of Miami and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York shivered while waiting for the official House of Representatives photo on a cold November morning outside the U.S. Capitol, Donna Shalala was nice and toasty.
Freshman members of Congress were required to ditch their jackets for the group photo, so Shalala...Read more
Between Twitter rants, Trump turns to familiar issues in K.C.: immigration and the wall
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A subdued President Donald Trump, leading an administration with key senior positions in flux and the potential for new damaging disclosures from special counsel Robert Mueller, fell back on more comfortable issues in his Kansas City speech Friday: immigration and his coveted border wall.
"Illegal immigration is a threat to ...Read more
Trump campaign, NRA may have illegally coordinated ads, groups tell FEC
WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump's presidential campaign may have illegally coordinated with the National Rifle Association in the final weeks of the 2016 presidential election, two watchdog groups said in a complaint filed Friday with the Federal Election Commission.
The NRA's Institute for Legislative Action and its political action committee, the ...Read more
Parkland shooter wants new jail guard after attack
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The guard who was attacked by Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz last month should not be allowed to continue supervising him, Cruz's lawyers argue in court papers filed Friday.
Defense lawyers want Sgt. Ray Beltran and Cruz separated for everyone's safety -- the deputy had been getting under Cruz's skin for weeks ...Read more
Lynn Jenkins sets up lobbying business — but she's still a Kansas congresswoman
WASHINGTON -- Lynn Jenkins hasn't left Congress yet, but the Kansas Republican has already launched a new lobbying firm.
Jenkins' term in the U.S. House doesn't officially end until the first week of January and she still faces major votes on the farm bill, homeland security budget and other legislation. But her new business, LJ Strategies LLC,...Read more
Heather Nauert's nomination to UN post reflects Trump's value of loyalty over experience
WASHINGTON -- In her first year as the State Department spokeswoman, where she arrived fresh from Fox News, Heather Nauert was not always privy to the inner circles of diplomatic power. Then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson did not trust her, viewing her as someone loyal first and foremost to the White House, not the foreign service.
Those ...Read more
Republican Mark Harris open to new election if fraud could have changed outcome
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Mark Harris, the congressional candidate at the center of the unfolding election fraud scandal in North Carolina's 9th District, said Friday that he would "wholeheartedly support" a new vote if fraud could have changed the outcome of his contest last month.
"If this investigation finds proof of illegal activity on either side...Read more
Trump to pick Army's Milley to lead Joint Chiefs of Staff, official says
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump will tap Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley to be the next head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replacing Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, according to a White House official familiar with the decision.
Milley, a four-star general, would become the country's top military officer and senior military adviser if ...Read more
Popular Stories
- After years of election fraud complaints in rural North Carolina, a congressional vote dissolves into scandal
- Nick Ayers won't be Trump's chief of staff
- Between Twitter rants, Trump turns to familiar issues in K.C.: immigration and the wall
- Parkland shooter wants new jail guard after attack
- John Kelly to leave White House, Trump says
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