BRIDGEWATER, N.J.--President Donald Trump weighed in on the far-right rally held Saturday in Boston, describing "anti-police agitators" and complimenting the police.

Boston police said they had a tight security plan in place to ensure the violence that roiled Charlottesville, Va., last weekend did not take place in their city.

The large ...Read more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal was adamant Friday that she isn't resigning over a Facebook post calling for President Donald Trump's assassination.

Chappelle-Nadal, a University City Democrat, has faced calls by Missouri's top Democrats and Republicans demanding she resign from the legislature over a comment she posted on her...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump began the last workday of yet another chaotic week of his presidency by accusing Democrats of hindering the country's security -- while also sending some mixed signals.

About 90 minutes before his scheduled departure for a Camp David summit with his national security team on North Korea and related issues, the ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Members of the Budget and Appropriations committees have spent about $2 million on foreign travel since the start of 2016, including trips to Argentina, Tanzania, Italy and the United Kingdom, according to an analysis of congressional records.

Appropriations Committee members far outpace their colleagues on the Budget Committee in...Read more

James Murdoch, chief executive of Fox News' parent company, became the latest corporate leader to blast President Donald Trump over his response to the recent racially charged attack in Charlottesville, Va.

"(W)hat we watched this last week in Charlottesville and the reaction to it by the president of the United States concern all of us as ...Read more

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- President Donald Trump will not move forward with a planned Advisory Council on Infrastructure, a person familiar with the matter said Thursday.

The council, which was still being formed, would have advised Trump on his plan to spend as much as $1 trillion upgrading roads, bridges and other public works.

The action follows ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- A New York Democrat is drafting legislation to require the Pentagon rename any military installations named for Confederate generals, part of an urgent effort by black lawmakers to force public institutions to stop celebrating historical figures who defended slavery.

"Naming military property after armed insurrectionists with ...Read more

President Donald Trump has faced all manner of criticism for his comments blaming "both sides" for the violence at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., that killed a counterprotester.

Business executives, military officers, Democrats and even some fellow Republicans have weighed in with their condemnation.

Now it's getting ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--A Democratic Missouri state senator from the St. Louis area posted, then quickly deleted, a comment on Facebook saying she hoped President Donald Trump would be assassinated.

Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal told The Kansas City Star she posted the comment out of frustration with the "trauma and despair" the president is causing ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- While many Republican lawmakers have privately grumbled over President Donald Trump's response to the violence that turned deadly in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend, most stopped short of calling out the president by name.

Not Rep. Paul Mitchell, who tagged Trump's @POTUS account on Twitter Tuesday to tell the ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Each time President Donald Trump makes an inflammatory comment, on the campaign trail or in the White House, it feels like what could be a breaking point for Republicans. But it never is.

With Trump doubling down on his comments effectively defending some white supremacists on Tuesday, could this be it?

"It could be," said Doug ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump appeared Thursday to endorse Sen. Jeff Flake's primary opponent, lashing out at the Arizona Republican senator who has become one of his most vocal critics.

Trump's attack on Flake was his second Twitter strike of the morning on a GOP senator and followed a social media strike on South Carolina's Lindsey ...Read more