President Donald Trump signed a space policy directive Monday aimed at coordinating federal and industry efforts to manage space traffic and debris ahead of the expected launch of hundreds or even thousands of small satellites.

Trump also said he would direct the Defense Department and Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump faced a growing backlash Monday over his administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy that since April has separated at least 2,000 children from their parents crossing the southern border, even as he continued to falsely blame Democrats for the hard-line actions.

Some Republican allies in Congress, ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- In a major setback for political reformers, the Supreme Court refused Monday to rule on the constitutionality of extreme partisan gerrymandering, dismissing cases from Wisconsin and Maryland for procedural reasons.

In the Wisconsin case, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said the challengers must bring complaints against their own...Read more

WASHINGTON--President Donald Trump will meet with House Republicans Tuesday evening to express his support for a compromise immigration bill the chamber will vote on later in the week, according to a source familiar with the plan.

The president will head to the Capitol to meet with the House Republican Conference Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.

Trump is ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., lamented the direction of his Republican Party last fall, before his resignation.

Conservative purity tests had been replaced by a new measuring stick, he said. "Now, since Donald Trump, the litmus test is loyalty to an individual."

His words were punctuated by primary election results Tuesday night...Read more

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans who spent months carefully crafting an immigration reform plan found themselves not rounding up votes Friday but refreshing their phone messages to see if a presidential tweet would blow up the entire effort.

President Donald Trump had just thrown a wrench into months of immigration talks, saying in an early ...Read more

Migrant family separations on the border have drawn national attention, as the Trump administration enforces a "zero tolerance" policy of charging parents in criminal court and placing their children in federally funded shelters.

A total of 1,995 children have been separated from 1,940 adult guardians who were prosecuted for entering the ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump upended Republican efforts to negotiate an immigration bill that could pass the House, saying Friday that he would not support a measure that Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., had painstakingly cobbled together over the past week.

Ryan's plan was to have the House vote next week on two bills -- a hard-line ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Friday suggested a Justice Department inspector general report that faulted the FBI for its actions during the 2016 campaign shows James B. Comey is not credible, as the president tries to sow doubts about the agency's Russia probe.

The department released the IG's final report on the FBI's handling of a ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Friday rejected the conclusion of the new report of the Justice Department's inspector general, which found that mistakes FBI leaders made in investigating Hillary Clinton's private emails during the 2016 campaign were not the result of any bias, including on the part of former Director James B. Comey.

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WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Friday suggested a Justice Department inspector general report that faulted the FBI for its actions during the 2016 campaign shows James B. Comey is not credible, as the president tries to sow doubts about the agency's Russia probe.

The department released the IG's final report on the FBI's handling of a ...Read more

NEW YORK -- Some of President Donald Trump's closest confidants have urged him to pardon Michael Milken, the 1980s "junk bond king" who has unsuccessfully sought for decades to reverse his securities fraud conviction, according to people familiar with the matter.

The idea of a Milken pardon is being supported by Anthony Scaramucci, the ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans could move to strictly limit the Trump administration's policy of separating children from their parents at the border under immigration legislation expected to be considered next week.

Democrats, however, object to other parts of the legislative package and say the administration could end the policy of ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Republicans crafting an immigration bill want to overturn a contentious component of President Donald Trump's border enforcement strategy: separating parents and children who cross the border together.

Children who cross the border with their parents can only be released back to their parents, even if that would mean putting the ...Read more