President Trump raised eyebrows Thursday with an unorthodox use of his pardon power, letting filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza off the hook for campaign finance violations and…
Republicans pressured on discharge petition for Dreamers
House Republicans may be back home on vacation this week, but they are still facing pressure to join the rebellion against their party leaders and…
$1.5 trillion tax cut overhaul in 2017 left big mess, says Joint Committee on Taxation
Far from cutting loopholes, Republicans left the federal tax code just as messy after their $1.5 trillion overhaul last year, according to a new report…
The Latest: Illinois Legislature adjourns its spring session
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Latest on legislative action in Springfield (all times local): 9:25 p.m. The Illinois General Assembly has adjourned its spring session.…
Inside the Beltway: Anti-Trump fervor backfires on Democrats
For months, Democrats have been warned by informed observers that they can’t build a winning election strategy for the 2018 midterms or the 2020 presidential…
Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump strategize ahead of meeting with Kim Yong-chol
President Trump huddled with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the White House on Wednesday to fine tune their strategy ahead of the top diplomat’s…
Supreme Court term to consider Trump tweets and travel ban
The Supreme Court over the next month is poised to upend the way the country picks representatives to Congress, decide whether the First Amendment protects…
Ben Rhodes’ book “The World As It Is” says Obama unaware of FBI Trump probe
A top adviser to former President Barack Obama says in a new book that Mr. Obama didn’t know there was an FBI investigation into the…
FBI guidelines: Stefan Halper shouldn’t be used to spy on Trump campaign
The FBI’s own guidelines restrict the deployment of informants to spy on Americans, such as the bureau’s decision to plant a human source among Donald…
Inside the Beltway: Unbeatable: Fox News No. 1 for 16 years
Fox News Channel was the top network across the entire cable realm for the month of May, according to Nielsen Media Research — besting the…