President Trump’s longtime lawyer told the New York Times on Tuesday that he personally paid off a porn star who claimed to have had an…
Trump plan cuts CFPB’s budget by one-third
President Trump’s proposed federal budget steps up his assault on regulation, and nowhere does he draw those battle lines more clearly than his plan to…
Russia plans 2018 midterm elections interference, intelligence chiefs warn
Top U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday that Russia is laying the online groundwork to meddle in this year’s midterm elections, and they warned that both…
Bob Corker, other GOP senators challenge unbalanced budget
President Trump’s new budget alone isn’t enough to keep federal deficits from getting out of hand, Republican senators said Tuesday, challenging the White House to…
Inside the Beltway: Media: ‘Stop worrying about normalizing Trump’
One critic continues to question much of the positive, often fawning press coverage of the North Korean presence at the U.S. Olympics. But he also…
US attorney sends letter to ethics panel on indicted senator
Maryland’s acting U.S. attorney says he believes it would be prudent for a Maryland legislative ethics panel to hold off its own investigation into an…
Democrats lack plan to protect Dreamers as immigration debate begins
Democrats enter this week’s immigration debate with the goal of protecting illegal immigrant Dreamers but with little strategy for how to get there, saying they…
Defense spending rises to $686 billion for 2019
Defense spending jumps significantly in the proposed 2019 Trump administration budget to $686 billion — up roughly 15 percent from 2017. Pentagon officials said Monday…
Ethanol mandate threatens jobs, could raise prices at pumps, oil refiners say
SAN ANTONIO — A renewed war over the federal ethanol mandate has cast a cloud over the biofuels industry as it gathers this week for…
Bob Corker reconsidering leaving Senate: report
Sen. Bob Corker may “un-retire.” According to a report Monday evening in Politico, the Tennessee Republican who said months ago that he wouldn’t run for…