Michael A. Memoli

President Trump at a White House news conference Wednesday.

Trump is showing reluctance to take responsibility for White House chaos

August 22, 2019 at 3:12 a.m.

Asked for the first time publicly to address the dismissal of Michael Flynn, his national security adviser, President Donald Trump was clear Wednesday in his frustration. But the president's target...

Supreme Court pick presents another governing choice for Trump

August 22, 2019 at 2:57 a.m.

Whenever President Trump sensed that he was losing Republican support during the 2016 campaign, he often responded with just two words: Supreme Court. Perhaps no other cause motivates the Republican...

President Trump speaks at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., on Jan. 21, 2017.

What to expect in Trump’s first 100 days in office

August 22, 2019 at 2:49 a.m.

President Donald Trump's unorthodox quest for the White House was fueled by his disregard for convention and the nagging sense that he — and ultimately his supporters — were underestimated...

Obama pauses as he speaks about the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman, during a daily news briefing at the White House on July 19, 2013.

Race is an integral part of Obama’s story, and he embraced its complexity

August 22, 2019 at 2:44 a.m.

President Obama had occupied the Oval Office for nearly a full term when government engineers came to him with a request: that he move out for a few months while...

President-elect Donald Trump, accompanied by his family, arrives at a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York on Jan. 11, 2017.

Trump’s boldest campaign promises are getting a reality check

August 22, 2019 at 2:41 a.m.

During his campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly promised voters a "big, beautiful wall," an Obamacare replacement "immediately" and a new era for a Veterans Affairs agency that had "failed" service members....

Supporters of the Affordable Care Act at a recent Philadelphia rally organized by MoveOn.org. Similar protests are being planned across the country as Republicans move to repeal the law.

Democrats and their allies are planning a huge fight to save Obamacare

August 22, 2019 at 2:39 a.m.

Energized by Republican moves to roll back the Affordable Care Act, leading patient advocates, consumer groups, labor unions and Democratic officials are mobilizing a nationwide campaign to defend the law...

Vice President Joe Biden during a campaign rally in Virginia on the eve of the November election. After his speech, Biden remarked backstage on the lack of apparent enthusiasm for the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton.

As Democrats ponder their future, Joe Biden makes a plea for a focus on the middle class

August 22, 2019 at 2:27 a.m.

Over a career in elected public office lasting more than 46 years, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has seen campaigns from the rudimentary, family-run effort that first launched him unexpectedly to...

Recount won’t change results, but Trump, political fringes debating it anyway

August 22, 2019 at 2:07 a.m.

President-elect Donald Trump's postelection victory party has veered into a dizzying paradox. Rather than celebrating, he is amplifying far-right conspiracies to undermine the credibility of an election he won. At...

Why Wisconsin’s recount is unlikely to change a thing

August 22, 2019 at 2:08 a.m.

"This is certainly not Bush v. Gore," a Wisconsin elections official said Monday. Well, what is it? The state is initiating the first significant candidate-driven recount in a presidential election...

Donald Trump shakes hands with hopefuls waiting in line at open auditions for "The Apprentice 2," which drew a large crowd March 18, 2004, in New York.

Obama will spend final presidential trip abroad trying to reassure world about Trump

August 22, 2019 at 1:55 a.m.

President Obama on Monday heads for Europe and then South America to face world leaders wondering what to expect from the U.S. after he leaves office, and to deliver the...

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