Noah Bierman

A protester holds a sign at a rally in New York on Jan 15.

Trump campaigned to remove the GOP’s ‘shackles.’ Instead, he’s often wearing them

August 22, 2019 at 7:25 a.m.

In the heat of his unlikely presidential campaign, Donald Trump declared himself free of the “shackles” of the Republican Party, promising to “fight for America the way I want to”...

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, speaks to reporters after the panel interviewed Donald Trump Jr. on Dec. 6

Some associates think Trump will fire his lawyers if Mueller doesn’t clear him by year’s end

August 22, 2019 at 7:02 a.m.

The White House and Republican lawmakers are pressing for an end to multiple investigations into the Trump campaign’s dealings with Russia, aiming to clear the president as soon as possible...

White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley, on Oct. 30, 2017, in the White House press briefing room.

White House spokesman refuses to answer questions on the record from reporters

August 22, 2019 at 6:53 a.m.

President Trump has called the news media "the enemy" and routinely labeled reporting he dislikes "fake news." On Monday, the White House broke another precedent in limiting the press' ability...

President Trump toasts Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte at a gala dinner opening the ASEAN summit Sunday in Manila.

Trump’s chief of staff: ‘I do not follow the tweets’

August 22, 2019 at 6:37 a.m.

Hours after President Trump taunted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Twitter, suggesting he is "short and fat," the White House chief of staff insisted he doesn’t carefully follow...

A security guard stands outside the venue for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation group summit in Da Nang, Vietnam.

Trump visits Vietnam after helping to reopen old war wounds at home

August 22, 2019 at 6:35 a.m.

Until Americans elected another president who came of age in the Vietnam War era, it seemed the country had finally run out the clock on the quadrennial political controversies over...

White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly.

Kelly might not be like Trump, but he seems like many Trump voters

August 22, 2019 at 6:21 a.m.

In the roughly three months since President Trump chose John F. Kelly as his second chief of staff, observers have puzzled over the retired Marine general’s occasional scowls and downcast...

President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at the White House on Monday.

Trump calls for short-term Obamacare fix and reaches out to Republican leaders

August 22, 2019 at 6:18 a.m.

President Trump threw his weight Monday behind a measure to fix parts of Obamacare, the first time he has voiced approval of a specific legislative approach to do so and...

President Donald Trump and his chief of staff John Kelly at a briefing with senior military leaders at the White House on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017.

Trump unleashes himself from would-be handlers, lashing out mornings, nights and weekends

August 22, 2019 at 6:15 a.m.

When President Trump agreed last month with Democrats to strike a deal granting legal status to so-called Dreamers brought to this country illegally as children, his chief of staff, John...

Jared Kushner in the White House on Aug. 11.

Kushner heads to Israel for latest attempt at peace deal

August 22, 2019 at 5:36 a.m.

President Trump's son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner arrives in Israel on Wednesday in the latest U.S. effort to revive long-stalled Middle East peace talks, but at a time when progress...

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert B. Neller and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein at a hearing in September 2016.

Joint Chiefs denounce racism in stark terms as Trump’s isolation grows

August 22, 2019 at 5:31 a.m.

The nation's top military officers issued public statements condemning racial bigotry and extremism, a rare foray into domestic politics that indicated deep unease Wednesday in the Pentagon with President Trump's...

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