Philip Rucker

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, March 3, 2018, as they return from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.

‘We haven’t bottomed out’: Growing anxiety in White House as Trump shocks and rages

August 22, 2019 at 8:00 a.m.

Inside the White House, aides over the past week have described an air of anxiety and volatility — with an uncontrollable commander in chief at its center. These are the...

Trump’s ‘Russia hoax’ turns out to be real in 37-page indictment

August 22, 2019 at 7:49 a.m.

The hackers, he suggested, may have been Chinese. Or some 400-pound guy sitting in his bed. Again and again, he insisted, Russian interference was a hoax - a fiction created...

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks during a news conference outside of the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 2, 2018. Gaetz, who advocated the memo's release and has suggested top law enforcement leaders be jailed for their alleged misdeeds.

Once the party of law and order, Republicans are now challenging it

August 22, 2019 at 7:40 a.m.

Republican leaders' open defiance last week of the FBI over the release of a hotly disputed memo revealed how the GOP, which has long positioned itself as the party of...

President Trump walks with national security adviser H.R. McMaster on the South Lawn of the White House in June.

As Trump’s patience wanes, McMaster navigates divide over U.S. Afghan strategy

August 22, 2019 at 5:23 a.m.

In meeting after meeting with his national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, this spring and summer, President Donald Trump angrily hammered home two questions: He wanted to know why the U.S....

President Donald Trump returns to the White House on July 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. The president was at his Bedminster, New Jerey golf course for the final round of the U.S. Women's Open tournament.

White House unveils ‘Made in America’ week, though many Trump products are made overseas

June 3, 2018 at 11:38 a.m.

President Trump, whose company outsources the manufacturing of many of its products to overseas factories, is unveiling "Made in America" week at the White House to promote products made in...

Nunes admits he met source for surveillance claim at White House; Dems call on him to step aside

August 22, 2019 at 3:44 a.m.

The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee acknowledged Monday that he had made a secret visit to the White House last week to view intelligence files he then cited as...

Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, center, at the White House on Feb. 12, 2017.

Justice Dept. warned that Flynn could be vulnerable to Russian blackmail

August 22, 2019 at 3:10 a.m.

The acting attorney general informed the Trump White House late last month that she believed Michael Flynn had misled senior administration officials about the nature of his communications with the...

Trump expected to pick former Goldman executive Steven Mnuchin as treasury secretary

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

President-elect Donald Trump is planning to name investor and former Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin as treasury secretary, opting for an industry insider with no government experience to helm the...

The elevator doors close on Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., as he arrives at Trump Tower on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, in New York. Price is expected to be announced as Donald Trump's Health and Human Services secretary.

Trump picks Obamacare critic Tom Price to be health secretary, source says

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

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., a fierce critic of the Affordable Care Act and a proponent of overhauling the nation's entitlement programs, to lead the department...

Former Indiana Gov. Evan Bayh talks about Hillary Clinton at a rally on April 30, 2016, in Gary. He is running for his old Senate seat in Indiana in 2016.

Clinton infuses cash into Senate, gubernatorial races, including Indiana and Missouri

August 18, 2019 at 8:55 p.m.

Hillary Clinton is pouring $1 million into Indiana and Missouri in the campaign's final weeks - not because the Democratic presidential nominee thinks she can carry those reliably Republican states,...

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