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April 09, 2019

Secret Service head Alles leaving, career official tapped

U.S. Secret Service Director Randolph "Tex" Alles has been pushed out of the Trump administration, amid a burgeoning shake-up ...

April 08, 2019

Trump avoids 'you're hired' with acting appointments

As President Donald Trump looks to reshape the executive branch, he's avoiding the words "you're hired." Trump's choice of ...

April 08, 2019

The Latest: Trump picks new Secret Service director

The Latest on President Donald Trump and the Secret Service (all times local): 2:35 p.m. President Donald Trump has picked ...

April 08, 2019

Homeland Security Sec. Nielsen resigns amid border turmoil

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned on Sunday amid President Donald Trump's growing frustration and ...

Betsy DeVos, John Bel Edwards, Mick Mulvaney

March 16, 2019

Where's Mick? Trump acting chief of staff has low-key style

As President Donald Trump struggled with mounting Republican defections over his emergency declaration to pay for a border ...

March 05, 2019

The Latest: White House calls new House probe 'disgraceful'

The Latest on a House panel's expanding investigations of President Donald Trump (all times local): 9:35 p.m. The White House ...

March 04, 2019

House to query 60 Trump officials in obstruction probe

Declaring it's "very clear" President Donald Trump obstructed justice, the chairman of the House committee that would be in ...

March 01, 2019

House panel sets deadline for WH on security clearances info

A congressional committee is giving the White House until Monday to voluntarily turn over documents related to White House ...

March 01, 2019

Report says Trump demanded top-secret clearance for Kushner

President Donald Trump last year ordered officials to grant top-secret security clearance to his son-in-law and senior ...

February 10, 2019

Trump defends work ethic after private schedules leak

President Donald Trump is pushing back against criticisms that a leak of his private schedule suggests he is not working hard

January 23, 2019

House Democrats investigate White House security clearances

A powerful House committee now led by Democrats is opening an investigation into how security clearances have been handled ...

January 10, 2019

Rosenstein, a frequent Trump target, will leave Justice Dept

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the most visible Justice Department protector of special counsel Robert Mueller's ...

January 05, 2019

White House staff gathering at Camp David for 'retreat'

White House senior staff will be gathering over the weekend at the Camp David presidential compound for a "staff retreat" to ...

January 02, 2019

Congress leaders invited to White House for border briefing

President Donald Trump on Tuesday invited congressional leaders to a White House briefing on border security as the partial ...

January 01, 2019

The Latest: House Dems unveil plan to re-open government

The Latest on the U.S. government shutdown (all times local): 9:25 p.m. House Democrats have unveiled a package of bills that ...

January 01, 2019

House Democrats unveil measure to re-open government

House Democrats unveiled a package of bills Monday that would re-open the federal government without approving funding for ...

January 01, 2019

Trump's pick for AG once questioned value of border wall

President Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, William Barr, once questioned the value of a wall along the Mexican ...

December 31, 2018

The Latest: Trump's wall may be different than advertised

The Latest on partial shutdown of the federal government, now in its second week. (all times local): 6:50 p.m.

December 31, 2018

Trump's promise of a wall may not be fulfilled as advertised

Three confidantes of President Donald Trump, including his departing chief of staff, are indicating that the president's ...