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Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to ‘go to hell’
WASHINGTON – The Senate is leaving Washington Saturday night for its monthlong August recess without a deal to advance dozens of President Donald Trump's...
Senate confirms former Fox News host Pirro as top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital
WASHINGTON – The Senate has confirmed former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital, filling the post...
Smithsonian denies White House pressure to remove Trump impeachment references
WASHINGTON – The White House did not pressure the Smithsonian to remove references to President Donald Trump's two impeachments from an exhibit and will...
After a reference to Trump’s impeachments is removed from a history museum, complex questions echo
NEW YORK – It would seem the most straightforward of notions: A thing takes place, and it goes into the history books or is...
It’s Trump’s economy now. The latest financial numbers offer some warning signs
WASHINGTON – For all of President Donald Trump’s promises of an economic “golden age,” a spate of weak indicators this week told a potentially...
Who is Erika McEntarfer, the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner fired by Trump?
WASHINGTON – The head of the agency that compiles the closely watched monthly jobs report usually toils in obscurity, but on Friday, the current...
Judge allows the National Science Foundation to withhold hundreds of millions of research dollars
NEW YORK – The National Science Foundation can continue to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars from researchers in several states until litigation aimed...
Judge pauses Trump administration’s push to expand fast-track deportations
WASHINGTON – A federal judge agreed on Friday to temporarily block the Trump administration’s efforts to expand fast-track deportations of immigrants who legally entered...
Senate delays August recess for now as Trump presses for more confirmations
WASHINGTON – A stalemate over the pace of confirmations has delayed the Senate’s yearly August recess, for now, as President Donald Trump declares that...
Trump orders US nuclear subs repositioned over statements from ex-Russian leader Medvedev
WASHINGTON – In a warning to Russia, President Donald Trump said Friday he's ordering the repositioning of two U.S. nuclear submarines “based on the...