Rocky First Weekend for Trump Troubles Even His Top Aides  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's first weekend in office unfolded much the way things often did during his campaign: with angry Twitter messages, a familiar obsession with slights and a series of meandering and at times untrue statements …

U.S. Eyes Michael Flynn's Links to Russia  —  U.S. counterintelligence agents have investigated communications that President Donald Trump's national security adviser had with Russian officials.  Michael Flynn is the first person inside the White House whose links are known to have faced scrutiny …

Foreign Payments to Trump Firms Violate Constitution, Suit Will Claim  —  WASHINGTON — A team of prominent constitutional scholars, Supreme Court litigators and former White House ethics lawyers intends to file a lawsuit Monday morning alleging that President Trump is violating the Constitution …

Hillary Clinton plots her next move  —  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — In a series of private meetings and phone calls at their home in Chappaqua, in New York City and in Washington, Bill and Hillary Clinton are slowly starting to puzzle through their political future, according to over a dozen people …

Madonna says White House comments ‘taken out of context’  —  A row has erupted over Madonna's comments about US President Donald Trump during a speech at the weekend.  —  While taking part in a protest march in Washington DC on Saturday, the singer said she had thought “an awful lot about blowing up the White House”.

Trump's Health Plan Would Convert Medicaid to Block Grants, Aide Says  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's plan to replace the Affordable Care Act will propose giving each state a fixed amount of federal money in the form of a block grant to provide health care to low-income people on Medicaid …

Meet the ‘New Ted Cruz’  —  It was a sleepy Wednesday morning last June when Ted Cruz tipped his hand.  —  John McCain had sponsored an amendment to expand the FBI's online surveillance capabilities, and it was a no-brainer for the many devout constitutionalists on Cruz's Senate staff.

Trump to sign executive order to renegotiate NAFTA and intent to leave TPP  —  U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday intends to sign an executive order that will put in motion the renegotiation of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).  —  President Trump is also expected to sign …

CIA officers give mixed reviews of Trump's strange visit  —  President Trump's visit to the CIA on his first day in office shocked some agency veterans because of its combative, political tone.  But several said they were glad that Trump seemed to have stopped demonizing the intelligence community …

WBUR Poll: Republican Gov. Baker More Popular Than Democrat Sen. Warren 04:56  —  Play  —  Over four years in office, Elizabeth Warren has staked her claim as the Senate's liberal lion.  And many Massachusetts voters like it — 51 percent view her favorably.

Nope, the Oval Office Won't Change Trump  —  The hope of the many people who harbor reservations about Donald Trump is that the presidency will change him.  That's also what his hardcore supporters fear.  —  Trump's inaugural address showed why those hopes and fears won't materialize.

Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich  —  Some of the wealthiest people in America—in Silicon Valley, New York, and beyond—are getting ready for the crackup of civilization.  —  Steve Huffman, the thirty-three-year-old co-founder and C.E.O. of Reddit, which is valued at six hundred million dollars …

Is McCain confident in Trump?  ‘I do not know’  —  DON'T MISS A BRIEF.  SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY EMAIL.

Will Marco Rubio defy President Trump on his pick for secretary of state?  —  Republican Sens. John McCain and Lindsey O. Graham said Sunday that they will back the nomination of Rex Tillerson, clearing the way for the oil executive to become secretary of state and leaving just one drama unresolved: What will Marco Rubio do?