The first days inside Trump's White House: Fury, tumult and a reboot  —  President Trump had just returned to the White House on Saturday from his final inauguration event, a tranquil interfaith prayer service, when the flashes of anger began to build.  —  Trump turned on the television …

Trump Repeats Lie About Popular Vote in Meeting With Lawmakers  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump used his first official meeting with congressional leaders on Monday to falsely claim that millions of unauthorized immigrants had robbed him of a popular vote majority, a return to his obsession …

Trump Administration Imposes Freeze On EPA Grants and Contracts  —  The Trump administration has imposed a freeze on grants and contracts by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a move that could affect a significant part of the agency's budget allocations and even threaten …

Oh, Saturday Night Live, Honey, No  —  Oh jeez, Saturday Night Live.  You didn't have to do this.  Really, you didn't.  You got away with the Hillary-Clinton-singing-"Hallelujah" thing, but that was a uniquely terrible week (and long before it was apparent that Hillary Clinton had, in fact, given up).

Trump's latest hire alarms allies of Ryan — and bolsters Bannon  —  When House Speaker Paul D. Ryan's red-brick Georgian revival in Janesville, Wis., was surrounded last July by women whose children were murdered by undocumented immigrants, conservative writer Julia Hahn published a scathing report …

Trump's Pick for Health Secretary Faces New Senate Hearing  —  A second Senate committee is ready to interrogate President Donald Trump's pick for health secretary, a nominee who's backed by Republicans but under fire from Democrats for his support for tearing down President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and his past stock trades.

Special Observances: National Day of Patriotic Devotion (Proc.  9570)  —  An unpublished Presidential Document by the Executive Office of the President on 01/24/2017  —  This document is unpublished.  It is scheduled to be published on 01/24/2017.  —  Once it is published it will be available on this page in an official form.

This is how Donald Trump engineers applause  —  When Donald Trump visited the CIA over the weekend to make a speech, many commentators noted that his audience clapped and cheered enthusiastically.  Now, according to CBS News, intelligence sources are pushing back:

Limo torched in DC protests belongs to Muslim immigrant, may cost $70,000 in damages  —  The limousine that was set on fire during the anti-Trump anarchist protest in downtown Washington on Inauguration Day is owned by a Muslim immigrant who says the damage could cost his company $70,000.

Why Trump's Staff Is Lying  —  One of the most striking features of the early Trump administration has been its political uses of lying.  The big weekend story was the obviously false claim of Donald Trump's press secretary, Sean Spicer, that Trump pulled in the largest inauguration crowds in American history.

Republicans Rethinking Relationship with Schumer after Pompeo Incident  —  Burr on Schumer: “He lied.”  —  Republican leadership is rethinking its relationship with Democratic minority leader Chuck Schumer after Schumer betrayed a promise to allow a vote last Friday on President Donald Trump's pick …

Melania Trump Definitely Loves Her Husband and Is Very Happy to Be Here  —  Remember the inauguration?  That was fun, wasn't it?  We all had a very nice and good time welcoming in our new president, Donald J. Trump.  But of all the many, many happy people in attendance …

Trump moves to put his own stamp on Voice of America  —  President Donald Trump on Monday dispatched two aides to scope out the studios of Voice of America, heightening concerns among some longtime staffers that Trump may quickly put his stamp on the broadcasting arm that has long pushed U.S. democratic ideals across the world.

Donald Trump Signs Anti-Abortion Executive Order Surrounded By Men  —  It seems like women might be interested in this policy too.  —  Senior Political Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON On Monday, surrounded by other white men, President Donald Trump signed an anti-abortion executive order …

FBI reviewed Flynn's calls with Russian ambassador but found nothing illicit  —  The FBI in late December reviewed intercepts of communications between the Russian ambassador to the United States and retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn — national security adviser to then-President-elect Trump …

Trump Abandons Trans-Pacific Partnership, Obama's Signature Trade Deal  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump formally abandoned the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Monday, pulling away from Asia and scrapping his predecessor's most significant trade deal on his first full weekday in office, administration officials said.