Fears That Trump's Visa Ban Betrays Friends and Bolsters Enemies  —  CAIRO — Across the Muslim world, the refrain was resounding: President Trump's freeze on refugee arrivals and visa requests from seven predominantly Muslim countries will have major diplomatic repercussions …

Behind closed doors, Republican lawmakers fret about how to repeal Obamacare  —  PHILADELPHIA — Republican lawmakers aired sharp concerns about their party's quick push to repeal the Affordable Care Act inside a closed-door meeting Thursday, according to a recording of the session obtained by The Washington Post.

Trump's First Week: Governing Without a Script  —  The new president seems to be running his administration much like he ran his company and campaign, eager to weigh in on every issue and willing to make last-minute calls  —  A directive to revive two controversial oil pipelines awaited …

Trump fails to mention Jews in Holocaust remembrance statement  —  In a departure from predecessors on both sides of the political aisle, President Trump's statement Friday marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day did not mention the deaths of six million Jews — a lapse the head …

Reversing course, Trump administration will continue Obamacare outreach  —  The Trump administration has reversed plans to scrap all Obamacare outreach in the finals days of the law's enrollment period, a day after the move sparked outcry from the law's supporters and health insurers.

Arkansas governor signs abortion law banning common procedure  —  Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed into law on Thursday a bill banning the most common abortion procedure employed in the second trimester of a pregnancy, among the most restrictive abortion legislation in the United States.

YouTube Disables MILO Livestream Hours Before Immigration Speech in New Mexico  —  YouTube disabled Breitbart News Senior Editor MILO's livestreaming ability on Friday, just hours before his speech on immigration at the University of New Mexico.  —  MILO's ability to host livestreams …

Calexit backers can begin collecting signatures to qualify for 2018 ballot  —  Backers of a proposed constitutional amendment seeking California's secession from the U.S. can begin collecting voter signatures to qualify for the 2018 ballot, the secretary of state's office said Thursday.

No, the White House didn't Photoshop an image of the president's hand  —  Dana Schwartz, a writer for the New York Observer, claimed to have noticed something interesting about one of the photos displayed during President Trump's interview with ABC News that aired this week.

Donald Trump Blows Up the U.S.-Mexico Relationship  —  Since Ronald Reagan was first elected, in 1980, every new American President has met with his Mexican counterpart shortly after winning the White House.  Reagan travelled to Mexico before his swearing in and welcomed Mexican President …

Brody File Exclusive: President Trump Calls Mainstream Media The “Opposition Party.”  —  In an exclusive interview with The Brody File, President Donald Trump says the media in America is the, “opposition party.”  “I think the media is the opposition party in many ways,” Trump tells me during our sit down interview at The White House.

Orwell's “1984” and Trump's America  —  I have, I'm afraid, a terrible confession to make: I have never been a huge fan of George Orwell's “1984.”  It always seemed, in its extrapolations from present to future, too pat, a little lacking in the imaginative extrapolations we want from dystopian literature.

California Democrats propose adding third, nonbinary gender option for driver's licenses and other official documents  —  California driver's licenses and birth certificates could have a third option for gender in addition to male or female under legislation unveiled Thursday by Democratic lawmakers.