After 2 Weeks, Trump's Bungles Have Aides Rethinking Strategy  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump loves to set the day's narrative at dawn, but the deeper story of his White House is best told at night.  —  Aides confer in the dark because they cannot figure out how to operate the light switches in the cabinet room.

Few Recall Gorsuch's Volunteer Work at Harvard  —  Questions arise over Trump Supreme Court pick's level of participation in programs to help less fortunate while in law school  —  When President Donald Trump introduced his Supreme Court pick on live television last week, he said Neil Gorsuch had …

Executive Power Run Amok  —  Berkeley, Calif. — Faced with President Trump's executive orders suspending immigration from several Muslim nations and ordering the building of a border wall, and his threats to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement, even Alexander Hamilton …

Justice Department demolishes case against Trump order  —  James Robart, the U.S. district judge in Washington State, offered little explanation for his decision to stop President Trump's executive order temporarily suspending non-American entry from seven terror-plagued countries.

Does Trump Actually Want to Succeed?  —  HOUSTON—Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing: James A. Baker III was the gold standard when it came to running a White House.  And so far he's not overly impressed when it comes to the troubled kickoff of the Trump administration.

Trump 101: he is definitely not a health nut  —  Aides who travelled with Donald Trump during the campaign marveled at the lax health habits of a 70 year-old obsessed with appearance.  Here was a man fixated on his personal brand and look like nobody they'd ever seen.

Abdul-Jabbar, Chelsea Handler bring star power to Democratic retreat  —  NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and comedian Chelsea Handler will headline House Democrats' retreat this week as lawmakers head to Baltimore to regroup after months of intra-party turmoil.

Trump sets Democratic field ablaze with anger  —  The Democratic base is so roiled and enraged after only two weeks of Donald Trump's presidency that a take-no-prisoners posture toward the White House is emerging as the price of entry for the 2020 primary.  —  An election that could have focused …

Trump Protesters Borrow From Tea Party to Put Pressure on Lawmakers  —  Opponents on the left are making plans to show up in force when members of Congress hold town forums during this month's recess.  —  MORRISTOWN, N.J. — For weeks, a swelling group has been showing up every Friday …

Trump and the end of the world order  —  In comparison with Barack Obama, who was well regarded in the foreign media, Donald Trump does not come off as a good guy.  He is also clearly redefining the country's identity and global focus.  The first American president since the 1920s to walk away …

As a conservative Twitter user sleeps, his account is hard at work  —  CHICAGO — Daniel John Sobieski, 68, climbed the stairs in his modest brick home and settled into a worn leather chair for another busy day of tweeting.  But he needn't have bothered.  As one of the nation's …

Former CIA chief: Trump's travel ban hurts American spies — and America  —  Michael V. Hayden, a principal at the Chertoff Group and visiting professor at George Mason University's Schar School of Policy and Government, was director of the National Security Agency from 1999 to 2005 and the Central Intelligence Agency from 2006 to 2009.