Gary Cohn Has Emerged as an Economic-Policy Powerhouse in Trump Administration  —  Gary Cohn, a former Goldman Sachs executive and commodities trader, is emerging as President Donald Trump's most powerful economic policy maker during the early days of the administration, capitalizing on a vacuum created while other top posts sit vacant.

When it comes to his contacts with Russia, Michael Flynn has bigger problems than the Logan Act  —  Michael Flynn's real problem isn't the Logan Act, an obscure and probably unenforceable 1799 statute that bars private meddling in foreign policy disputes.  It's whether President Trump's …

Internal Nordstrom Data Show Sales Decline for Ivanka Trump Brand  —  Brand's 32% tumble occurred even as the chain's overall sales rose  —  Dueling social-media movements are urging people to boycott and buy brands based on their affiliation with President Donald Trump …

Meet the Teacher Whose Powerful, Christian Defense of Obamacare Made a GOP Town Hall Go Viral  —  Jessi Bohon was more than a bit tired when I called her Friday.  The 35-year-old high-school French teacher who lives in Cookeville, Tennessee, didn't expect her first real moment of political activism to go national.

Congressman: Rarely used law could make Trump tax returns public  —  A New Jersey congressman says a rarely invoked 1924 law could be used to examine President Donald Trump's tax returns for possible conflicts of interest and Constitutional violations.  —  Rep. Bill Pascrell …

Chaffetz says town hall crowd tried ‘bullying and intimidation’  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Jason Chaffetz said the raucous reception he received at Thursday evening's town hall meeting was “bullying and an attempt at intimidation” from a crowd opposed to President Donald Trump's election.

Justice Department Begins Rollback Of Transgender Students' Bathroom Rights  —  Fears among the LGBTQ community are already being realized.  —  The Trump administration appears to be moving backward on transgender rights and defying the Obama administration that was looking to expand them.

Reports of Raids Have Immigrants Bracing for Enforcement Surge  —  In Austin, Tex., undocumented women working in a laundromat cowered in the back of the room, petrified after seeing a video and a photograph of apprehensions outside a local grocery store and burger joint.

GOP official in viral town hall video is known for sharing misleading stories, bigoted jokes  —  As news networks have scrambled to put cameras in congressional town hall meetings, a few of their attendees and speakers have earned short bursts of fame — or infamy.

Woman falls to her death at World Trade Center's Oculus  —  A woman trying to grab a hat dropped by her twin sister fell to her death from an escalator at the World Trade Center's soaring Oculus transit hub on Saturday.  —  The 29-year-old Kearny, NJ resident, identified by law enforcement sources …

‘A Sense of Dread’ for Civil Servants Shaken by Trump Transition  —  WASHINGTON — Across the vast federal bureaucracy, Donald J. Trump's arrival in the White House has spread anxiety, frustration, fear and resistance among many of the two million nonpolitical civil servants who say they work for the public, not a particular president.

Newspaper uses photo of Alec Baldwin on ‘SNL’ instead of Trump  —  Dominican newspaper El Nacional on Friday printed a photo of Alec Baldwin doing his impression of President Trump on “Saturday Night Live” in an article about Trump and Israel.  —  The photo was used side-by-side with a photo …

These Pathetic Tweets Are Just How Our Government Works Now  —  Do you ever feel like President Trump isn't listening to you?  Well, even sitting Republican Senators now feel the same way.  But they've found a solution.  Senator Chuck Grassley from Iowa now just starts his tweets with …

Trump: Border wall price ‘will come WAY DOWN’ when I negotiate  —  President Trump on Saturday responded to reports that the cost of his proposed border wall is much higher than expected, insisting that it will be much cheaper after he gets involved in negotiations.

Get My Racist Ancestor's Name Off of Yale's Campus  —  NEW HAVEN — Being black, I have a difficult relationship with my home state of South Carolina and its slaveholding history, epitomized by John C. Calhoun.  Schools, churches and towns throughout the state are named for this 19th-century politician …

Trump's two-year presidency  —  Good news: In two years, we'll have a new president.  Bad news: If we make it that long.  —  My “good” prediction is based on the Law of the Pendulum.  Enough Americans, including most independent voters, will be so ready to shed Donald Trump and his little shop …

'It's the breaking of a taboo': the parents who regret having children  —  Why some mothers (and fathers) feel they made a mistake  —  t was coming up to Christmas 2015 when a query popped up on Victoria Elder's home computer screen.  It was from the question-and-answer site Quora, to which she had only recently subscribed.

The Vulnerabilities in the Ninth Circuit's Executive-Order Decision  —  The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered an extraordinary rebuke to President Trump yesterday.  The politically diverse panel (two Democratic appointees, one Republican) rejected just about every argument put forth …