What George W. Bush Really Thought of Donald Trump's Inauguration  —  The inauguration of Donald Trump was a surreal experience for pretty much everyone who witnessed it, whether or not they were at the event and regardless of who they supported in the election.

FBI Director James Comey tried to reveal Russian tampering months before election  —  U.S. JAMES COMEY FBI RUSSIA 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION  —  FBI Director James Comey attempted to go public as early as the summer of 2016 with information on Russia's campaign to influence …

Ivanka Trump, Shifting Plans, Will Become a Federal Employee  —  Ivanka Trump, the elder daughter of President Trump, is becoming an official government employee, joining her husband in serving as an unpaid adviser to her father in the White House.  —  Ms. Trump already has an office in the West Wing …

The Crisis of Trumpism  —  Trumpism is in crisis.  —  This isn't a function of poll numbers, or the Russia controversy, or any other melodrama of the past three months, but something more fundamental: No officeholder in Washington seems to understand President Donald Trump's populism …

Is Obamacare a Lifesaver?  —  Now that the Republican Party has beclowned itself on health care, now that Obamacare repeal lies in rubble, now that every G.O.P. policy person who ever championed a replacement plan is out wandering in sackcloth and ashes, wailing, “The liberals were right about my party …

Don't torpedo Senate rules for Gorsuch: Nan Aron  —  If a nominee for a lifetime job on our highest court can't get 60 votes, don't go ‘nuclear.’ Change the nominee.  —  For four days this month, court-watchers were glued to C-SPAN or the web for the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.

U.S. War Footprint Grows in Middle East, With No Endgame in Sight  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon — The United States launched more airstrikes in Yemen this month than during all of last year.  In Syria, it has airlifted local forces to front-line positions and has been accused of killing civilians in airstrikes.

Who is ‘Source D’?  The man said to be behind the Trump-Russia dossier's most salacious claim.  —  In June, a Belarusan American businessman who goes by the name Sergei Millian shared some tantalizing claims about Donald Trump.  —  Trump had a long-standing relationship with Russian officials …

House votes to restrict EPA's use of science  —  The House voted Wednesday to restrict the kind of scientific studies and data that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can use to justify new regulations.  —  The Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment Act, or HONEST Act, passed 228-194.

North Carolina Strikes a Deal to Repeal Restrictive Bathroom Law  —  ATLANTA — North Carolina's Republican-controlled legislature and its Democratic governor announced late Wednesday that they had reached an agreement to repeal the controversial state law that curbs legal protections for lesbian …

70 days in, Donald Trump's presidency is flailing  —  Trump's campaign rewarded him for breaking the rules.  His presidency has punished him for it.  —  During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump broke every rule of politics — and he won anyway.  —  He dominated the Republican primary by running against the Republican Party.

State Department Employee Arrested and Charged With Concealing Extensive Contacts With Foreign Agents  —  A federal complaint was unsealed today charging Candace Marie Claiborne, 60, of Washington, D.C., and an employee of the U.S. Department of State, with obstructing an official proceeding …

Energy Department climate office bans use of phrase ‘climate change’  —  A supervisor at the Energy Department's international climate office told staff this week not to use the phrases “climate change,” “emissions reduction” or “Paris Agreement” in written memos, briefings or other written communication, sources have told POLITICO.

White House signals it can live without border wall funds  —  The White House indicated Wednesday that President Trump could go along with a government funding bill that does not include money to begin building his proposed wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.  —  Senate Republicans are not planning …

Fingerprints of Refugee Admitted To U.S. Were Found In An Iraq Bunker Used To Hold Hostages In Terrible Conditions  —  Two Iraqi men in the United States as refugees, brothers Yousif Al Mashhandani and Adil Hasan, were arrested and charged Monday with immigration fraud after federal authorities found …

Trump Administration Signals It Would Seek Mostly Modest Changes to Nafta  —  One change would be in government-procurement section of deal that could open up door for ‘Buy American’ policies  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is signaling to Congress it would seek mostly modest changes …

The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs, and how much it cost to buy them  —  They betrayed you for chump change  —  Republicans in Congress just voted to reverse a landmark FCC privacy rule that opens the door for ISPs to sell customer data.  Lawmakers provided no credible reason …

Dustin Hoffman and son invested $3 million in now-bankrupt real estate venture of Paul Manafort's son-in-law  —  Businessman Jeffrey Yohai, left, and actor Jacob Hoffman, center, at nightspot Baby's All Right in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 20, 2015.  Hoffman and his father, “The Graduate” …

Hill Republicans trying to avert a shutdown need Democrats — and Trump  —  Congressional Republicans are working aggressively to craft an agreement intended to keep the government open past April 28, but their bid to avert a shutdown hinges on courting Democrats wary of President Trump …

Apple, Wal-Mart Stick With Climate Pledges Despite Trump's Pivot  —  Companies to keep pledge to Obama on reducing carbon footprint  —  Some businesses voice disappointment Trump axed climate plan  —  Many of America's biggest corporations including Apple Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc …

Kushner Cos.  Ends Talks With Chinese Firm for Skyscraper Deal  —  Critics raised concerns over Trump son-in-law's White House post  —  Negotiations between New York real-estate developer Kushner Cos. and a large Chinese company over a planned $7.5 billion tower in Manhattan collapsed amid …

Federal judge indefinitely extends restraining order against Trump travel ban  —  A U.S. federal judge in Hawaii has indefinitely extended a court order blocking the enforcement of President Donald Trump's revised travel ban.  —  The decision, which was published Wednesday …

An undocumented immigrant hanged himself after 3 months in an ICE detention center  —  A Nicaraguan man in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement died Tuesday of injuries sustained in a suicide attempt last week, authorities said.  —  Osmar Epifanio Gonzalez-Gadba …