Donald Trump in his own words  —  The US president speaks to Lionel Barber, Gillian Tett and Demetri Sevastopulo  —  Read next … You are the master of ‘the art of the deal’ . .  . can you cut a deal with Xi Jinping when you see him in Mar-a-Lago?  —  I have great respect for him.

Editorial Donald Trump's train-wreck presidency  —  The Times Editorial Board  —  It was no secret during the campaign that Donald Trump was a narcissist and a demagogue who used fear and dishonesty to appeal to the worst in American voters.  The Times called him unprepared and unsuited …

'That's an absurd question': Mitch McConnell melts down as Chuck Todd grills him for blocking Merrick Garland  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Sunday blamed the American people for the decision of Senate Republicans …

This Is The Clown Show That Could Lead To A Government Shutdown This Month  —  Try to read this without groaning, cursing or weeping...or seeing clowns.  —  Funding for the federal government will run out at midnight on April 28.  If some type of new appropriation isn't enacted by then …

A judge rules Trump may have incited violence ... and Trump again has his own mouth to blame  —  The courts keep taking Donald Trump both seriously and literally.  And the president's word choices are proving to be a real headache.  —  A federal judge in Kentucky is the latest …

Bill O'Reilly: An awful, awful man  —  As Fox News last year was plowing through the sexual harassment scandal involving now-former network chief Roger Ailes, King of Cable News Bill O'Reilly couldn't have been more dismissive of the victims.  “In this country, every famous, powerful or wealthy person is a target.

This is the next Democratic stronghold to crack like the Rust Belt  —  MORE FROM: … WASHINGTON — Nigel works three jobs to make ends meet.  —  He is black, single, progressive politically and determined to live the American dream — “as long, of course, that it does not kill me first …

Watching the hearings, I learned my “Bernie bro” harassers may have been Russian bots  —  When it was revealed during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing that Russian bots (computer algorithm controlled social media accounts) on Twitter had masqueraded as “Bernie Bros” …

What Makes Sheldon Whitehouse Angry?  —  Sheldon Whitehouse is a politician with a great name, a bad haircut, and a pissed-off attitude.  The second-term Democratic junior senator from Rhode Island has built his career around two seemingly unrelated issues—climate change and money in politics …

The Memo: White House staff rise, fall after healthcare loss  —  The internal dynamics of the White House have been shaken by the failed push to repeal ObamaCare.  —  The White House at large took a hit when Republicans were forced to withdraw their bill to repeal and replace President Obama's Affordable Care Act.

Senate committee targets FBI No. 2 in Trump dossier probe  —  Sen. Charles Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has sent a letter to FBI Director James Comey demanding the story behind the FBI's reported plan to pay the author of a lurid and unsubstantiated dossier on candidate Donald Trump.

‘This Week’ Transcript 4-2-17: Ambassador Nikki Haley, Ash Carter, Sen. John McCain, and Dmitry Peskov  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ on April 2, 2017 and it will be updated.  —  MARTHA RADDATZ: But we begin with the first Sunday morning interview with a member …

Tina Fey blasts white, college-educated women who voted for Donald Trump and now want to ‘forget about it and watch HGTV’  — She also claimed those same women would like to forget about what happened at the election and go back to watching Home & Garden Television

White House staff turns on ‘out of his depth’ Jared Kushner amid chaos and turmoil: report  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Thus far, in the scandal-plagued, chaotic presidency of Donald Trump, the chief executive's son-in-law Jared Kushner has enjoyed a kind of unsinkable “privileged status.”