Kushner's Relationship With Trump Tested as Russia Accusations Swirl  —  WASHINGTON — The most successful deal of Jared Kushner's short and consequential career in real estate and politics involves one highly leveraged acquisition: a pair of adjoining offices a few penny-loafer paces from his father-in-law's desk in the White House.

How Trump Is Torturing Capitol Hill  —  The speaker of the house strode to his lectern on a recent Thursday to confront another totally normal day on Capitol Hill: health care, tax reform, a president under investigation, rumblings of impeachment.  —  “Morning, everybody!”  Paul Ryan chirped.

President Trump Turned International Diplomacy Into A Fistfight—And Lost … During his inaugural international trip as the leader of the free world, President Donald Trump learned the problem with first impressions—you only get to make one.  —  After indulging the royals of Saudi Arabia …

Vladimir Putin a bigger threat than Islamic State, John McCain says  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin is a bigger threat to world security than the Islamic State group, US senator John McCain has told the ABC.  —  The Republican also admitted in an exclusive interview with 7.30 …

GOP's Proposed Tax Changes Are No Match for Status Quo  —  Republicans are scouring the tax code, searching for breaks to eliminate so they can offset the deep rate cuts they desire.  But the biggest tax breaks are surviving and the boldest ideas for change are on political life support or already dead.

Donald Trump: The Gateway Degenerate  —  Last week, when voters in Montana elected Greg Gianforte to fill the state's lone seat in the House of Representatives, even after he was recorded in a physical altercation with a reporter, many Americans — like me — were left to look on in astonished bewilderment.

On Memorial Day, What Do the Living Owe the Dead?  —  What do Americans owe fellow citizens who gave their lives in war?  Memorial Day exists to prompt each of us to pause and reflect on that question.  My answer this year is that we should honor their sacrifice by applying lessons of wars past …

Trump furious with Abbas: You lied to me  —  President Trump reportedly outraged with Palestinian Authority leader.  ‘The Israelis showed me that you are involved in incitement.’  —  Abbas and Trump  —  President Donald Trump lambasted Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas …

The Coat of Arms Said ‘Integrity.’ Now It Says ‘Trump.’  —  LONDON — At the Trump National Golf Club outside Washington, which hosted the Senior P.G.A. Championship this weekend, the president's coat of arms is everywhere — the sign out front, the pro shop, even the exercise room.

Dear President Trump,  —  Their names were Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche and Ricky John Best.  One was a recent college graduate.  The other was an army veteran and father of four.  I wish we would hear you say these names, or even just tweet them.  They were brave Americans who died …