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President Trump renewed his attacks against CNN, which he has repeatedly called “fake news,” on June 27, after CNN retracted a story about ties between a Trump associate and a Russian investment fund. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post) Another bizarre tweet from the president of the United States. Another round of outrage and condemnation from lawmakers. […]

With the Republican push to revamp the Affordable Care Act stalled again, even some allies of President Trump question whether he has effectively used the bully pulpit afforded by his office and are increasingly frustrated by distractions of his own making. Trump has spoken out repeatedly during his tenure about the shortcomings of Obamacare, which […]

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. delivered eight opinions and two dissents in the just-concluded Supreme Court term. But none probably meant as much as the statement he handed down on a rainy, early June morning in a small New Hampshire town. It was the ninth-grade commencement address for the Cardigan Mountain School, an elite boarding school […]

White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders attacked the media during a press briefing on June 27, until one of the reporters in the room interjected. “What you just did is inflammatory,” said reporter Brian Karem. (Reuters) It seems clear, at this point, that the White House would prefer not to hold regular press […]

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump, who has reveled in his confrontational style with the news media, sparked fierce debate Sunday over whether he is inciting violence against journalists by posting a doctored video clip showing him bashing the head of a figure representing CNN. Trump’s latest provocation in his war with the media brought denunciations […]

(Bastien Inzaurralde/The Washington Post) Top Trump administration officials insisted Sunday that the odds of passing health-care legislation when the Senate returns to Washington next week remain high, but others in the GOP charged that the bill’s problems require more than a quick fix. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price and White House legislative affairs […]

As the Trump administration sets out to overhaul the federal government, a small group of Cabinet secretaries may have the most daunting task. They are running departments with missions they have sometimes disparaged, with employees who are secretly — and on occasion publicly — hostile. Across the agencies, these Cabinet members have made very public […]

As Republicans return to their home districts to sell a flailing health-care bill, liberal groups are using the congressional recess to build opposition. They believe tens of thousands of phone calls, emails and in-person pushes will force on-the-fence senators to reject the legislation for good. The fresh activism is coming with encouragement from Democratic lawmakers […]

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Following another week of dust-ups between the media and President Trump, his predecessor shared a bit of wisdom Saturday from the other side of the world about tolerance and taking the daily news cycle in stride. “I wasn’t worried about what was in the newspapers today,” former president Barack Obama said during […]

AUGUSTA, Maine — Little in politics has surprised Richard Malaby as much as the power of dentists. For years, local dentists held four Christmas parties at Malaby’s 19th-century country inn in the picturesque town of Hancock. But in 2014, Malaby, a Republican lawmaker in the Maine state legislature, voted to create a new type of […]

Beachgoers take camp at Leonardo Beach near the Leonardo State Marina, which remains closed due to the New Jersey government shutdown, Saturday. (Julio Cortez/AP) By Michael Catalini and Bruce Shipkowski By Michael Catalini and Bruce Shipkowski July 1 at 7:28 PM New Jersey residents were feeling the impact as a state government shutdown took effect […]

The Fix’s Callum Borchers explains the years-long feud between President Trump and the hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post) BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — The president is on vacation from Washington — but not from Twitter. And certainly not from his ongoing feuds with cable television news networks MSNBC and CNN. The Tweeter in Chief […]Read More