Politics

Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan speaks at his weekly press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2017. The officials who issued the statement — House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, National Economic …

Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on July 28, 2017. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday struck an optimistic tone on Republicans’ ability to reach a tax reform deal, …

Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on July 28, 2017. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Friday struck an optimistic tone on Republicans’ ability to reach a tax reform deal, …

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters New White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci addresses the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 21, 2017. Incoming White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci said Thursday he has a “very good idea” who the senior leakers are in the White House. Speaking …

Chip Somodevilla | Staff | Getty Images Incoming White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci talks with reporters during ‘Regional Media Day’ at the White House July 25, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump’s new communications director says he’s prepared to clean house in order to stop information leaks which …

Joshua Roberts | Reuters White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner speaks to members of the White House press following his appearance before a closed session of the Senate Intelligence Committee as part of their probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election in Washington, U.S. July 24, 2017. …

Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump signs an executive order alongside US Defense Secretary James Mattis and US Vice President Muike Pence on January 27, 2017, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. U.S. President Donald Trump intends to sign an executive order initiating a broad “whole …

Alex Brandon | AP Anthony Scaramucci, incoming White House communications director, left, follows new White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders into the briefing room at the White House, Friday, July 21, 2017, in Washington. Principal deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders read a statement from Trump at a press …

Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. Cancer isn’t keeping Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., from sticking to his political guns. Just hours after news broke of McCain’s brain cancer diagnosis, the Arizona senator blasted President Trump amid a report that the administration decided to …

BPA | Getty Images In this photo provided by the German Government Press Office (BPA), Donald Trump meets Vladimir Putin during the G20 Summit on July 7, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. Russia’s foreign minister said President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump may have met more than three times at …