Politics

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dan Brouillette, deputy secretary of energy nominee for U.S. President Donald Trump, from left, Neil Chatterjee and Robert Powelson, nominees to be a members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for Trump, answer questions while standing during a Senate Energy and Natural …

Source: United States Office of Government Ethics. Walter Shaub, Director of the United States Office of Government Ethics. The OGE, an independent executive branch agency that helps officials avoid conflicts of interest, took on more prominence in the Trump administration as a possible check on self-enrichment by government officials. Trump, …

Doug Mills | The New York Times Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies before a subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, June 6, 2017. The Massachusetts attorney general filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the Education Department and its secretary, Betsy DeVos, challenging the department’s move …

MANDEL NGAN | AFP | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump makes his way to board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on June 9, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump will get a chance to patch up trans-Atlantic ties this week when he meets …

Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media | AP In this Sunday, July 2, 2017, photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right, uses the beach with his family and friends at the governor’s summer house at Island Beach State Park in New Jersey. The deeply unpopular governor then returned by helicopter …

Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, speaks with Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. In the Senate, a Republican and a Democrat are working on a bipartisan deal to change the housing finance industry. Tennessee Republican Bob Corker and Virginia Democrat Mark Warner are …

Getty Images Faith & Freedom Coalition Chairman Ralph Reed speaks during a rally in front of the US Supreme Court, on April 19, 2017 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court has ruled that churches have the same right as other charitable groups to seek state money for new playground surfaces …

Scott Morgan | Reuters President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 21, 2017. President Donald Trump has offered a simple explanation for his wealthy Cabinet choices: Rich people know how to manage money better than poor people do. In a …

Cheriss May | NurPhoto | Getty Images U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, Majority Whip and (R-La. 1st District),, speaks at President Trump’s press conference with members of the GOP, on the passage of legislation to roll back the Affordable Care Act, in the Rose Garden of the White House, On Thursday, …

Zach Gibson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jeh Johnson, former secretary of Homeland Security (DHS). Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is set to testify at a House intelligence committee hearing as the panel presses ahead with its investigation of Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign. Johnson is scheduled …