Politics

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the National Federation of Independent Businesses 75th Anniversary Celebration in Washington, June 19, 2018. Following applause from the crowd, he added: “Why the hell should we? This is a responsible, common-sense approach that all lawmakers should embrace, Democrats and Republicans.” …

Kevin Lamarque | Reuters FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Examining the Inspector General’s First Report on Justice Department and FBI Actions in Advance of the 2016 Presidential Election,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 18, 2018. The top watchdog at the Department …

Getty Images White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short speaks to members of the media as he leaves a Republican conference meeting June 7, 2018 on Capitol in Washington, DC. House GOPers gathered to discuss immigration. White House legislative affairs director Marc Short has told colleagues he plans to …

Getty Images Former FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill June 8, 2017 in Washington, DC. James Comey used a personal Gmail account to conduct FBI business on numerous occasions when he was director of the bureau, the Justice Department’s internal watchdog revealed Thursday. …

Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. President Donald Trump slammed Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill on Wednesday over her admission that she used a private plane during part of her RV tour of Missouri last month. In a tweet, the president called McCaskill “phony” …

Anthony Wallace | Pool | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their summit at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore June 12, 2018. In the short-term, many new CEOs make progress through financial engineering, showboating, and charming their shareholders. …

Olivier Douliery | Bloomberg | Getty Images Trump continued to defend the lifeline he offered to Chinese telecom-equipment maker ZTE Corp., insisting trade talks with Beijing are just getting started. The White House opposes a Senate proposal to block President Donald Trump’s deal to revive Chinese telecommunications company ZTE. The Trump …

Carlos Barria | Reuters President Donald Trump participates in the signing ceremony for the “VA (Veterans Affairs) Mission Act of 2018” in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 6, 2018. President Donald Trump blamed the oil producer cartel OPEC again on Wednesday for high oil …

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hold a meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada, June 8, 2018. Trudeau said after the G-7 meeting that the aluminum and steel tariffs imposed by the U.S. …

Department of Defense photo U.S. Marines move forward after effective close-air support flushes out the enemy from their hillside entrenchments in North Korea. Mattis, who kept a personal collection of 7,000 books before retiring as a four-star general, attributes his success on the battlefield to reading. “We have been fighting …