Politics

Dominick Reuter | AFP | Getty Images David Shulkin, Under Secretary for the US Department of Veterans Affairs. In February, the IG’s office issued a damning report blasting Shulkin for telling a subordinate to handle personal travel plans for him and his wife during an official trip to Denmark and …

Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Newly sworn-in White House Chief of Staff John Kelly looks on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 31, 2017. White House chief of staff John Kelly met with administration staff on Friday morning to reassure them …

Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images White House Chief of Staff John Kelly watches as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with North Korean defectors in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC on Friday, Feb. 02, 2018. President Donald Trump and his …

Gabe Ginsberg | Getty Images Stormy Daniels attends the 2018 Adult Video News Awards at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on January 27, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The CBS News program “60 Minutes” has set a date of March 25 for when it will show a recently conducted …

The Pentagon on Thursday confirmed that there was a hacking attempt this past weekend against an online financial services portal that Citigroup manages for Defense Department credit card holders. The confirmation comes a day after Citigroup told CNBC that a “malicious actor” attempted to gain access to information for Pentagon-linked …

Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump holds up a proclamation during a White House ceremony to establish tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum at the White House in Washington, March 8, 2018. Critics have argued that the tariffs shouldn’t be broad and the real offenders, such as China, …

Joshua Roberts | Reuters Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson speaks to employees of the agency in Washington, U.S., March 6, 2017. The Trump administration is snipping away at loose ends — and more cuts could be coming. In his first year as president, Donald Trump has parted …

KCNA | Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts during a test launch of ground-to-ground medium long-range ballistic rocket Hwasong-10 in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 23, 2016. Under third-generation North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the reclusive state has …

Alex Wong | Getty Images U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks to members of the media at the State Department October 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. Goldstein’s dismissal was the just the latest in a series of firings Tuesday by the Trump administration. In addition to Tillerson, Trump’s personal …

Getty Images Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin testifies before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill on February 15, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump is considering removing Veteran Affairs Secretary David Shulkin and replacing him with Energy Secretary Rick Perry, the New York Times reported Tuesday, citing …