Politics

As the Dow Jones industrial average crosses 25,000, the popular stock market gauge gives President Donald Trump yet another opportunity to crow about growth since his election in November 2016. However, he may end up regretting his decision to latch onto such a fickle indicator. Markets go up and markets …

Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump at a national security strategy event on December 18, 2017 in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump claimed on Thursday that talks between North and South Korea likely would not have occurred without his tough rhetoric against Pyongyang. Lambasting “failed ‘experts'” discussing the matter …

Getty Images In this handout image provided by South Korean Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers flying with F-35B fighter jets and South Korean Air Force F-15K fighter jets during a training at the Pilsung Firing Range on September 18, 2017 in Gangwon-do, South Korea. The Pentagon says …

Getty Images White House Director of Social Media and Assistant to the President Dan Scavino Jr. shows a message on his iPhone to White House Chief of Staff John Kelly as U.S. President Donald Trump tours the U.S. Secret Service James J. Rowley Training Center on October 13, 2017 in …

Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Trump ponders the answer to a question from a reporter en route to Hanoi, Vietnam, aboard Air Force One. Nor do a growing economy and rising stock values offer Republicans much comfort in 2018. Early polling shows Democrats strongly positioned for midterm gains in November. …

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for Donald Trump, arrives to the U.S. Courthouse for a bond hearing in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Nov. 6, 2017. Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has sued special counsel Robert Mueller, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and …

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Senator Orrin Hatch, a Republican from Utah and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Hatch highlighted what he deemed some of his most significant achievements in Congress: playing a role “in the creation of the modern generic drug industry, the passage of the …

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) arrive prior to a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. President Donald Trump said Thursday he is “very disappointed” following a report that China may have …

Nicole Craine | Bloomberg | Getty Images Steve Bannon, chairman of Breitbart News Network LLC, speaks during a campaign rally for Roy Moore, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate from Alabama, not pictured, in Fairhope, Alabama, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is mocking Steve Bannon …

Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon attends a ceremony at the White House April 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. Steve Bannon, a former top White House strategist and a former chief campaign aide to Donald Trump, has been asked to testify before the U.S. …