Military leaders, Congress and government watchdogs have all warned for years that the military faces a possible readiness crisis as it has slashed training and maintenance to keep up with budget cuts and increased operations around the globe.
Former CIA officer Valerie Plame was roughly $1 billion short of her goal to buy a major stake in Twitter and persuade the publicly traded company to ban President Donald Trump -- so she started a GoFundMe campaign to raise that sum and, as the page says, "#BuyTwitter and delete Trump's account."
A government watchdog group is looking into a trip that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin made recently with his wife, Louise Linton, aboard a government plane. On the trip, Mnuchin attended a luncheon for a local chamber of commerce and took a tour of Fort Knox, where he was joined by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Then-CIA Director John Brennan wrote to employees that he believed not all members of Congress understood the significance of the agency's determination that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, according to an internal CIA memo published Thursday by BuzzFeed.
President Donald Trump continued to criticize his Republican Congress on Thursday, hitting congressional leadership on the debt ceiling legislative process, which he called "a mess."
The White House's revolving door has seen more out than in lately, as White House director of rapid response Andrew Hemming became the latest communications and former Republican National Committee staffer to depart the chaotic Trump administration Thursday.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders fired back at Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, who last week said Trump hasn't demonstrated the "stability" or "competence" he needs to display as president.
Most of the country has moved on from the solar eclipse, but President Donald Trump on Thursday retweeted a meme of "the best eclipse ever," featuring a montage of four photos that show Trump blocking former President Obama.
The FBI has arrested a Chinese national who is facing charges related to the malware used in the 2015 data theft from the Office of Personnel Management computer systems -- a breach that exposed the personal information of millions of people -- according to US officials briefed on the investigation.
In Washington, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has a reputation as a legislating pragmatist whose political instincts have made him a force in his chamber.
House Speaker Paul Ryan brushed off the President's tweets Thursday that criticized him and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for not getting a debt ceiling bill passed yet.
It's hard to overstate how massive a political disaster shutting down the federal government over funding (or lack thereof) for a border wall would be for Republicans.
In a bid to restart a moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's adviser and son-in-law, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Thursday.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday that the President is "committed to making sure" he'll get funding to back his campaign promise of a border wall and that the administration has not "abandoned" plans to make Mexico pay for it.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to address voters Thursday morning at the Kentucky Farm Bureau's annual ham breakfast after what has been a tumultuous few weeks for the Senate majority leader and Republican President Donald Trump.
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