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You may have heard of Bassem Youssef, the Egyptian satirist often pegged as the "Jon Stewart of Egypt," who fled his home county after three years of mocking his nation's ruling elite over the nation's television airways.

As President Donald Trump grappled with the realities of governing, leaks about infighting within his administration, and multiple international conflicts, two of his top aides, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, were far from the White House.

The White House. Home to the president of the United States. One of the most recognizable and secure addresses in the entire world.

Nevada Sen. Dean Heller is set to attend a town hall Monday in Reno -- but he's not thrilled about it.

It's easy to forget, after an whirlwind 82 days in the White House, that chief strategist Steve Bannon only formally joined Donald Trump's presidential campaign fewer than three months before Election Day.

British and other European intelligence agencies intercepted communications between associates of Donald Trump and Russian officials and other Russian individuals during the campaign and passed on those communications to their US counterparts, US congressional and law enforcement and US and European intelligence sources tell CNN.

Nikki Haley has displayed unusual prominence as a face of the Trump administration in its openings months. And according to her, the boss doesn't mind.

Two Secret Service officers have been fired over their handling of a March 10 incident in which a White House fence jumper made it just steps from a main door to the executive mansion, two law enforcement officials told CNN on Thursday.

If Donald Trump has learned any big lesson in his 84 days as President, it's this: The job is way harder than it looks.

A moderate Denver-area Republican repeated his call for President Donald Trump to fire White House press secretary Sean Spicer.

President Trump spent much of the last week reversing positions he staked out either during the 2016 campaign or in the early months of his presidency. On Thursday, he did something actually consistent with what he promised on the campaign trail: He authorized the dropping of a MOAB bomb on a suspected ISIS camp in Afghanistan.

The Trump administration's hiring freeze meant more than 350 positions at the Environmental Protection Agency were left unfilled, newly released agency documents show, including more than 100 scientists in specialties like environmental science, life science, and physical science.

In the space of the last week, President Donald Trump has either altered or totally reversed his views on US involvement in Syria, Russia's friendliness (or lack thereof), China's currency manipulation, Fed chair Janet Yellen, the Export-Import Bank and NATO.

CIA director Mike Pompeo gave a speech Thursday, railing against WikiLeaks as a "hostile intelligence service."

Republican congressional candidate Bob Gray falsely claimed in a robocall that he was the only candidate in the race to personally campaign for Donald Trump.

The beleaguered nonprofit once intended to be the central outside group to boost President Donald Trump is jumpstarting a new television campaign now that it has new leadership at the helm.

Democrats plan to tie money promised to health insurers to offset Obamacare costs to the coming showdown over keeping the government running, a Democratic source said, following a threat from President Donald Trump Wednesday.

President Trump has promised to make America great again. Maybe he should start with the kitchen at Mar-a-Lago.

The first responders who helped prevent any injuries in Atlanta's fiery highway collapse were scheduled to meet Thursday with President Donald Trump, according to the White House.

The Trump administration is taking steps to vastly increase its capacity to detain and deport undocumented immigrants, according to a draft internal memo prepared by the Department of Homeland Security on implementing President Donald Trump's immigration policies.