Two US defense officials told CNN that there was an "unsafe" close encounter between a US Navy P-3 Orion aircraft and a Chinese surveillance aircraft Wednesday.
The Senate voted in the early hours of Friday morning to break a Democratic filibuster and advance the nomination of Steve Mnuchin for treasury secretary.
House Democrats are scrapping their playbook -- with plans to fire pollsters, hire new staff and ditch the very tools they used to decide where they fight against Republicans -- as they search for a way to win back the House of Representatives in two years.
When then US President-elect Donald Trump had a 10-minute conversation with Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen in December 2016, he caused a huge diplomatic firestorm.
President Donald Trump phoned the leaders of Iraq and Afghanistan on Thursday, but even amid their discussions about combating terrorists, his contentious immigration executive order remained a sticking point.
The action on Thursday wasn't triggered by President Donald Trump's signature, but rather, a ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which declined to reinstate his controversial travel ban. The President quickly tweeted, "SEE YOU IN COURT," but it's unclear what the next step is for his immigration executive order.
A potential nominee to serve as the Trump administration's solicitor general -- the lawyer who argues the government's position before the Supreme Court -- withdrew from consideration Thursday night.
Let's be real -- Washington isn't exactly a destination for celebrity sightings. But the shared hobby of the District's most high-profile women, Michelle Obama and Ivanka Trump, has local indoor cycling studios abuzz.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Donald Trump will meet at the White House Friday and then head to the golf course Saturday. They both need a win.
The senator who disclosed Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch's apparent criticism of President Donald Trump is now calling for Gorsuch to go public with his misgivings.
Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser to President Donald Trump, was "counseled" after promoting Ivanka Trump's clothing and accessory brand during an interview from the White House Thursday morning.
Threats against more than one judge involved in legal challenges to President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration have prompted federal and local law enforcement agencies to temporarily increase security protection for some of them, according to law enforcement officials.
When he wanted to dispute a Democratic Senator over his Supreme Court nominee, Trump went after the senator's misstatements about serving in Vietnam. And as he defends the first military mission he approved, Trump, who did not himself serve in the military or Vietnam, is again tangling with fellow Republican John McCain, a decorated Vietnam veteran and former POW.
President Donald Trump told a bipartisan group of senators at the White House Thursday that he is interested in learning more about the so-called "Gang of Eight" immigration reform bill, multiple meeting attendees told CNN.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman showed up at the Javits Center on election night expecting to celebrate the triumph of his home state's Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Thursday evening will issue its ruling on the Trump administration's request to reinstate its travel ban, the court told reporters.
