The wrecking of part of the White House's East Wing to make way for President Trump's ballroom is striking a nerve with his critics who see it as an overhaul of a historic building for a gaudy personal project. Images of an excavator tearing into parts of the White House went viral this week, eliciting the latest outrage over Trump's efforts to rapidly remake the nation's capital in his preferred image. Read more here. |
President Trump on Tuesday afternoon hosted Republican senators for a Rose Garden lunch as the government shutdown hits its three-week mark with no endgame in sight. Read more. |
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.) told reporters Tuesday that he would support Republicans using the so-called nuclear option to override the Senate filibuster to pass a bill to reopen the government. Read more. |
Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) on Monday addressed claims that he has a “hidden Nazi tattoo” on his chest based on a family video shared online. Read more. |
Republican senators are balking at the Trump administration's decision to cut off transportation funding to Democratic-leaning states such as New York and Massachusetts during the government shutdown, warning that freezing funds as an apparent act of political retaliation is not appropriate. Read more. |
Cuts to the federal agencies that manage national parks, science and public lands are expected to result in firings across the West, Southeast and Great Lakes, among other places, Trump administration plans reveal. Read more. |
President Trump is facing growing calls to withdraw the nomination of Paul Ingrassia to lead the Office of Special Counsel after the nominee reportedly referred to himself as having a "Nazi streak" while making other racist comments. Read more. |
A poll from Virginia Commonwealth University released Tuesday shows tight margins in the state's governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general races two weeks out from Election Day. Read more. |
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