President Donald Trump awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Welles Crowther, the heroic "man in the red bandana" who saved up to 18 lives during the September 11 attacks.
Democrats vying for a blue wave in November are pouncing on voter angst over President Trump's costly federal beautification projects that will spend billions while Americans struggle to afford groceries and gas.
Maureen Galindo, a Texas Democratic congressional candidate who drew widespread condemnation for calling to imprison "American Zionists" in a converted ICE detention facility, is now blaming journalists and her own party for the furor -- while doubling down on the core of her remarks.
President Trump scrapped his plans to sign an executive order regarding artificial intelligence and cybersecurity that would have invited AI companies to voluntarily give the federal government early access to test their anticipated releases.
President Trump told Kevin Warsh to be "totally independent" as he swore him in as chairman of the Federal Reserve in front of a who's who of Washington conservatives at the White House.
TRUMP on Colbert finale: "Colbert is finally finished at CBS. Amazing that he lasted so long! No talent, no ratings, no life. He was like a dead person. You could take any person off of the street and they would be better than this total jerk."
Rep. Tom Kean Jr. says he plans to return to work in Washington next month and soon disclose the illness that has prevented him from voting in Congress for months.
The U.S. has gone nearly 18 months without a Senate-confirmed surgeon general, cycling through failed nominations and acting replacements -- and now some are asking whether the position needs to exist at all.
Federal judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit against Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows over the state's refusal to turn over voter data to the government.
