As the president pulled back on his statement in Helsinki, his unscripted aside and what appeared to be his handwritten addition on his script were reminiscent of other signals that he has inserted into apologies to remind his followers that he will never be the kind of politician who is managed by staffers.
Strategists have counseled candidates and party leaders to focus on “kitchen table” issues. Now, they say, the political ground may have shifted.
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Analysis With president’s Republican foes retiring or ailing, Sen. Ben Sasse is the ideal candidate to assume the role of leading conservative on trade and national security — if he stays.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference in Helsinki. (AP)
For the Kremlin, the meeting with President Trump in Helsinki was just the beginning of a long-awaited U.S. thaw. Russian officials are likely to seek to ramp up the pressure on Trump to make good on his promise to improve U.S.-Russia relations despite the head winds in Washington.
Butina, who was indicted this week, befriended leaders of the National Rifle Association and the Conservative Political Action Conference, and sidled up to GOP presidential candidates. But the FBI was watching her by August 2016, officials said.
Max Scherzer pitched the first two innings of the All-Star Game for the National League. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post)
Aaron Judge of the Yankees homered off Nationals ace Max Scherzer and the Angels’ Mike Trout went deep off the Mets’ Jacob deGrom. The Cubs’ Wilson Contreras then got one back for the National League, off Blake Snell of Tampa Bay.
Campaign 2018Republican Rep. Martha Roby, who condemned Donald Trump over the “Access Hollywood” video in 2016, faces Bobby Bright, a former Democrat who switched parties and worked to brand his opponent as disloyal to the president.
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The move last week by NSA Director Paul Nakasone is the latest initiative by national security agencies to push back against Russian aggression in the absence of direct guidance from the White House on the issue.
The former Trump campaign chairman had argued that the jury pool in Northern Virginia is too liberal and too saturated with coverage of the case to give him a fair trial. The judge said he is not entitled to a completely ignorant jury, nor one with as many Republicans as Democrats.
The group said it was not consulted before Homeland Security officials implemented a family separation policy that was in place until President Trump reversed his endorsement of the practice earlier this month.
MGM Resorts International isn’t seeking money. But it wants courts to agree that any claims from the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history “must be dismissed” because of a federal law passed after the 9/11 attacks.
Nonprofits that spend money to influence elections but are not required to disclose donors to the public no longer need to share their donors’ names or addresses in their tax filings under a new Treasury rule announced this week.
Makiyah Wilson was hit as she was heading to an ice cream truck, and a woman and three men were wounded. Police were searching for the shooters, a group of masked men who drove up and opened fire indiscriminately.
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The Past, Rediscovered President Harry S. Truman generally found the Soviets “pigheaded” and hard to work with — but not Joseph Stalin.
In disputes over the ownership of embryos, judges have often ruled in favor of the person who does not want them used, following the theory that no one should be forced to be a parent. But Arizona is taking the opposite approach.
