Trump embarks on expansive search for disloyalty as administration-wide purge escalates
Johnny McEntee, President Trump’s former personal aide who now serves as director of presidential personnel, has begun combing through various agencies with a mandate from the president to force out political appointees who are not seen as sufficiently loyal.
Trump wants to block ‘traitor’ Bolton’s book entirely, claiming most conversations are classified
President Trump told his staff he will seek to stop the book’s publication, said people familiar with the conversations. The president’s private arguments contrast with the traditional point-by-point process used to protect sensitive secrets.
Election 2020It is not clear what form the Russian assistance to Sen. Bernie Sanders has taken. President Trump and lawmakers on Capitol Hill have also been informed about Russian interference in the Democratic presidential contest.
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The only sure thing in Vegas: Uncertainty
The dread among Democrats is unfolding here in full view of their political nemesis, President Trump, who trolled his would-be opponents this week by sleeping in splendor at the Las Vegas hotel that bears his name and by scheduling a rally here for the afternoon before their caucuses.
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The “nationwide inflection point” in the epidemic has not yet arrived, China’s leaders say.
Cooper tore into the disgraced former governor during a contentious interview, using a vulgar expression to criticize Blagojevich's lack of remorse after being granted clemency by President Trump.
The justices voted 5-4 to remove the remaining judicial order blocking new rules that make it easier to deny immigrants residency or admission to the United States if they might depend on public-assistance programs.
Coming after intense international pressure, the move is seen as a the most serious chance yet at ending years of war.
Paul Harkin hands out naloxone and fentanyl detection packets in San Francisco. (Nick Otto for The Post)
National progress in reducing fatal overdoses has stalled as illicit fentanyl, a synthetic drug that is roughly 50 times as powerful as heroin, floods California and other states west of the Mississippi.
“Even with the most serious charges of murder, 13-year-olds in California can’t be tried as adults,” Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward said. “I’m certain this information may be met with outrage.” He was right.
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Her bond with Biden developed nearly three decades ago in the Senate.
