The move cast uncertainty on the leadership role of the United States in the global body. The president also withdrew from ...

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Ordained as a bishop by a traditionalist sect, he was excommunicated then reinstated by the Vatican, but was undone by his ...

Mike Forrester with AP Former East Oregonian editor Mike Forrester, right, is pictured here in his early news career as a reporter for the Associated Press in Los Angeles with world heavyweight boxing ...

Half a century ago Congress, the courts, other key institutions within and outside of the government, and the American public ...

President Donald Trump drew a great deal of criticism from Democrats as well as from Never Trump conservatives when he fired ...

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He wanted his aides to tell diplomats, “I’m sorry ... he is out of control ... you don’t know the man,” or that he’s a ...

A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.

Pardon power is almost unbounded — excluding only state crimes, civil liability, future crimes and crimes by the president ...

Sycophancy runs as wild in Washington DC as the wildfires in Los Angeles and the time-honored practice is being pursued with ...

A wide-ranging pause on agency funds and grants remains on ice — even after the White House rescinded a contested OMB memo announcing the suspension.