The president's former fixer, Michael Cohen, had some pretty damning things to say about his old boss during his hearing in front of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday. So it's no surprise that Trump pushed back on almost everything Cohen…

Good news for environmentalists and nature-lovers in general — there's set to be a ton of newly protected wilderness to explore across the United States. The Natural Resources Management Act, which is now waiting for presidential approval, is a…

From the postal service, to veterans' affairs, and even education, a push toward privatization has been a running theme of the Trump administration. On Thursday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos unveiled the Education Freedom Scholarships Opportunity…

On Wednesday, the president's former fixer, Michael Cohen, sat in front of the House Oversight Committee for some much anticipated — at times, explosive — questioning about his time working for Trump. Amid the grandstanding and political theater,…

Speculation that Robert Mueller's investigation into the 2016 Trump campaign is coming to an end has been swirling for weeks now — along with the question of whether Congress, let alone the public, will ever get to read it in full. Democratic…

Every year, millions of people around the world apply for visas to visit the United States. And while it's standard for a chunk of those applications to be rejected for various reasons, the number of visa applications denied in 2018 due to the Trump…

The logistics and actual construction of President Trump's border wall has been up in the air since its days as a 2016 campaign promise, and despite a new development in the process, the wall's future remains unclear. On Tuesday, CNN reported that…

American presidents have had varied relationships with North Korea's ruling family, at times employing sanctions, offering humanitarian aid, and most recently, engaging in open discussions. The end goal has been the same for decades: denuclearize…

The president's reality show background — and the larger than life qualities it has given his time in office — has been a topic of conversation since the beginning of the 2016 election cycle. But less talked about is the publicity launching pad it…

The upcoming U.S.- North Korea summit in Vietnam is centered around striking a deal to denuclearize the Korean peninsula. But there's another topic that advocates want the leaders of both nations to discuss while they're at it — North Korea's human…

It's Thursday and one freshman congresswoman in particular is getting attacked from the right. This time the push-back came in the form of a Times Square ad criticizing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and blaming her for lost jobs after Amazon decided…

Preparations are under way for the second U.S.-North Korea summit next week, and delegations from both countries are already in Hanoi, Vietnam to iron out logistics. According to The New York Times, a North Korean official known as Kim Jong Un's…

Environmental advocates have had a lot to push back on since Donald Trump took office, including emissions deregulations, removal of wildlife protections, and drilling proposals on protected lands. On Wednesday, another bullet was added to that…

Ahead of the 2018 midterms, voter suppression was a huge topic for the Georgia races. And with 2020 on the horizon, addressing the issue nationally is going to be a big deal. Not just the presidential election, but 11 governorships, a third of U.S.…

Since President Trump declared a national emergency to build a southern border wall last Friday, Congress and the White House have been barreling toward a fight over the separation of powers. Congressional Democrats have made it clear they will…

Since May 2017, the federal Russia probe has loomed over Donald Trump's presidency. Every so often, a new indictment or revelation forces it back into the spotlight, complicating the web of what could have happened in the run-up to the 2016…

Two weeks ago, immigration authorities began to enforce a new policy that requires some asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims are being processed. NPR and The Washington Post have already reported on migrant families being returned…

Don't worry if your Feb. 14 plans don't involve leaving the couch — even the first family is keeping it low-key. According to Page Six, Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle's Valentine's Day plans won't be doing anything fancy, just "hanging…

Thursday afternoon, minutes before the Senate approved a spending bill to stave off another shutdown, the White House announced that President Trump would be declaring a national emergency. Fulfilling a threat the president has made since the…

A state judicial system made strides toward equal representation on Tuesday, after Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper appointed Cheri Beasley to be North Carolina's first black, woman Supreme Court Chief Justice. Beasley, a registered Democrat, currently…