Cathleen Decker
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South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg running for Democratic nomination for president — would be first openly gay nominee
Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, had signaled for months that he would try to leap from a mayor's office to the Oval Office. → Read More
Pete Buttigieg, citing need for generational change, joins 2020 Democratic presidential race
At 37, the South Bend, Ind., mayor is pressing for focus on the future — with a Midwestern bent. → Read More
Voters in West Virginia to decide if Republicans will nominate another problem nominee for U.S. Senate
West Virginia voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide whether Don Blankenship, a felon who aired racially insensitive television ads, will become the state's Republican nominee for U.S. Senate. The West Virginia election is the most watched of four state primaries today. → Read More
Many Republicans praise Trump's Iran decision, but some join Democrats to lament it as a mistake
Congressional Democrats, including several who initially opposed the Iran nuclear deal, joined a handful of Republicans on Tuesday to attack President Trump’s controversial decision to end U.S. participation, while praise came from many in the GOP. → Read More
Twin election strategies: As Trump rails about immigration, his supporters offer a rosy view of tax cuts
President Trump attacked Democrats, immigration laws, Mexico and his predecessor in Cleveland on Saturday. He also praised his poll numbers and Ohio's GOP Senate candidate, turning what was supposed to be an official event into a partisan pitch — and an unfocused and defensive one at that. → Read More
President Trump, citing 'overrun' border, threatens to shut down government if Congress fails to fund border wall
President Trump said Saturday he would shut down the government in September if Congress did not produce enough border funding in next year’s budget to satisfy him, a threat he made after criticizing immigration laws as “pathetic.” → Read More
Lashing out at opponents, Trump slams the FBI and threatens to intrude on the Russia investigation
In a grievance-filled interview, President Trump on Thursday derided former FBI director James B. Comey as a “leaker and…a liar,” threatened to insert himself into the Justice Department’s Russia investigation and defended his network of allies who are now under investigation. → Read More
President's doctor pulls out as Veterans Affairs nominee amid misconduct allegations
President Trump’s White House physician, Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, withdrew his nomination to serve as secretary of Veterans Affairs on Thursday, citing the “distraction” from a string of what he termed “completely false and fabricated” allegations. → Read More
French president challenges Trumpism in speech to Congress
French President Emmanuel Macron made clear Wednesday that his arm-over-the-shoulder bromance with President Trump has limits, using an address before a joint session of Congress to subtly repudiate Trump on climate change, Syria, global trade and the Iran deal. → Read More
Trump suggests his Veterans Affairs nominee may want to withdraw as allegations swirl
President Trump suggested Tuesday that he was nudging aside Dr. Ronny Jackson, his nominee to head the Veterans Affairs department, after senators canceled his nomination hearing to investigate allegations of inappropriate behavior. → Read More
For Melania Trump, the shroud of invisibility lifts during a week of public attention
By the end of Tuesday, First Lady Melania Trump will have been on display more than at any time in her husband’s presidency. → Read More
For Melania Trump, the shroud of invisibility lifts during a week of public attention
By the end of Tuesday, First Lady Melania Trump will have been on display more than at any time in her husband’s presidency, after a period of relative invisibility that has not only confounded traditional White House behavior but also limited her political benefit to a troubled administration. → Read More
Trump says CIA director had a 'great meeting' with North Korea's Kim Jong Un
President Trump on Wednesday confirmed a “great meeting” between CIA Director Mike Pompeo and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, hoping to use the secret negotiations to boost Pompeo’s standing as he awaits a vote in the Senate next week to become secretary of State. → Read More
Barbara Bush dies at 92; popular first lady was also the mother of a president
Barbara Pierce Bush, one of the most popular first ladies in U.S. history and the second woman in America to have been the wife of one president and the mother of another, has died. → Read More
As Trump approves Syria strikes, Congress looks on cautiously and hopes for a quick conclusion
President Trump once demanded that President Obama stay out of Syria or get congressional approval, Now he's doing neither. → Read More
To no one's surprise, balanced budget amendment fails as House members seek another kind of win
A proposed balanced budget amendment failed in the House of Representatives on Thursday when fewer than two-thirds of members voted to approve it, as nearly everyone in the Capitol expected. But for the members who stepped to the microphones during hours of debate, it was nothing but a win. → Read More
House Speaker Paul Ryan won't seek reelection, further jeopardizing GOP majority
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) will not seek re-election in November, he told colleagues Wednesday, throwing an already fractious House into tumult and dealing another blow to Republican hopes of holding onto power in Congress. → Read More
As White House roils over Trump investigation, Republicans in Congress try to ignore the chaos
Republican members of Congress as coping with President Trump's outbursts by ignoring them → Read More
CBO report projects massive deficits during Trump administration
The Congressional Budget Office projected trillion dollar deficits over the next decade, the fruit of tax cuts and the spending bill recently signed by President Trump → Read More
Trump's immigration moves complicate election strategies for both parties
With his renewed assault on illegal immigration, President Trump is siding again with his most loyal supporters, promoting strains among Republicans and Democrats. Both parties think they can gain advantage on the issue. Paradoxically, they may both be right, in part. → Read More