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WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — President Donald Trump will meet Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan at Trump’s Florida resort on Sunday to discuss legislative priorities, White House spokeswoman Jessica Ditto said. No further details were provided about the meeting or topics. Immigration may come up in …

In an angry tweetstorm Sunday morning, President Trump said that if Russian meddling in the 2016 election was intended to sow discord in the United States, “they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. They are laughing their asses off in Moscow.” But the president suggested the source of that discord …

There’s a Presidents’ Day sale on bump stocks, the device the Las Vegas shooter put on his rifles. Slide Fire Solutions, a bump stocks manufacturer, is offering 10% off with coupon code: MAGA. That’s a salute to the campaign slogan of President Donald Trump, who promised to “Make America Great …

The United States and Turkey have vowed to work together to avoid a potential military confrontation in Syria and to step back from the brink of a collapse in ties between the two NATO allies. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson wrapped up his six-day tour of the Middle East on …

WASHINGTON — White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, under pressure to act, strengthened the process for security clearances for President Donald Trump’s aides on Friday in response to a scandal involving a former official accused of domestic abuse by two ex-wives. Saying that recent events had exposed some “shortcomings,” …

A California man has pleaded guilty to inadvertently selling bank accounts to Russians who were indicted Friday by a federal grand jury for interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Richard Pinedo pleaded guilty to using stolen identities to set up bank accounts that were then used by the Russians, …

President Donald Trump has made a grim trip to a Florida community reeling from a deadly school shooting, meeting privately with victims and cheering the heroics of first responders. But he extended few public words of consolation to those in deep mourning, nor did Trump address the debate over gun …

WASHINGTON: The US Senate rejected a series of bills to protect “Dreamer” immigrants on Thursday, leaving in limbo the future of 1.8 million young adults brought to the United States illegally as children. The Senate failed to get the 60 votes needed to move forward on four separate proposals, including …

WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said he regrets mistakes he and others made during travel planning and ethics clearance processes that led to findings by the VA inspector general that he had misused taxpayer resources during a European trip last year. The inspector general found Shulkin improperly accepted …

WASHINGTON — President Trump said Wednesday he’s “totally opposed” to domestic violence Wednesday, giving his strongest statement on the matter since the scandal involving former White House staff secretary Rob Porter eight days ago. “I am totally opposed to domestic violence of any kind. Everyone knows that, and it almost …