WASHINGTON — A key aide to President Donald Trump is defending the White House’s handling of allegations that a former staff secretary physically abused his ex-wives before he resigned last week. Presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway told CNN Sunday “it’s very clear” that Rob Porter, who helped oversee paperwork and documents …

The CIA on Saturday categorically denied reports that it was fleeced by a mystery Russian who promised compromising information on U.S. President Donald Trump. The secretive agency rarely issues any kind of comment, but came out to deny the report in The New York Times and a similar one in …

A statement from the White House press secretary Sunday affirmed that “Israel is a staunch ally of the United States, and we support its right to defend itself from the Iranian-backed Syrian and militia forces in southern Syria.” The statement follows Israel’s attack Saturday on a dozen Iranian and Syrian …