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President Donald Trump called the opioid crisis the "worst drug crisis in American history" and declared a nationwide health emergency to fight it rather than issuing a national disaster declaration.
President Donald Trump's plan to declare the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency won't bring new dollars to fight a scourge that kills an estimated 142 Americans each day, but will expand access to medical services in rural areas and shift some federal HIV money to help addicts, White House officials said Thursday.
President Donald Trump has lashed out at two Republican senators who seared him with criticism.
President Donald Trump again maintained he made a respectful condolence call to the widow of Sergeant La David Johnson.
One day after a report that Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee helped pay for research that produced a dossier of allegations against Donald Trump, the president called the dossier fake and made up.
President Donald Trump's administration is retreating from a review of some of the most dangerous chemicals in public use including millions of tons of asbestos, flame retardants and toxins in homes and other structures across the U.S.
For months, the DNC and Clinton associates denied any connection to Fusion GPS.
Republican Sen. Bob Corker says President Donald Trump "debases our nation" with constant untruths, bullying and name calling.
President Donald Trump will meet with Republican senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday to talk tax reform.
It was supposed to be sentencing day for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl who walked off his post in Afghanistan and endangered comrades.
The House of Representatives gets back to work Monday and the biggest item on the agenda this week is consideration of a four trillion dollar budget passed in the Senate last week.
The White House is still being questioned about condolence calls to families of fallen soldiers.
President Donald Trump won't block the scheduled release of thousands of government documents related to President John F. Kennedy's assassination that were previously sealed to the public.
Former White House adviser Steve Bannon on Friday depicted former President George W. Bush as bumbling and inept, faulting him for presiding over a "destructive" presidency during his time in the White House.
The federal budget deficit rose to $666 billion in the just-completed fiscal year, a spike that comes as Republicans are moving to draft a tax code rewrite that promises to add up to $1.5 trillion to the national debt over the coming decade.
In a show of unity, Republican Senators have passed a budget that paves the way toward tax reform.
The White House defended President Donald Trump's chief of staff Friday after he mischaracterized previous remarks of a Democratic congresswoman who is now criticizing Trump's condolence call to the widow of a soldier killed in Niger.
President Donald Trump continued his feud with a Democratic congresswoman who accused him of being insensitive to the widow of an Army sergeant killed in Niger.
Controversy over the President Donald Trump's phone call to the wife of Army Sergeant LaDavid Johnson led to multiple threats being called in to Congresswoman Frederica Wilson's Washington DC office.
Rep. Frederica Wilson's office claims multiple threatening phone calls directed at congresswoman came into her D.C. office on Wednesday.
The third time was not the charm for President Donald Trump in his efforts to enact a travel ban on people from predominantly Muslim countries.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday for the first time since his confirmation hearings and the Russian investigation was on the minds of many in the room.
For all those actually involved in the National Football League, the annual owners meeting was a encouraging step in the right direction.
President Donald Trump has expressed initial support for a bi-partisan plan for healthcare which keeps several Affordable Care Act subsidies, even though he used his executive powers to strike them down last week.
President Donald Trump's pick to be the nation's drug czar has withdrawn his name from consideration.
