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November 16, 2018 at 12:52 pm

Political ‘veteran’ at age 36 eyed for Trump chief of staff

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nick Ayers could almost be confused for a college fraternity brother as he flashes a broad grin in a selfie taken with...

November 15, 2018 at 2:54 pm

Trump aide ousted by first lady says service was ‘an honor’

WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House aide pushed out by first lady Melania Trump said Thursday that it had been "an honor" to serve in...

In this Nov. 13, 2018, photo, Deputy National Security Adviser Mira Ricardel, right, watches as President Donald Trump arrives for a Diwali ceremonial lighting of the Diya in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in Washington. Ricardel is leaving the White House, one day after first lady Melania Trump’s office issued an extraordinary statement calling for her dismissal. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WX133 WX133

November 14, 2018 at 3:45 pm

Trump aide departs West Wing after rebuke from first lady

WASHINGTON (AP) — Deputy national security adviser Mira Ricardel is leaving the White House, one day after first lady Melania Trump's office issued an extraordinary...

November 14, 2018 at 8:47 am

Trump backs 1st major rewrite of sentencing laws in decades

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his support for the first major rewrite of the nation's criminal justice sentencing laws in a...

November 13, 2018 at 9:08 pm

Trump considering a wide-ranging staff shake-up

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is weighing an administration-wide shake-up as he looks to prepare his White House for divided government, but it is...

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FILE — Kirstjen Nielsen, the secretary of Homeland Security, during a Senate hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 10, 2018. President Donald Trump is considering firing Nielsen as part of a wave of cabinet and staff changes, three people close to the president said on Nov. 13. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) XNYT15 XNYT15

November 13, 2018 at 9:35 am

Trump eyeing staffing shakeup in Cabinet and at White House

The president has soured on Kirstjen Nielsen and White House chief of staff John Kelly, in part over frustration at what he calls a crisis...

November 7, 2018 at 4:09 pm

‘Kavanaugh and caravan’: Did Trump’s late pitch move voters?

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump billed the midterms as an election about "Kavanaugh and the caravan," and it was — although not entirely as...

President Donald Trump speaks to CNN journalist Jim Acosta during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) DCEV105 DCEV105

November 7, 2018 at 5:50 am

Trump mocks GOP losers who kept their distance from him WATCH

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rejecting any hint of a setback, President Donald Trump on Wednesday mocked members of his own party who were defeated in the...

November 7, 2018 at 12:34 am

How Trump’s energy, excesses drove GOP’s erratic campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul Ryan had to know it was coming. The minute the House speaker shot down President Donald Trump's latest campaign-season gambit on...

November 6, 2018 at 4:12 pm

AP VoteCast: Trump a dominant force on voters’ minds WATCH

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was a dominant force in the 2018 midterm elections as attitudes toward the polarizing leader influenced the decisions of...