President Trump has talked in recent days with associates about forming a new political party, according to people familiar with the matter, an effort to exert continued influence after he leaves the...

Cindy McCain, the wife of the late GOP Sen. John McCain of Arizona, becomes the second Republican to sign on to formally advise the Democratic nominee as he plans for his possible presidency.

Federal Election Commission cites hush payment during the 2016 presidential campaign to ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal, who said she had an affair with Donald Trump.

President Trump and high-level supporters for weeks waged a campaign in news conferences, speeches and social media posts, urging followers to rise up against the outcome of a national election they...

Biden spokesman said harassment of journalist was unacceptable after attacks by officials from Indian prime minister’s party.

Some Democrats expect an apology on Thursday from Donald Trump’s 81-year-old Commerce secretary, who has shrewdly navigated talk of his ouster.

A home contractor married to a former household staffer for Donald and Melania Trump was recently appointed to a job in the Environmental Protection Agency's New York regional office.

President Trump asked his acting chief of staff to place a hold on $391 million in aid to Ukraine more than a week before a July phone call in which he urged his Ukrainian counterpart to investigate...

In his battle with covid-19, President Trump is receiving care available to few others.

An announcement of tank deliveries could come this week, U.S. officials said, part of an understanding with Germany in which Berlin would agree to send its own Leopard 2 tanks.

Manhattan federal prosecutors have evidence indicating the Amazon CEO’s girlfriend provided text messages to her brother that he then sold to the publisher for its article about Jeff Bezos’ affair.

Doug Sweet says he answered the president’s call to show up in Washington. He joined rioters who breached the Capitol, where he was eventually arrested.

The Persian Gulf monarchies have signaled they won’t help ease surging oil prices unless Washington supports them in Yemen, elsewhere.

The outgoing White House press secretary got a recent boost when President Donald Trump encouraged her to run.

President-elect Joe Biden hires David Kamin, a former Obama administration budget official, and Bharat Ramamurti, a longtime aide to Sen. Elizabeth Warren to his National Economic Council.

An American reporter with Russian heritage, WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich made Russia his second home and was authorized to work in the country when he was detained by authorities. His colleagues talk about...

Russian President Vladimir Putin blasted Democrats for impeaching President Trump on what the Russian leader called “made up charges,” and said he expects the U.S. president to survive the firestorm...

President Trump has expressed increasing interest in running for president again in 2024. He has spent less time on his remaining 69 days in office, leaving it to aides to determine what he could...

Economists expect sanctions to cause Russia to stagnate in the years ahead but the West’s failure to quickly bring the Russian economy to its knees mirrors a larger stalemate on the battlefield.

Graham Steele, a former aide to Sen. Sherrod Brown, is a proponent of treating climate change as a systemic risk to the financial system.

House Democrats this week released records asserting that Rudy Giuliani was in contact with a phone number associated with the White House budget office, but that assertion is now in doubt.

At least 40 people serving on President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team are or were once registered lobbyists, according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal. The Biden transition team has...

National Economic Council official George David Banks departed amid increasing scrutiny of the Trump administration's decision to let multiple staffers work on interim clearances.

Agency commits more resources to pursue evidence of criminal involvement as House hearings reveal activities of Trump and his circle before and during Capitol attack.

Following months of groundwork, frenzied late-night phone calls and a potent pressure campaign from Ukrainian leaders, the U.S. and Europe banded together to impose what is shaping up to be the...

The reliance on Palestinian data is a partial shift by the Biden administration.

Agency heads are carrying out the Trump administration's agenda largely in secret, in many cases shielding their schedules from public view.

The pitfalls of a plan for Trump to shift federal dollars without an emergency declaration are coming into clearer view.

The Senate minority leader credited the president with helping to get the infrastructure bill passed in the Senate, but said he doesn’t anticipate many more opportunities for Republicans to work with...

BRUSSELS–The Biden administration is preparing to impose a second round of sanctions on Russia this week, including on two of its biggest banks and on two daughters of Russian President Vladimir...

The government is offering limited assistance to President-elect Joe Biden’s transition operation in securing its email and other communications, despite concerns that the team is likely a top...

The Pentagon’s top military officer, Gen. Mark Milley, said he would mount a vigorous defense of two calls he placed to his Chinese counterpart in the last days of the Trump administration, describ...

The comedy website has had to develop new strategies and new characters for a president who often defies satire.

The first lady is experiencing mild symptoms and will isolate at the South Carolina home where she and President Biden have been vacationing in recent days.

Women in Generation X report a sharp rise in loneliness during the pandemic, and Gen-X mothers have felt especially isolated. Some seek connections online, but social media often makes loneliness...

In North Carolina, a debt-heavy swing state, some voters are signaling dissatisfaction with any outcome.

The Washington Post, New York Times and Wall Street Journal issued a joint statement to the Biden administration on Monday requesting safe passage for their journalists.

At least eight people who attended the White House’s recent Supreme Court nomination ceremony for Amy Coney Barrett have tested positive for the coronavirus, and public health experts say they expect...

The president kicked off a weekend at Mar-a-Lago with a speech at a fundraising dinner but few words about special counsel Robert Mueller.

Municipalities grapple with logistical hurdles, ranging from finding trained workers to persuading the public that lead is a health concern.

Union leaders hope to win commitments for spending on infrastructure and clean energy in meeting with the president on Wednesday.

Any assets owned in the EU by Putin and his longtime foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, will be frozen. The second sanctions package will cut Russian banks out of international markets.

The president has expressed frustration with Attorney General William Barr as efforts to contest the election have repeatedly failed.

The future of the federal student loan portfolio is in limbo as President Biden considers whether to cancel a limited amount of debt for borrowers whose incomes fall under a certain threshold.