Politics

Republicans in Congress search frantically for a way out of a growing crisis over the separation of children from their families as part of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

U.S. Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings opens an unrelated hearing on Capitol Hill with a call for his Republican colleagues to repudiate the Trump Administration policy separating migrant children from their families.

President Donald Trump was slated to meet with Republican lawmakers Tuesday as he faces heat for the detention of children separated from their immigrant parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. To listen to the full ProPublica audio, visit: propub.li/2yoy8QE

At a meeting of the National Space Council President Donald Trump announced a new "space force" to claim U.S. dominance over space.

A day after tweeting that "We do not have a policy of separating families at the border", the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen defended the practice of separating families at the border.

In his weekly address, President Trump touted the success of the summit with North Korea saying "it was an incredible event" and "worth every second."

President Trump says the U.S. now has a very good relationship with North Korea, adding that he and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un had "a great chemistry."

U.S. President Donald Trump announced hefty tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese imports on Friday as Beijing threatened to respond in kind, in a move that looks set to ignite a trade war between the world's two largest economies.

The head of the FBI said on Thursday the agency accepted a watchdog’s findings on its conduct during the investigation into former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s emails and said the report had nothing in it that impugned the integrity of the FBI as an institution.

Reporters challenged White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders over The Trump administration's decision to increase criminal prosecutions of parents entering the United States illegally and place their children in protective custody.

A report from the Justice Department's Inspector General released Thursday says former FBI Director James Comey made errors in judgement in his handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of private email as Secretary of State.

China urged the United States on Thursday to make a "wise decision" on trade, saying it was ready to respond in case Washington chose confrontation, as U.S. President Donald prepares to decide whether to activate tariffs on Chinese goods.