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President Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump and Dr. Igor Nichiporenko, speaks to reporters while visiting medical staff at Broward Health North in Pompano Beach, Fla., on Friday.

Trump Supports Improving Background Checks, But Will That Mean Action?

3:12pm February 19, 2018

by Arnie Seipel

The president is meeting with students and teachers about school safety this week. The White House says he supports improving background checks, but the issue has languished after past shootings.

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., penned a letter to the White House announcing the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is opening an investigation into its timeline and handling of a scandal involving a top aide.

House Republicans Open Investigation Into White House Handling Of Porter Scandal

3:39pm February 14, 2018

House oversight committee Chairman Trey Gowdy wrote a letter to the White House expressing concerns about contradictions between the FBI director and White House officials over security clearances.

The White House at night last week. President Trump has picked a new ethics chief, who, unlike past appointments, has won praise from experts.

Politics & Government

Trump's Choice For Ethics Chief Wins Praise As 'Somebody Who Plays It By The Book'

2:04pm February 09, 2018

by Peter Overby

Emory Rounds III is a career civil servant. If confirmed as director of the Office of Government Ethics, he will take charge of an agency under considerable pressure.

On Jan. 10, President Trump signed into law the bipartisan Interdict Act, to give federal agents more tools to curtail opioid trafficking. But, after declaring the opioid crisis a public health emergency last fall, Trump has been slow to request money for

Trump Says He Will Focus On Opioid Law Enforcement, Not Treatment

11:20am February 08, 2018

by Greg Allen

Opioids are a public health emergency, the president says, but he hasn't acted on the White House opioid commission's recommendations to expand treatment.

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Americans generally have little confidence in the institutions that control the U.S.

Politics & Government

Here's Just How Little Confidence Americans Have In Political Institutions

5:00am January 17, 2018

by Domenico Montanaro

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that Congress, the political parties and the media rank among the least-trusted U.S. institutions in the age of President Trump.

A White House statement issued Thursday notably did not deny that President Trump used the vulgarity to refer to African countries, but Friday morning, Trump wrote: "This was not the language used" in a tweet.

Politics & Government

Trump Denies Using Vulgar Slur; Top Democrat Says He Said It

3:15pm January 12, 2018

by Scott Detrow

Sources told NPR the president called African nations a vulgar slur Thursday. The White House didn't deny it, but Trump did so in a tweet. A Democratic senator confirmed the comment on the record.

FACT CHECK: Trump Touts Low Unemployment Rates For African-Americans, Hispanics

6:32pm January 08, 2018

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Trump's numbers are right, but it's hard to make the case that he should get credit for them.

A copy of Fire and Fury sits on display at a bookstore in Washington, D.C., on Friday. The book was rushed into bookstores and onto e-book platforms because of demand and the threat of a lawsuit from President Trump.

The New Year Rings In With 'Fire And Fury.' It Might Mean A Consequential 2018

6:56pm January 06, 2018

by Domenico Montanaro

The first week of the new year kicked off with the same ferocity of news that last year ended with.

Steve Bannon was quoted in a new book calling the meeting that Donald Trump Jr. and other top Trump campaign advisers took with Russian intermediaries in June 2016 "treasonous" and "unpatriotic."

Politics & Government

Despite Takedown And Legal Threat, Bannon Says He Still Backs Trump

3:16pm January 04, 2018

by Scott Detrow

The president's lawyer sent the former strategist a cease-and-desist letter claiming his interviews for a new book violated a nondisclosure agreement he had signed with the Trump campaign.

ESPN columnist Jemele Hill attends ESPN The Party on Feb. 5, 2016 in San Francisco.

ESPN's Jemele Hill On Race, Football And That Tweet About Trump

9:17am January 04, 2018

by Gene Demby

The SportsCenter anchor discusses becoming a lightning rod in the culture wars and the flimsy partition between politics and sports.