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WASHINGTON — What happens when there’s a crisis? When, not if, because that is the nature of the presidency: Bad things happen — often early on, somet...

WASHINGTON — We shouldn't blithely move on to other matters until we deal with the institutional carnage inflicted upon us by Donald Trump. The curren...

In the course of a few days, President Donald Trump showed how thoroughly he has conquered conservative activists and the Republican Party. At the Con...

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump turned to Congress on Sunday for help finding evidence to support his unsubstantiated claim that former...

WASHINGTON — Among the many unintended legacies of Barack Obama, one has gone largely unnoticed: the emergence of a novel form of resistance to execut...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump finally gave Republicans what they've spent months begging him to deliver: a pivot to presidential behavior. The questi...

Steve Bannon blew a dog whistle for constitutional conservatives when he spoke of "deconstructing the administrative state" at the Conservative Politi...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump, the human ruler, as in measuring stick, is at it again, this time grading his performance as president. Appearing on Fox Ne...

The work of unraveling President Barack Obama's legacy is underway, but even if the Trump administration and a Republican Congress reverse every last ...

SENECA FALLS — On a spring-like day in the middle of winter, they came by the thousands to the Birthplace of the Women’s Rights Movement. Young and ol...

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama did not go out quietly. His unquiet final acts were, in part, overshadowed by a successor who refused to come in quietly and...

GENEVA, N.Y. — He was the nation’s first African-American president and came into office with the nation on the brink of depression. He promised hope ...

President Barack Obama has finally had it with Russia. It only took eight years of cold reality — topped off by the Russian interference in the Novemb...

WASHINGTON — The shortest honeymoon on record is officially over. Normally, newly elected presidents enjoy a wave of goodwill that allows them to fly ...

CUBA, N.Y. —Town Supervisor Rob Carney has apologized for a New Year’s Eve Facebook post which community members had called “racist” and “hate speech....

WASHINGTON — When Barack Obama moves two miles from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to 2446 Belmont Road in Washington's Kalorama neighborhood, he will live ...

WASHINGTON —First, a history refresher: For the past nine years, a smattering of Americans, most recently led by our now president-elect, have insiste...

WASHINGTON — Any summation of Barack Obama's impact on domestic policy and politics should begin with this: In 2008, he assured supporters, "We are th...

WASHINGTON — One of the hallmarks of our democratic system is its commitment to the peaceful transition of power. This practice comes with two importa...

WASHINGTON — The fall of Aleppo just weeks before Barack Obama leaves office is a fitting stamp on his Middle East policy of retreat and withdrawal. T...