WASHINGTON — August has been a hot month for the asphalt industry, with President Donald Trump giving multiple shoutouts for petroleum-based pavement and promising to add asphalt layers to all the streets within 3 miles of the White House.

During an Aug. 13 news conference, the president disparaged concrete roads, poorly maintained ...Read more

CHICAGO — When Eric Wilkins first heard that President Donald Trump was considering deploying National Guard troops to Chicago, he said he couldn’t help but think it sounded like a “bully tactic.”

Wilkins, 54, was paralyzed from the waist down after being shot about 26 years ago. Now an organizer with Communities United, he said ...Read more

President Donald Trump has changed his tune on “terrific” Taylor Swift upon hearing the popstar he once claimed to hate had gotten engaged.

“I wish ’em a lot of luck,” Trump said to a chorus of laughter after a reporter said she felt the need to tell the president that “the biggest pop culture news of the year broke while we were in...Read more

President Donald Trump said he wants “nothing less than $500 million” from Harvard University after months of attacking the oldest and richest U.S. college.

Trump underlined his financial goal in comments to Education Secretary Linda McMahon at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, days before classes start at Harvard and many other universities ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Behind a White House effort to saddle President Trump's political foes with accusations of mortgage fraud is a 37-year-old home construction executive with a deep partisan past.

Bill Pulte, a Florida native, rose in Trump's orbit toward the end of his first term. After courting Trump for years on social media and through generous...Read more

Republicans and Democrats have never been more divided when it comes to how they view the president, according to the latest Gallup poll.

The survey — which sampled 1,094 U.S. adults Aug. 1-20 — comes seven months into President Donald Trump’s second term, during which time he’s made a number of major policy changes.

He’s cracked ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — Declaring that longtime Democratic incumbents in Congress share some blame for the state of the country, state Rep. Jillian Gilchrest on Tuesday announced she’s challenging U.S. Rep. John Larson for the Democratic endorsement next year.

“Right now we need a different type of leadership in D.C.,” Gilchrest told about ...Read more

The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s decision to dismiss its unusual lawsuit against all of Maryland’s 15 federal judges and voice concern about the administration’s attempt to “smear and impugn individual judges who rule against it.”

U.S. District Judge Thomas Cullen wrote in a scathing, 39-page opinion that the suit did ...Read more

President Donald Trump’s unprecedented and escalating attack on the Federal Reserve runs the risk of backfiring by hitting financial markets and the economy with higher long-term borrowing costs.

For weeks, he has lambasted Chair Jerome Powell for not slashing interest rates deeply to stimulate the economy and — as Trump sees it — lower ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook intends to file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump to halt his attempt at removing her from the Federal Reserve Board, setting the stage for a legal battle over what could be one of the most potent challenges to the Fed’s independence in its 111-year history.

Cook’s lawyer, Abbe David ...Read more

A judge tossed out the Trump administration’s unusual lawsuit Tuesday against all of Maryland’s 15 federal judges and expressed concern about the administration’s effort to “smear and impugn individual judges who rule against it.”

U.S. District Judge Thomas Cullen wrote in a scathing, 39-page opinion that the suit did not respect “...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A prominent Pennsylvania election denier who led an unsuccessful effort to cancel the votes of hundreds of Pennsylvanians last year and has long been notorious for spreading inaccurate data in an effort to prove false claims of voter fraud is now a top staffer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Heather Honey, who co-...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A prominent Pennsylvania election denier who led an unsuccessful effort to cancel the votes of hundreds of Pennsylvanians last year and has long been notorious for spreading inaccurate data in an effort to prove false claims of voter fraud is now a top staffer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Heather Honey, who co-...Read more

President Donald Trump on Tuesday pushed Cracker Barrel to scrap its controversial new logo amid right-wing protests over the sleeker more modern design.

The president echoed complaints from some of his supporters that the casual restaurant chain is abandoning its conservative rural customer base by dumping the familiar old logo that appeared ...Read more

A judge tossed out the Trump administration’s unusual lawsuit Tuesday against all of Maryland’s 15 federal judges, saying it did not respect “the judiciary’s constitutional role.”

The Justice Department had sued the judges in June over a standing order designed to prevent migrants from being immediately deported without review.

The ...Read more

A majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump is outperforming his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, according to new polling.

In the latest Harvard CAPS/Harris survey, 54% of respondents said Trump is doing a better job than Biden, while 46% said he is doing worse.

The vast majority of Republicans, 90%, said Trump has ...Read more

ATLANTA — President Donald Trump has deployed the military and other federal agents on city streets and threatened to withhold funding if city governments do not work with immigration enforcement agents.

But Atlanta — so far — has stayed out of his firing line.

During an Aug. 11 news conference in which Trump announced a federal law ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Less than three hours after President Donald Trump’s social media missive against Gov. Wes Moore on Sunday, a campaign fundraising email was sent to the Maryland Democrat’s supporters.

The subject line: “President Bone Spurs.”

“We won’t let President Bone Spurs’ lies stop our progress in Maryland. If you’re with ...Read more

Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook is defying President Donald Trump’s threat to oust her as part of his effort to take control over the influential central bank.

Cook, the first Black woman to sit on the bank’s board, refused to step down and says the president doesn’t have the power to fire her.

“President Trump purported to fire...Read more