The Senate majority leader, a tactician with few social graces, is learning to manage President Trump, even if he lacks the bonhomie that the president so craves.
The tone of a lawmaker’s letter suggested Democrats are prepared to take their request to court, initiating what could be a protracted legal fight over Congress’s oversight powers.
There are book deals and TV contracts and maybe a cabinet position if your side wins. Recent history suggests there is almost no downside to giving it a shot.
The conversation with Kevin McAleenan was another instance of the president trying to undo a decision and to stretch the boundaries of his power, even when told there were legal issues at stake.
Doctors and patients are pushing the Trump administration to pay for a powerful but costly cancer treatment known as CAR-T, one of many new “personalized medicines.”
President Trump used Twitter on Friday to target Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, for remarks she made during a speech last month on civil rights and Muslims in America.
The conversation with Kevin McAleenan took place after Kirstjen Nielsen, then the homeland security secretary, refused to close the border, saying it would be illegal.
One high-profile “sanctuary city,” which limits how local law enforcement agencies cooperate with federal immigration officers, is San Francisco. It happens to be the home of Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The idea was suggested as the president condemned migrant caravans from Central America headed toward the southwestern border, people familiar with the plan said.