The episode raises questions about whether the president’s lawyer was trying to influence Mr. Trump’s former advisers and their cooperation with the special counsel.
Tensions over criminal justice policy have pitted the president’s son-in-law against his attorney general, and resulted in a seesawing approach to prisons.
The 2020 census will influence everything from the number of congressional seats to where businesses open to funding for local governments, which is why an accurate count matters.
The peculiar, painful limbo of David Shulkin shows how the president often handles personnel matters: publicly, hoping the employee will leave instead of forcing an ouster.
The Trump administration has been surprisingly frank in saying it wants to use the courts to curb the power of federal agencies, a longstanding goal of conservatives.
As gun control, immigration and taxes energize voters in both parties, allegations of an affair have intensified discomfort with the president’s behavior.