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Ousted Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said Thursday that an inspector general report laying out his misuse of taxpayer dollars was “mischaracterized,” and that he was not given a chance to defend himself.“There was nothing improper about…

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner has reportedly been in regular contact with incoming national security adviser John Bolton over the past year to ask him for advice.The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that Kushner has called…

Some teachers who received a special grant from the Education Department to help pay for their own tuition are saying their grants were wrongly converted into loans, NPR reported.The department’s Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher…

A high-level civil rights lawyer at the Department of Justice is leaving the Trump administration to join a top legal group fighting for LGBT rights.Diana Flynn has served as head of the Civil Rights Division Appellate Section since President Reagan…

President Trump tweeted Wednesday touting what he characterized as “the start” of his long proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen shared Trump’s tweet, clarifying, “This is just one of the wall…

President Trump said Wednesday he is removing Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin and tapping White House physician Adm. Ronny Jackson as his replacement, ending weeks of uncertainty at the embattled agency.Trump announced…

The NAACP is suing President Trump and his administration for failing to take steps to fully count minorities during the upcoming 2020 census, saying that undercounting will cause minority communities to be underfunded.The lawsuit, filed…

President Trump is taking his infrastructure pitch to Ohio as the administration’s proposal for a sweeping overhaul of U.S. public works appears to be stalled in Congress.The president is traveling to Richfield, Ohio, on Thursday to promote his…

The Trump administration does not plan to call for a federal investigation into the recent deadly shooting of an unarmed black man in Sacramento, Calif., by a police officer. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters&…

The White House said Wednesday that President Trump has stayed “incredibly active,” even as he has remained mostly hidden from public view since last week.  “The president’s got a major speech tomorrow, he’s been incredibly…