S.A. Miller

Trump’s first month features victories from campaign promises, setbacks from court order

President Trump beat the news media on the campaign trail, and he's wagering he can do it again in the White House with bare-knuckle press conferences and raucous rallies that fuel his anti-establishment base — but the act will last only as long as the administration delivers results.

February 19, 2017

Reince Priebus, White House chief: Intel cleared Trump campaign of contact with Russian spies

White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus said Sunday that high-ranking U.S. intelligence officials assured the administration that no Trump campaign officials had contact with Russian spies.

February 19, 2017

John Kasich: Trump’s NATO role worries Europe

From an international security conference in Munich, Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Sunday that world leaders remain uncertain about President Trump's commitment to Europe and NATO.

February 19, 2017

Devin Nunes accuses Obama holdovers of intel leaks targeting Trump

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said Sunday that Obama administration holdovers are illegally leaking information to the news media in an effort to damage President Trump.

February 19, 2017

John Kasich, Ohio governor: Europe still unsure of Trump’s leadership in world

At an international security conference in Munich, John Kasich said Sunday that world leaders remain uncertain about President Trump's commitment to Europe and NATO.

February 19, 2017

John McCain warns that attacks on news media smack of dictatorship

John McCain cautioned the White House on Sunday against bashing the press, saying that is "how dictators get started."

February 19, 2017

Rand Paul, Kentucky senator, warns Trump against John Bolton for national security adviser

Sen. Rand Paul on Sunday urged President Trump against choosing former U.N. ambassador John R. Bolton as his national security adviser.

February 19, 2017

Trump hammers news media, revs up base at Florida rally

At a campaign rally Saturday, Donald Trump excoriated the news media for being part of the problem in Washington and received responding applause of agreement from the thousands of supporters in the crowd.

February 18, 2017

Mike Pence reassures world leaders that U.S. will hold Russia accountable

Vice President Mike Pence told a gathering of world leaders Saturday that the U.S. would "hold Russia accountable" for aggression in Ukraine, seeking to reassure European allies that President Trump wasn't soft on Russia.

February 18, 2017

Donald Trump blasts media for ignoring early successes, undermining with ‘fake news’

President Trump struck back at the news media and mounted a defense of his still-young administration Thursday, saying the press was "out of control" with attacks on him, and that the White House was running like a "fine-tuned machine."

February 16, 2017

Elijah Cummings says Donald Trump made up story about him

Rep. Elijah E. Cummings on Thursday accused President Trump of fabricating a story about his ducking a White House meeting, saying he still looked forward to meeting with the president.

February 16, 2017

Donald Trump slams ‘dishonest,’ ‘out of control’ news media

President Trump rebuked the news media Thursday at a hastily-arranged press conference, saying the "level of dishonest is out of control."

February 16, 2017

Alexander Acosta picked as Donald Trump’s nominee for labor secretary

President Trump on Thursday named former National Labor Relations Board member R. Alexander Acosta as his new nominee for labor secretary, moving quickly to replace the administration's first casualty of the Senate confirmation process.

February 16, 2017

Donald Trump plans to name new nominee for labor secretary

President Trump hastily added a press conference to his schedule for noon Thursday to announce a new nominee for secretary of labor, he told reporters at the White House.

February 16, 2017

Donald Trump brings ‘art of the deal’ to Middle East peace negotiations

At his first White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump shook up Middle East peace negotiations Tuesday, forging a stronger alliance with the Jewish state and threatening to walk away from a two-state solution for the Palestinians.

February 15, 2017

Netanyahu praises Donald Trump as leader to defeat radical Islamic terrorism

At a joint press conference Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said President Trump was the right leader to defeat radical Islamic terrorism.

February 15, 2017

Trump nixes rule on oil, gas industry: ‘Energy jobs are coming back’

President Trump advanced his deregulation agenda Tuesday by signing legislation that canceled a rule from the Wall Street reform law that required oil and natural gas companies to disclose taxes and other payments to foreign governments.

February 14, 2017

Donald Trump asked for Michael Flynn resignation over lack of trust: White House

President Trump forced Michael Flynn to resign as national security adviser because of broken trust, not broken laws, the White House said Tuesday, trying to clean up the mess after the first major shake-up of the administration.

February 14, 2017

Top GOP senators back probe of Michael Flynn’s Russian connection

Top Senate Republicans backed plans Tuesday to expand the committee investigation of Russian email hacking during the 2016 presidential campaign to include the conduct of Michael Flynn, who resigned as President Trump's national security adviser Monday night over misrepresenting his communications with Russian officials.

February 14, 2017

Steven Mnuchin sworn in as Donald Trump’s treasury secretary

Banking mogul Steven Mnuchin was sworn in Monday as Treasury secretary, with President Trump saying the nation's financial system is "truly in great hands."

February 13, 2017