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Articles by S.A. Miller

Sen. Bob Corker (left) of Tennessee and Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona have announced they will leave Capitol Hill after next year. President Trump is lashing out at the two Republican senators, who have seared him with criticism, commenting on his Twitter account Wednesday that neither is running for re-election because "they had zero chance of being elected." (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump, Jeff Flake rift raise Republican Party questions

President Trump touted "great unity" in the Republican Party on Wednesday and dismissed flashes of insurgency, but the political self-immolation this week of Sen. Jeff Flake highlighted the struggle for the soul of the GOP, which has been raging for years between tea party and chamber of commerce types.

October 25, 2017
In this Aug. 15, 2015, file photo, North Korean soldiers stand guard at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in North Korea, on Liberation Day, the anniversary of the end of World War II in 1945 and the Korean Peninsula's liberation from Japanese colonial rule. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

Donald Trump’s Asia trip to skip Korean Demilitarized Zone

President Trump embarks next week on a trip to Asia to boost U.S. economic and security alliance and confront first-hand the looming nuclear threat from North Korea -- but as of now he doesn't plan to step foot in the Korean Demilitarized Zone, a senior White House official said Monday.

October 23, 2017
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Gov. Ricardo Rossello of Puerto Rico in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump boasts Puerto Rico recovery effort a ‘10’

President Trump said Thursday that his administration deserves a "10" for its response to the devastation wrought in Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria, rejecting criticism over millions on the island still lacking electricity and clean water a month after the storm hit.

October 19, 2017
In this Oct. 16, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump listens to a questions prior to speaking to members of the media in the Rose Garden of the White House. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump demands answers about discredited dossier

President Trump on Thursday fumed about the discredited opposition-research dossier that first linked his campaign to Russia, after executives from the firm that created it invoked the Fifth Amendment right not to testify in Congress' Russia probe.

October 19, 2017
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden (left) and Ohio Gov. John Kasich participated in a discussion on bridging political and partisan divides at the University of Delaware in Newark on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

Joe Biden marshals political center against Donald Trump

It looked to some like a bipartisan dream ticket, bringing together Democrats and establishment Republicans. But the centrist politics extolled in a joint appearance by former Vice President Joseph R. Biden and Ohio Gov. John Kasich amounted to little more than a shared distaste for President Trump.

October 17, 2017
President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke to members of the media in the Rose Garden of the White House on Monday. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump backs Mitch McConnell in abrupt reversal

President Trump endorsed an intraparty revolt Monday aimed at ousting Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, but hours later stood beside the Kentucky Republican in the Rose Garden and said their relationship was "outstanding."

October 16, 2017