President Donald Trump named Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, to be acting White House chief of staff late Friday.
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Nevada Gov.-elect Steve Sisolak passed an on invitation from President Donald Trump to the White House for a Thursday event with governors-elect from across the country to discuss policy with senior administration officials.
The move to promote the specially designated areas designed to “incentivize” private sector investment in distressed communities is not expected to have much impact on the 61 zones in Nevada.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday that he expects the Senate to vote soon on the First Step Act, a prison and sentencing reform measure endorsed by President Donald Trump last month.
The rule change that would make it illegal to own the type of device used in the Oct. 1 shooting in Las Vegas continues to languish without any official explanation, leading some to wonder if it will be put in place.
Who will speak for President Donald Trump at his state funeral, far in the future though it should be?
Friends, family, dignitaries and world leaders gathered Wednesday at the National Cathedral to mourn and celebrate the life of the late President George H.W. Bush.
The former president was widely unpopular when he was defeated in his 1992 re-election bid, but in the intervening years the genteel war hero “moved on” to lead a full life far from the Beltway and grow into the role of elder statesman.
After frequently criticizing members of the “Bush dynasty” and being lambasted in return by various members of that august political clan, President Donald Trump responded to the death of former President George H.W. Bush with grace and good manners.
On his way to catch Air Force One on Thursday, President Donald Trump shared his thoughts about Michael Cohen, his one-time personal lawyer who pleaded guilty that morning to lying to Congress about negotiations for a possible Trump Tower in Moscow during the 2016 presidential campaign.
President Donald Trump engaged in some midair diplomacy on Thursday en route to Argentina for a two-day Group of 20 summit, canceling a planned one-on-one meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin via Twitter.
In the wake of GM’s announcement that it will lay off more than 14,000 workers, or 15 percent of its workforce, President Donald Trump lashed out Tuesday at the American automobile giant’s cars and threatened to pull its federal subsidies.
It’s not often that President Donald Trump appears more knowledgeable and honest about American jurisprudence than a Supreme Court Justice – any Supreme Court Justice – but on Thanksgiving week, Trump demonstrated a more realistic insight into how political the nation’s top court has become than Chief Justice John Roberts.
Voters again have reason to look at Broward County’s election system with contempt and suspicion.
President Donald Trump presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Las Vegas physician and philanthropist Miriam Adelson, retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and two NFL Hall of Famers, Roger Staubach and former Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Alan C. Page, on Friday.