President Trump and Sanae Takaichi, the Japanese prime minister, traded compliments during a stop in Tokyo, but signaled no major breakthrough in ongoing trade negotiations. [...]
Within days, tens of millions of low-income Americans may lose assistance for food, child care and utilities if the federal government remains shut down. [...]
Joel Rayburn had been questioned over ties to a former Trump administration official who admitted to defying the president’s push to withdraw troops from Syria during his first term. [...]
Republicans have accused some people who worked for Mr. Smith, the former special counsel who investigated President Trump, of hiding behind grand jury secrecy rules. [...]
The American Federation of Government Employees, in a shift, called on Congress to immediately reopen the government without the health care measures sought by Democratic lawmakers. [...]
A president who has chafed at the limits on his power sees political benefit in talking about remaining in office. [...]
