Latest "trump administration" stories

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Washington.

Postmaster General says he’s been cleared in federal probe

The Justice Department declined to comment. But it is standard practice for department officials to reveal to defense lawyers that their investigations have concluded without charges rather than make that announcement themselves.

10 months ago

Trump panel urges support of uranium mines as strategic interest

The Trump administration has urged government intervention to rescue U.S. uranium mining and nuclear fuel industries in a tough global marketplace.

3 years ago

Trump picks former CENTCOM commander for ambassador to Saudi Arabia

A retired four-star general is President Donald Trump’s pick to be U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, filling a key diplomatic vacancy at a time when U.S.-Saudi relations are being tested by the slaying of a journalist critical of the Saudi royal family.

4 years ago

A stronger defense-industrial base starts with Congress

In an era of great power competition, America cannot afford to depend solely on one of our competitors; it leaves the country unacceptably vulnerable.

By Gen. Hawk Carlisle (ret.)

4 years ago

New Space Force price tag fuels Capitol Hill skeptics

Space Force's estimated $13 billion price tag is not winning it any new friends.

By Joe Gould and Aaron Mehta

4 years ago

Trump rips searing Times op-ed from unnamed senior official

In a striking anonymous broadside, a senior Trump administration official wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times on Wednesday claiming to be part of a group of people “working diligently from within” to impede President Donald Trump’s “worst inclinations” and ill-conceived parts of his agenda.

By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press

4 years ago