Charlottesville

It's the latest example of Kushner and Ivanka Trump, who are socially liberal former Democratic donors and practicing Orthodox Jews, proving to have little influence on the president's approach to major issues.

Vacationing Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump fail to moderate Trump’s Charlottesville reaction: Report

Josh Siegel · August 16, 2017 3:41 am

President Trump flew to West Virginia to hold a rally in front of a friendly crowd on the same day it was reported that special counsel Robert Mueller had impaneled a grand jury in his Russia probe.

White House tells GOP lawmakers to say ‘the president was entirely correct’ about Charlottesville

Ariella Phillips · August 16, 2017 1:03 am

"No, not the same. One side is racist, bigoted, Nazi. The other opposes racism and bigotry. Morally different universes." (AP Photo/Justin Hayworth, File)

Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush jump into the fray criticizing Trump’s Charlottesville comments

Josh Siegel · August 16, 2017 1:01 am

"Some people cling to the belief that the Civil War was fought over states' rights. But history is not on their side," Cooper wrote.

North Carolina governor Roy Cooper: Confederate monuments ‘should come down’

Naomi Lim · August 16, 2017 12:37 am

Read the White House’s Talking Points After Trump’s Press Conference

Michael Warren · August 16, 2017 12:14 am

"There needs to be outspoken rejection of neo-Nazis, of white supremacists, and KKK, and there should be absolutely no equivocation," said Eric Cantor, who served in the Virginia House of Delegates before being elected to Congress. He rose to House majority leader, making him the highest ranking elected Jewish politician in America until he was defeated in his Republican primary in 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Eric Cantor lashes Donald Trump for ‘assigning equal blame’ in Charlottesville

David M. Drucker · August 16, 2017 12:01 am

Moran's comment contrasts with other Republicans, including members of House leadership, who did not call out Trump by name. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

GOP Sen. Jerry Moran: Trump should ‘especially’ not tolerate white supremacy

Josh Siegel · August 16, 2017 12:00 am

"President Trump is a racist. Period. He's gone out of his way to make that clear, so let's not tip-toe around it. He's a racist." (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)

Democrat Kathleen Rice: ‘Trump is a racist’

Josh Siegel · August 15, 2017 11:40 pm

Kasich has long been critical of Trump and there is speculation he may run for president again in 2020. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane)

John Kasich: No room in the Republican Party for white nationalism

Ariella Phillips · August 15, 2017 11:21 pm

Rep. Steve Stivers of Ohio on Tuesday reprimanded President Trump for equating the white supremacists who marched in Charlottesville and the protesters who took to the streets of the Virginia college town for a counter demonstration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

House GOP congressional campaign arm chair Steve Stivers denounces Trump

David M. Drucker · August 15, 2017 11:08 pm

Conservative author Ann Coulter praised Trump on Tuesday after he publicly denounced the "alt-left" for contributing to violence during a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va. this weekend. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)

Ann Coulter praises Trump for condemning ‘alt-left’: ‘Today, we got our leader back!’

Mandy Mayfield · August 15, 2017 10:51 pm

President Trump was wrong not to condemn neo-Nazis on Saturday. But he is right to condemn the statue fanatics. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Trump is right to warn about George Washington and the statue fanatics

Tom Rogan · August 15, 2017 10:42 pm