Executive Branch

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., flanked by Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., the ranking member, guides a confirmation vote on Capitol Hill, April 23, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Congress is letting the public down on holding the administration accountable on foreign policy

Daniel DePetris · September 15, 2018 4:00 am

White House economic adviser Gary Cohn said he felt "enormous pressure both to resign and to remain in" his current position. "As a patriotic American, I am reluctant to leave my post. But I also feel compelled to voice my distress over the events of the last two weeks" in Charlottesville, Va.

Gary Cohn: Woodward book ‘does not accurately portray my experience at the White House’

Robert Donachie · September 11, 2018 4:38 pm

President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, appears at a hearing on Capitol Hill.

Brett Kavanaugh is pro-Constitution, not pro- or anti-executive power

Washington Examiner · September 10, 2018 4:00 am

Journalist Carl Bernstein attends the 2018 PEN Literary Gala at the American Museum of Natural History on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in New York.

Carl Bernstein: It’s ‘craven’ that the anonymous NYT op-ed writer won’t come forward

Naomi Lim · September 9, 2018 4:58 pm

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway participated in a discussion with Family Research Council leader Tony Perkins at the Values Voter Summit following President Trump's address to the annual gathering. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Kellyanne Conway touts fewer leakers in White House despite rough week with Woodward book, mystery NYT op-ed

Naomi Lim · September 9, 2018 3:41 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., question Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz and FBI Director Christopher Wray on the internal report of the FBI's Clinton email probe and the role of former FBI Director James Comey's actions during the 2016 presidential campaign, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 18, 2018.

Lindsey Graham: NYT published anonymous op-ed because the Russia probe is falling apart

Daniel Chaitin · September 9, 2018 2:47 pm

Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

National Security

Top Intel Dem Mark Warner: New York Times anonymous op-ed writer not a national security risk

Naomi Lim · September 9, 2018 2:28 pm

The Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward arrives at Trump Tower.

Bob Woodward: Americans need to ‘wake up’ to what is going on inside the White House

Joe Williams · September 9, 2018 2:22 pm

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks at memorial service for former New Jersey Gov. Brendan Byrne in Millburn, N.J., Monday, Jan. 8, 2018. Byrne died last week at age 93. Several former governors and current members of the congressional delegation are attending the memorial service of the two-term Democrat. Byrne is remembered for being a bipartisan leader and for authorizing the law permitting gambling in Atlantic City.

Chris Christie: NYT op-ed author likely not a high-level staffer based on denials

Joe Williams · September 9, 2018 1:57 pm

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the Commerce Department in Washington, Monday, July 16, 2018.

Mike Pence would take a lie detector test ‘in a heartbeat’ to prove he isn’t the NYT op-ed author

Daniel Chaitin · September 9, 2018 1:46 pm

Trump hires, promotes 22 White House aides

Anna Giaritelli · September 6, 2018 11:58 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., spoke out against arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain, telling the Senate Thursday, "They don't like us."

Rand Paul: Trump would be ‘justified’ in using ‘lie-detector’ tests to find anonymous author

Robert Donachie · September 6, 2018 7:16 pm