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An American soldier sits in an armored vehicle on a road leading to the tense front line with Turkish-backed fighters on one side and Kurds on the other, in Manbij, north Syria, on April 4, 2018.

President Trump plans to pull all U.S. troops out of Syria immediately, officials say

August 22, 2019 at 10:07 a.m.

The United States will move quickly to withdraw all forces from Syria, the White House abruptly announced Wednesday as President Donald Trump defied warnings from his top advisers and upended...

President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, pictured in June 2017. Despite facing a dozen ongoing probes into his spending and management decisions, Pruitt has continued to have the support of the president.

For Pruitt, gaining Trump’s favor — and keeping it — came through fierce allegiance

August 22, 2019 at 4:16 a.m.

In the run-up to the decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement last May, President Donald Trump wanted the opinion of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. But...

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, March 3, 2018, as they return from Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.

‘We haven’t bottomed out’: Growing anxiety in White House as Trump shocks and rages

August 22, 2019 at 3:00 a.m.

Inside the White House, aides over the past week have described an air of anxiety and volatility — with an uncontrollable commander in chief at its center. These are the...

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe listens during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in 2017.

Trump asked acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe whom he voted for during Oval Office meeting shortly after firing Comey

August 22, 2019 at 2:30 a.m.

Shortly after President Donald Trump fired his FBI director in May, he summoned to the Oval Office the bureau's acting director for a get-to-know-you meeting. The two men exchanged pleasantries,...

In this Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 file photo, the U.S. Capitol Building is illuminated during sunrise in Washington.

New alarm among Republicans that Democrats could win big in 2018 midterms

August 22, 2019 at 2:23 a.m.

A raft of retirements, difficulty recruiting candidates and President Donald Trump's continuing pattern of throwing his party off message have prompted new alarm among Republicans that they could be facing...

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