Laurie Kellman, The Associated Press


  • Duckworth using pregnancy to educate male-dominated Senate
    Duckworth using pregnancy to educate male-dominated Senate

    Breaking down barriers is nothing new for Sen. Tammy Duckworth, and that’s the way she likes it.

  • Trump gets blowback for his ‘Pocahontas’ jab at Navajo Code Talkers event
    Trump gets blowback for his ‘Pocahontas’ jab at Navajo Code Talkers event

    Families of Native American war veterans and politicians of both major parties are criticizing President Donald Trump for using a White House event honoring Navajo Code Talkers to take a political jab at a Democratic senator he has nicknamed “Pocahontas.”

  • Tributes pour in for ex-national security adviser Brzezinski
    Tributes pour in for ex-national security adviser Brzezinski

    Well before he went to the White House in 1977, Jimmy Carter was impressed by the views of foreign policy expert Zbigniew Brzezinski. That Carter immediately liked the Polish-born academic advising his campaign was a plus.

  • Outgoing CIA chief rips into Trump over tweets, Russia
    Outgoing CIA chief rips into Trump over tweets, Russia

    Outgoing CIA Director John Brennan ripped into Donald Trump on Sunday for “talking and tweeting” about possibly easing sanctions against Russia, saying the president-elect lacks a full understanding of the threat Moscow poses to the United States.

  • Aide says Trump ‘accepts’ U.S. intel blaming Russia for hack
    Aide says Trump ‘accepts’ U.S. intel blaming Russia for hack

    President-elect Donald Trump accepts the conclusion by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia tried to interfere in the election that will soon put him in the White House, a top aide said Sunday.

  • Trump team: He gets formal intel briefings 3 times a week
    Trump team: He gets formal intel briefings 3 times a week

    Donald Trump’s transition team said Wednesday that he is getting formal intelligence briefings at least three times a week, despite his assertion that he doesn’t need frequent briefings.

  • Obama: President without briefings would be ‘flying blind’
    Obama: President without briefings would be ‘flying blind’

    President Barack Obama says any president who shuns daily intelligence briefings would be “flying blind” on national security matters, a stiff push-back against Donald Trump’s suggestion that that he doesn’t need daily read-ins to fulfill his campaign pledge to “make America safe again.”

  • Trump rejects intel, lawmakers vow probe of Russia hacking
    Trump rejects intel, lawmakers vow probe of Russia hacking

    President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday called a recent CIA assessment of Russian hacking “ridiculous” and says he’s not interested in getting daily intelligence briefings — an unprecedented rejection of the nation’s massive and sophisticated intelligence apparatus.

  • Conway: Trump not interested in further Clinton probe
    Conway: Trump not interested in further Clinton probe

    President-elect Donald Trump “doesn’t wish to pursue” more investigations into Hillary Clinton’s email practices, a top adviser said Tuesday, strongly signaling to fellow Republicans they should abandon years of probes into the Clintons after a bitter campaign in which he repeatedly branded his Democratic rival as crooked.

  • Trump, Pence address potential of Romney, Mattis in Cabinet
    Trump, Pence address potential of Romney, Mattis in Cabinet

    Mitt Romney is a key contender to become the nation’s next secretary of state and Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis was an “impressive” prospect for defense secretary, President-elect Donald Trump and his No. 2 Mike Pence said Sunday.