The framers of the Constitution imagined Congress as the preeminent branch of government. But many Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill seem content to play second fiddle.

Week 2 of Trump’s tenure showed the president Americans grew to distrust in his first term — erratic, conspiratorial, and ...

Many in the White House were “rattled” by her refusal to directly answer a question about Edward Snowden, according to a person familiar with the White House’s thinking.