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President Bill Clinton, with Vice President Al Gore, signs his 1996 order designating the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. Opponents continue to note that Clinton made this move while sitting at the Grand Canyon — in Arizona.

What Utah's Canyon Country Can Tell Us About Trump's Monuments Review

5:02pm June 10, 2017

For over two decades, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument has been a lightning rod. Now, it's under review along with 26 other monuments and serves as example of what has people worked up.

Trump Administration Calls For Lawsuit About His Businesses To Be Dismissed

8:16pm June 09, 2017

by Marilyn Geewax

The president filed a motion maintaining the court doesn't have jurisdiction over the subject matter. A nonprofit group says that Trump is violating the Constitution's Emolument Clause.

President Trump's personal attorney Marc Kasowitz speaks to members of the media at the National Press Club in Washington on Thursday about the testimony of former FBI Director James Comey.

Trump's Lawyer Fires Back After Comey Testimony

4:31pm June 08, 2017

by Scott Horsley

President Trump maintained Twitter silence during the Comey hearing and he didn't mention Comey during a speech before a religious group. But his attorney and his eldest son teamed up to defend him.

Politics & Government

WATCH LIVE: Former FBI Director Comey Testifies About The Russia Investigation

9:35am June 08, 2017

by NPR Staff

Former FBI Director James Comey is testifying before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Thursday, speaking publicly for the first time since he was fired by President Trump nearly a month

The Office of Government Ethics posted a list of federal agency officials who have been granted ethics waivers on Wednesday.

Trump Administration Names More Former Lobbyists With Ethics Waivers

6:29pm June 07, 2017

by Marilyn Geewax

The White House has put out the names of federal agency officials who sought dispensation from ethics rules. But critics question whether the list reflects the full scope of conflicts of interest.

Statehouse Republicans File Bill Expanding Renewable Energy

3:39pm June 06, 2017

by Emery P. Dalesio, Associated Press

Conservative lawmakers on Tuesday moved to extend the growth of renewable energy in North Carolina, just days after President Donald Trump said the U.S.

Israeli soldiers search Arab prisoners as Israeli forces take over the Old City in East Jerusalem on June 8, 1967, during the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War. Just 11 days after the war ended, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson offered the first of many peace proposa

50 Years On, U.S. Presidents Still Seek Elusive Peace To A 6-Day War

12:47pm June 06, 2017

by Greg Myre

With Arab armies massed on its frontiers, Israel unleashed a lightning strike on June 5, 1967. Donald Trump is now the 10th president seeking a lasting solution to that brief war.

President Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on May 31.

Politics & Government

Trump's Latest Tweets On Travel Ban Could Raise New Legal Hurdles

3:36pm June 05, 2017

by Scott Horsley

The president tweeted in defense of his travel ban, using language that could hamper his administration's legal argument. The tweets also threaten to overshadow the rollout of infrastructure policy.

Londoners stand behind a cordon in the East Ham district on Sunday, following a police raid investigating Saturday's terror attacks in Central London.

ISIS Claims Responsibility For London Attack That Killed 7, Injured 48

6:18pm June 04, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

The attack began when a van crossing London Bridge veered into pedestrians. Three men exited the vehicle and began a stabbing rampage in which hundreds fled for their lives.

Donald Trump, at a Florida campaign rally in October, hasn't gotten a thumbs-up from the vast majority of Democrats, a reflection of the partisan divide in modern politics.

Trump's Approval Rating Decline Isn't That Big Compared With Predecessors' Drops

11:07am June 03, 2017

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Yes, the president has grown more unpopular, but Bill Clinton's and Gerald Ford's spectacular early term plunges dwarf Trump's dip.