The Kentucky senator wished his 1.86 million Twitter followers a "Happy Festivus" — a made-up holiday meant to poke fun at the commercialization of Christmas.
Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe made separate visits to Capitol Hill for 14 hours' worth of closed sessions with three House committees — Intelligence, Judiciary and Oversight — this week.
Trump once told a journalist about the Maryland retreat: "It's nice. You'd like it. For about 30 minutes." The recent lack of interest has prompted speculation about the future of Camp David.
NPR'S Scott Simon talks with Republican strategist Karl Rove about the effect Donald Trump might have on the 2018 midterm elections. Rove wrote about that this week in The Wall Street Journal.
President Trump signed into law a massive tax cut bill, a major goal for him and Republican leaders in Congress. But Congress left Washington for the year with many issues still unresolved.
As Robert Mueller's Russia investigation proceeds, NPR's Scott Simon asks veteran Moscow correspondent Luke Harding how Vladimir Putin manages his relationship with President Trump.
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Norman Ornstein, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, who says earmarks and pork-belly spending are alive and well in the newly passed tax bill.
Graduate students can breathe easier, a potential mixing of church and state in Louisiana, and for-profit students will get less money back than anticipated. It's the last weekly roundup of the year!
Presidents from Lincoln to Nixon appear to have suffered from a range of psychiatric disorders. But mental health professionals say that doesn't mean they were unfit for the office.