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Shares of pharmaceutical giant Merck rose slightly Monday morning after President Trump slammed high drug prices in response to the company's CEO resigning from the White House's manufacturing council. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

The Trump bump: Merck shares rise after tweet

Kimberly Leonard · August 14, 2017 3:15 pm

Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer, right, said Monday that President Trump missed his chance to take a strong stand against white supremacism, by failing to identify it in a Saturday statement. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

National Security

Charlottesville mayor: Trump ‘whiffed’ by not mentioning white supremacists

Pete Kasperowicz · August 14, 2017 11:33 am

President Trump announced Monday he will return to Washington this morning to work on military and trade issues. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Trump returns to Washington Monday to work on trade, military issues

Anna Giaritelli · August 14, 2017 11:21 am

President Trump reiterated Monday his support for Luther Strange a day ahead of the Alabama Senate special election primary. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Trump: Luther Strange ‘has my endorsement’ in Alabama Senate primary

Anna Giaritelli · August 14, 2017 11:14 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Attorney General Jeff Sessions were spotted having dinner together Friday night after becoming recent targets of President Trump's Twitter wrath. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mitch McConnell, Jeff Sessions spotted having dinner after Trump tensions: Report

Caitlin Yilek · August 12, 2017 3:30 pm

Sen. Orrin Hatch said white nationalist rallies in Charlottesville, Va. are "fueled by hate" as protesters poured into the town Saturday morning.

National Security

Orrin Hatch: White nationalist ideas ‘have no place in civil society’

Caitlin Yilek · August 12, 2017 2:24 pm

Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned on Friday that the North Korean threat pales in comparison to the danger posed by artificial intelligence. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

National Security

Elon Musk: Artificial intelligence ‘vastly’ more of a threat than North Korea

Daniel Chaitin · August 12, 2017 12:50 am

President Trump tweeted on Thursday that Ivanka Trump would lead the U.S. delegation at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in India in November. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Indian diplomat says country will treat Ivanka Trump ‘the way we do half-wit Saudi princes’

Daniel Chaitin · August 11, 2017 9:01 pm

Chelsea Handler called for a coup d'etat against President Trump via Twitter on Friday. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Chelsea Handler asks top military officials to overthrow Trump

Caitlin Yilek · August 11, 2017 6:44 pm

Five transgender troops will soon ask a federal court for an injunction to temporarily halt President Trump from moving forward with any ban on their service, according to an attorney working on the case.

National Security

Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer: ‘Any patriot’ who wants to serve in the military should be able to

Travis J. Tritten, Melissa Quinn · August 11, 2017 6:19 pm

McConnell joins a growing list of Republicans who have earned the president's ire. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Republican senators rally around Mitch McConnell following Trump’s attacks

Melissa Quinn · August 11, 2017 4:18 pm

The ground-based THAAD [Terminal High Altitude Area Defense] system is 15 for 15 in tests against mock North Korean-style medium range missiles. (Photo Credit: Missile Defense Agency)

National Security

‘Locked and loaded’ could mean the first use of the US missile shield

Jamie McIntyre · August 11, 2017 1:24 pm