This year’s Republican primary candidates are using President Donald Trump as their yardstick, emulating or even surpassing his rhetoric, with varying degrees of success. But it’s not clear whether having a slate of mini-Trumps on ballots nationwide will help Republicans in November’s midterm elections.

President Barack Obama admitted that when he established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program he didn’t have the authority to do so. But this week, a federal judge stopped President Donald Trump from ending the program, ruling his reasoning unlawful. 

Their friendship remains as unlikely as it appears genuine. And while it continues to mystify the Washington press corps, it could have much more significant global implications.

President Donald Trump triumphantly tweeted “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED” after U.S. airstrikes in Syria last weekend, despite critics’ claims that the strikes against Syrian government targets didn’t have their intended effect.

Pundits and elected officials speculated about House Speaker Paul Ryan’s exit for months, and Wednesday he finally made it official. Ryan plans to serve out the remainder of his term as speaker and then retire from Congress to spend more time with his family.

Frustrated by congressional inaction on immigration initiatives, a cornerstone of his 2016 campaign, President Donald Trump decided this week to take executive action, sending the National Guard to the southern border and ordering immigration judges to clear more cases.

Has Hollywood ever given us an unsympathetic high-school English teacher? Viewers of the NBC drama Rise will find themselves wishing to root for the show’s central character, Lou Mazzuchelli, an English teacher taking charge of his small-town high school’s theater program. But sympathetic or not, Lou leads this drama in the wrong direction.