Kellyanne Conway Violated Law on Political Expression …

“While the Hatch Act allows federal employees to express their views about candidates and political issues as private citizens, it restricts employees from using their official government positions for partisan political purposes, including by trying to influence partisan elections,” the report said. It added that …

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President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with steel and aluminum executives in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, March 1, 2018, in Washington. Trump’s announcement that he will impose stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminum has upended political alliances on Capitol Hill.

WASHINGTON — Here’s how significant things don’t get done in Washington even in a moment of crisis and opportunity. The president throws out a hodgepodge of ideas, thoroughly confusing both sides about what he really supports. Senate Republicans, grappling for an answer that responds to public …

ROME—Italy entered a period of political instability on Monday after national elections boosted populists but failed to produce a winner with enough support to patch together a parliamentary majority. Sunday’s two big winners—the 5 Star Movement and a center-right coalition including former Premier …

As Chinese leaders gather for the government’s most significant meetings of the year, researchers are anticipating major policy announcements for science and innovation that could shape the country’s research agenda for years. The annual assembly of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative …

But the world of American politics and government embraced Graham on Wednesday, a week after he died at age 99. Those gathered, including Vice President Mike Pence, some members of Trump’s Cabinet and members of the House and Senate, stood around the casket. They were ringed by paintings …

Despite the political divide, Mr. Duffy said his mother kept his Duffy bumper sticker on her car. During the 2016 campaign, “she had a big Bernie sign on her yard. She also had a little ‘Duffy for Congress’ sign up too,” her son said. “People might expect a mom to vote for her own son, but Sean really had to …

When a corporate leader takes a political stand you happen to favor, it’s an act of bravery. When he or she takes a stand you abhor, it’s an act of cravenness. That’s how things play in the media, but it has little to do with the real world. A CEO who uses his corporate brand in a way that doesn’t serve the …

Instead, you get this cycle of ever more extreme behavior, as politicians compete to be the most radical outsider. The political center collapses, the normal left/right political categories cease to apply and you see the rise of strange new politicalgroups that are crazier than anything you could have imagined …