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President Trump asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions if the government could close the criminal case against controversial former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio several months ago, the Washington Post reports. Trump was told that the action would be inappropriate, and to let the trial take its course, according to the report citing three people with knowledge […]

Democrats, immigrant rights activists and other members of the anti-Trump resistance were enraged by President Trump’s pardon late Friday of former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. And so was Sen. John McCain. While most Republicans remained silent on the pardon, Mr. McCain, an Arizona Republican who has frequently battled both Mr. Arpaio and Mr. Trump,

SAN FRANCISCO — Hundreds of protesters gathered at a San Francisco park Saturday, demanding to be allowed past police barricades to protest supporters of a far-right rally that was canceled. The group gathered before noon at Alamo Square Park, where the organizer of a “Freedom Rally” was scheduled to hold a news conference Saturday afternoon.

A group of students at a private high school in Atlanta have landed themselves in trouble over their involvement in an off-campus beer pong game with a highly questionable theme: “Jews vs. Nazis.” The Lovett School ultimately expelled one of the students, suspended five others and has barred two from “co-curricular activities,” The Atlanta Journal

Gary Cohn, the top White House economic official, told the Financial Times in an interview on Friday that he faced “enormous pressure” to resign after the uproar over President Donald Trump”s reaction to the recent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, that left one woman dead Cohn acknowledged the Trump administration “must do better” in condemning neo-Nazis

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to “return to the long-standing policy and practice” barring military service by transgender individuals, guidance that the Pentagon previously said was needed before it could act on the president’s Twitter messages on the issue. The two-page memorandum allows Defense Secretary James N. Mattis to determine whether

Neither of Arizona’s two U.S. senators – Republicans Jeff Flake and John McCain – endorsed President Trump’s pardon Friday evening of former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio. “Regarding the Arpaio pardon, I would have preferred that the President honor the judicial process and let it take its course,” Mr. Flake, Arizona’s junior senator, tweeted about

Sebastian Gorka resigned from his position as Deputy Assistant to President Trump late Friday night, according to reports. “[G]iven recent events, it is clear to me that forces that do not support the MAGA promise are – for now – ascendant within the White House,” he wrote in a resignation letter obtained by the Federalist.

President Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio Friday, sparing the controversial former Arizona sheriff a spell in jail. The move has drawn an outcry from civil rights groups, given that Arpaio’s conviction was for defying a court order to stop traffic patrols targeting suspected immigrants. But others, including the president, have praised Arpaio’s stance on law enforcement

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday granted a pardon to controversial former Arizona lawman and political ally Joe Arpaio less than a month after he was convicted of criminal contempt in a case involving racial profiling. “Throughout his time as sheriff, Arpaio continued his life’s work of protecting the public from the scourges of crime