A Maryland man who set himself on fire at a national park near the White House has died.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A career official in the White House security office says dozens of people in President Donald Trump’s administration were granted security clearances despite “disqualifying issues” in their backgrounds, such as concerns about foreign influence, drug use and ...

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President Donald Trump is tweeting that his White House counsel, Don McGahn, will be departing in the fall after the Senate confirmation vote for Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the Supreme Court.

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President Donald Trump will seek a court order permitting him to appeal a federal judge’s decision allowing Maryland and the District of Columbia to pursue their lawsuit alleging corruption by him in the handling of his hotel property in Washington.

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Whoever drafted this summons did not have to look up the address.

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WASHINGTON — The White House is staffing up its team of lawyers as it prepares for a complicated mix of ethics issues and policy fights ahead. The Office of the White House Counsel has hired 26 attorneys, according to a ...

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For more than three decades, Stewart Calvin Stevens Sr. cleaned the windows, the doors and the chandeliers at the White House – and often a lot more. “I cleaned everything . . . except the dishes,” said Stevens. “I cleaned ...

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A group of White House officials is helping Baltimore identify federal funding and programs that benefit the city. The Baltimore Sun reports that the White House Task Force on Baltimore has been working behind the scenes for more than a ...

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WASHINGTON — Here’s a surefire way to get busted for robbery: leave the scene of the crime and hop over the White House fence. The White House was locked down briefly Tuesday after a man jumped the fence alongside the ...

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WASHINGTON — A college student who jumped over the White House fence while draped in an American flag was committing civil disobedience and had no plans to harm himself or others, his attorney said Sunday. Joseph Caputo, 22, of Stamford, ...

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