Tamara Keith

In defending his executive order restricting travel, President Trump accused the courts of being political. It's not the first time he's criticized the judicial system or individual judges.

President Trump enters the third week of his presidency with only a handful of his cabinet secretaries in place. NPR takes a look at what's behind the delay.

A federal judge in Washington State has temporarily blocked President Trump's travel ban affecting refugees, and citizens of seven Muslim majority countries. The administration is appealing.

There's a well-worn tradition of new administrations blaming past presidents for their problems, but the Trump administration appears to be taking it to an extreme.

President Trump has called the financial regulations passed during the Obama administration a "disaster." Executive actions signed on Friday order a review of the law.

Nearly word for word, President Trump's order banning lobbying from administration officials for five years is a mashup of provisions signed by the two Democratic predecessors.

President Trump has signed a record number of executive orders and presidential memoranda his first week in office. But noticeably absent from those directives are ethics for the executive branch.

President Trump has signed more executive orders and presidential memoranda in his first week in office than any of his recent predecessors. But he hasn't taken executive action on his administration's commitment to ethics.

President Trump is expected to unveil more executive actions that will stir up controversy. We look at Trump's executive actions and interactions with foreign leaders in his first week.

A campaign promise gets closer to reality with a new executive order Wednesday, one of several changes the president announced in a visit to Homeland Security.

President Trump on Wednesday is reportedly expected to order the building of a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico. We discuss Trump's national security directives.

It's early in the Trump presidency. He has mostly stayed on message, and stuck to his agenda, as he began his first full week at the White House.

There may be movement on agenda items like repealing Obamacare, but also the risk of distraction over media coverage and inaugural crowd size.

President Trump has praised the preaching of Norman Vincent Peale, who wrote that "a confident and optimistic thought pattern can modify or overcome the fact altogether."

Unlike the president-elect, his No. 2 Mike Pence, is a known quantity in Washington, D.C. So he could be a crucial bridge between Donald Trump and Capitol Hill. But how much influence will he have?

The vice president-elect has often come in behind to calm, clarify or clean up. What will his role be in the Trump administration?

A book, The Power of Positive Thinking, and the pastor who wrote it had a tremendous influence on Donald Trump growing up. NPR takes a look at how the philosophy will influence him as president.

In the days leading up to the inauguration, President-elect Trump has caused a stir after speaking out about NATO, and engaging in a feud with civil rights leader, Democratic Congressman John Lewis.

A recap of busy political news week, from contentious Senate confirmation hearings, to initial steps towards repealing the Affordable Care Act, to more questions about Trump's ties to Russia.

President-elect Trump's pick for national security adviser, Gen. Michael Flynn, spoke with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. on the same day President Obama retaliated for alleged Russian hacking.