Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., says he is stepping back from his leadership rolls in Congress and will not run for re-election after announcing that his cancer has returned on Monday. Connolly will step down from his role as ranking member on the House Oversight Committee in the coming days, he says. The lawmaker announced his initial diagnosis with esophageal cancer roughly six months ago. “After grueling treatments, we’ve...

President Donald Trump is giving himself a big thumbs-up when it comes to his job performance during his second tour of duty in the White House. “I think we’re doing really well,” Trump told reporters last week.  The president, as he neared the 100-day mark into his second administration, predicted that “we’re going to be the strongest that we’ve ever been as a nation.” Trump has aggressively asserted...