Senate Republicans join Democrats in rejecting Trump’s border emergency declaration
In a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump, 12 Republicans joined Democrats as the Senate voted to reject his decision…
In reversal, US withdrawing all embassy personnel from Venezuela amid days of blackouts, protests
The U.S. is withdrawing its remaining diplomatic personnel from the embassy in Venezuela, citing the “deteriorating situation” given days of…
California police report almost no racial profiling
California’s first-in-the-nation attempt to track racial profiling complaints against police produced numbers so unrealistically small that the board overseeing the…
Fact Check Friday: Trump opts for shock-jock politics
In a normal news cycle it would be a huge headline for the president to claim that his former personal…
Paul Manafort, onetime campaign chairman to President Donald Trump, sentenced to nearly 4 years in prison
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Paul Manafort to nearly four years in federal prison for crimes related to tax…
Michael Bloomberg will not be running for president in 2020
Acknowledging the difficulty of competing in an increasingly crowded and competitive Democratic primary, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg…
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross seeks to delay high-profile congressional hearing
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is seeking to postpone his March 14 appearance before the House Oversight Committee, citing Democrats’ demands…
Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring acknowledges wearing ‘brown makeup’ at a 1980 party
The top three elected officials in the state of Virginia, all Democrats, are mired in controversy Wednesday, as a chaotic…
Trump not expected to make ‘national emergency’ declaration in 2nd State of the Union
President Donald Trump on Tuesday night will give his second State of the Union address, one week after he originally…
Ocasio-Cortez to bring Kavanaugh critic to Trump’s SOTU
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VA Gov. Ralph Northam refuses to resign, denies he was in ‘offensive, racist and despicable’ photo
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam defiantly refused to resign Saturday and denied that he was in the racist yearbook photo that…
Blocked calls, long a mystery, went to longtime Trump family friends: Sources
Investigators on the Senate Intelligence Committee have learned the identities of three blocked phone calls with Donald Trump Jr just…
Trump says intel chiefs claim they were ‘totally misquoted’ in reports saying they contradicted him
President Donald Trump on Thursday, after attacking his top intelligence officials the day before for contradicting his claims of foreign…
Fact Check: Trump’s tales of duct-taped women and prayer rugs at US-Mexico border
In his battle for a border wall, President Donald Trump has repeatedly told colorful and at times disturbing stories to…
Border security talks begin with no sign of compromise to avert another government shutdown
With just 16 days before temporary government funding runs out once again for a quarter of the U.S. government, talks…
NOAA appears to dispute Trump tweet casting doubt on global warming
A tweet from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate account on Tuesday has raised questions about whether the government…
Shutdown blame stays on Trump, with his approval at a historic low
Blame for the partial government shutdown continues to focus on President Donald Trump and his party in Congress, with the…
President Trump says there is a ‘deal’ to reopen government for 3 weeks
President Donald Trump announced Friday that there is a potential deal to reopen the government for three weeks – a…
Trump and Venezuela’s Maduro set for showdown
President Donald Trump and Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro have set themselves up for a showdown. Interested in Donald Trump? Add…
House Democrats launch investigation into White House security clearances
Rep. Elijah Cummings, the new Democratic chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, announced Wednesday that he’s…
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s attorneys say his alleged lies merely show a ‘lack of consistency’
Attorneys for President Donald Trump’s one-time campaign chairman Paul Manafort sought Wednesday to downplay allegations lodged by special counsel Robert…
In escalation of tensions, Trump to recognize Venezuela’s opposition leader as head of government
As Venezuelans commemorated the 61st anniversary of an uprising that saw one of the country’s worst dictators dethroned, U.S. President…
Trump would extend ‘Dreamers,’ TPS protection in exchange for full border wall funding; Democratic leaders immediately reject plan
President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that in exchange for border wall funding and ending the partial government shutdown, he…
Leaked memo shows Trump administration weighed separating families at border, Sen. Merkley wants Nielsen investigated for perjury
Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley on Friday asked the FBI to open a perjury investigation into Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen following…
Acting attorney general faces questions over speech to conservative group during shutdown
Some Justice Department officials are concerned that acting attorney general Matt Whitaker may have violated federal guidelines and his department’s…
Trump meets with coalition of Democrats and Republicans as shutdown drags on
A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers from the House Problem Solvers Caucus sat down with President Trump at the White House…
House votes to reject white supremacy after outrage over Rep. Steve King comments
The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 424-1 on Tuesday to reject white supremacy after outrage over Iowa Republican Rep.…
Mueller files court documents describing evidence of Manafort’s alleged lies
Special counsel Robert Mueller has filed a heavily-redacted court document Tuesday afternoon outlining the underlying evidence to support its claims…
AG nominee William Barr insists ‘I will not be bullied’ at confirmation hearing
As the Senate confirmation hearing got underway Tuesday for William Barr, President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Democratic Sen.…
Dem pushes censure for Rep. King over white supremacy remark
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Immigration court backlogs compound as shutdown enters fourth week
Dozens of immigration courts remain shuttered across the county this week and tens of thousands of hearings were canceled because…
Fact Check Friday: Trump’s factual emergency
As of Saturday, at 22 days in, the government shutdown over a border wall becomes the longest in U.S. history.…
Rookie Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez targeted with fake news – ABC News
As freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez adjusts to the limelight of Capitol Hill, the New York Democrat’s affinity for sharing the…
House Democrats ready subpoena for testimony from Acting Attorney General Whitaker
The new Democratic chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jerry Nadler of New York, is readying a subpoena to…
Shutdown fight is not about the wall. It’s about Donald Trump: ANALYSIS
It’s not about the wall. It’s not about a crisis at the border. It’s not even about border security. And,…
In prime-time address, Trump argues national security ‘crisis’ at southern border
President Donald Trump used his first Oval Office address to the nation to urge Congress to address what he called…
Turkey slams US request for assurances on Syrian Kurds
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to unveil health care program for city residents, including undocumented immigrants
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday will unveil a plan that provides health care to all city…
Pence calls border ‘bona fide emergency,’ dodges questions about Trump falsehoods
Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday said that President Trump will use his first prime-time Oval Office address to detail…
Trump to visit border, make prime-time speech in PR blitz for border wall – ABC News
President Donald Trump will travel to the southern border on Thursday amid stalled negotiations between the White House and Democrats…
White House orders IRS to pay income tax refunds despite government shutdown
The IRS announced Monday evening that despite the government shutdown, it will process tax returns starting Jan. 28 and issue…
House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney: Would be ‘devastating’ for US to pull troops from Syria ‘precipitously’
The new chair of the House Republican Conference said Sunday that reports the administration is slowing down its withdrawal of…
Negotiations continue as government shutdown enters 3rd week
With the government shutdown entering its third week, negotiations between Republicans and Democrats continue as President Donald Trump demands funding…
North Carolina court asked to order GOP win in US House seat
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No end in sight to shutdown as lawmakers mull over options
With the New Year underway and a new Congress set to reconvene with the partial government shutdown stretching into its…
Farmers risk loss of federal payments, loans, from shutdown
The end of 2018 seemed to signal good things to come for America’s farmers. Fresh off the passage of the…
Shutdown to close DC museums; some basic services provided
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US borders ‘pushed to a breaking point by those who seek open borders’: Nielsen
Declaring the U.S. immigration system had been “pushed to a breaking point by those who seek open borders,” Homeland Security…
Trump claims ‘many’ furloughed or unpaid federal workers want wall, support gov’t shutdown
President Donald Trump argued Tuesday that federal workers support his position in the fight with Democrats over billions of dollars…
Schumer demands Trump ‘abandon the wall’ as government shutdown continues
The Capitol was nearly empty Saturday morning as the House and Senate came back into session, and White House and…
House Republicans approve bill to fund border wall, setting up a final showdown in the Senate
House Republicans voted to approve a bill to fund President Donald Trump’s $5 billion demand for a border wall, setting…
Trump announces Secretary of Defense James Mattis will retire at the end of February
President Donald Trump announced via Twitter on Thursday that Defense Secretary James Mattis will retire at the end of February.…
Flynn drew judge’s ire with ‘guilty-but-not-really’ filing: Experts
When a federal judge unleashed a tongue-lashing on former White House national security advisor Michael Flynn Tuesday, legal experts saw…
Trump hails passage of criminal justice bill
The Latest on the Senate’s consideration of criminal justice legislation (all times local): 9:30 p.m. President Donald Trump is hailing…