Congress isn’t in session. But it is. Yet nobody’s here. Lawmakers say they want to be in Washington. But they really don’t. So they aren’t. Yet they kind of are. And so even though the House and Senate aren’t in session, they’re meeting every three days for the next month.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and supporter New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Sunday tempered news reports about special counsel Robert Muller impaneling another grand jury in his Russia meddling-collusion case, suggesting the move doesn’t mean the investigation is expanding or perhaps and indictment is now imminent.
The proposal seemed modest in today's polarized political climate: The head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee suggested his group might help fund candidates who didn't share the party's support for abortion rights.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein acknowledged Sunday that “anybody who breaks the law” -- including White House staffers and members of Congress -- could be prosecuted in the Justice Department’s heighted efforts to stop classified information leaks.
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis on Sunday defended his bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller and made clear the measure was to protect Mueller from being fired by President Trump in his investigation into whether the president or his campaign collude with Russia to influence the outcome of the 2016 White House race.
Democrats have “no reason” to try to make bipartisan legislative deals with President Trump and should instead wait until next year when outspoken Democrat Maxine Waters leads the House and Chuck Schumer leads the Senate, Democratic activist Robert Patillo said Saturday.
When President Donald Trump and other world leaders gather at the United Nations next month for the annual U.N. General Assembly, Trump may have a message for his fellow heads of state.
Former Texas Gov. Mark White, a Democrat who championed public education reforms that included the landmark "no-pass, no-play" policy for high school athletes during his single term in office, has died.
Democrats have “no reason” to try to make bipartisan legislative deals with President Trump and should instead wait until next year when outspoken Democrat Maxine Waters leads the House and Chuck Schumer leads the Senate, Democratic activist Robert Patillo said Saturday.
National security adviser H.R. McMaster says the threat of North Korea launching a nuclear weapon at the U.S. or another rival nation is “impossible to overstate” and repeated that a preemptive military strike remains an option.
President Trump’s campaign promise to build a border wall is again starting to galvanize Washington after months of taking a back seat to ObamaCare and the investigation into Russian election meddling.
Congress has left Washington for the summer with a trail of unfinished business and several immediate concerns when they return in September -- increasing the federal debt limit and passing a temporary spending bill to avert a government shutdown.
President Trump gave H.R. McMaster a vote of confidence after the national security adviser's rivals seized on a letter McMaster sent to his Obama predecessor Susan Rice giving her continued access to classified information.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the city plans to sue the U.S. Department of Justice over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, specifically over the so-called sanctuary cities program.
Barack Obama turned 56 years old Friday -- and the former president received lots of birthday greetings from Democrats, celebrities and other supporters.
Republican lawmakers in Congress are heading home for summer break without following through on a major campaign promise – repealing and replacing ObamaCare.
A new round of White House intrigue has erupted around a letter National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster sent to his Obama predecessor Susan Rice giving her continued access to classified information, but his backers say the letter was standard operating procedure.
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster has raised the hackles of some in the Trump administration after it was revealed that he sent a letter to his Obama predecessor Susan Rice giving her continued access to classified information.