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A Democratic lawmaker said he's open to conversations about preserving the filibuster to prevent Republicans from using "the nuclear option" to fill a Supreme Court vacancy.

US special operations force have stepped up ground operations inside Yemen amid growing concern that the al Qaeda affiliate there continues to actively plan attacks on western targets, including targeting commercial aviation.

Though she's repeatedly attempted to quash rumors of a future run for public office, Chelsea Clinton again left the door open to a run on Tuesday.

A Wikipedia user who goes by "Sk-Gorka" has extensively edited the Wikipedia page of White House aide Sebastian Gorka, including a section on criminal charges he faced for bringing a firearm into a Washington D.C. airport.

President Donald Trump won't be throwing the first pitch out at an Opening Day baseball game Monday. But it isn't because the reality star-turned-President can't get the ball over the plate.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered a comprehensive review of all police reform activities, including any existing or contemplated consent decrees.

President Donald Trump's administration had meetings Monday with two key groups of Republicans, whose split over health care policy caused GOP leaders to pull a plan last month to repeal and replace Obamacare.

The Senate isn't a place that changes much. Which is why what is almost certain to happen later this week matters so much.

As President Donald Trump prepares for his highest-stakes foreign policy meeting to date, a sometimes-discordant collection of voices is guiding the new US leader on how to confront Chinese President Xi Jinping on a variety of urgent issues, leading to uncertainty about the goals for this week's summit.

US President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone Monday, according to a statement from the White House.

In defiance of President Donald Trump's immigration policies, the California Senate passed a bill to limit state and local police cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

Three Senate Democrats announced Monday they plan to oppose Neil Gorsuch, bringing the Democratic caucus extremely close to the 41 votes needed to sustain a filibuster against the Supreme Court nominee.

Members of the House intelligence committee plan to meet Monday evening as the future of the House's Russia investigation hangs in the balance.

As Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, descended into Baghdad on Monday, the highest-profile passenger aboard his military aircraft was neither a seasoned Iraq hand nor even someone who'd visited the country before.

Some pundits predict United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley will one day run for president, but for a month, at least, she will be -- of the 15-nation UN Security Council.

For the second time in President Donald Trump's young administration, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will examine the legality of an executive order temporarily blocking foreigners from traveling to the US.

White House senior adviser Jared Kushner landed in Iraq Monday, his first visit to the country since assuming a broad portfolio of foreign affairs in the Trump presidency.

With 41 Democrats now supporting a filibuster of Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court, we are looking at the end of the talk-a-thon as we know it.

House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes dismissed claims from top Democrats that he is colluding with the White House, and said House investigators talked scheduling with former national security adviser Michael Flynn before his request for immunity.