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February 12, 2019

Parkland anniversary highlights Democratic shift on guns

In the final weeks before the 2008 election, Barack Obama's campaign sent mailers to Florida voters reassuring them that he ...

February 12, 2019

Trump calls Rep. Omar apology about Israel remark 'lame'

Freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar has apologized for tweets suggesting that members of Congress support Israel because they ...

February 11, 2019

Pompeo denies US trying to cover up Khashoggi killing

The Trump administration pushed back Monday against allegations that it was trying to cover up the killing of Saudi columnist ...

February 03, 2019

#MeToo movement was not 1-year phenomenon in state capitols

In the first week of 2019, an investigation by Oregon's labor agency deemed the state Capitol to be a hostile workplace ...

February 02, 2019

Trump's 'America first' policy to key in on foreign shores

For all of President Donald Trump's talk about "America first," the next two years of his presidency could shine a sharp ...

February 01, 2019

In reversal, Trump now says he and intel chiefs in agreement

A day after he lashed out at U.S. intelligence agency chiefs over their assessments of global threats, President Donald Trump ...

February 01, 2019

Trump, Pelosi stances on wall suggest deal will be difficult

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared Thursday that there'll be no "wall money" in any compromise border security deal as she ...

January 31, 2019

Graham asks FBI director for briefing on Roger Stone raid

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said Wednesday that he wants a briefing from the FBI on the tactics it ...

January 28, 2019

Treasury lifts sanctions against 3 Russian companies

The Treasury Department on Sunday announced it was lifting sanctions on three companies connected to Russian oligarch Oleg ...

January 22, 2019

House Democrats bringing new scrutiny to education secretary

Wielding control of the House and a new set of investigative powers, Democrats are preparing to bring Education Secretary ...

January 19, 2019

Mueller disputes accuracy of BuzzFeed report on Trump, Cohen

Special counsel Robert Mueller's office on Friday issued a rare public statement disputing the accuracy of BuzzFeed News' ...

January 19, 2019

Congress to probe whether Trump told lawyer Cohen to lie

Democrats are vowing to investigate whether President Donald Trump directed his personal attorney Michael Cohen to lie to ...

January 16, 2019

Some in GOP split with White House on Russia sanctions

Almost a dozen Senate Republicans broke with the White House Tuesday on Russia, voting to move forward on a resolution that ...

January 11, 2019

Cohen, ex-Trump lawyer, to testify publicly before Congress

President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen, will testify publicly before a House committee next month in a hearing ...

December 31, 2018

Kids who assault on US bases can still escape accountability

Despite new rules addressing sexual assault among the children of U.S. service members, the federal government failed to fix ...

December 29, 2018

House GOP quietly ends probe into FBI's 2016 decisions

House Republicans say more investigation is needed into decisions made by the FBI and the Justice Department in 2016 as they ...

December 27, 2018

Legal marijuana industry had banner year in 2018

The last year was a 12-month champagne toast for the legal marijuana industry as the global market exploded and cannabis ...

December 19, 2018

Senators bring bill to criminalize vast doping conspiracies

Two U.S. senators have introduced a bill that would criminalize international doping conspiracies, the likes of which Russia ...

December 19, 2018

Highlights of the criminal justice overhaul bill

The Senate on Tuesday passed a sweeping criminal justice overhaul. The House is expected to pass the bill this week, sending ...