Politics News

January 22, 2020

Impeachment trial brings angst for 4 presidential hopefuls

The four Democratic senators seeking the White House want to be out there campaigning, but they’re pulled off the ...

January 22, 2020

AP-NORC poll: Public doubts Senate trial will be revealing

Americans are sharply divided along party lines about whether President Donald Trump should be removed from office, and they ...

January 22, 2020

Trump: Travel ban expansion coming, nations aren't yet final

President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. would soon be imposing visa restrictions on more countries — though it's not ...

January 22, 2020

Crime required for impeachment? Not so, say legal experts

President Donald Trump's defense hinges largely on arguments made in the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson more ...

January 22, 2020

DC claims inaugural committee spending enriched Trump family

Donald Trump’s inaugural committee spent more than $1 million to book a ballroom at the Trump International Hotel in the ...

January 22, 2020

Trump administration to approve Keystone pipeline on US land

The Trump administration on Wednesday will approve a right-of-way allowing the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline to be built ...

January 22, 2020

AP FACT CHECK: Trump's false account of Ukraine episode

President Donald Trump gave a false account Wednesday of some of the circumstances that got him impeached. As the Senate ...

January 22, 2020

Bloomberg, Buttigieg work to connect with nation's mayors

Two miles from President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the Capitol, Michael Bloomberg and Pete Buttigieg are looking ...

January 22, 2020

Lebanese Cabinet faces multiple challenges, growing unrest

Lebanon's new government made of appointees nominated by the Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies got down to business ...

January 22, 2020

Trump's trial opens on fast track, Dems arguing for removal

The U.S. Senate began hearing opening arguments Wednesday in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial with proceedings now ...

January 22, 2020

Court: GEICO must pay injured Kansas man for care from wife

An insurance company must reimburse a Kansas man for the personal care his wife provided after he was injured in an ...

January 22, 2020

Canada matching donations to fund for Iran plane families

Canada's federal government said Wednesday it will match donations to a fund set up to help families of those who died in the ...

January 22, 2020

Supreme Court seems favorable to religious education funding

The Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared ready Wednesday to reinvigorate a Montana scholarship program and make it ...

January 22, 2020

Discredited conversion therapy banned in conservative Utah

The discredited practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ children is now banned in Utah, making it the 19th state and one of ...

January 22, 2020

New Jersey law now requires severance pay for mass layoffs

New Jersey has become the first state to guarantee severance pay for mass layoffs, according to the bill's sponsors and the ...

January 22, 2020

2020 Democratic candidates vow unity, but conflict escalates

Democratic presidential candidates have spent weeks reassuring voters they can unify the party, avoid the divisions that ...

January 22, 2020

Migrant caravan shrinks at Guatemala-Mexico border

The number of migrants stuck at the Guatemala-Mexico border continued to dwindle Wednesday as detentions and resignation ate ...

January 22, 2020

Gabbard sues Hillary Clinton over Russia 'favorite' comments

Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard filed a defamation lawsuit against Hillary Clinton on Wednesday over an ...

January 22, 2020

Biden downplays tensions with Sanders over Social Security

Joe Biden sought on Wednesday to ease tensions with Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders after the two candidates ...

January 22, 2020

Roberts admonishes House prosecution, White House defense

Chief Justice John Roberts drew little attention to himself in the beginning 12 hours of his first impeachment trial. But it ...