Politics News

September 20, 2017

Montana must rewrite transgender bathroom ballot description

The Montana Supreme Court ordered the state attorney general to rewrite ballot language for an initiative that would require ...

September 20, 2017

NY agency called Justice Center may lack power to prosecute

A New York state agency launched four years ago to protect the disabled from abuse and neglect was staffed with a team of ...

September 20, 2017

Study: FEMA's Houston flood maps outdated long before Harvey

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's flood plain maps for parts of southeastern Houston were woefully out-of-date long ...

September 20, 2017

Prospects for air traffic control privatization appear slim

President Donald Trump has made airlines' longtime goal of privatizing air traffic control a key part of his agenda to boost ...

September 20, 2017

Afghan president details US strategy for Afghanistan

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani says the Trump administration has a four-year objective to bring 80 percent of the country ...

September 20, 2017

Pelosi: Put off immigration overhaul, save 'Dreamers now'

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that she respects young immigrants who shouted her down at an event in ...

September 20, 2017

Witnesses yell 'he can't hear you' as cops shoot deaf man

Oklahoma City police officers who opened fire on a man in front of his home as he approached them holding a metal pipe didn't ...

September 20, 2017

Maria destroys homes, triggers flooding in Puerto Rico

The strongest hurricane to hit Puerto Rico in over 80 years destroyed hundreds of homes, knocked out power across the entire ...

September 20, 2017

Melania Trump to UN: 'Come together' for good of children

First lady Melania Trump called on world leaders Wednesday to come together for the good of their children, delivering her ...

September 20, 2017

The Latest: Senators press administration on Iran deal

The Latest on the United States and Iran (all times local): 3 p.m. A group of Democratic senators is pressing the Trump ...

September 20, 2017

Government: Prison fits Weiner's sex crime on teen victim

Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner is more than a serial digital philanderer — he's a danger to the public who deserves two ...

September 20, 2017

Cross-border slaying: Can dead teen's family sue US agent?

Whether and when constitutional rights afforded American citizens extend to non-citizens outside the nation's boundaries were ...

Lindsey Graham, Roy Blunt, John Barrasso, Bill Cassidy, Mitch McConnell, John Thune

September 20, 2017

GOP senator defends health bill against Kimmel's attacks

Sen. Bill Cassidy defended his health care bill Wednesday after late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel accused the Louisiana ...

September 20, 2017

Prosecutors: Menendez tried to hide free flights, hotel stay

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez didn't report on Senate disclosure forms free flights and a luxury hotel stay paid for by a wealthy ...

September 20, 2017

Man's path from Eagle Scout to alleged killer baffles family

An Eagle Scout at age 18, Kenneth Gleason graduated with honors from one of Baton Rouge's most elite high schools and ...

September 20, 2017

Trump's trashing of Iran deal poses problems for NK strategy

President Donald Trump's threat before the world to obliterate North Korea left no doubt about his determination to stop the ...

September 20, 2017

The Latest: McConnell pressing ahead with health care vote

The Latest on the Senate Republican push to repeal the Affordable Care Act (all times local): 2:15 p.m. Senate Majority ...

September 20, 2017

Mexicans dig through collapsed buildings as quake kills 225

Rescuers found a surviving child on Wednesday in the ruins of a school that collapsed in Mexico's magnitude 7.1 earthquake, ...

Donald Trump, Mahmoud Abbas, H.R. McMaster, Rex Tillerson, Jared Kushner

September 20, 2017

Trump says decision made on Iran deal, won't say what it is

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he has made a decision on whether to walk away from the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with ...