Politics News

February 22, 2019

The Latest: Judge imposes gag order on Trump confidant Stone

The Latest on Roger Stone (all times local): 4:05 p.m. A judge has imposed a full gag order on Trump confidant Roger Stone ...

February 22, 2019

US ambassador to Canada emerges as favorite for UN post

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Kelly Craft is emerging as the front-runner to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

February 22, 2019

Oregon housing squeeze sets stage for statewide rent control

Faced with a housing shortage and skyrocketing rents, Oregon is poised to become the first state to impose mandatory rent ...

February 22, 2019

IRS employee charged in leak of Trump attorney records

U.S. prosecutors have charged an IRS employee with leaking banking records of President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer ...

February 22, 2019

Tennessee gov. says he regrets wearing Confederate uniform

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee was 17 when he joined the Kappa Alpha fraternity at Auburn University, which every spring held an ...

February 22, 2019

New election ordered in disputed North Carolina House race

North Carolina's elections board Thursday ordered a new election in the nation's last undecided congressional race after the ...

February 22, 2019

GOP lawmakers push to ban LGBT conversion therapy in Utah

Two Republican lawmakers proposed a ban on gay conversion therapy for minors in conservative Utah on Thursday, a plan that's ...

February 22, 2019

Gov. Hogan: No Trump primary challenge without major shift

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday that he's not launching a primary challenge against President Donald Trump unless the ...

February 22, 2019

Feds: El Chapo's sons indicted on drug conspiracy charges

Two sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman have been indicted on drug conspiracy charges, the Justice ...

February 21, 2019

Democratic group to spend $100M targeting 2020 battlegrounds

A major Democratic group on Thursday announced plans to spend at least $100 million in battleground states during the 2020 ...

February 21, 2019

Opposition mounts against Texas governor's election chief

Opposition intensified Thursday against Texas' new election chief as a key lawmaker said he won't back Gov. Greg Abbott's ...

February 21, 2019

Polygraph launched probe of deputy suspected in sex assaults

A Nebraska sheriff's deputy charged with sexually assaulting a woman more than a decade ago now is linked to at least five ...

February 21, 2019

Threat allegations keep Coast Guard officer jailed

A Coast Guard officer suspected of drawing up a hit list of top Democrats and network TV journalists spent hours on his work ...

February 21, 2019

18 members of white supremacist prison gang indicted

Eighteen members of a white supremacist prison gang have been charged with racketeering, drug conspiracy and kidnapping that ...

February 22, 2019

The Latest: New election ordered in undecided US House race

The Latest on a hearing outlining a ballot fraud investigation in an undeclared North Carolina congressional race for which ...

February 21, 2019

Sanctions could ease with greatly reduced North Korea threat

The U.S. will not move to ease economic sanctions on North Korea until it is confident that the nuclear weapons threat from ...

February 21, 2019

Report: Millennial voter registration in Oregon soars

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown on Thursday touted the success of the state's unique automatic voter registration program, pointing ...

February 21, 2019

Mulling presidential bid, Howard Schultz again fails to vote

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, who has been criticized for having a spotty voting record in his home state, has missed ...

February 21, 2019

Pence to deliver speech on Venezuela in Colombia on Monday

Vice President Mike Pence is traveling to Colombia next week to demonstrate continued U.S. support for the opposition to ...