Politics News

October 17, 2017

Trump returns favor by campaigning for an early supporter

President Donald Trump waded back into Southern politics Monday, showering praise on one of his earliest supporters, South ...

October 17, 2017

The Latest: Honolulu officer, retired major released on bond

The Latest on arrests of current and former Honolulu police officers (all times local): 3:20 p.m. A Honolulu police officer ...

October 17, 2017

US Sen. John McCain receives Liberty Medal from Joe Biden

When U.S. Sen. John McCain was a younger man, once or twice he was tasked with carrying Joe Biden's luggage. On Monday, after ...

October 17, 2017

Bannon-backed PAC backs Wisconsin, Arizona Senate candidates

The political action committee affiliated with Steve Bannon is supporting a retired Marine over a veteran legislator in ...

October 17, 2017

Haley says Iran move strengthens Trump's hand on North Korea

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley says that President Donald Trump is strengthening his ability to resolve ...

October 17, 2017

Authorities make final arrest in border agent's killing

Authorities in Mexico have arrested the final of seven defendants accused in the killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent whose ...

October 17, 2017

Trump says predecessors didn't honor fallen; response heated

For U.S. presidents, meeting the families of military personnel killed in war is about as wrenching as the presidency gets.

October 17, 2017

Democrat Bredesen confirms interest in Tennessee Senate race

Former Gov. Phil Bredesen, the last Democrat to win a statewide race in Tennessee, is considering a bid to succeed retiring ...

October 17, 2017

North Korea says 'a nuclear war may break out any moment'

North Korea's deputy U.N. ambassador warned Monday that the situation on the Korean peninsula "has reached the touch-and-go ...

October 17, 2017

Court documents provide details in Honolulu corruption case

A Honolulu police officer conspired with others to alter evidence and provide false information to federal officials in a ...

October 17, 2017

Governor blames media for immigration flap with sheriffs

Outspoken Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage says the media fanned the flames in a flap with sheriffs over his directive they ...

October 17, 2017

Trump, McConnell: No matter what people say, we're friends

Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell reaffirmed their alliance of necessity Monday in a raucous Rose Garden news conference that ...

October 17, 2017

Florida candidate: Aliens took me aboard their ship at age 7

A Florida candidate for Congress said Monday she stands by her claims she was abducted to an alien spaceship at age 7 but ...

October 17, 2017

Trump raises possibility of withdrawing drug czar nominee

President Donald Trump on Monday raised the possibility of withdrawing his nomination of Republican Rep. Tom Marino to be the ...

October 17, 2017

Lawyers debate latest Trump travel ban before federal judge

A federal judge in Maryland heard arguments Monday for and against the most recent Trump administration travel restrictions, ...

October 17, 2017

First Waco biker trial could have domino effect on others

Steel barriers and sheriff's deputies surrounded the courthouse in Waco, Texas, in a show of heightened security as the trial ...

October 17, 2017

Trump: Cuba 'is responsible' for attacks on US personnel

President Donald Trump said Monday that he believes Cuba is responsible for unexplained, invisible attacks in Cuba that have ...

October 16, 2017

The Latest: Judge accepts Bergdahl's guilty pleas

The Latest on the court-martial of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked off his post in Afghanistan (all times local): 11:20 a

October 16, 2017

US says airstrikes killed "dozens" of militants in Yemen

The U.S. military said Monday it killed dozens of Islamic State fighters in airstrikes on two training camps in Yemen. In a ...