Politics News

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

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

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

Supreme Court seems favorable to religious education funding

The Supreme Court's conservative majority appeared ready Wednesday to reinvigorate a Montana scholarship program that could ...

January 22, 2020

Trump says he's open to trial witnesses -- but backtracks

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he's open to new witnesses at his impeachment trial, a major demand by Democratic ...

January 22, 2020

DC sues Trump inaugural committee, alleging abuse of funds

The District of Columbia is suing President Donald Trump's inaugural committee and two companies that control the Trump ...

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 ...

January 22, 2020

US bars Iranian investors from certain types of visas

The Trump administration is barring Iranian investors and business people from entering or staying in the United States on ...

January 22, 2020

Democrats swarm industrial Iowa to prove they can beat Trump

Since their surprise loss to Donald Trump in 2016, Democrats have struggled with how to regain territory that long supported ...

January 22, 2020

Trump says he's open to witnesses as trial rules are set

The U.S. Senate plunged into President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial with Republicans abruptly abandoning plans to cram ...

January 22, 2020

NJ is 1st state to mandate severance pay for mass layoffs

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

January 22, 2020

Dispute over rules erupts on impeachment's first full day

A rancorous dispute over rules marked the first full day of President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. After nearly 13 hours ...

January 22, 2020

After tweaks, Trump trial format will be similar to Clinton

After some last-minute tweaks on Tuesday, the proposed rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial now largely ...

January 22, 2020

Stay awake: Senators struggle to stay focused on impeachment

Adam Schiff was still speaking — about witnesses, documents, future presidents and the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

January 22, 2020

Mexico begins flying, busing migrants back to Honduras

Hundreds of Central American migrants who entered southern Mexico in recent days have either been pushed back into Guatemala ...

January 22, 2020

Bloomberg calls for Trump's removal in new impeachment ad

Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg launched a new impeachment-focused television ad Tuesday urging the ...

January 22, 2020

Far from Senate, Biden largely avoids impeachment politics

As the Senate begins President Donald Trump's impeachment trial on Capitol Hill, Democrat Joe Biden is 1,000 miles away in ...

January 22, 2020

In reversal, Clinton says she'd back Sanders if he's nominee

In an abrupt about-face, Hillary Clinton said Tuesday night that she would endorse her 2016 rival Bernie Sanders if he wins ...