Politics News

September 25, 2017

Trump promising huge tax cut; focus on taxes vs health care

Poised to reveal a tax plan that is a pillar of "his economic policy and delivering on a campaign pledge, President Donald ...

September 25, 2017

Trump's travel ban unlikely to affect North Korea

Even though President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing strict new restrictions on visitors from North Korea ...

September 25, 2017

VP Pence to flex fundraising muscle for Republicans

Vice President Mike Pence went home to Indiana on Friday to pressure the state's lone Democratic senator to support a GOP tax ...

September 25, 2017

Vulnerable NJ Republican navigates messy Trump era politics

This is not President Donald Trump's dinner party. Republican Rep. Leonard Lance, standing in the middle of Ferraro's dimly ...

September 25, 2017

Health care bill teeters, GOP adds money to woo dissidents

Top Republicans are adding money to their staggering effort to repeal the Obama health care law and say they're pushing ...

September 25, 2017

The Latest: Mideast airlines say they're aware of travel ban

The Latest on President Donald Trump's travel ban (all times local): ___ 4:30 a.m. The three major long-haul airlines of the ...

September 25, 2017

Survey: Economists see no gain from NAFTA renegotiation

Most business economists expect the Trump administration's efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement ...

September 25, 2017

Trump replaces 90-day ban with new travel restrictions

President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing strict new restrictions on travelers from a handful of countries, ...

September 25, 2017

Lawyer: Kushner used personal email for some WH messages

President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, used his personal email account on dozens of occasions to communicate ...

September 25, 2017

The Latest: Trump administration announces new travel ban

The Latest on President Donald Trump's travel ban (all times local): 7 p.m. Travelers from eight countries will face ...

September 25, 2017

Republicans make desperate bid to save health care bill

Republican opposition to the GOP health care bill swelled to near-fatal numbers Sunday as Sen. Susan Collins all but closed ...

September 25, 2017

Weiner due in court for sentencing in sexting scandal

Anthony Weiner is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday in a sexting scandal that some blame for Hillary Clinton's presidential ...

September 25, 2017

Searchers dig as Mexico City reopens just 1% of schools

Search teams are still digging in dangerous piles of rubble hoping against the odds to find survivors at collapsed buildings, ...

September 25, 2017

The Latest: Senate Republicans offer new health bill

The Latest on the Republican push on health care (all times local): 11:55 p.m. Senate Republicans are adding billions of ...

September 25, 2017

Trump replaces travel ban with new restrictions

Citizens of more than half a dozen countries will face new restrictions on entry to the U.S. under a proclamation signed by ...

September 25, 2017

In Mexico City, hopes of finding quake survivors dwindle

Five days after the deadly magnitude 7.1 earthquake, the hulking wreckage of what used to be a seven-story office building ...

September 25, 2017

Right-wing activist holds short, small California rally

A weeklong conservative free speech showcase at famously liberal University of California, Berkeley was supposed to start ...

September 25, 2017

US military kills 17 ISIS militants in Libya airstrikes

The U.S. military says 17 Islamic State militants were killed in airstrikes on Libya. The Friday airstrikes, which were ...

September 25, 2017

Immigrants touched by Mexico quake, try to help from afar

When Luis Ramirez finally reached his mother after the powerful Mexico earthquake, he learned her home was so badly damaged ...