Politics News

November 14, 2018

Overheating machines complicate Florida's recount battle

A new problem complicated Florida's ongoing recount battle as lawyers headed back to court on Wednesday: Palm Beach County's ...

November 14, 2018

Trump ally Kevin McCarthy hopes to lead shrunken House GOP

The speaker's gavel now out of reach, Republican Kevin McCarthy is poised to take over the shrunken House GOP caucus in ...

November 14, 2018

Pence says Myanmar's handling of Rohingya 'without excuse'

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi rebuffed criticism from U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and other leaders Wednesday over her ...

November 14, 2018

Democrat Harder upsets California GOP US Rep. Denham

First-time candidate Josh Harder defeated four-term Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham Tuesday in California's farm belt, ...

November 14, 2018

Amazon's NYC home in 'opportunity zone' for Trump tax break

Much of the New York City neighborhood selected by Amazon for one of its new headquarters is in a federal "opportunity zone," ...

November 14, 2018

Amazon ends suspense over HQ by picking New York, DC suburb

For more than a year, cities around the country waited in suspense over whether they'd be chosen as Amazon's second home.

November 14, 2018

Georgia election uncertainty lingers amid legal wrangling

After two federal court rulings and a flurry of legal filings, uncertainty looms over Georgia's still-undecided race for ...

November 14, 2018

Bloomberg likely to decide on 2020 bid by early next year

Having spent a fortune to help elect Democrats this fall, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared lifetime ...

November 14, 2018

US hardens border at Tijuana to prepare for migrant caravan

The U.S. government said it was starting work Tuesday to "harden" the border crossing from Tijuana, Mexico, to prepare for ...

November 14, 2018

Amid legal wrangling, Georgia election uncertainty lingers

After two federal court rulings and a flurry of legal filings over a 24-hour period, uncertainty still hangs over Georgia's ...

November 14, 2018

Republican who lost US House race seeks to impound ballots

A New Mexico Republican who lost her bid for a U.S. House seat is seeking to impound absentee ballots in a key county that ...

November 14, 2018

Julian Castro meets with supporters about potential 2020 run

Democrat Julian Castro is meeting with potential supporters about running for president in 2020. The former housing secretary ...

November 14, 2018

Trump calls on Florida Democrat to concede, implies fraud

President Donald Trump sought to intervene in Florida's legally mandated vote recount Tuesday, calling on the state's ...

November 14, 2018

The Latest: Gillum says claims of fraud undermine democracy

The Latest on the Florida recount of its Senate and governor elections (all times local): 9:30 p.m. Florida's Democratic ...

November 14, 2018

Stung by election losses, House GOP weighs leadership choice

Frustration, finger-pointing and questions spilled over a closed-door meeting of House Republicans Tuesday night as lawmakers ...

November 14, 2018

Whitaker abandoned taxpayer-funded project in Iowa in 2016

While in private business, acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker walked away from a taxpayer-subsidized ...

November 14, 2018

Democrats eye US Senate seat in Republican-led Mississippi

National Democrats are focusing on Mississippi's U.S. Senate runoff, a year after winning a longshot contest in another Deep ...

November 14, 2018

Trump picks retired general for ambassador to Saudi Arabia

A retired four-star general is President Donald Trump's pick to be U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, filling a key diplomatic ...

November 14, 2018

Lawmakers near prison reform deal, but Trump support crucial

Senators have reached a tentative accord on the first major rewrite of criminal justice sentencing in a generation, but now ...