Trump says he welcomes foreign dirt on opponents
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would see nothing wrong in accepting damaging information on a U.S. political opponent if it were offered to...
In Trump probes, Congress wary of power to arrest, fine
A power that the U.S. Congress has not wielded since the 1930s may remain unused for a while longer as Democrats turn to the courts...
Advocacy groups ask Supreme Court to delay ruling on census citizenship question
Groups challenging the Trump administration’s contentious decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. census on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to consider...
House panel approves permanent Sept. 11 victims’ compensation
A U.S. congressional committee on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation to extend the fund compensating first responders to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World...
House panel backs contempt citations for two Trump Cabinet members over census
A U.S. House committee voted on Wednesday in favor of holding two of President Donald Trump’s closest advisers in contempt of Congress for defying congressional...
Ex-Trump aide Hicks agrees to closed-door appearance before U.S. House panel
Former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, once a close aide to President Donald Trump, agreed to give a closed-door interview to the U.S. House...
Ex-Trump aide Hicks agrees to closed-door appearance before House panel
Former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks, once a close aide to President Donald Trump, has agreed to give a closed-door interview to the U.S....
House panel approves contempt citations against Barr, Ross
The U.S. House Oversight Committee voted on Wednesday to approve contempt of Congress citations against Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for...
Taking heat from critics, Bernie Sanders defends democratic socialist views
U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, under fire for his democratic socialist views, defended his philosophy on Wednesday as a natural extension of former President Franklin...
Explainer: Can Trump use executive privilege to block congressional probes?
Like numerous U.S. presidents before him, Donald Trump has invoked the legal doctrine known as executive privilege to try to block congressional investigators from getting...
