Democrats go after Trump, differ on healthcare in debate
Top Democratic presidential contenders launched repeated attacks on President Donald Trump during a debate on Thursday, but for a second consecutive night there was sharp...
Sanders defends his big-spending plans as Democratic debate begins
Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders defended his big-spending plans for government-operated healthcare during the early stages of a debate on Thursday, but acknowledged some Americans...
Senate backs massive defense bill, targets China, sets Iran vote
The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a $750 billion defense policy bill with provisions that target China on issues from technology transfers to the sale...
House passes Senate emergency border aid bill, sends to Trump
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Senate-passed bill providing $4.6 billion to address a surge of migrants at the U.S. border with...
House passes Senate border aid bill, sends to Trump for signature
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Senate-passed bill providing $4.6 billion to address a surge of migrants at the U.S. border with...
House passes bill to thwart 2020 ballot box hacking
U.S. states would get $600 million in federal grants to secure voting machines from cyber attacks under legislation passed by the House of Representatives on...
VP Pence agrees lawmakers to be notified of child migrant deaths
U.S. Vice President Michael Pence, in a telephone conversation with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, agreed on Thursday that lawmakers would be notified within 24 hours...
House Democrats move to back Senate plan for border funding
U.S. House Democrats dropped opposition on Thursday to a bill passed by the Republican-controlled Senate that would release $4.6 billion in emergency funds to address...
Ex-Trump aide Manafort pleads not guilty to New York charges
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who was convicted of numerous federal crimes last year, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to residential mortgage fraud and...
First U.S. Democratic presidential debate snags big TV audience
The first U.S. Democratic presidential debate, a faceoff without the party’s frontrunners, hauled in a surprisingly large 15.3 million viewers across three television networks, according...