Factbox: Trump, Democrats at South Carolina forum on criminal justice reforms
Republican President Donald Trump opened a forum on criminal justice reform in South Carolina on Friday touting his support for sweeping reforms that he hopes...
Obama on Rep. Cummings: ‘Nothing weak about looking out for others’
Democratic leaders past and present remembered the late Elijah Cummings on Friday in eulogies that drew an implicit contrast between the civil rights activist and...
Giuliani associate will have tough time keeping documents from prosecutors: experts
A Ukrainian-American businessman who has ties to President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer cannot rely on executive privilege to shield evidence from prosecutors who accuse him...
U.S. Democrats to limit witnesses in public impeachment hearings: sources
U.S. congressional Democrats, faced with stepped-up efforts by President Donald Trump’s Republican allies to disrupt their impeachment inquiry, are now considering calling only career government...
U.S. to boost troop presence near Syria oil fields
The United States will strengthen its military presence in Syria with “mechanized forces” to prevent Islamic State fighters from seizing oil fields and revenue, the...
U.S. court rejects challenge to EPA review of Obama vehicle rules
A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a challenge by California and 16 other states to the Trump administration’s decision to revise strict U.S. vehicle...
Trumps weigh selling rights to their Washington hotel: WSJ
The Trump Organization is considering selling the rights to its Washington, DC-based hotel in part over ethical concerns regarding the family’s profits from the property,...
Tougher rules set stage for fewer Democrats in December presidential debate
The number of Democratic candidates on stage for the party’s sixth presidential debate in December is set to be winnowed after stricter rules for qualification...
U.S. Justice Department Russia probe review now criminal investigation: source
A U.S. Justice Department review of the origins of the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election is now a criminal investigation,...
Fewer Republicans think their party has better plan for Syria, ‘War on Terror’: Reuters/Ipsos poll
When Terry Brien, 64, reads about American troops pulling out of northern Syria, the Republican data manager from Colorado seethes at “one of the biggest...
