Trump doesn’t want ‘very bad drug dealers’ from Bahamas in U.S.
“I don’t want to allow people that weren’t supposed to be in the Bahamas to come into the United States, including some very bad people...
McConnell says waiting for White House gun proposal
The Republican leader of the U.S. Senate repeated on Tuesday that he would not commit to bringing gun control legislation up for consideration until the...
U.S. House panel debates gun control, Democrats pressuring Republicans
U.S. Democrats, looking to heighten their profile on the hot-button issue of gun control, moved forward on Tuesday with new measures aimed at curbing gun...
Time for action on guns: AOC
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive New York Democrat, says “kids are dying” and that Republican members of Congress must do something on guns, including taking...
Lawmakers renew fights over Trump’s border wall, abortion
U.S. lawmakers clashed on Tuesday over funding for President Donald Trump’s border wall and women’s reproductive health programs, flashpoints that could threaten funding to keep...
‘Just like any other hotel’: McCarthy on Trump hotels
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday responded to controversy surrounding U.S. officials staying at Trump properties, saying the “president isn’t asking me” to stay...
Trump’s ‘very bad’ Bahamian drug dealers? U.S. data shows little evidence
President Donald Trump’s concern the United States could open its doors to “very bad drug dealers” by easing immigration rules for the storm-hit Bahamas is...
McCarthy dismisses Trump hotel stay controversy
Kevin McCarthy, the top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, responded to controversy surrounding U.S. officials staying at Trump properties, saying “it’s just like...
NOAA head defends agency, says Dorian hard to forecast
Neil Jacobs, the acting administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, on Tuesday publicly defended the agency and the office at the center of...
Trump fires foreign policy hawk Bolton, citing strong disagreements
U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly fired his national security adviser John Bolton amid disagreements with his hard-line aide over how to handle foreign policy challenges...