U.S. Representative Ocasio-Cortez raised $1.2 million in second quarter
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has been in the middle of a controversy that includes House Democratic leadership and President Donald Trump, raised $1.2 million...
Trump administration erects another barrier to immigrants seeking U.S. asylum
The Trump administration on Monday unveiled a new rule to bar almost all immigrants from applying for asylum at the southern border, requiring them to...
New U.S. asylum policy does not make Mexico ‘safe third country’: minister
Mexico Foreign Minister Marcel Ebrard said on Monday that a new U.S. measure to sharply limit asylum claims did not in effect make Mexico a...
Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway defies subpoena for House testimony
White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway defied a subpoena and failed to appear on Monday at a congressional hearing about allegations she violated the Hatch...
With political power at stake, North Carolina gerrymandering trial begins
North Carolina’s state legislative districts were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to entrench Republicans in power and must be thrown out, a lawyer for state Democrats and a...
Heyer’s mother, victims respond to neo-Nazi’s 2nd sentence
Susan Bro, Heather Heyer’s mother, said her daughter’s convicted killer, James Fields, was “at least in the hands of justice,” after being given a 2nd...
Trump defiant as lawmakers blast his ‘racist’ attacks on four congresswomen
Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved on Monday to formally condemn President Donald Trump’s attacks on four minority congresswomen, while Trump doubled down, saying those...
House panel probes education secretary DeVos’ personal email use
A U.S. congressional committee on Monday sought records from Education Secretary Betsy Devos relating to her use of private email accounts, expanding an investigation into...
Mnuchin defends indefinite delay of Tubman $20
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Monday that the department’s decision to indefinitely delay the redesign of the $20 bill to include the image...
U.S. Treasury has ‘serious concerns’ over Libra
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said on Monday that the Treasury department has serious concerns that Facebook Inc’s proposed Libra cryptocurrency could be misused for...