WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Martha McSally, the first female Air Force fighter pilot to fly in combat, said she was sexually assaulted by a superior officer, and later, when she tried to talk about it to military officials, she “felt like the system was raping me all over again.” The Arizona Republican, a 26-year military Read more about In Senate hearing, McSally says she was raped in Air Force[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee says he does “not see the need for further action” against Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen after he clarified his testimony under oath about never seeking a pardon from Trump. In a letter to Rep. Elijah Cummings, lawyer Michael Monico clarified that Cohen Read more about Dem chairman satisfied, for now, with Cohen answer on pardon[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — On a foggy November morning in 2015, a heavily intoxicated man showed up before dawn at the Dupont Circle Hotel, forked over $1,200 cash for a ninth-floor penthouse suite and kept drinking. His bender continued all day. By the next morning, he was dead. Authorities concluded that he died of blunt force Read more about Questions about Russian’s death revived by judge’s ruling[…]

DENMARK, S.C. (AP) — Deanna Miller Berry doesn’t often see presidential candidates. So when New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker recently came to Bamberg County, South Carolina, she was primed to unload about a contaminated water system. “What is your plan to fix it?” Berry asked, her eyes narrowed. Booker, former mayor of Newark, the largest Read more about Some Democrats in 2020 campaign reaching out to rural areas[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is refusing to say whether President Donald Trump really thinks Democrats “hate” Jewish people. Before Trump left the White House on Friday for his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, he said the Democrats have become an “anti-Jewish party.” Later in the day, Trump told Republican National Committee Read more about White House mum on if Trump really thinks Dems ‘hate’ Jews[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — On a foggy November morning in 2015, a heavily intoxicated man showed up before dawn at the Dupont Circle Hotel, forked over $1,200 cash for a ninth-floor penthouse suite and kept drinking. His bender continued all day. By the next morning, he was dead. Authorities concluded that he died of blunt force Read more about Judge’s order could shed light on death of Russian in DC[…]

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker said Sunday the anniversary of the infamous “Bloody Sunday” attack on peaceful demonstrators for civil rights is a time to recommit to the fight for justice in America. “It’s time for us to defend the dream,” Booker said in a keynote speech at Brown Chapel AME Read more about In Selma anniversary, Booker calls for new fight for justice[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker returning to Capitol Hill (all times local): 7 p.m. The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is suggesting that former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker may have had conversations with President Donald Trump about Michael Cohen’s legal troubles, saying that Whitaker “did not Read more about The Latest: Dem suggests Whitaker, Trump talked about Cohen[…]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The Latest on Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort (all times local): 6:35 p.m. Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is asking a federal judge for compassion as he awaits sentencing on tax and bank fraud charges. Manafort spoke to the judge while seated in a wheelchair in an Alexandria, Read more about The Latest: Manafort asks for compassion before sentencing[…]

DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper delivered a fiery defense of his pragmatic approach to politics Thursday night as he held the first rally of his presidential campaign in the state that nurtured his unlikely career in public office. “Being a pragmatist doesn’t mean saying no to bold ideas,” Hickenlooper, 67, told a Read more about Hickenlooper kicks off campaign with fiery ode to pragmatism[…]