Dems pick Milwaukee for 2020 convention over Miami, Houston

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Democrats selected Milwaukee to host their 2020 national convention Monday, setting up the party’s 2020 standard-bearer to accept the presidential nomination in the heart of the old industrial belt that delivered Donald Trump to the White House. Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez chose Milwaukee over Houston and Miami after deliberations lingered Read more about Dems pick Milwaukee for 2020 convention over Miami, Houston[…]

Cohen turns over documents on Moscow project to House panel

Click:ZOOY Vape WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, turned over documents to the House intelligence committee on Wednesday related to a Trump real estate project in Moscow — a subject he lied to the committee about in 2017. The documents are relevant to Cohen’s false statement, according to a person familiar Read more about Cohen turns over documents on Moscow project to House panel[…]

The Latest: Trump tweets about Otto Warmbier, but not Kim

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Latest on Otto Warmbier’s parents’ reaction to Donald Trump’s comments on Kim Jong Un’s role in his death (all times local): 4:45 p.m. President Donald Trump says his view on North Korea’s role in an American college student’s death is being misinterpreted, while steering clear of citing that country’s leader. Trump Read more about The Latest: Trump tweets about Otto Warmbier, but not Kim[…]

Trump to present Medal of Honor to late Army staff sergeant

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Army staff sergeant killed in Iraq while trying to subdue a suicide bomber will receive the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award for battlefield valor. President Donald Trump will present the medal to Travis Atkins’s son, Trevor, and other family members at a White House ceremony on March 27. Read more about Trump to present Medal of Honor to late Army staff sergeant[…]

The Latest: Trump warns GOP senators ahead of border vote

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the emergency declaration by President Donald Trump (all times local): 3:16 p.m. President Donald Trump says he is telling Republican senators to vote how they “feel good” on a resolution opposing his national emergency declaration for border wall funding. But Trump adds that “anybody going against border security, drug Read more about The Latest: Trump warns GOP senators ahead of border vote[…]

The Latest: House passes resolution condemning bigotry

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on House Democrats and Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments about Israel (all times local): 5:35 p.m. The House has passed a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, discrimination against Muslims and other bigotry against minorities. The 407-23 vote Thursday was a bid to end dissension among Democrats over congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s latest remarks on Read more about The Latest: House passes resolution condemning bigotry[…]

Senate GOP effort on Trump border wall seems to crash

WASHINGTON (AP) — An 11th-hour rescue mission by Republican senators to stave off an awkward defeat for President Donald Trump on his declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border, and to protect themselves from a politically dicey vote opposing him, seemed to collapse Wednesday. The setback made it all but certain that defections Read more about Senate GOP effort on Trump border wall seems to crash[…]

Text of House Resolution on anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim bias

Text of the proposed House resolution condemning bigotry: Condemning anti-Semitism as hateful expressions of intolerance that are contradictory to the values and aspirations that define the people of the United States and condemning anti-Muslim discrimination and bigotry against minorities as hateful expressions of intolerance that are contrary to the values and aspirations of the United Read more about Text of House Resolution on anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim bias[…]

Space Force would be by far the smallest military service

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s proposed Space Force, which faces an uncertain fate in Congress, would be the smallest military service — by far. Details of the Pentagon’s proposal released Friday show the new service would have about 15,000 personnel, including an unspecified number of civilians, but would begin in 2020 as only a Read more about Space Force would be by far the smallest military service[…]

AP sources: O’Rourke to make multiple stops in leadoff Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Texas Democrat Beto O’Rourke is planning a series of stops in Iowa beginning Thursday as he nears an announcement on a 2020 White House bid. Two people familiar with O’Rourke’s planning say the former Texas congressman is expected to visit working-class Burlington on the Mississippi River in southeast Iowa. They Read more about AP sources: O’Rourke to make multiple stops in leadoff Iowa[…]