Click:personalized dog cake topper WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of people with connections to President Donald Trump and his associates will receive document requests this week, as the House Judiciary Committee starts a broad new probe looking at possible obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power. The panel sent letters to 81 people asking a Read more about Who’s getting document requests from House Dems in new probe[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s advisers dangled the possibility of a pardon for his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen last year, Cohen’s attorney said Thursday, as congressional investigators zero in on the president’s pardon power. The issue of pardons has emerged as a key line of inquiry as Democrats launch a series of sweeping Read more about Cohen’s lawyer says Trump advisers were ‘dangling’ pardons[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the emergency declaration by President Donald Trump (all times local): 1:20 p.m. President Donald Trump is lobbying Republican senators to vote against legislation that would block his declaration of an emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border. The president says GOP senators “are overthinking” the expected Thursday vote and he tweets Read more about The Latest: Trump urges GOP senators to OK emergency move[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has issued a veto threat ahead of a Senate vote Wednesday on ending U.S. support for the Saudi Arabian-led coalition fighting in Yemen. The measure is co-sponsored by independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah. If it were to pass Congress, it would Read more about White House issues veto threat ahead of Yemen vote[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats are moving to approve a comprehensive elections and ethics reform package that they say will reduce the role of big money in politics, ensure fair elections and restore ethics and integrity to Washington. The legislation, called H.R. 1 to signify its importance, would make it easier to register and vote, Read more about Democrats flex power by taking aim at money in politics[…]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged Monday that opponents of President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border have enough votes in the Republican-led Senate to prevail on a resolution aimed at blocking the move. McConnell, who fell in line behind Trump despite his own misgivings about Read more about McConnell: Enough Senate votes to reject Trump’s wall move[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Leading House Democrats will offer a resolution Wednesday condemning anti-Semitism in response to Rep. Ilhan Omar’s latest remarks on Israel, a senior Democratic aide said. The declaration, written by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats, comes after Omar’s new remarks suggesting American supporters of Israel are pushing people to have “allegiance to Read more about Dems draft anti-Semitism resolution following Omar’s remarks[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate opponents of President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border have moved very close to having enough votes to prevail, and one Republican suggested the president risks a rebuff by the GOP-led chamber if he doesn’t change course. Trump’s move would “turn a border crisis into a Read more about Opponents of Trump border emergency close to votes needed[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — California’s two Democratic senators are asking the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee to postpone a hearing on a Los Angeles lawyer nominated as a federal appeals court judge, saying the nominee hadn’t turned over his controversial writings for review. Sens. Kamala Harris and Dianne Feinstein asked Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham Read more about 2 senators ask Judiciary chairman to delay nominee’s hearing[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Martha McSally, the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat, said Wednesday that she was raped in the Air Force by a superior officer. The Arizona Republican, a 26-year military veteran, made the disclosure at a Senate hearing on the armed services’ efforts to prevent sexual assaults and improve the Read more about Sen. McSally, ex-Air Force pilot, says officer raped her[…]