WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced to a total of seven and a half years in prison on federal charges Wednesday, then was hit almost immediately with fresh state charges in New York that could put him outside the president’s power to pardon. In Washington, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Read more about Manafort gets 7 years in prison, then faces fresh NY charges[…]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala (KAH’-mah-lah) Harris is boosting her staffing in the early-voting state of South Carolina, adding two experienced operatives who’ll be key to navigating the home of the first 2020 primary in the South. The California senator’s presidential campaign announced Wednesday that Reggie Abraham has come on as deputy Read more about Harris makes 2 key hires in early-voting South Carolina[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and congressional investigations (all times local): 3:20 p.m. House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings says the White House is refusing to produce documents related to security clearances. Cummings released a letter from White House Counsel Pat Cipollone in which he calls Cummings’ request “unprecedented Read more about The Latest: Cummings: White House rebuffs document request[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer (all times local): 8 p.m. The attorney for President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, says the president’s advisers dangled the possibility of a pardon last year. Lanny Davis, Cohen’s lawyer, said in a written statement Thursday that his client was Read more about The Latest: Cohen’s lawyer says Trump team dangled pardon[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been indicted in New York on state charges, seen as a strategy for preventing a potential presidential pardon. An indictment unsealed Wednesday in Manhattan accuses the 69-year-old Read more about The Latest: Manafort indicted in New York on state charges[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will be making a significant request for border wall funds and seeking money to stand up Space Force as a new branch of the military in the White House budget being released next week, an administration official said. For the first time, Trump plans to stick with the strict Read more about Trump offers budget with funds for border wall, Space Force[…]
SELMA, Alabama (AP) — Several Democratic White House hopefuls are gathering at one of America’s seminal civil rights sites on Sunday to pay homage to that legacy and highlight their own connections to the movement. Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who already are in the 2020 race, and Sen. Read more about Democratic presidential candidates marking Selma anniversary[…]
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s trip to Alabama to survey tornado damage (all times local): 3:05 p.m. President Donald Trump is signing Bibles at an Alabama church and taking photos with survivors of a deadly tornado outbreak that killed nearly two dozen people. Trump is surveying the wreckage and visiting Read more about The Latest: President Trump signs Bibles at Alabama church[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Rep. lIhan Omar and a House resolution condemning anti-Semitism and other bigotry (all times local): 10:30 a.m. President Donald Trump has branded as “disgraceful” the resolution passed after Democratic Rep. lIhan Omar’s comments suggesting House supporters of Israel have dual allegiances. The House on Thursday passed a resolution condemning Read more about The Latest: Trump calls House resolution ‘disgraceful’[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has beefed up its legal team. Its political team is ready to distract and disparage. And President Donald Trump is irate. Trump’s response plan to the ever-expanding congressional probes into his campaign, White House and personal affairs is coming into focus as newly empowered Democrats intensify their efforts. Deploying Read more about As investigations swirl, Trump team prepares to fight[…]