WASHINGTON (AP) — An Alabama woman who joined the Islamic State lost a first round on Monday in a legal fight to return to the U.S. with her toddler son, even as a judge seemed to support at least one argument made by her lawyer for her U.S. citizenship. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton denied Read more about Woman who left US to join Islamic State loses round in court[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday revoked an Obama-era requirement for reporting civilian casualties that resulted from U.S. intelligence operations in non-combat areas across the globe. Trump struck a section of an executive order issued by former President Barack Obama, which required both the Pentagon and the intelligence agencies to report on civilian Read more about Trump: Civilians killed in intelligence ops to go unreported[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A meeting of House Democrats turned contentious Wednesday as some new members who helped deliver the House majority confronted leaders over a resolution implicitly rebuking Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota over her comments on Israel. In the party’s weekly closed meeting, Democrats protested the way Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other leaders tried Read more about Dissent among Dems over response to Omar’s Israel remarks[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Where the investigations related to President Donald Trump stand and what may lie ahead for him: WHAT’S HAPPENING? New York’s attorney general opened a civil investigation Tuesday into Trump’s business dealings, issuing subpoenas to two banks for loan applications, mortgages and other documents related to four Trump real estate projects and his Read more about Where the investigations related to President Trump stand[…]
SEATTLE (AP) — The Latest on Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s announcement he’s running for president (all times local): 1:50 p.m. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says the Green New Deal being touted by some Democrats in Congress is an “aspirational document” and that he would soon detail his own climate change agenda. Inslee announced his 2020 Read more about The Latest: Gov. Inslee calls Green New Deal ‘aspirational’[…]
BEAUREGARD, Ala. (AP) — Head bowed, President Donald Trump paid respects Friday to the 23 people killed when a powerful tornado roared through a rural Alabama town, observing a moment of silence before white wooden crosses that stood in remembrance of each victim. Trump and his wife, Melania, held hands as they paused in front Read more about Trump pays his respects to 23 killed by Alabama tornado[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — It wasn’t exactly a mic-drop moment. But when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi abruptly ended a conversation as a freshman lawmaker no longer seemed to be listening, it showed just how far the Democratic leader and the new majority have to go in getting used to each other. A lot has changed in Read more about A different kind of freshman marks Pelosi’s new majority[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared Friday that he rejected a personal appeal from his former lawyer Michael Cohen for a pardon, the strongest assertion yet that Cohen may have lied under oath. Trump tweeted his claim after days of swirling questions about Cohen over the issue of pardons. It has emerged as a Read more about Trump says Michael Cohen lied about not requesting a pardon[…]
WASHINGTON (AP) — An 11th-hour Republican rescue mission to save President Donald Trump from an awkward defeat by the GOP-run Senate on his declaration of a national emergency at the Mexican border seemed to collapse Wednesday. The setback made it likely that defections from his own party will force Trump to cast his first veto Read more about Senate GOP effort on Trump border wall seems to fall short[…]
The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times EST): 2:20 p.m. Democrat Sherrod Brown hasn’t decided yet whether he’ll run for president in 2020, but the Ohio Democrat is spending time in early-voting South Carolina, where he’s promoting higher wages for workers and more robust health care. Brown attended a Darlington County Democratic women’s Read more about The Latest: Brown, mulling 2020 run, visits South Carolina[…]