WASHINGTON (AP) — A look at where investigations related to President Donald Trump stand and what may lie ahead for him: WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? Special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia and whether the president obstructed the investigation. Trump also plays a central role in a separate Read more about Where the investigations related to President Trump stand[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House on Friday approved legislation aimed at reducing the role of big money in politics, ensuring fair elections and strengthening ethics standards. But it stands little chance in the Republican-run Senate, where the GOP leader has pledged it will not come up for a vote, and the White House issued Read more about House OKs election overhaul package, but Senate to slam door[…]

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a “he said, he said” where the “he” — no matter who he is — has a credibility problem. The latest White House legal drama — whether or not the president’s former legal fixer asked him for a pardon — has pulled back the curtain on a whole cast of Read more about ‘He said, he said’ – Who can you trust in Cohen-Trump saga?[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday the House will vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and other forms of hate after an upheaval that split Democrats and clouded their agenda. But Pelosi said the measure won’t name Ilhan Omar, the freshman Democrat whose comments about Israel sparked the uproar. Pelosi defended Omar Read more about Pelosi: House anti-hate resolution won’t mention Omar[…]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Latest on Democratic presidential candidates (all times local): 1:55 p.m. Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper says can’t see running for U.S. Senate if his presidential bid fails. The Democrat says Sunday that he’s “not cut out” for the Senate. But Hickenlooper acknowledges he’s spoken with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer. Read more about The Latest: Hickenlooper unlikely to fall back on Senate bid[…]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday that he welcomes support from a super PAC, even as many fellow 2020 Democratic presidential candidates have rejected them. Super PACs can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money to support or oppose a candidate, so long as they do not coordinate with the Read more about Inslee says he welcomes super PAC help in presidential bid[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the sentencing of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort (all times local): 12:15 p.m. A federal judge has sentenced former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to more than 3 1/2 additional years in prison. That’s on top of the roughly four-year sentence he received in a separate case in Read more about The Latest: Manafort sentenced to 3½ more years in prison[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — One by one, the Republican senators floated their ideas. They were trying to find a way out of a seemingly impossible dilemma: how to support President Donald Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall without approving the national emergency declaration he invoked to build it. And one by one, during a private lunchtime meeting that Read more about Analysis: GOP senators struggle to escape no-win border vote[…]

Where the investigations related to President Donald Trump stand and what may lie ahead for him: WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? Special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia and whether the president obstructed the investigation. Trump also plays a central role in a separate case in New York, where Read more about Where the investigations related to President Trump stand[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Divided in debate but mostly united in a final vote, the House passed a resolution condemning anti-Semitism and other bigotry Thursday, with Democrats trying to push past a dispute that has overwhelmed their agenda and exposed fault lines that could dog them through elections next year. The one-sided 407-23 vote belied the Read more about House broadly condemns hate after anti-Semitism dispute[…]