WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s appearances this week before Congress (all times local): 12:45 a.m. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer is preparing to tell a House committee that his former boss knew ahead of time that WikiLeaks would release emails damaging to his rival Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Read more about The Latest: Cohen says Trump knew about WikiLeaks email dump[…]

Fire, fury, love. Between the two of them, President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un have created a mythology about the U.S.-North Korean relationship that could gain another chapter when they meet in Hanoi this week for their second summit. According to that mythology, the U.S. came to the brink of war (says Read more about Fire, fury, love? The mythology behind the Trump-Kim summit[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top House Democrat threatened Sunday to call special counsel Robert Mueller to Capitol Hill, subpoena documents and take the Trump administration to court if necessary if the full report on the Russia investigation is not made public. Intelligence chairman Adam Schiff told ABC’s “This Week” that his committee will be watching Read more about Schiff vows lawsuit for Mueller report if it’s not released[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — What is happening to the Democrats? Captivated by a handful of liberal superstars, they are venturing where the party has long feared to tread: Steep taxes on the rich. Abolishing an immigration enforcement agency. Proposing “economic transformation” to combat climate change. Gleefully waving goodbye to a big business — and its jobs. Read more about Amazon decision a win for Democrats’ rising left wing[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is criticizing California’s lead role in a multistate lawsuit challenging his emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. On Twitter Tuesday, Trump noted last week’s decision by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to cancel a high-speed rail line between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Trump claims the “failed Read more about Trump criticizes California over lawsuit against border wall[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen (all times local): 11:17 a.m. President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, says he doesn’t know whether Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election, but he has “suspicions” about that. Cohen tells a House committee that he witnessed instances Read more about The Latest: Cohen details ‘suspicions’ about Trump, Russia[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee voted Tuesday to subpoena Trump administration officials over family separations at the southern border, the first issued in the new Congress as Democrats have promised to hold the administration aggressively to count. The decision by the Oversight Committee will compel the heads of Justice, Homeland Security and Health and Read more about House panel OKs subpoena over family separations at border[…]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democrat Sherrod Brown brought a pro-worker message Saturday to Las Vegas casino workers who are members of what’s considered Nevada’s most powerful labor union, declaring that if he decides to run for president, he will be “the most pro-union candidate.” Brown, a U.S. senator from Ohio, said he’s going to make Read more about Brown pledges to be most pro-union 2020 candidate if he runs[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Alabama woman who joined the Islamic State group in Syria won’t be allowed to return to the United States with her toddler son because she is not an American citizen, the U.S. said Wednesday. Her lawyer is challenging that claim. In a brief statement, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave no Read more about US: Alabama woman who joined Islamic State is not a citizen[…]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will declare a national emergency to fulfill his pledge to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump said he will use executive powers to bypass Congress, which approved far less money for his proposed wall than he had sought. He plans to siphon billions Read more about Trump says he’s declaring emergency to build border wall[…]