Watchdog report: FBI's Russia probe justified, no bias found

The Russia probe report found no evidence of political bias, despite performance failures, per a summary obtained by The Associated Press.

Trump, Democrats in tentative deal on North American trade pact

(AP) -- House Democrats have reached a tentative agreement with labor leaders and the White House over a rewrite of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal that has been a top priority for President Donald Trump.

House Judiciary Committee releases report outlining arguments for impeachment

House Democrats have issued a lengthy report drawing on history and the Founding Fathers to lay out the legal argument over the case against President Trump's actions toward Ukraine.

Articles of impeachment: What's next in the House

A breakdown of what articles of impeachment entail, how the process works and what the articles might say.

'All roads lead to Putin': Trump impeachment ties Ukraine, Russia

House Democrats are bringing the impeachment focus back to Russia as they draft formal charges against President Trump.

As Dems zero in on White House, Trump racks up court losses

President Donald Trump is facing ample push-back from the Judiciary branch, where black-robed judges who sit in courtrooms just blocks from the Capitol and in New York City have repudiated his view of executive power.

Bernie Sanders announces $150B plan to expand broadband access

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is promising to invest $150 billion to bring high-speed internet to “every household in America” while breaking up and better regulating monopolies he says currently limit access to drive up their profits.

Biden exchanges verbal blows with audience member at Iowa town hall: ‘You’re a damn liar, man’

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden blasted a man at an Iowa town hall as a “damn liar” Thursday -- and challenged him to a push-up contest -- after he accused the 77-year-old former vice president of being "too old" and took a swipe at son Hunter's role on the board of a controversial Ukrainian natural gas firm.

Bloomberg gun plan: Permits, assault weapon ban, age limits

Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg unveiled a gun control policy on Thursday calling for a ban on all assault weapons, mandatory permits for gun purchasers and more.

Ukrainian gas chief, Andriy Kobolyev, meets with prosecutors probing Giuliani

Andriy Kobolyev met voluntarily with representatives of the Justice Department, according lawyer Lanny Breuer, who represents the chief executive officer of Naftogaz, Ukraine's biggest natural gas provider.

North Korea says it's up to US to choose 'Christmas gift'

North Korea says the Trump administration is running out of time to salvage nuclear negotiations, and that it’s entirely up to the U.S. to choose what "Christmas gift" it wants.

Trump dismisses Giuliani calls with White House, OMB

President Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed the significance of repeated contacts between his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and phone numbers linked to the White House and its budget office — contacts that were revealed in the House intelligence committee’s impeachment report.

Court sides with Congress in battle for Trump bank records

A federal appeals court has ruled that Congress can see President Trump's banking records for investigations into possible foreign influence in U.S. politics or other misdeeds.

Trump hits back after Trudeau appears to mock him in NATO summit video

After video surfaced of world's leaders at the NATO summit appearing to laugh at his expense, President Trump called Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "two-faced."

A crime isn't required for impeachment

Impeachment cases turn on abuse of power, which is a political judgment and one that members of Congress are so far approaching along almost completely partisan lines.