Trump expected to seek $8.6B for border wall in new budget

President Donald Trump will seek $8.6 billion in his new budget to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall, an administration aide said Sunday, setting up another showdown with Congress, which has resisted giving him more money for his signature campaign promise.

Trump MAGA flag stirs controversy in Florida community

A "Make America Great Again"  flag is causing some controversy in a Florida retirement community.

U.S. Government kept track of journalists, others during migrant caravan

The U.S. government kept a database on journalists, activists, organizers and 'instigators' during an investigation into last year's migrant caravan, infuriating civil liberties and media groups who called it a blatant violation of free speech rights.

McSally says in Senate hearing she was raped in Air Force

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Sen. Martha McSally, the first female Air Force fighter pilot to fly in combat, said she was sexually assaulted by a superior officer and later, when she tried to talk about it to military officials, she "felt like the system was raping me all over again."

Florida lawmakers want to end time changes for everyone

Some of Florida’s lawmakers in Washington are trying again to end the twice-a-year time change – but not just for the Sunshine State.

Trump team ready to fight, distract

The White House has beefed up its legal team. Its political team is ready to distract and disparage. And President Donald Trump is venting against Democratic prying.

House Democrats launch aggressive new Trump probe

Democrats launched a sweeping new probe of President Donald Trump on Monday, an aggressive investigation that threatens to shadow the president through the 2020 election season with potentially damaging inquiries into his White House, campaign and family businesses.

Who's getting document requests from House Dems in new probe

Dozens of people with connections to President Donald Trump and his associates will receive document requests this week, as the House Judiciary Committee starts a broad new probe looking at possible obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power.

Ocasio-Cortez, chief of staff illegally moved $885G in campaign contributions, FEC complaint says

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Saikat Chakrabarti, the progressive firebrand's multimillionaire chief of staff, apparently violated campaign finance law by funneling nearly $1 million in contributions from political action committees Chakrabarti established to private companies that he also controlled, according to an explosive complaint filed Monday with the Federal Election...

Bernie Sanders kicks off presidential campaign in Brooklyn

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, officially kicked off his 2020 presidential campaign at Brooklyn College, in the borough where he grew up.

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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, officially kicked off his 2020 presidential campaign at Brooklyn College, in the borough where he grew up.

Report: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warns of 'list' for moderate Dems who vote with Republicans

(FOX NEWS) - After more than two dozen moderate Democrats broke from their party's progressive wing and sided with Republicans on a legislative amendment Wednesday, New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reportedly sounded the alarm in a closed-door meeting Thursday and said those Democrats were "putting themselves on a list."

White House: Trump, Kim summit ends without reaching a deal

President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un abruptly cut short their second summit Thursday without reaching an agreement, a stunning collapse of talks that caused both leaders to leave their Vietnam meeting early and cancel a planned signing ceremony.

President Trump demanded top-secret clearance for Jared Kushner, report says

President Donald Trump last year ordered officials to grant top-secret security clearance to his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, according to a report published Thursday by The New York Times.

O'Rourke team begins national staffing talks amid 2020 buzz

Beto O'Rourke's advisers have begun speaking to Democratic political strategists about positions in a national campaign as the former Texas congressman promises to announce a decision on a 2020 presidential run soon.

Senate confirms former coal industry lobbyist Andrew Wheeler to lead Environmental Protection Agency

The Senate on Thursday confirmed former coal industry lobbyist Andrew Wheeler to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, despite concerns by Democrats and one Republican about regulatory rollbacks he's made in eight months as the agency's acting chief.

House approves bill to expand gun-sale background checks

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Democratic-controlled House on Wednesday approved a measure requiring federal background checks for all firearms sales and transfers, the first major gun control legislation considered by Congress in nearly 25 years. Democrats called the 240-190 vote a major step to end the gun lobby's grip on Washington and begin to address an epidemic of gun violence that kills...