Politics

Tensions were elevated at the City Council meeting on Wednesday as lawmakers voted on the fate of an influential committee chaired by Council Member Ruben Diaz Sr. of the Bronx.

(FOX NEWS) - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz thinks convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán should finance President Donald Trump’s long-promised border wall.

California Sen. Kamala Harris, reiterating her support for marijuana legalization at the federal level, acknowledged Monday that she's smoked pot in the past, saying: “I have. And I inhaled. I did inhale.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday insisted that freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar immediately apologize for tweets saying that members of Congress are being paid by a powerful interest group to support Israel.

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren made her bid for the presidency official on Saturday in this working-class city, grounding her 2020 campaign in a populist call to fight economic inequality and build "an America that works for everyone."

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar launched her presidential campaign Sunday afternoon during a snowy rally near downtown Minneapolis, joining a crowded field of Democrats seeking to challenge President Donald Trump.

Politically freighted border security negotiations are teetering just days before a potential new government shutdown. The turmoil is testing the changed balance of power in Washington, with lawmakers engaged in a sparring match over immigration policy that is challenging their ability to reach any accord.

President Donald Trump charged ahead Monday with his pledge to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, skimming over the details of lawmakers' tentative deal that would give him far less than he's been demanding and declaring he's "setting the stage" to deliver on his signature campaign promise.

Back in Iowa as a full-fledged presidential candidate, Democrat Elizabeth Warren took aim at President Donald Trump on Sunday, saying he "may not even be a free person" by next year's election.

President Donald Trump is pushing back against criticisms that a leak of his private schedule suggests he is not working hard.

President Donald Trump is pushing back against criticisms that a leak of his private schedule suggests he is not working hard.

President Trump wasted little time Saturday before needling newly declared presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren over her controversial efforts to align herself with Native Americans.

President Donald Trump's physician says the president is "in very good health" and is likely to remain so for the duration of his presidency and beyond.

Former US Congressman John Dingell (D-Dearborn) has died at the age of 92. 

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional bargainers seem close to clinching a border security agreement that would avert a fresh government shutdown, with leaders of both parties voicing optimism and the top GOP negotiator saying he believes President Donald Trump would back the emerging accord.

In a new series of tweets, President Trump said that the Democrats are going "nuts" investigating him. 

President Trump on Wednesday said he wants to increase the number of people who legally migrate to the U.S. "because our unemployment numbers are so low."

The woman who has accused Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault, Vanessa Tyson, has released statement detailing the allegations.

One day after President Trump decried what he called "the politics of revenge" and "partisan investigations" in his State of the Union address, Democratic House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff announced a new, wide-ranging probe into the president's foreign business dealings and Russian election meddling.