Politics

President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Associated Press
October 22, 2019 - 10:06 am

Trump Likens House Impeachment Inquiry To 'A Lynching'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump triggered outrage Tuesday by comparing the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry to a lynching, assigning the horrors of a deadly and racist chapter in U.S. history to a process laid out in the Constitution. "That is one word no president ought to apply to...
Read More
President Donald Trump speaking during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Associated Press
October 21, 2019 - 4:42 pm

Trump Urges Gop To 'Get Tougher And Fight' Impeachment

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump called on fellow Republicans on Monday to "get tougher and fight" against the quickly moving House impeachment inquiry as Democrats blocked a GOP bid to censure Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, a leader of the impeachment inquiry. Trump, defending his conduct at...
Read More
David Calvert/Getty Images
Associated Press
October 11, 2019 - 6:14 am

Charges Allege Foreign Funds Went To Two NV Candidates

Contributions to Republican candidates for Nevada governor and state attorney general in 2018 were attempts by businessmen with ties to President Donald Trump’s lawyer and the Ukraine investigation to influence U.S. politics, federal prosecutors in New York alleged Thursday.
Read More
andriano_cz/Getty Images
Associated Press
October 08, 2019 - 6:15 am

Nevada Democrats To Offer About 80 Early Caucus Locations

The Nevada Democratic Party will have about 80 locations open for four days of early voting in the presidential caucuses next year, the party announced Monday.
Read More
Scott Eisen/Getty Images
Mitch Kelly
October 02, 2019 - 8:10 am

Sanders Cancels All Events After Suffering Chest Discomfort

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has canceled all event and appearances until further notice after suffering what his campaign calls "chest discomfort" during a campaign event in Las Vegas on Tuesday night.
Read More
FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, file photo, Attorney General William Barr speaks as President Donald Trump listens during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, in Washington. Trump recently asked the Australian prime minister and other foreign leaders to help Barr with an investigation into the origins of the Russia probe that shadowed his administration for more than two years, the Justice Department said Monday. Sept. 30. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Associated Press
September 30, 2019 - 6:54 pm

Trump Sought Australia's Help On Russia Probe Origins

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump recently asked the Australian prime minister and other foreign leaders to help Attorney General William Barr with an investigation into the origins of the Russia probe that shadowed his administration for more than two years, the Justice Department said...
Read More
President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019, as he returns from attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Associated Press
September 26, 2019 - 2:44 pm

Whistleblower: White House Tried To 'Lock Down' Call Details

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials took extraordinary steps to "lock down" information about President Donald Trump's summertime phone call with the president of Ukraine, even moving the transcript to a secret computer system, a whistleblower alleges in a politically explosive complaint that...
Read More
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the InterContinental Barclay New York hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Associated Press
September 25, 2019 - 4:53 pm

Washington Plunges Into Trump Impeachment Investigation

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pressed the leader of Ukraine to "look into" Joe Biden, Trump's potential 2020 reelection rival, as well as the president's lingering grievances from the 2016 election, according to a rough transcript of a summer phone call that is now at the center of...
Read More
FILE - In this file photo taken on Sept. 1, 2019, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, left, shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, in Warsaw, Poland. Zelenskiy, the comedian elected Ukraine’s leader in April, took office pledging to focus on ending the deadly separatist fighting in the country’s east, fomented by Russia. But now, barely 100 days in power, he finds himself at the center of a political furor involving the United States, Ukraine’s friend and backer. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
Associated Press
September 25, 2019 - 6:10 am

At Center Of US Scandal, Ukraine's Leader Speaks At The UN

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The man at the center of America's latest political storm was kicking off the second day of speeches Wednesday at this year's gathering of world leaders. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's first-ever address before the world body comes a mere few hours after a formal U...
Read More
FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference in Webster, Texas. Federal prosecutors are joining President Donald Trump in asking a federal judge in New York to temporarily block a state court grand jury subpoena seeking his tax returns. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Associated Press
September 24, 2019 - 10:38 pm

Federal Prosecutors Join Trump To Block Tax Return Subpoena

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors are joining President Donald Trump in asking a federal judge in New York to temporarily block a state court grand jury subpoena seeking his tax returns. They say in papers filed late Tuesday in Manhattan federal court that Trump has raised "weighty constitutional...
Read More

Pages