Manafort scheduled to learn sentence for tax and bank fraud

When former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is sentenced for tax and bank fraud , U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III will likely issue the same lecture he gives to drug dealers and bank robbers.

Trump to battle investigations with condemnation, lawyers

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.

Wendy Davis says she's mulling U.S. Senate run in 2020

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Wendy Davis of Texas said Tuesday she is considering a U.S. Senate run in 2020 but is waiting to see whether another high-profile Democrat, Rep. Joaquin Castro, goes through with challenging Republican incumbent John Cornyn.

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.

McConnell: Enough Senate votes to reject Trump's wall move

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged Monday that opponents of President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border have enough votes in the Republican-led Senate to prevail on a resolution aimed at blocking the move.

Maxine Waters says for Trump 'impeachment is the only answer'

(FOX NEWS) - California Democrat Maxine Waters attacked President Trump and said “impeachment is the only answer” on Monday, citing the allegations of obstruction of justice. Waters, who became one of the leading advocates for Trump’s impeachment – even as her own party remains cautious to embrace such position-- has gone to Twitter to announce her latest call for...

Report: Lawyer for Cohen inquired about presidential pardon

Michael Cohen, the former fixer and personal attorney for President Donald Trump, offered explosive testimony last Wednesday during a hearing before a congressional committee.

Trump celebrates North Dakota football champs with fast food

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is again feting football champions with burgers and fries. Trump is celebrating the Division 1-winning North Dakota State University football team at the White House with a lunch that includes Big Macs, french fries and Chick-fil-A sandwiches. Trump served a similar spread that included hundreds of hamburgers to the college football champion Clemson...

House panel launches new probe of President Trump, his White House, his campaign and businesses

The House Judiciary Committee is launching a sweeping new probe of President Donald Trump, his White House, his campaign and his businesses. The panel is sending document requests to 81 people linked to the president and his associates.

Sanders returns to roots, says he can defeat Trump

NEW YORK (AP) - Bernie Sanders kicked off his presidential campaign Saturday miles from the rent-controlled apartment where he grew up in Brooklyn and forcefully made the case that he is nothing like fellow New Yorker Donald Trump, proclaiming himself the Democrat best prepared to beat the incumbent in 2020.

Trump: Colleges that don't support 'free speech' will lose federal funding

President Trump announced Sunday that colleges and universities will get federal research funding only if they meet certain "free speech" standards.

Trump rouses right with prediction of a big 2020 win

President Donald Trump told an appreciative audience of conservatives Saturday that he will win re-election in 2020 and by a bigger margin than his 2016 victory. He mocked Democrats for their framework to combat climate change and said House lawmakers pushing to expand their investigations of him are "sick."

O'Rourke team begins national staffing talks amid 2020 buzz

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - 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. A person with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday that O'Rourke's team is having early, formal staffing...

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.

Harris operative McCrae Dowless charged in NC09 congressional race

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The political operative at the center of an election fraud scandal that has engulfed a North Carolina congressional race was arrested Wednesday on charges of illegal ballot handling and conspiracy. Four people working for him were also charged.