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Multiple Iowa county chairs told NPR that there were malfunctions in a new app used by the state Democratic Party that delayed reporting. The party expects to report results later Tuesday.
The White House released a record of President Trump’s July call with the Ukrainian president. But it’s not quelling Congress’ move toward impeachment as the president had hoped.
Mueller’s investigation did not take a position on whether Trump obstructed justice in the ongoing investigation, writing that “while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”
The Vermont independent became an ideological leader in the Democratic Party after his 2016 campaign against Hillary Clinton. He faces a far more crowded and liberal field this time.
Almost certain legal challenges and likely pushback from some within his own party await the president in the next phase of the ongoing national political battle over border security and immigration.
The president’s second State of the Union address touched on many of his familiar themes and agenda items but also included moments and proposals that drew positive reaction from Democrats.
The bill opens the government through Feb. 15 and provides back pay for federal workers who have missed two paychecks during the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Border security talks continue.
The Inspector General for the General Services Administration said agency lawyers decided to ignore the constitutional issues when they reviewed the lease after Donald Trump won the 2016 election.
The White House has sent its latest offer of a new border security package to the Democratic-controlled House, and the price tag has grown even larger.
There are dozens of competitive races across the country that will determine control of the House, Senate and governors’ seats. Here are the pivotal seats that could unlock what happens.
Arizona GOP Sen. Jeff Flake provided the critical vote to move the nomination to the full Senate while at the same time proposing that his colleagues support a one-week FBI investigation.
A day after Trump said he would be watching, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh gave a fiery defense in response to testimony from Christine Blasey Ford, who accused him of sexual assault.
President Trump spoke with the media Wednesday as the 2018 U.N. General Assembly wraps up.
The former president, receiving an ethics award at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is urging people to vote in the midterms.
The president said Friday that he has his list narrowed to “about five” candidates, including two women, and he may interview one or two candidates this weekend at his golf club in New Jersey.
Rep. Joe Crowley, a contender to succeed Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, was upset by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old activist. In GOP primaries, incumbents backed by President Trump won out.
In A Higher Loyalty, James Comey says the president “is unethical, and untethered to truth and institutional values. ... His leadership is transactional, ego driven and about personal loyalty.”