House passes bill rejecting Trump’s border wall emergency
In a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump, the House of Representatives on Tuesday brushed aside veto threats and passed legislation to terminate the emergency he declared at the U.S.-Mexico border in order to build a wall there.
Democrats on oversight panel to quiz ex-Trump lawyer Cohen on hush money payments: memo
Democratic lawmakers will question U.S. President Donald Trump’s former aide Michael Cohen at a public hearing on Wednesday over whether Trump’s lawyers misled ethics officials about illegal hush payments to women during the 2016 presidential campaign,…
U.S. Senate hopes confirmation vote this week on Trump’s EPA pick: aide
The U.S. Senate hopes to vote this week to confirm Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist and President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, an aide to Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday.
U.S. House Democrats introduce sweeping ‘Medicare for All’ bill
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled an ambitious proposal on Tuesday to move all Americans into the government’s Medicare health insurance program, tapping into public frustration over the rising cost of healthcare that has become a…
Trump’s ex-fixer Cohen to give new Russia details to Congress: source
President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen will tell lawmakers this week that Trump asked him several times about a proposed skyscraper project in Moscow long after he secured the Republican presidential nomination, a person famili…
Republican Harris will not run again after tainted U.S. House election
North Carolina Republican Mark Harris said on Tuesday that he will not run in the re-do of a U.S. House of Representatives election that drew national scrutiny because of ballot fraud.
House advances bill rejecting Trump’s border wall emergency
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, ignoring White House veto threats, moved toward passage of legislation to terminate President Donald Trump’s proclaimed national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, in what would be a stinging rejection of his proposed wall there.
Bill to block Trump’s border emergency advances in House
A bill to stop President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to build a border wall with Mexico advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday.
Top strategists split from Bernie Sanders for his 2020 White House run
Three of the top media strategists for Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders stepped away from his 2020 campaign on Tuesday, citing creative differences over their vision for his fledgling White House run.
Republican will not seek re-do in disputed U.S. House election
North Carolina Republican Mark Harris said on Tuesday that he will not run again for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives after a new election was ordered because of concerns of corruption in the 2018 vote.
