Voters to narrow wide-open field of Chicago mayoralty candidates
Chicago voters head to the polls on Tuesday to choose a new mayor in an election expected to lead to an April runoff to determine who will lead the third-largest U.S. city, which has struggled with crime and racial divisions.
U.S. lawmakers to grill Trump’s EPA on enforcement drop-off
U.S. lawmakers will grill the Environmental Protection Agency’s top pollution enforcement official on Tuesday after the agency’s recent annual report showed a big decline in civil penalties and site inspections.
Trump’s ex-fixer Cohen to offer new Russia details to U.S. Congress: source
President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen plans to tell U.S. 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 pers…
Judge gives green light to Trump ban on gun ‘bump stocks’
A federal judge gave the Trump administration the go-ahead on Monday to ban “bump stocks” – rapid-fire gun attachments used in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history – in a defeat for firearms rights advocates.
House set to vote to end Trump’s border wall ’emergency’
The U.S. House of Representatives votes on Tuesday on a resolution to terminate President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to build a wall on the border with Mexico.
Manafort asks judge for sentence far below the maximum: court filing
Lawyers for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort asked a federal judge in Washington on Monday to impose a prison term “significantly below” the statutory 10-year maximum, saying he was remorseful for his misdeeds and facing deteriorating healt…
Wisconsin governor pulls troops from U.S.-Mexico border
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Monday signed an order withdrawing the state’s National Guard troops from the U.S.-Mexico border, saying there was not enough evidence of a national security crisis to justify keeping them there.
U.S. senators unconvinced by Saudi briefing, see Yemen war vote next week
U.S. senators said on Monday a Trump administration briefing had not changed opinions on the need to push back at Saudi Arabia over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and its conduct in the war in Yemen, and predicted a Senate vote on whether to …
Democrats face hurdles in bid to get full Mueller report
Democratic U.S. lawmakers have vowed a court fight if necessary to secure the public release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full report on his investigation into possible coordination between President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia.
What happens if Mueller finds Trump fingerprints in Russia conspiracy?
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is preparing to submit to U.S. Attorney General William Barr a report detailing his findings in the investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election and any links to the Trump campaign.
