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President Donald Trump on Sunday night said he “will set up a meeting ASAP“ with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on immigration.The president wrote in a two-part tweet that he was happy the New York Democrat had visited the border (“This is a GREAT…

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced Sunday he will not be seeking re-election in 2020 and will step down as head of his party.He did not, however, resign.Rosselló’s announcement came as thousands of protesting Puerto Ricans have been demanding his…

LOS ANGELES — Paul Krassner, the publisher, author and radical political activist on the front lines of 1960s counterculture who helped tie together his loose-knit prankster group by naming them the Yippies, died Sunday in Southern California, his daughter…

House Democrats want the notably reserved former special counsel to help build a case against President Donald Trump.

House Democrats want the notably reserved former special counsel to help build a case against President Donald Trump.

Vice President Mike Pence said both he and President Donald Trump are "not pleased" with the "send her back" chant that broke out at Trump's recent reelection rally. Still, Pence declined to condemn any attempts to repeat such cheers, saying "If it happened…

House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff said on Sunday he hopes Robert Mueller's testimony before the House will bring the former special counsel's report "to life.""Since most of our constituents in their busy lives haven't had the opportunity to read that…

President Donald Trump is "worse than a racist," Sen. Cory Booker charged on Sunday. "The reality is, this is a guy who is worse than a racist," the Democratic presidential contender from New Jersey told Dana Bash on CNN's "State of the Union." "He is actually…

TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition secured a majority in Japan’s upper house of parliament in elections Sunday, according to vote counts by public television and other media. Exit polls indicated Abe could even close in on the…

House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler said on Sunday he hopes former special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony before the House won't be "a dud.""What if the whole thing ends up being a dud?" Chris Wallace asked the New York Democrat on "Fox News…

Pushback against President Donald Trump's recent racist comments about four women of color in Congress is merely an effort by Democrats to "try to silence and punish and suppress" views opposite their own, White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller said…

Rep. Elijah Cummings on Sunday said the events of the week since President Donald Trump’s “go back” tweet aimed at four progressive congresswomen of color reminded him of being a 12-year-old growing up in 1962 in Baltimore.“We were trying to integrate…

Expensive regulation and high demand across the country have made the illicit trade more profitable than going legit.

Heiress Ghislaine Maxwell paved the way to presidents.

The FTC has only a small fraction of the money and workforce of the nation's largest tech companies.

ICE struggles to handle migrants with serious mental illness.

President Donald Trump on Saturday advocated for ASAP Rocky's release from Swedish custody in a call with Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, saying he "personally" vouched for the New York rapper. "Just had a very good call with @SwedishPM Stefan Löfven who…

The Democratic National Committee raised $8.5 million in June, the month of the party's presidential debates in Miami — less than half of the $20.7 million the Republican National Committee pulled in during that time period, disclosures show.The DNC also…

Even if Trump loses, political and logistical hurdles could make it impossible to rejoin the 2015 agreement.

Seven 2020 primary contenders paid more than 100 staff each last quarter, led by Elizabeth Warren.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused the Trump administration of treating detained migrants “like criminals” after touring a Texas detention facility on Friday, calling conditions he saw there “awful.”The New York Democrat, who led a dozen…

President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that Sen. Rand Paul is involved in diplomatic talks with Iran, referring to the country as “nothing but trouble.”The Kentucky Republican has long been an opponent of U.S. intervention in Iran. POLITICO reported…

President Donald Trump has spent days feuding with progressive House Democrats, but on Friday he stoked another conflict, pitting his NASA chief against the first men to travel to the moon as they debated traveling directly to Mars. During a gathering in the…

President Donald Trump on Friday extolled the debt ceiling as “a sacred element of our country” that should never be wielded as a bargaining chip in budget talks — despite urging Republican lawmakers to do just that 6½ years ago.“That’s a very, very…

Democrats said Friday there are "nonstarters" in a new White House offer that includes $1.1 trillion in options to offset spending increases in a two-year spending agreement that would raise the budget caps and hike the debt limit.The Trump administration’s…