WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump tweeted he will make a "major announcement" on Saturday about border security and what will be by then the 29-day partial government shutdown.

Three minutes after the White House call a "lid" Friday night and reporters headed for the gate, the president fired off a post saying the remarks would focus on "the...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court took no action Friday on President Donald Trump's bid to end deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants, suggesting the program may stay in place at least until the end of this year.

Under the court's usual practices, Friday was the last day to accept an appeal and ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Susan Bucher, the longtime supervisor of elections in Palm Beach County, Fla., was suspended Friday by Gov. Ron DeSantis following a series of post-election controversies.

At a news conference at The Historical Museum of Palm Beach, DeSantis said he would follow Secretary of State Mike Ertel's recommendation to suspend ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Democrats vowed Friday to investigate allegations that President Donald Trump instructed his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, to lie to Congress about Trump's pursuit of a proposed hotel and condo complex in Moscow during the 2016 presidential campaign.

If confirmed, the allegations would pose a direct threat to the White House by ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump continued their high-stakes game of tit-for-tat on Friday, even as the 28-day partial government shutdown plodded on with no signs of any restart of negotiations.

White House aides scurried about Friday declining to directly address a bombshell report that Trump directed former ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, is expected to return next month for another appearance to testify behind closed doors to the Senate Intelligence Committee, according to the panel's top Democrat.

"We have invited Michael Cohen back," Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia told reporters Friday. "We ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Despite growing calls for Steve King to resign after he was censured for making racist comments, the Iowa Republican sent an email Thursday urging supporters for new donations.

"The unhinged left has teamed up with Republican 'NeverTrumpers' and is pulling out all the stops to destroy me," King said the email, the Des Moines ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The top Democrats on the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees said they will investigate the allegations that President Donald Trump directed his former attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about negotiations in 2016 to build a Trump Tower in Moscow are true, as BuzzFeed News reported late Thursday.

House Intelligence ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- and a congressional delegation planning to visit troops in Afghanistan on commercial airlines after President Donald Trump tried to derail the trip Thursday -- won't be traveling at all after the administration leaked their new travel plans and caused a security threat, a Pelosi spokesman said Friday.

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LOS ANGELES -- The windows of several cars were smashed and defaced with graffiti overnight inside an underground carport at a North Hollywood condominium complex, police said Friday.

Eight vehicles in the 10900 block of Hartsook Street were damaged in the incident, which was reported about 3 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department...Read more

WASHINGTON -- For the third time this week, President Donald Trump on Friday signaled support for immigration policy changes that would make it easier for seasonal farm workers to enter the United States.

Trump pleaded in a Friday morning tweet for someone to inform Speaker Nancy Pelosi that "her 'big donors' in wine country that people working...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Mitch McConnell was jolted with a fresh reminder of President Donald Trump's capriciousness last month: The majority leader persuaded Republican colleagues to take a politically difficult vote to temporarily fund the government, but not a border wall, only to see Trump withdraw support -- initiating the longest shutdown in ...Read more

As voters across the country made their choices last year on ballot issues and political candidates, a disconnect emerged.

While Democrats in Colorado swept statewide races, voters sent a different message on taxes and spending by rejecting ballot measures endorsed by Democrats that would have increased revenue for education and transportation....Read more

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar tweeted on Wednesday night that Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham is "compromised," but offered no evidence for that assertion.

"They got to him, he is compromised!" the Minnesota Democrat wrote on Twitter, as she retweeted a CNN clip from 2015 in which Graham, R-S.C., was heavily critical of President Donald ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The Trump playbook on dealing with foes is well-documented: If attacked, strike back 10 times harder; zero in on your enemy's weakest spots; go as personal as you can.

There's one glaring exception: Nancy Pelosi.

A day after the Democratic House speaker effectively postponed his Jan. 29 State of the Union address before Congress ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Newly empowered Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are preparing to reopen the panel's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, seeking new interviews and financial records even as Republicans appear ready to boycott the inquiry.

Republicans who previously led the committee ended the investigation last ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- The House floor erupted Thursday after Congress adjourned for the week when an unidentified Republican congressman yelled a controversial and potentially racially charged remark across the aisle as Democratic Rep. Tony Cardenas was at the podium.

"Go back to Puerto Rico!" the lawmaker shouted, punctuating a stream of Republican ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump called Thursday for dramatically broadening U.S. defenses against missile attacks, outlining a costly and scientifically unproven plan for developing lasers and space sensors to defend all of the United States' territory from ballistic missile threats.

"Our strategy is grounded in one overriding objective: ...Read more