WASHINGTON -- As President Donald Trump launched a fresh Twitter attack Sunday on four minority congresswomen he said were "not capable of loving our Country," a senior Democratic congressman who was active in the civil rights movement half a century ago offered a searing rebuke of the president, saying he now has "no doubt" Trump is a racist.

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WASHINGTON -- As President Trump launched a fresh Twitter attack Sunday on four minority congresswomen he said were "not capable of loving our Country," a senior Democratic congressman who was active in the civil rights movement half a century ago offered a searing rebuke of the president, saying he now has "no doubt" Trump is a racist.

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Sen. Susan Collins isn't used to seeing her popularity under water in her home state, but that's where the Maine Republican finds herself as she decides whether to run for a fifth term next year.

Collins, 66, says she's focused on preparing for a re-election bid but won't decide until the early fall whether she'll run. Her decision will shape ...Read more

With Donald Trump's impeachment as the prize that some Democrats covet, and others fear, Robert Mueller will finally sit down on Wednesday for five hours of questioning before two House committees.

The reluctant witness won't make it easy. So Democrats on the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees have been strategizing over how to draw ...Read more

Presidential Democratic candidate Cory Booker on Sunday suggested he might confront former Vice President Joe Biden on racial issues during the second round of debates this month.

Booker, a New Jersey senator, said it would be "fair" to bring up the 1994 crime bill, which Biden supported in the Senate and has called the "Biden crime bill." ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Sunday resumed his criticism of the four progressive Democratic congresswomen known as "The Squad," saying he didn't believe they were "capable of loving our country."

His Twitter message Sunday came a week after the president said that the women, all minorities, should "go back" to the "corrupt and inept...Read more

ASPEN, Colo. -- Call it the Case of the Vanishing Trump Administration Officials.

That was the mystery that played out at the 2019 Aspen Security Forum, where senior officials, thought leaders and reporters gather annually in one of America's wealthiest ski and sun playgrounds to debate timely matters of national security and foreign policy. ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Even if you follow Congress, you might not realize that Sen. Marco Rubio is the chairman of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee.

But the Florida Republican has been active with that part of his portfolio too, this week unveiling a chairman's mark for what would be the first full reauthorization and overhaul of the ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Trump administration officials want the Supreme Court to help them hurry up and spend up to $2.5 billion to construct a barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border before Congress thwarts them with new spending legislation on Oct. 1.

The administration argues it needs a ruling from the Supreme Court by July 26 so it can spend money on ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Robert S. Mueller III wanted to keep a low profile.

The former special counsel -- who famously avoided cameras for nearly two years when he led the Russia investigation -- made clear he did not want to testify to Congress beyond what he wrote in his 448-page report.

"It is important that the office's written work speak for itself...Read more

WASHINGTON -- California Rep. Doris Matsui confirmed some of the worst accounts of the border patrol centers housing migrant men, women and children who've crossed over the southern border, after visiting two facilities in Texas last weekend.

"It was just really kind of surprising in a way you can't steel yourselves for," Matsui, a Democrat in ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- A growing dispute between the Trump administration and California firefighting agencies over millions of dollars in back pay has ended with both sides agreeing to maintain an existing cooperation agreement, according to officials.

At stake was more than $9 million of a total $72 million reimbursement request that California made ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The controversial "send her back" crowd chant at President Donald Trump's North Carolina rally may have gotten all the headlines, but some Christians are grumbling over something most of the media completely ignored.

Trump cursed, and it was not just a few vulgarities. He took the Lord's name in vain.

Twice.

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WASHINGTON -- Democratic front-runner Joe Biden will face off against Kamala Harris on the second night of the two-part presidential primary debate in Detroit at the end of the month.

Bernie Sanders will be matched up against Elizabeth Warren in another group of 10 candidates on the first night, July 30.

This will be the second event to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- Former Vice President and Democratic front-runner Joe Biden called President Donald Trump "despicable" Thursday for his racist remarks about four Democratic congresswoman of color.

At a breakfast event with more than three dozen black community leaders and restaurant workers at Dulan's in South Los Angeles, Biden condemned Trump ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday condemned as "hurtful, wrong and completely unacceptable" chants by supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump at a rally to "send her back" in reference to an immigrant member of Congress.

"I want everyone in Canada to know that those comments are completely unacceptable and ...Read more