BALTIMORE -- President Donald Trump took to Twitter Thursday to send his "warmest condolences" to the family and friends of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, who died in the early morning amid some longstanding health problems.

"I got to see first hand the strength, passion and wisdom of this highly respected political leader," Trump said ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Andy Biggs will attempt to force a vote on his resolution to censure House Intelligence Chairman Adam B. Schiff on the House floor this week, having initiated the process Wednesday.

Biggs' censure effort has the backing of House Republican leaders -- an uncommon alliance between the party's establishment and the chairman of ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday continued distancing the United States from Kurdish forces in Syria who once were Washington's chief ally in fighting the Islamic State terrorist group.

Trump's decision to remove American forces that were positioned between Turkish troops and the Kurds has angered both Republican and Democratic...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Welcome to the top, Elizabeth Warren.

That was a central message of the presidential Democratic debate Tuesday, when the Massachusetts senator's rivals peppered her with hostile questions and blunt challenges to her policies on health care, taxes and more.

The debate was the first to be held since Warren moved into the lead of ...Read more

Sen. Elizabeth Warren drew repeated fire from her competitors in the Democrats' fourth presidential debate Tuesday night, while Joe Biden faded to the background for long stretches, underscoring how much the primary campaign has shifted.

For the most part, Warren, who came into the debate tied with or slightly leading Biden in polls, kept her ...Read more

New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a leading voice of the Democratic Party's liberal wing, plans to endorse Bernie Sanders for president, according to his campaign.

Her support is a major boost for the Vermont senator, whose poll ratings have been sliding as Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has emerged as a frontrunner in the race for ...Read more

WESTERVILLE, Ohio -- Democratic candidates found common ground in denouncing President Donald Trump, but struck a more fractious tone on healthcare, gun policy and money in politics during a crowded presidential primary debate Tuesday night.

The most pointed broadsides were aimed at Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, reflecting her ascendance...Read more

Democrats set a world record Tuesday night, cramming a dozen presidential debaters on a single cheek-by-jowl stage.

If nothing else, the exercise proved that more isn't necessarily better -- unless you enjoy hearing different candidates answer different questions, a circumscribed back-and-forth and long periods of contestants disappearing from ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Elizabeth Warren felt the heat. Pete Buttigieg stepped up. And Joe Biden was, surprisingly, mostly an afterthought.

That was the dynamic at play during Tuesday's Democratic presidential debate, where a dozen candidates took the stage outside of Columbus, Ohio. The showdown occurred amid a renewed impeachment push among Democrats ...Read more

California Sen. Kamala Harris taunted Elizabeth Warren in Tuesday's Democratic presidential debate, challenging the Massachusetts senator to join her in demanding that Twitter shut down President Donald Trump's account.

In a discussion of curbing the power of big technology companies, Harris turned to Warren and said she was surprised she ...Read more

Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg clashed over the future of the Democratic Party's policy on gun control.

O'Rourke said he believes the government should buy back assault rifles -- essentially, a form of confiscation -- while Buttigieg thought that plan was fuzzy on the details and would imperil the Democratic...Read more

California Sen. Kamala Harris said Tuesday it was outrageous that organizers of the 2020 presidential debates had devoted almost no time to discussing Republican efforts to roll back abortion rights.

"There are states that have passed laws that will virtually prevent women from having access to reproductive health care," she said at the CNN/New...Read more

WASHINGTON -- A U.S. appeals court in Virginia agreed to reconsider a Maryland and District of Columbia lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of using his office to enrich himself in violation of the U.S. Constitution.

A three-judge panel had rejected the case in July. That decision overturned a pair of trial court rulings that had let the ...Read more

The impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump has dramatically changed the campaign landscape for the Democratic presidential candidates who will gather Tuesday in Ohio for their fourth debate.

The uproar over Trump asking the president of Ukraine to investigate his potential 2020 opponent Joe Biden has drawn attention away from every...Read more