WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's midterm homestretch stump speech has evolved into a warning that Democratic control of one or both chambers will create a hellscape of rampant crime, high taxes and no safety net for older Americans.

At several campaign rallies in recent weeks, the president has painted a portrait of an ungovernable ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump's rallies have been compared to Grateful Dead concerts, not just because they attract hard-core fans who see themselves as part of a community, but also because they offer a rhetorical playlist that is at once predictable yet apt to surprise.

The standards bring chant-along excitement: "Build the wall!" "...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Very much in re-election mode even before next month's midterms, President Donald Trump took jabs at potential Democratic candidates at an Iowa rally Tuesday night, calling their party "an angry mob."

"You don't hand matches to an arsonist. And you don't hand power to an angry mob," he told rallygoers in Council Bluffs, Iowa. "If ...Read more

WASHINGTON--Revealing a potentially contentious Republican chasm, Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles E. Grassley told Fox News on Tuesday night that if he still leads the committee in 2020 and a Supreme Court seat becomes vacant, the panel would not consider a nominee.

That could put the Iowa Republican at odds with Senate Majority Leader Mitch ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Justice Brett Kavanaugh took his seat on the Supreme Court for the first time Tuesday and quickly joined the questioning as justices struggled to make sense of a federal law that imposes longer prison terms on criminals who have three violent felonies on their records.

At 10 a.m., the justices emerged from behind the chamber's red...Read more

WASHINGTON -- A staple of President Donald Trump's rallies is criticism of the news media, which he has often labeled as "enemies of the people."

What do the people think?

A slight majority think Trump is basically just blowing off steam. But Americans also think his words can be dangerous.

Asked if Trump's words were an example of his ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Justice Brett Kavanaugh will take his seat on the Supreme Court for the first time Tuesday morning when the justices hear a pair of low-profile disputes over the federal law that imposes between 15 years and life in prison to someone who qualifies as an "armed career criminal."

At issue is not a provision of the U.S. Constitution,...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Donald Trump's remarks Monday night during a ceremonial swearing-in of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was more than partisan. It personified how the president often fuels America's increasingly tribal politics.

Washington and the country are trying to recover from several gut-wrenching weeks that included multiple sexual ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- Years after the Flint water crisis drew national attention, another water pollution issue has emerged in House races in Michigan.

Residents are growing concerned about human exposure to so-called forever chemicals, known as perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. The chemicals, linked to health problems such as ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump injected a sharp political edge to Justice Brett Kavanaugh's ceremonial swearing-in on Monday, undermining the new Supreme Court member's attempts to assert his independence from the bitter partisanship that marred his confirmation process.

At a White House ceremony in the gilded East Room packed with ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's call for Chicago police to start using stop-and-frisk tactics to get the city's violent crime under control, saying "the failed policies he's talking about" would damage the work to build public trust in police.

In the latest example of Trump highlighting Chicago violence...Read more