In a unanimous holding, the justices for the first time incorporated the 8th Amendment's protection against excessive fines to the states. » Read More
President Donald Trump is using rhetoric that encourages "threats and violence against journalists at home and abroad," the publisher of The New York Times, A.G. Sulzberger, said in a statement Wednesday. » Read More |
President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen on Wednesday was granted a two-month extension, to May 6, of his prison surrender date to recover from surgery and prepare his congressional testimony. » Read More |
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Sen. Bernie Sanders raised $5.9 million from 223,000 donors within the first 24 hours of his 2020 presidential campaign, smashing prior fundraising records in the growing Democratic primary field. » Read More |
Putin threatens to field new weapons that would target U.S. decision-making centers if Washington deploys intermediate range missiles in countries bordering Russia.
The Massachusetts senator and 2020 Democratic hopeful proposed a sweeping new system of nationwide child care that would cost $700 billion over 10 years, and be paid for by a tax on the country's wealthiest individuals.
The Office of Government Ethics says it wouldn't certify the 2018 filing because Ross didn't divest stock in BankUnited despite stating otherwise.
President Donald Trump reportedly suggested to acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker that Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, take charge of a criminal investigating into hush money payments, the NYT reported.
The Russian leader added the missile could be launched from a ship or submarine and costs would be kept low by its compatibility with the existing Kalibr missile system.
The report singled out ex-advisor Michael Flynn and Trump's longtime friend Tom Barrack, as key players in efforts to ram through the plan.
In at least three federal court lawsuits, lawyers have seized on the president's remark during the press conference he "didn't need to" declare a national emergency.
Out of all the Democratic candidates, Sanders would bring perhaps the biggest changes for businesses and wealthy Americans.
Short's return to the administration comes as the Trump campaign and White House gear up for what will likely be a tough 2020 re-election campaign.
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Roger Stone to court on Thursday to explain why he should not have his release bond modified or even revoked because of his Instagram post showing the judge next to what appeared to be a rifle scope's crosshairs.
"There's an argument that you don't destabilize a society by doing too much change at once," says the former Massachusetts congressman.
Bernie Sanders says he is seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
McCabe tells NBC he had informed congressional leaders that the FBI had opened a counterintelligence probe into Trump after the firing of James Comey, and that none of the members objected to it.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returns to the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her first oral arguments since undergoing cancer surgery in December.
In a court filing, Roger Stone said his post about Judge Amy Berman Jackson was "improper."
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is showing increasing signs he is getting serious about a White House bid as he visited with voters and Democratic Party officials in Iowa on Saturday.
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