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Tom Brenner/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In a stunning rebuke to President Donald Trump, 12 Republicans opted to oppose his decision to declare a national emergency in order to build a border wall — a striking blow to his

liveslow/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, appearing before the House Oversight Committee Thursday, defended efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, a controversial effort that is facing legal challenges. Last year, Ross testified before

uschools/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The House voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to pass a measure calling for the Justice Department to release special counsel Robert Mueller’s report to the public, an effort to increase pressure on the agency ahead of

Shawn Thew – Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — House Democrats are expected to question Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday about how he would handle a request from Congress for the president’s tax returns when he appears on Capitol

Mark Wilson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The New York District Attorney’s office on Wednesday unsealed an indictment of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, shortly after he was sentenced in a case in a federal court in D.C.

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he “greatly” appreciated House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposing impeaching him, saying “he’s just not worth it.” The president tweeted in response to Pelosi’s comments in an interview

MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Paul Manafort is expected to be sentenced in the District of Columbia Wednesday morning, marking the likely conclusion of the former Trump campaign chairman’s year-and-a-half long legal battle. The federal judge in Manafort’s

Harris County Sheriffs Office(HOUSTON) — A massive manhunt in Texas stretched into its fifth day Tuesday for two armed robbers who gunned down in cold blood a mother of two described by a relative as a “light

Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee is blasting two Justice Department officials for saying the department could ultimately refuse to grant Congress access to documents from special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe,

Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — There was no 2020 announcement from former Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday but he dropped a big hint at what might be coming and when. Biden was greeted at the International Association of