FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) listens to remarks in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Young WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate, Chuck Schumer, on Thursday called…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans are starting to wonder if they accidentally picked a Democrat to run the country’s top securities regulator. FILE PHOTO: Jay Clayton testifies at a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress will not vote on a bill to speed the introduction of self-driving cars before it adjourns for the year, a blow to companies like General Motors Co and Alphabet…

FILE PHOTO: Workers on the U.S. side, work on the border wall between Mexico and the U.S., as seen from Tijuana, Mexico, December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress, aiming…

(Reuters) – Scores of complaints accusing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of improperly conducting himself during his contentious Senate confirmation process have been thrown out by a panel of eight federal judges. FILE PHOTO:…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge fiercely criticized President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Tuesday for lying to FBI agents in a probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, and…

FILE PHOTO: Vigil attendees comfort one another outside the Tree of Life synagogue, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 3, 2018. REUTERS/Alan Freed/File Photo (Reuters) – The Pittsburgh city council on Tuesday was due to vote…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A judge will decide on Tuesday whether former national security adviser Michael Flynn should be sent to prison for lying to the FBI in a case stemming from the investigation into possible…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former FBI Director James Comey on Monday accused U.S. President Donald Trump of undermining the rule of law in the United States by lying about the FBI, and he urged Republican lawmakers…

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump meets with newly elected U.S. governors in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Young WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump early…

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is seen at sunrise on the day of the U.S. midterm elections as voters go to the polls across the country to elect 33 U.S. senators and all 435…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Matthew Whitaker flew to Dallas last week to deliver his latest speech since U.S. President Donald Trump installed him as acting attorney general, an appointment embroiled in criticism and court challenges. FILE…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Saturday hailed a court decision against Obamacare as “a great ruling for our country,” while a U.S. government official said the decision by a Texas judge would have…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who has aggressively sought to roll back Obama-era environmental protections, will be leaving his post at the end of the year, President Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday,…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives called nearly unanimously on Thursday for the government of Myanmar to release Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who were imprisoned one year ago in…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday moved to end speculation that he was having a hard time finding a new chief of staff, naming his budget chief Mick Mulvaney to the top…

(Reuters) – The North Carolina Republican embroiled in a vote fraud controversy said on Friday he hired the political operative at the center of a probe into possible absentee ballot irregularities in a disputed U.S.…

(Reuters) – Outgoing Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker on Friday signed legislation that will weaken the powers of his newly elected Democratic successor, dismissing critics who called the move a last-minute partisan power grab. Democrats…

Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, exits the United States Courthouse after sentencing at the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 12, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid WASHINGTON (Reuters) –…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday met with former New Jersey governor Chris Christie and considered him a top contender for the job of White House chief of staff, a position some advisers…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Russian woman pleaded guilty in a U.S. court on Thursday to a single conspiracy charge in a deal with prosecutors and admitted to working with a top Russian official to infiltrate…

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump sits for an exclusive interview with Reuters journalists in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. December 11, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday for crimes including orchestrating hush payments to women in violation of campaign laws before…

FILE PHOTO: Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), member of the House Judiciary Committee, takes questions from the press as FBI agent Peter Strzok meets with the House Judiciary Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building in…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen will be sentenced on Wednesday for his role in the payment of hush money to women who said they had affairs with…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday postponed a plea agreement hearing for accused Russian agent Maria Butina by one day, until Thursday. Butina, accused by U.S. prosecutors of acting as a Russian agent…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort told a U.S. judge on Tuesday they needed more time to evaluate prosecutors’ allegations that Manafort lied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s…

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump pauses while delivering remarks at the Project Safe Neighborhoods National Conference in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 10 people are…

FILE PHOTO: Workers paint the ground at a port in Qingdao, Shandong province, China April 9, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Vice Premier Liu He spoke on Tuesday with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is considering Republican Representative Mark Meadows, former campaign adviser David Bossie, and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for White House chief of staff, a source familiar with the…