Alex Wong/Getty Images defense By DAVID BROWN 05/24/2019 06:19 PM EDT Updated 05/24/2019 07:01 PM EDT 2019-05-24T07:01-0400 The Trump administration on Friday notified Congress it plans to sell
A federal judge blocked Pentagon funds for the construction of a wall in parts of Texas and Arizona. | Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images legal The preliminary injunction halts a
President Donald Trump granted Attorney General William Barr broad authority to declassify information related to 2016. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images white house National security veterans fear a declassification
The Supreme Court is preparing to rule on whether or not partisan gerrymandering is constitutional. | Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images The Supreme Court on Friday set aside two lower
White House counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway talks to reporters following an interview with Fox News outside the West Wing on Thursday in Washington. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty
President Donald Trump has oscillated this week from cooperating with Democrats on disaster relief to antagonizing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo One day after President
President Donald Trump’s administration is working to make it harder for China to acquire U.S. technology. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images The Trump administration is taking steps toward issuing
Joe Biden poses for photos at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa. | Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo Bernie Sanders must win New Hampshire. Julian Castro is letting it all
The House can now move ahead with subpoenas seeking years of President Donald Trump’s financial records. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday
As centrist Republicans winnow out, Joe Biden’s cross-aisle appeal may decline with them. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Joe Biden is making his bipartisan bona fides a centerpiece of
Speaker Nancy Pelosi will hold a closed-door meeting Wednesday to fully brief members on the House Democrats’ sprawling oversight efforts and investigations. | Zach Gibson/Getty Images Speaker Nancy
“We’re just getting closer and closer to a point where we have to do something,” said freshman Rep. Katie Hill. | Zach Gibson/Getty Images congress The rift demonstrates
Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) issued the subpoena last month. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Congress The judge, Amit Mehta, ruled that Congress can investigate the president without
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rebuffed calls for impeachment, reportedly telling fellow Democrats, “This is not about politics. It’s about what’s best for the American people.” | J. Scott
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who passes the reins to Lori Lightfoot on Monday, sat down last week with POLITICO for an exclusive interview as he prepared to exit
Sen. Mitt Romney is not the first prominent Republican to come out against the Alabama abortion law. | Rick Bowmer/AP Photo Sen. Mitt Romney on Sunday said he
“[Mitch McConnel’s] enemies have given him more personality than he’s given himself,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham. “And he’s smart enough to play the game.” | Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signs a bill that virtually outlaws abortion in the state May 15, 2019, in Montgomery. | Hal Yeager/Alabama Governor’s Office via AP A slew
Vice President Mike Pence’s critics have noticed with growing alarm that he is playing a greater behind-the-scenes role in Trump’s immigration policy than has been previously understood. |
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn urged vocal Mueller critic Rep. Matt Gaetz to “keep the pressure on” after entering a cooperation agreement with Mueller. | Carolyn Kaster/AP
President Donald Trump’s long-awaited plan to overhaul the immigration system proposes a merit-based system to admit more high-skilled, well-educated immigrants. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images President Donald Trump predicted
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security adviser John Bolton both want President Donald Trump’s ear, but their differing methods can put them at odds. | Mark
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy declined to say whether he wants to see the Supreme Court strike down the Alabama law. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The top Republican
