WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump launched the Pentagon's new Space Command Tuesday, an effort to better organize and advance the military's vast operations in space that could cost as much as $800 million over the next five years. Trump signed a one-page memorandum Tuesday authorizing the Defense Department to create...
White House Closer to Partial Shutdown With Wall Demand
WASHINGTON — Pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown, the White House is insisting that Congress provide $5 billion to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border despite lawmaker resistance from both parties. Without a resolution, parts of the federal government will shut down at midnight Friday....
The Biggest Pinocchios of 2018: Trump, Harris, Sanders
It's time for our annual roundup of the biggest Pinocchios of the year. Once again, we face the challenge posed by President Donald Trump, who could easily dominate this list if we're not careful. There has been no serial exaggerator in recent American politics like the president. He not only...
Michael Cohen Claims Trump Knew Hush Money Payments Wrong
WASHINGTON — Shaken and facing a prison term, President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer said Friday that Trump directed him to buy the silence of two women during the 2016 campaign because he was concerned their stories of alleged affairs with him "would affect the election." He says Trump knew...
Mexico Leader Says He Talked With Trump About Migrants, Jobs
MEXICO CITY — Mexico's leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he spoke by telephone Wednesday with U.S. President Donald Trump about migration and job creation. The issue came to the fore last month when a caravan of about 7,000 migrants arrived in the border city of Tijuana and some...
Senate Votes to Curtail Support for Saudi-Led Military Effort in Yemen, Condemn Prince
WASHINGTON - The Senate cast a historic vote Thursday afternoon to end U.S. participation in a Saudi-led war effort in Yemen , delivering a clear political rebuke of President Donald Trump's continued embrace of the kingdom, and setting the stage for more strategic challenges to Saudi policy when Congress regroups...
House Approves Resolution Calling Persecution of Myanmar Muslims a 'Genocide'
WASHINGTON - The House overwhelmingly approved a resolution Thursday to label the deadly persecution of a Muslim minority group in Myanmar by the country's military a "genocide," in sharp contrast to President Donald Trump's public silence on the matter. The bill, approved by a vote of 394-1, also calls on...
After Khashoggi Killing, Senate to Vote on US Role in Yemen
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is debating a resolution calling on the U.S. to pull assistance from the Saudi-led war in Yemen, a measure that has won new support in the aftermath of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Senate voted 60-39 on Wednesday to open debate on...
AP Interview: Jones Says Farmers Scared by Trump’s Tariffs
WASHINGTON — Sen. Doug Jones said Alabama's soybean farmers and automobile manufacturers are "scared to death" over President Donald Trump's tariff wars, but he cautioned Democrats from spending too much time attacking the president as the party tries to win back heartland voters ahead of the 2020 presidential election. In...
Judge Gives Ex-Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen 3 Years in Prison
NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, who as President Donald Trump's personal lawyer and fixer once vowed he would "take a bullet" for his boss, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for an array of crimes that included arranging the payment of hush money to two women that he...