Politics

WATCH: Trump’s address to nation on U.S. novel coronavirus measures

Taking dramatic action, President Donald Trump announced he is sharply restricting passenger travel from 26 European nations to the U.S. and moving to ease the economic cost of a viral pandemic that is roiling global financial markets and disrupting the…

Trump administration weighs delaying tax deadline amid virus outbreak

By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press

Mnuchin says a payment delay would have the effect of putting more than $200 billion back into the economy.

Market swings and a wave of event cancellations as virus spreads

By Associated Press

A wild start to the month on U.S. markets is becoming the new normal due to uncertainty over the coronavirus, which is now officially a pandemic.

Bernie Sanders will continue on with presidential campaign

By Steve Peoples, Wilson Ring, Associated Press

He told reporters in Burlington, Vermont, on Wednesday that he's not quitting despite key primary losses to Joe Biden the night before. The Vermont senator's path to the presidential nomination considerably narrowed after decisive losses to Biden in Michigan, Missouri…

Bernie Sanders wins North Dakota caucuses

By Associated Press

Sanders also won the state's Democratic caucuses over Hillary Clinton in 2016 by nearly 40 percentage points.

Biden wins Idaho primary

By Associated Press

Democrats in Idaho are using a primary for the first time. They used a caucus in 2016 to pick Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nominee.

Washington state Democratic primary too early to call

By Associated Press

In the first batch of results released late Tuesday night, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden are essentially tied.

House set to vote on bill extending surveillance authorities

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Eric Tucker, Associated Press

In a rare bipartisan agreement, both Republicans and Democrats in the House seek to ensure that civil liberties are not overwhelmed by the tools used to thwart terrorism and other crimes.

Oregon governor takes sweeping action to cut global warming

By Andrew Selsky, Associated Press

Gov. Kate Brown's sweeping executive order, one of the boldest in the nation, directs a state agency to set and enforce caps on pollution from industry and transportation fuels.

House can have Mueller probe grand jury testimony, court rules

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

The Justice Department must give Congress secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, giving the House a significant win in a separation-of-powers clash with the Trump administration.