Politics

Sanders unveils plan to overhaul campaign financing

By Associated Press

The Vermont senator said Monday that as president he'd enact mandatory public financing laws for all federal elections and ban corporate donations for inaugural events.

Warren aims to appeal to Republican strongholds

By Will Weissert, Associated Press

As she's rising in the polls and sitting on a fresh pile of campaign cash, Warren is also frequently hitting places where she might be less welcome.

Harris says Iowa's caucuses can prove she's electable

By Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press

"Iowans have the ability to show our country what can be, even if we've never seen it before," Harris said during an event on Iowa State University's campus.

Pentagon and budget office subpoenaed in impeachment inquiry

By Associated Press

House Democrats have subpoenaed the Pentagon and White House budget office for documents on delay of military aid to Ukraine.

WATCH: Trump signs trade deal with Japan

The deal would win back for American farmers benefits they lost when Trump pulled out of a broader Asia-Pacific pact his first week in office.

WATCH: Immigration protesters disrupt speech from acting DHS head McAleenan

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

As Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan took the stage, a handful of protesters stood up and held large black banners, one read "Hate is Not Normal," and shouted out that children were under attack.

Trump allies pursued business deals in Ukraine

By Desmond Butler, Michael Biesecker, Richard Lardner, Associated Press

People with ties to Trump and his administration have pursued business deals in Ukraine that went far beyond advancing the president's personal political interests.

AP Fact Check: Trump points fingers as he faces impeachment inquiry

By Hope Yen, Lindsay Whitehurst, Paul Wiseman, Associated Press

President Donald Trump is turning to a familiar playbook to defend himself: blasting the inquiry as illegal, attacking his investigators and critics alike, and deriding the whistleblower process as all-but-rigged. Many facts are getting lost in the process.

Judge rejects Trump's attempt to stop release of his tax returns

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge rejected President Donald Trump's challenge to the release of eight years of his tax returns for a New York state criminal probe, saying on Monday that he could not grant such a…

New whistleblower may give House Democrats fresh information

By Eric Tucker, Richard Lardner, Jill Colvin, Associated Press

A second individual has emerged who could corroborate the original whistleblower's complaint gripped Washington and potentially heightened the stakes for Trump.