Politics

Warren and Sanders are banking on small donors. Will it pay off?

By Jessica Yarvin

Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are not attending high-dollar fundraisers, a strategy aimed at winning over the party’s progressive base.

What Americans think of Trump's 'go back' to your country tweets

By Laura Santhanam, Gretchen Frazee

In conversations with people across the nation, the PBS NewsHour found a complicated picture of how the president’s words have affected voters.

Trump administration to review Pentagon's multibillion-dollar computer contract

By Associated Press

President Trump said that he's been hearing "tremendous complaints" from other companies that the computer contract was not competitively bid, among other issues.

Trump says U.S. warship destroyed Iranian drone

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump says the USS Boxer took defensive action after the drone closed to within 1,000 yards of the warship and ignored multiple calls to stand down.

Clergy offer support to those vulnerable to immigration raids

By David Crary, Hannah Grabenstein, Associated Press

The mere prospect of immigration raids has prompted legions of pastors, rabbis and their congregations across the United States stand ready to help vulnerable immigrants.

Trump knew about efforts to quash stories of alleged affairs, court records show

By Jim Mustian, Associated Press

President Trump initially insisted he was unaware of the hush money payments that his former attorney, Michael Cohen, orchestrated to women who claimed they had affairs with Trump. Trump denies the allegations.

WATCH: Trump says he was 'not happy' with 'send her back' chant

During a rally in North Carolina, Trump supporters began chanting "send her back," after he criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar.

No additional charges to be filed in Trump hush money probe

By Associated Press

Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty last year to violating campaign finance law by arranging payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels and Playboy centerfold Karen McDougal after they claimed they had affairs with Trump.

House passes bill that would raise the federal minimum wage to $15

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

The bill has almost no chance of passage in the Republican-controlled Senate.

Mnuchin says negotiators agree to budget deal's core elements

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

Steven Mnuchin said negotiations with Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California have settled on spending levels and a debt limit increase that would cover two years.