Politics

Judge issues gag order for Trump confidant Roger Stone

By Eric Tucker, Chad Day, Associated Press

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the order was necessary to ensure Stone's right to a fair trial.

ACLU says it will sue over Trump national emergency declaration

By Associated Press

The Friday announcement came hours after Trump signed the declaration and said he expected legal challenges.

AP fact check: Trump makes faulty claims in declaring emergency

By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency at the southern border while acknowledging that rapid construction of a wall is not a necessity, but rather his preference.

Justices to decide if 2020 census can ask about citizenship

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The justices agreed Friday to a speedy review of a lower court ruling that has so far blocked the Trump administration from adding the citizenship question to the census for the first time since 1950.

What does Pete Buttigieg believe? Where the candidate stands on 7 issues

By Jessica Yarvin

Known as “Mayor Pete,” Pete Buttigieg is the two-term mayor of South Bend, Indiana. Here's a look at his beliefs headed into the 2020 race.

Trump administration sued over policy of sending asylum seekers back to Mexico

By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press

The Trump administration's policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico while their cases wind through immigration courts is being challenged in a federal court in San Francisco. A lawsuit filed Thursday by civil liberties groups claims the practice that took…

WATCH: Reporter challenges Trump on his immigration facts

By Joshua Barajas

During President Donald Trump's remarks on a new national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, a reporter pushed back against the president's characterization of immigration and crime, asking: "What do you base your facts on?"…

WATCH: Trump declares national emergency to build border wall

By Associated Press

Trump did not say on Friday when he would make such a declaration, but the move will allow him to bypass Congress to spend more money to erect barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Trump plans to spend $8 billion on border barriers

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump plans to spend about $8 billion on border barriers, far more than Congress has given him for that purpose.

As Democrats lean left, will voters follow?

By Lisa Mascaro, Steve Peoples, Associated Press

Captivated by a handful of liberal superstars, Democrats are venturing where the party has long feared to tread: Steep taxes on the rich. Abolishing an immigration enforcement agency. And proposing a sweeping Green New Deal to combat climate change.