Politics

AP sources: National Enquirer’s safe held damaging Trump stories

By Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press

The Wall Street Journal reported David Pecker shared with prosecutors details about payments that Michael Cohen says Donald Trump directed in the weeks and months before the presidential election to buy the silence of Karen McDougal and another woman alleging…

Hacking attempt into Democrat voter files was actually a phishing test, officials say

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

"This was an unauthorized test, not an attack," Bob Lord, the Democratic National Committee's chief security officer, told the AP on Thursday.

Sessions pushes back against Trump, saying he ‘will not be improperly influenced’

By Zeke Miller, Catherine Lucey, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

President Donald Trump, newly incensed by campaign allegations, plunged back into his criticism of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, claiming in an interview that Sessions "never took control of the Justice Department" after Trump put him there.

WATCH: Pence says Space Force will be established by 2020

By Erica R. Hendry

The vice president is scheduled to speak at 1:45 p.m. EDT. Watch his remarks here.

Democrats stay focused on corruption, not impeachment

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

Instead of calling for the president's removal, corruption is the new buzzword in Democratic circles.

U.S. and China raise tariffs in new round of trade dispute

By Joe McDonald, Associated Press

The United States and China went ahead with tariff hikes on billions of dollars of each other's automobiles, factory machinery and other goods Thursday in an escalation of a battle over Beijing's technology policy that companies worry will chill global…

Trump administration needs to step up on ‘Obamacare,’ watchdog report says

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

A congressional watchdog said the Trump administration needs to step up its management of sign-up seasons for former President Barack Obama's health care law after mixed results last year in the throes of a failed GOP effort to repeal it.

A juror in Paul Manafort’s trial says 1 holdout prevented 18-count conviction

By Eric Tucker, Chad Day, Associated Press

The jury on Tuesday found Manafort guilty on eight counts. The judge declared a mistrial on 10 counts the jury was deadlocked on.

Trump denies wrongdoing, says Michael Cohen is making up stories

By Zeke Miller, Catherine Lucey, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

President Donald Trump downplayed his relationship to Michael Cohen in an interview that aired Thursday, claiming his longtime personal attorney only worked for him part-time and made up "lies" to reduce his legal exposure.

South Africa blasts Trump over racially divisive tweet

By Krista Mahr, Associated Press

The South African government lashed out at President Donald Trump on Thursday after he tweeted that his administration would be looking into farm seizures and the "large scale killing of farmers" in South Africa.