Politics

WATCH: Roy Moore's attorney tries to discredit accuser

By Associated Press

An attorney for Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore is trying to discredit molestation allegations by a woman who says the Republican assaulted her when she was 16.

WATCH: Trump dodges questions about Moore candidacy

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump isn't saying whether Republican Roy Moore should drop out of the Alabama Senate race following accusations of sexual misconduct.

Can Republican leaders control the party's outsider candidates in 2018?

By Daniel Bush

Republican leaders may have trouble controlling the GOP primary process in the 2018 midterm elections.

WATCH: Sen. Gillibrand, Rep. Speier introduce bill on sexual harassment

By News Desk

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., introduced a bill Wednesday aimed at preventing and responding to sexual harassment in Congress.

Republican governors gather amid party setbacks, turmoil

By Will Weissert, Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Republicans who control two-thirds of the nation’s governorships are gathering this week in America’s largest red state, in part to strategize about how to maintain their political dominance.

WATCH: Senate Finance Committee marks up tax bill

By Marcy Gordon, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Obama health care law’s requirement that Americans get insurance coverage is now pinned as a target of Republican lawmakers, as they look to end the individual mandate to help pay for deep cuts in their tax legislation.

Alabama GOP gets increasing heat about Moore

By Alan Fram and Kimberly Chandler, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Washington Republicans are tightening pressure on Alabama's GOP to keep a defiant Roy Moore from being elected to the Senate next month. Many are voicing hope that President Donald Trump could use his clout to resolve a problem…

What we learned and didn't learn from Sessions' testimony

By Erica R. Hendry

Here are some key takeaways from Attorney General Jeff Sessions' testimony on Russia before the House Judiciary Committee.

RNC cuts fundraising ties to Roy Moore

By Associated Press

A Federal Election Commission filing late Tuesday shows that the national party is no longer part of the effort to raise money for Moore, the embattled GOP nominee facing allegations of molesting two teenagers when he was in his 30s.

House approves $700 billion defense bill

By Richard Lardner, Associated Press

The funding boost pays for more troops, jet fighters, ships and other weapons needed to halt an erosion of the military’s combat readiness, according to the bill’s backers.