Politics

Analysis: Many rural millennials are alienated from politics

By Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg and Felicia Sullivan for The Conversation

Like older voters, young ones were divided by the 2016 presidential election. A recent study of millennial voters by Tufts University found that young people had starkly different opinions about politics and civic institutions based on race,…

Read the full text of Trump's executive order on energy and climate change

By News Desk

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that aims to boost U.S. energy independence by rolling back or reviewing clean energy policies instituted before and during the Obama administration.

States push to protect birth control despite failed GOP health care bill

By David Crary and Alison Noon, Associated Press

Even with the Republican failure to repeal Barack Obama's health care law, Democratic lawmakers in some states are pressing ahead with efforts to protect birth control access and Planned Parenthood funding.

In Supreme Court deportation case, justices weigh immigrants' legal rights

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court tried to figure out Tuesday whether immigrants should get a second chance in court when bad legal advice leads to a guilty plea and certain deportation. The justices seemed divided during an argument about what…

WATCH: Spicer says White House has 'no problem' with former acting AG Sally Yates testifying on Russia

By Associated Press

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is expected to address questions about the House Intelligence Committee's Russia investigation.

House Republicans will try again on health care bill, Paul Ryan says

By Alan Fram, Associated Press

House Speaker Paul Ryan offered no timeline, and leaders haven't resolved how to overcome the deep GOP divisions that crumpled their legislation last week.

Sanctuary cities vow to intensify fight despite White House funding threats

By Steve Peoples, Associated Press

"We are going to become this administration's worst nightmare," New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito said Monday.

McCaskill launches investigation of opioid drugmakers

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Sen. Claire McCaskill said prescription opioid sales have quadrupled since 1999, taking a financial toll on the government and a deadly toll on consumers.

Devin Nunes faces growing pressure to recuse himself from Russia probe

By Eileen Sullivan, Associated Press

House intelligence chairman Devin Nunes acknowledges he went to the White House grounds to review intelligence reports and meet a secret source.

Trump executive order seeks to reverse Obama's clean energy regulations

By Matthew Daly and Jill Colvin, Associated Press

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday that will suspend, rescind or flag for review more than a half-dozen Obama-era measures in an effort to boost domestic energy production in the form of fossil fuels.