Trump freezes Venezuela government assets in escalation

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration froze all Venezuelan government assets Monday in a dramatic escalation of tensions with socialist leader Nicolás Maduro, who hasRead More

Obama: Americans must not let racist views become normalized

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Barack Obama said Monday, in his first public statement since a pair of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, thatRead More

Judge sentences man who sent pipe bombs to Dems to 20 years

NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida amateur body builder who admitted sending pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and CNN was sentenced to 20 years inRead More

2020 Democrats lay blame on Trump’s rhetoric for shootings

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates sought to lay blame Sunday on President Donald Trump following a pair of mass shootings in Ohio andRead More

Trump vows urgent action after shootings, offers few details

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaking out against weekend mass shootings that rocked a nation, President Donald Trump on Monday called for bipartisan solutions to the bloodshedRead More

Democrats demand McConnell convene Senate to pass background checks after mass shootings

(CNN) — As the nation reeled Sunday morning from news of a second mass shooting in the span of 13 hours, Democratic lawmakers began demandingRead More

El Paso shooting offers O’Rourke a real-time political test

WASHINGTON (AP) — Beto O’Rourke, his once-soaring presidential prospects in swift decline, returned to El Paso, Texas, to try to help cope with the shootingRead More

Trump tweets, stays out of sight for hours after shootings

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — As the nation reeled from two mass shootings in less than a day, President Donald Trump spent the first hours afterRead More

Aide: Sen Mitch McConnell trips, breaks shoulder in Kentucky

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is recuperating at home in Kentucky after suffering a shoulder fracture in a fall Sunday,Read More

Democrats tussle over health care at Nevada labor forum

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates’ tussle over health care reform continued Saturday as they pitched themselves to Nevada union members, with former ViceRead More