Trump claims black people love his comments about Baltimore

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is claiming a groundswell of African American support in response to his comments denigrating Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings and the congressman’sRead More

Puerto Ricans anxious for new leader amid political crisis

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The unprecedented resignation of Puerto Rico’s governor after days of massive island-wide protests has thrown the U.S. territory intoRead More

Kamala Harris’ new health plan draws critics from all sides

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris released a health care proposal on Monday that sought to bridge the Democratic Party’s disparate factions. Instead, she drew criticismRead More

Local leaders who sued state over 2011 gun ordinance provision commend court ruling

A group of South Florida mayors and public officials who had sued the state over a 2011 provision that prevented them from enacting gun safetyRead More

Not all of these candidates will be with us after the CNN Detroit debate. Here’s why

(CNN) — California Rep. Eric Swalwell was about to walk on to the biggest stage of his political career: the first Democratic presidential debate. PollingRead More

Trump signs Sept. 11 victims’ compensation fund extension

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed a bill ensuring that a victims’ compensation fund helping those impacted by the Sept. 11, 2001Read More

Accused of racism, Trump blasts black congressman as racist

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing growing accusations of racism for his incendiary tweets, President Donald Trump lashed out at his critics Monday and sought to deflectRead More

Trump says Coats is out as national intelligence director

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dan Coats, director of national intelligence, will leave his job next month, President Donald Trump announced, after a turbulent two years inRead More

Trump’s Baltimore tweets don’t break Twitter’s ‘dehumanizing language’ rules

(CNN) — Twitter last year proposed a policy that would have brought in tougher rules on dehumanizing language on the platform. Amid their deliberations, Twitter’sRead More

Woman set to replace Puerto Rico’s governor doesn’t want job

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The woman who is supposed to replace Puerto Rico’s embattled governor announced Sunday that she doesn’t want the jobRead More