Politics

Senator Kamala Harris of California, the former prosecutor who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination, on Monday committed to a host of executive actions to implement gun control measures that have long failed to pass in Congress. At a town hall hosted by CNN, Ms. Harris said that, if elected, she would sign an […]

Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is going to have to raise money like he’s never raised money before. As Mr. Biden readies to join the congested Democratic primary for president as soon as this week, one of the anxiety-inducing questions hanging over his team of advisers is just how much of former President

“There is no political inconvenience exception to the United States Constitution,” Ms. Warren said, referring to the concern among many Democratic leaders that trying to impeach Mr. Trump would only fail in the Republican-led Senate and strengthen the president. Mr. Sanders said, “There has got to be a thorough investigation” by House Democrats of Mr.

LONDON — Britain plans to welcome President Trump in June with the formality of a state visit, Buckingham Palace announced on Tuesday, two and a half years after first extending the invitation. Prime Minister Theresa May conveyed the invitation for a state visit to Mr. Trump when he took office in 2017, and he accepted.

Change UK – which wants a second Brexit referendum – has launched its campaign for next month’s European Parliamentary elections. Interim leader Heidi Allen says 3,700 people offered to stand as candidates. The party – formerly called The Independent Group – unveiled its candidates, including Rachel Johnson – sister of Boris – and former BBC

At several stops, he also offered direct appeals to working-class voters, vowing to defend them against what he characterized as the whims of money-grabbing corporations. In Ohio, he excoriated General Motors for closing its nearby Lordstown plant. “We are sick and tired,” he said, his voice filling the high school auditorium, “of you shutting down

• President Trump and his businesses sued the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to quash a subpoena seeking his financial records. • Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, known for attempting to deny Ms. Pelosi the House speaker’s gavel, is running for president, becoming the 19th candidate to enter the Democratic primary

WASHINGTON — Donald F. McGahn II arrived in a windowless conference room in southwest Washington in November 2017 to meet for the first time with the special counsel’s investigators. He was the White House counsel at the time, and he was reluctant to answer their questions for fear that President Trump would one day blame

WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi, acknowledging that the Democrats are divided over new findings from Robert S. Mueller III, appeared to urge her caucus to hold off impeaching President Trump for now, even as she denounced his “highly unethical and unscrupulous behavior,” which she said “does not bring honor to the office he holds.” In

On Monday, he said the Trump lawsuit was not a surprise given Mr. Trump’s “long history of trying to use baseless lawsuits to attack his adversaries,” but he argued that neither he nor his businesses had a “valid legal basis to interfere with this duly authorized subpoena from Congress.” “This complaint reads more like political