Anne Gearan

In this Sept. 7, 2017, photo, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speak Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats have been split over a deal their leaders cut with President Donald Trump on extending federal borrowing authority for three months.

In deal with Trump, Democrats see opportunity — and peril

August 22, 2019 at 5:49 a.m.

Democratic leaders have been running victory laps in the days since they struck a deal with President Donald Trump, over Republican objections, to extend the nation's borrowing limit and keep...

Senate overwhelmingly votes to curtail Trump’s power to ease up on Russia sanctions

August 22, 2019 at 4:45 a.m.

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow Congress to block any efforts from the president to scale back sanctions against Russia, and to step up sanctions against Moscow for interfering...

Donald Trump praises Vladimir Putin at national security forum

August 22, 2019 at 1:02 a.m.

Donald Trump defended his admiration for Russian President Vladimir Putin at a forum Wednesday focused on national security issues, even suggesting that Putin is more worthy of his praise than...

This file photo taken on April 7, 2016 shows President Barack Obama taking part in a discussion on the Supreme Court and the country's judicial system at the University of Chicago Law School, in Chicago.

No political influence in Clinton email probe, Obama says

June 24, 2019 at 3:12 p.m.

President Barack Obama insisted Sunday that there will be no White House or political influence on the FBI or the Justice Department as they look into the security of the...

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. acknowledges his supporters on arrival at a campaign rally, Tuesday, March 8, 2016, in Miami.

Sanders upsets Clinton in close Michigan primary

August 19, 2019 at 5:23 a.m.

Sen. Bernie Sanders pulled off a narrow upset in the Michigan primary Tuesday, buoying his challenge to Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and giving him bragging rights to a big, diverse...

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., makes a point during a Democratic presidential primary debate at the University of Michigan-Flint, Sunday, March 6, 2016, in Flint, Mich.

Democrats Clinton and Sanders pounce on Flint water crisis – and each other

June 22, 2019 at 6:42 p.m.

Democrats Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders clashed fiercely Sunday over jobs, trade and Wall Street while agreeing that much more must be done to address a two-year-old water-contamination crisis...

Hillary Clinton says she opposes Keystone pipeline

May 14, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.

Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton declared opposition to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline on Tuesday, ending a long and politically uncomfortable silence on an issue that has become a...

Democratic Presidential Nominee Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) speaks at a campaign event at Drake University on June 12, 2015 in Des Moines, Iowa. Sanders, an advocate of providing free college education to all Americans, was greeted by a standing-room-only crowd at the event.

In Bernie Sanders, an unlikely — but real — threat to Hillary Clinton

August 19, 2019 at 12:54 a.m.

At the first glimpse of the rumpled 73-year-old senator from Vermont, the standing-room-only crowd at a historic inn here on Sunday morning erupted — leaping up, waving signs and breaking...

Clinton and other top Democrats have come out against President Obama's proposed trade agreement.

Democrats’ division on trade deal goes public

May 25, 2019 at 6:46 p.m.

Hillary Rodham Clinton and other top Democrats began feuding over President Barack Obama's trade initiative Tuesday as his bid for a major late-term win began tearing at the party's unity...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifies before the Senate in 2013 in glasses that spawned a critique of her health by Republican strategist Karl Rove.

Hillary Clinton launches presidential bid

June 24, 2019 at 4:54 p.m.

Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the presidential race on Sunday, saying she wants to fight for the economic futures of regular people and ending years of speculation about whether she would...

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