New GOP health bill likely keeping Obama tax boosts on rich

Senate Republicans will unveil their revised health care bill Thursday and begin voting on it next week, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday.

Trump Jr. releases emails showing Russian aid for campaign

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's eldest son released an email chain Tuesday that shows him discussing plans to hear damaging information on Hillary Clinton that were described as "part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump."

Gov. Brown announces plan to extend cap and trade through 2030

Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders have struck a deal to extend California's cap-and-trade program through 2030, but it still needs backing from two-thirds of lawmakers.

Activists scale Trump Tower, raise 'Resist and Defend' banner

Six people, including at least four members of the environmental organization Greenpeace, were charged Sunday after unfurling a banner at Trump Tower in protest of the president's policy on global warming.

Trump says 'time to move forward' with Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is tweeting that "it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia!" after his meeting with Vladimir Putin. Trump says after returning from a world leaders' summit in Germany that he "strongly pressed" Putin twice over Russian meddling in the 2016 election during their lengthy meeting. He says Putin...

For Trump and Putin, a warm handshake and a long meeting

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin shared a brief encounter Friday ahead of their highly anticipated meeting on the sidelines of an international summit in Germany.

Trump on Russian meddling: 'Nobody really knows for sure'

Ahead of a crucial meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump stopped short Thursday of condemning Moscow for meddling in the U.S. presidential election - and refused to say if he would raise the issue when the leaders go behind closed doors.

Federal judge in Hawaii leaves Trump's travel ban rules in place

HONOLULU (AP) -- A federal judge in Hawaii is leaving Trump administration rules in place for a travel ban on citizens from six majority-Muslim countries.

Protests break out at G20 summit in Germany

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders of the Group of 20 top industrial and developing countries arrived Thursday in Hamburg as police in Germany's second-biggest city braced themselves for a major protest by anti-globalization activists.

Hospital: Rep. Steve Scalise readmitted to ICU, condition downgraded

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise is back in the intensive care unit at MedStar Washington Hospital Center due to concerns by doctors that he has contracted an infection.

California, New Mexico file environmental lawsuit against Trump administration

The attorneys general of California and New Mexico are suing the Trump administration for delaying new rules to reduce methane leaks on federal lands.  

Christie feels the heat politically after a day at the beach

There's Gov. Chris Christie, lounging in a beach chair in the Oval Office. There he is again, sitting in the sand as the lovers from the movie "From Here to Eternity" roll around in the surf. And there he is, relaxing outside the meat store from "The Sopranos."

Trump tweets video of himself slamming ‘CNN,' network responds

President Donald Trump has tweeted a mock video that shows him pummeling a man in a business suit - his face obscured by the CNN logo - outside a wrestling ring.

Gov. Christie defends going to beach during shutdown

New Jersey's governor is defending going to a state beach during a state government shutdown that has closed state beaches.

Summer looms with GOP stuck on health care, budget, taxes

A doctor who used to work at a Bronx hospital returned with a rifle hidden under his white lab coat and opened fire Friday, killing one person and wounding six others before apparently taking his own life, authorities said.

US renegotiating trade deal with South Korea

President Donald Trump said Friday the United States is renegotiating its trade deal with South Korea as he met the nation's new leader for talks also addressing the nuclear weapons threat from North Korea.

President Trump's crude tweets: Would anyone else be fired?

 If President Donald Trump were anyone else, he'd be fired, or at least reprimanded, for his latest tweets attacking a female TV host, social media and workplace experts say.

Trump travel ban goes into effect, protests at SFO

A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump's travel ban took effect Thursday evening, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet still likely to generate a new round of court fights.