Politics

Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol on June 26, 2018.  Stivers: Let’s let the investigation happen and the facts come out and then we’ll deal with what the facts …

Before President Donald Trump took office in 2017, criminal alien incarcerations were on the decline in the U.S. The number of convicted inmates in federal prison without citizenship plunged about 22 percent from fiscal year 2011 to fiscal year 2016 — before Trump was inaugurated — according to a government …

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Florida State Fairgrounds Expo Hall in Tampa, Florida, on July 31, 2018.  President Donald Trump claimed Friday morning that he canceled the military parade he had asked the Pentagon to plan, and …

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks about trade at US Steel’s Granite City Works in Granite City, Illinois July 26, 2018.  President Donald Trump believes his divisive metals tariffs will save the American steel industry — despite any pain the duties have caused so far. …

Emilie Richardson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar speaks during the Democratic Farmer Labor (DFL) Party endorsement convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 17, 2018.  Two Democrats are poised to become the first Muslim women in Congress, offering a sharp counterpoint to the anti-Muslim policies and sentiment surfacing …

Dana Verkouteren | AP This courtroom sketch depicts Rick Gates, right, answering questions by prosecutor Greg Andres as he testifies in the trial of Paul Manafort, seated second from left, at the Alexandria Federal Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., Monday, Aug. 6, 2018.  The jury in the bank fraud and conspiracy …

U.S. Air Force photo An honor guard detail of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command personnel conducts an honorable carry ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam , Hawaii, Aug. 1, 2018. Pentagon officials reaffirmed Tuesday the military’s commitment to identify the recently transferred remains believed to be those of U.S. soldiers killed in …

Cheris May | NurPhoto | Getty Images Dannel Malloy, 88th and current Governor of Connecticut, speaks at First Lady Michelle Obama’s Veterans Homelessness Summit on November 14, 2016 in Washington, DC.  Republicans have a chance to make some races interesting this year in traditionally blue Connecticut. Unpopular Democratic Gov. Dannel …

Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Omarosa Manigault (L) who was a contestant on the first season of Donald Trump’s ‘The Apprentice’ and is now an ordained minister, appears alongside Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump during a press conference November 30, 2015 that followed Trump’s meeting with African-American …

Nate McMurray for Congress | AP In this photo provided by Nate McMurray for Congress, Democratic congressional candidate Nate McMurray speaks to supporters in Rochester, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018, the day after his opponent, U.S. Rep. Christopher Collins, R-N.Y., was arrested on insider trading charges.  A powerful group dedicated …