Politics

Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images A boy stands in the doorway of a polling station on June 5, 2018 in San Anselmo, California. California voters are heading to the polls to vote in the primary election. The eight states holding primary elections Tuesday will play a …

In her view, the plan stretches the limits of the Federal Power Act and the Defense Production Act to achieve a political goal. Tubb equated the proposal to President Barack Obama’s use of the Clean Air Act to justify his move to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants under …

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump reads an executive order withdrawing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership prior to signing it in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, January 23, 2017. As the summit between Washington and Pyongyang takes shape, it remains …

Butch Dill | AP Voters arrive to cast their ballots during the Alabama Primary election at Huntingdon College, Tuesday, June 5, 2018, in Montgomery, Ala. A slate of primary elections in eight states Tuesday will have perhaps the biggest stakes yet this year for the battle for Congress. The most …

Aaron P. Bernstein | Bloomberg | Getty Images Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for Donald Trump, waves while exiting federal court in Washington, D.C. A federal judge on Tuesday scheduled a hearing for June 15 on special counsel Robert Mueller’s request to revoke the $10 million release bond of ex-Trump …

The Washington Post | Getty Images White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson’s bid to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs was derailed by damning allegations of workplace misconduct. Those allegations are …

Peter Foley | Bloomberg | Getty Images Michael Cohen, personal lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives at federal court in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, May 30, 2018. A court appointed watchdog in the case of President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, released an initial report Monday which found …

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, special counsel on the Russian investigation, leaves following a meeting with members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on June 21, 2017. Bipartisan lawmakers have sounded the alarm about Russian efforts …

Department of Defense photo Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis arrives at the 149th annual Department of Defense National Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery, May 29, 2017. Defense Secretary James Mattis, a revered Marine with a military career spanning four decades, credits his leadership success to his voracious reading …

George Pimentel | Getty Images Shera Bechard attends the 31st Annual Genie Awards Gala at the National Arts Centre on March 10, 2011 in Ottawa, Canada. The AP article said that in exchange for their efforts, Broidy and Nader “expected huge consulting contracts” from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab …