Democrats demand information on Trump regulation reduction

House Democrats sent a letter to the Trump administration Monday demanding information about the task forces established by the president to reduce burdensome government regulations. The letter points to a report that found the task forces have been operating "largely out of public view and often by political appointees with deep industry ties and political conflicts."

The Latest: Chicago sues feds over sanctuary cities threat

The city of Chicago has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Trump administration immigration stance, alleging it's illegal for the government to withhold public safety grants from so-called sanctuary cities. The 46-page lawsuit filed Monday says that "neither federal law nor the United States Constitution permits the Attorney General to force Chicago to abandon critical local policy" on immigrants.

Policymakers back private flood insurance

Mississippi's top insurance regulator and its only Democratic congressman are both ready to cede some of the federal flood insurance market to private insurers. Both Republican Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney and U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson say they're open to proposals being considered in Congress that would make it possible for private insurers to enter the market in a big way.

Chicago lawsuit says Jeff Sessions violates Constitution

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has violated the Constitution by playing with federal funds to blackmail sanctuary cities, Chicago charged in a federal lawsuit filed Monday. The suit, which Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel promised over the weekend, says Sessions has leveled "unlawful and counterproductive" financial threats to punish sanctuary cities as part of President Trump's immigration crackdowns.

Live: 3rd District congressional GOP candidates debate on KSL Newsradio

Three Republicans running for Utah's 3rd Congressional District seat - left vacant by Jason Chaffetz in late June - are squaring off in a debate on KSL Newsradio. Candidates in the Aug. 15 Republican primary are Provo Mayor John Curtis, former state lawmaker Chris Herrod and Alpine lawyer Tanner Ainge.

Northwestern professor accused in Chicago killing due in California court

A Northwestern University microbiologist suspected in the stabbing death of a 26-year-old man in Chicago is due in a California courtroom. Wyndham Lathem, a Northwestern associate professor, and Andrew Warren, a financial officer at Oxford University in England, were sought in a cross-country chase on first-degree murder charges in the death of Trenton James Cornell-Duranleau.

Photos: In Alabama Senate Special Election, Candidates Try to Stand Out

GOP candidate for U.S. Senate Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., speaks with workers at Jack's hamburger chain during his bus tour campaign stop in Munford, Ala., on Thursday, Aug. 3. The special elections are continuing in 2017. Up next is the special election to fill the Alabama Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions .

Bi-partisan effort only way to solve looming budget crisis

A widely-publicized open letter from Gov. John Bel Edwards to House Speaker Taylor Barras set the stage for the kind of bipartisan efforts that will be needed to get Louisiana back on solid financial footing. Fiscal chaos has reigned in Louisiana government for nearly a decade, and that instability has created a severely negative impact not just on state agencies and institutions but also on the private sector and the state's overall economy.

Chicago to file federal lawsuit over sanctuary cities threat

Chicago will keep fighting President Donald Trump's immigration policies with a federal lawsuit alleging it's illegal for the federal government to withhold public safety grants from so-called sanctuary cities, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Sunday. The mayor said Chicago won't "be blackmailed into changing our values, and we are and will remain a welcoming City."

There’s no such thing as a Trump Democrat

If so, you may have taken interest in a new mythical creature that appeared during the 2016 election: the Trump Democrat. It has become an article of faith that an unusually large number of people who voted for Barack Obama in 2008 or 2012 switched sides and voted for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton.

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Joins Dignitaries for $16K Check…

The event will take place at 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 7, 2017, at the nonprofit's future headquarters located at 2428 Pine Street, Dallas, Texas, 75215. The 2nd Saturday CDC began in 2009 as a volunteer home improvement project.

Ryan can’t escape GOP failures

With a dysfunctional Congress on recess, House Speaker Paul Ryan has turned his focus back home, touring flood-damaged areas and visiting local businesses in Wisconsin. But he can't escape the questions about why Republicans in charge of Washington aren't delivering.

Cordrayand#8217;s conundrum: Quit now and run for Ohio governor, or wait to be fired by Trump?

Because of federal law, Cordray is prohibited from even discussing future political plans. On a conference call last month with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Cordray tersely deflected questions about politics, saying he would only discuss his work as head of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

California lobbyists soldier on despite that swamp-draining talk

President Donald Trump came to Washington, D.C., decrying lobbyists and vowing to “drain the swamp” - but six months into his administration, California's top lobbyists say the only major changes they've had to make are in their language. For the most part, California government agencies lobbying in D.C. are largely focused on the same issues as always: getting a cut of the federal budget and advocating for increased federal spending, according to federal lobbying disclosures due late last month.

‘Sanctuary City’ Chicago to File Suit Against Trump Administration

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Sunday the city will file a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's use of federal grant money as a way to force local authorities to cooperate with a crackdown on illegal immigration. The showdown over so-called sanctuary cities has been months in the making, as some local governments resist federal calls to hold people in jail when asked to do so by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.

Chicago is suing the DOJ over plan to withhold funding from sanctuary cities

Mayor Rahm Emanuel says Chicago will keep fighting President Donald Trump's immigration policies with a federal lawsuit alleging it's illegal for the federal government to withhold public safety grants from so-called sanctuary cities. Emanuel said Sunday that Chicago won't ''be blackmailed'' into changing its values as a welcoming city.