Former US Rep Betty Sutton to make ’18 bid for Ohio governor

Former U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton planned to jump into the 2018 governor's race Tuesday, bringing a solid track record of election wins and fundraising that could position her as the initial Democratic front-runner. The 53-year-old lawyer from Barberton served three terms in Congress and eight years in the state Legislature, where she was the youngest woman ever elected at age 29. She also served on her local city and county councils.

Ap Fact Check: Trump praises Exxon and himself for 2013 plan

President Donald Trump is again citing corporate investments planned before he took office as evidence that his policies are growing jobs and business. "We are already winning again, America!" he tweeted Monday after Exxon Mobil announced the latest details of an expansion initiative that actually began in 2013.

What you need to know about the GOP American Health Care Act

Republicans in the House of Representatives announced their alternative to Barack Obama's signature Affordable Care Act a.k.a. Obamacare today, while promising that it would repeal much of the provisions of the Obamacare healthcare law, including its expansion of the Medicaid program. President Trump and fellow Republicans had repeatedly promised to repeal and replace the troubled healthcare law left behind by Obama.

Hutchinson seeking new restrictions on Medicaid plan

Arkansas would move about 60,000 people off its hybrid Medicaid expansion and require some participants to work under a series of restrictions the governor proposed Monday, even as the future of the federal health overhaul remains murky. Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he'll ask the federal government to approve the new restrictions by June and hopes to implement them by 2018.

Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Speaks to the Mission

A career in journalism and advocacy that spans half a century has not only equipped 82-year-old feminist icon Gloria Steinem with a trove of accomplishments and wisdom, but also with a disarming sense of humor. Despite the seriousness of her decades-long fight for women's rights and gender equality, Steinem drew outbursts of laughter and applause from the some 400 people gathered Monday morning at the Mission's Brava Theater.

Why Ambassador Dan Shapiro is staying in Israel

Before stepping down as the U.S. ambassador to the country in January, he said he would stay long enough for his daughters to finish the school year. On Sunday, he announced he would be sticking around even longer to join the Institute for National Security Studies, a top think tank in Tel Aviv.

Did Donald Trump invent claim that Barack Obama tapped his phone?

It is well established that U.S. intelligence agencies have been investigating the connections between Donald Trump's presidential campaign, Trump's associates and the Russian government. But in a series of early morning tweets March 4, Trump claimed that President Barack Obama ordered telephone surveillance on him during the election.

White House Spokeswoman: I Don’t Think Trump Accepts FBI’s Wiretap Denial

President Donald Trump does not accept the Federal Bureau of Investigation's denial that Trump Tower was wiretapped, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday. "I don't think he does," Huckabee Sanders said, adding that a number of media outlets pointed out the possibility that President Barack Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower.

White House Aides Defend Trump’s Wiretapping Claim on NBC, Fox Morning Shows

White House officials on Monday defended President Donald Trump's explosive claim that Barack Obama tapped Trump's telephones during last year's election , although they won't say where that information came from and left open the possibility that it isn't true. In televised interviews, Kellyanne Conway and Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump firmly believes the allegations he made on Twitter over the weekend.

The Latest: Kremlin distances itself from Trumpa s claim

The spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin is distancing the Kremlin from President Donald Trump's claim that Barack Obama tapped his phones during the election campaign. The claim comes amid the swirl of revelations about contacts between Trump aides and Russia's ambassador to the U.S., both during and after a presidential election Russia is believed to have meddled in.