Bay Area members of Congress move to protect work permits for H-1B visa holders’ spouses

Six Bay Area members of Congress have signed onto a letter asking the Department of Homeland Security to scrap a plan to prevent spouses of H-1B visa holders from obtaining work permits. The department in December announced the plan , citing President Donald Trump's "Buy American and Hire American" executive order, and said it would carry out the plan this year.

Stephen Hawking displayed a biting sense of humor ‘as vast as the universe’

In this file photo taken on August 12, 2009, Stephen Hawking receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from US President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House on August 12, 2009. Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has died at age 76, a family spokesman said Wednesday, March 14, 2018.

Obama aide started Christopher Steele-FBI alliance

A senior Barack Obama State Department official gave the green light to an FBI agent in 2016 to meet with dossier writer Christopher Steele, a meeting that touched off a relationship that would fuel the ongoing investigation into possible Donald Trump-Russia election collusion. And, the sensational Steele allegation that led to an FBI wiretap on Trump volunteer Carter Page came from "pillow talk" with the lover of a Kremlin official, a new book says.

Trump gets the drop

President Trump may only be blowing smoke -- again -- but his willingness to schedule a "denuclearization" summit with Kim Jong Un, North Korea's brutal dictator, is clearly part Hollywood and part serious diplomacy. He can decide on a moment's notice to parlay with Un and generate thousands of headlines worldwide.

The Latest: Bill rolling back bank restraints moves forward Source: AP

The Senate is edging forward legislation to roll back some of the restraints on banks that President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress put in place eight years ago to prevent another financial crisis. The bill has overwhelming Republican support and enough Democratic backing that it's expected to garner the 60 votes necessary to clear the Senate, possibly later this week.

Initial GOP report: No collusion between Trump and Russia

Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee have completed a draft report concluding there was no collusion or coordination between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia, a finding that has enraged Democrats on the panel but is sure to please the White House. After a yearlong investigation, Texas Rep. Mike Conaway announced Monday that the committee has finished interviewing witnesses and will share the report with Democrats for the first time on Tuesday.

Ex-Massachusetts Gov. Patrick weighing 2020 White House bid

In this May 7, 2017 file photo, former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick arrives at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston for the 2017 Profile in Courage award ceremony. The former Democratic governor said in March 2018 that a run for the White House in 2020 is on his "radar screen."

Katy Burns: I miss them all NEW

The photo - of a very little black girl staring up in rapt awe at a portrait of a regal Michelle Obama - flashed like wildfire across the internet a week or so ago. The mother of two-year-old Parker Curry tried in vain to take a picture of her daughter in front of the portrait, but the child, transfixed by a painting of someone she later breathlessly confided was "a queen," wouldn't turn around.

Ap Fact Check: Trump on trade, guns, White House morale

Despite grappling with unparalleled staff departures, President Donald Trump painted a rosy picture of a smoothly functioning administration getting things done, pushing along gun restrictions and bringing jobs to the United States. It made for another series of grandiose claims this past week.

Where Is Barack Obama?

At a moment when many of his former voters believe that America is facing a genuine democratic crisis, former President Barack Obama has been largely silent about what is happening in American politics. Other than a handful of appearances-an interview with David Letterman in a new Netflix show, or an oral history project at MIT-he insists on following protocol and tradition for former presidents, resisting the temptation to jump back into the political fray.

155,215,000: Record Number of Americans Employed

Trump Is Said to Accept North Korea's Invitation to Discuss Its Nuclear Program - WASHINGTON - North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, has invited President Trump to meet for negotiations over its nuclear program, an audacious diplomatic overture that would bring together two strong-willed Trump's North Korea gambit blindsides U.S. diplomats President Trump's high-wire gambit to accept a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sets off a scramble among U.S. officials to assemble a team capable of supporting a historic summit of longtime adversaries and determine a viable engagement strategy.