NYPD top cop travels to D.C. for fight against Trump funding cuts

NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill isn't happy that President Trump wants to cut money to protect his city from terrorism - and he headed to Trump's new town to make that clear. O'Neill traveled to Washington, D.C. on Monday to meet with key stakeholders and set a battle plan with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to fight $110 million in cuts to vital security programs .

Wine can still be part of a healthy diet says expert

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Supreme Court Nomination Hearings

Even while insisting they would evaluate Gorsuch fairly, several spoke angrily about the treatment of Judge Merrick Garland, Obama's Supreme Court nominee, who was denied even a hearing for 10 months a year ago by Senate Republicans. The statement kicked off a day of opening statements - and opening statements only - as a kind of appetizer for the main course on Tuesday, when Gorsuch will endure 30-minute rounds of questions from the 20 committee members.

Lawmakers question plans to halt US-South Korea exercises, push for congressional role

Several lawmakers expressed alarm Tuesday with President Donald Trump's plans to halt military exercises with U.S. ally South Korea following his historic summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, with some of them arguing any deal has to be ratified by Congress. Among them, Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said he was caught off guard since Trump had said military cooperation would not necessarily be part of a first meeting with Kim.

Senator Joe Donnelly Receives Spirit Of Enterprise Award

Tuesday, U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly received the 'Spirit of Enterprise' award from the United States Chamber of Commerce in recognition of his support for economic growth for Hoosier workers and businesses. Donnelly said, "My focus has always been on expanding economic opportunities for businesses and families across Indiana, because every Hoosier who wants a job should be able to get one.

The Latest: Trump takes shot at quarterback Kaepernick

President Donald Trump is taking a swipe at quarterback Colin Kaepernick as he holds a campaign-style rally in Louisville, Kentucky. Trump tells the crowd he read an article reporting that NFL owners don't want to pick Kaepernick up "because they don't want to get a nasty tweet from Donald Trump."

FBI Director Comey: Russia probe, yes; wiretaps, no

The FBI is investigating whether Donald Trump's associates coordinated with Russian officials in an effort to sway the 2016 presidential election, FBI Director James Comey said Monday in an extraordinary public confirmation of a probe the president has refused to acknowledge, dismissed as fake news and blamed on Democrats. In a bruising five-hour session before the House Intelligence Committee, the FBI director also knocked down Trump's claim that his predecessor had wiretapped his New York skyscraper, an assertion that has distracted White House officials and frustrated fellow Republicans who acknowledge they've seen no evidence to support it.

Russian hackers were likely surprised by blowback from cyberattacks on U.S. elections, analysts say

A flag with a portrait of Vladimir Putin waves over a crowd commemorating Russia's 3-year-old annexation of the Crimea in Ukraine -- a component of Russia's attempts to maintain its historical influence. A flag with a portrait of Vladimir Putin waves over a crowd commemorating Russia's 3-year-old annexation of the Crimea in Ukraine -- a component of Russia's attempts to maintain its historical influence.

6 big takeaways from the extraordinary hearing on Russia, Trump and wiretapping

FBI Director James Comey and NSA chief Mike Rogers, right, appear in front of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence at the Longworth House Office Building on Monday in Washington. FBI Director James Comey and NSA chief Mike Rogers, right, appear in front of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence at the Longworth House Office Building on Monday in Washington.

Fox News reportedly benches Andrew Napolitano over wiretap claims

Fox News legal analyst Andrew Napolitano, shown here at Trump Tower in December, has reportedly been benched over his claims that former President Barack Obama had used British intelligence officials to spy on President Trump. Fox News has reportedly benched legal analyst Andrew Napolitano because of his claims that former President Barack Obama had used British intelligence officials to spy on President Trump.

The other women’s movement

On an evening in late January, amid fallout from President Donald Trump 's executive order temporarily barring entry into the United States to nationals of seven predominantly Muslim countries, a foreign-born Muslim-American journalist, Asra Nomani, sits at a cafe table in Washington, D.C. 's Union Station while opponents of the ban trickle by on their way back from a protest. They tote handwritten signs that say, "Refugees welcome" and, in English, Spanish, and Arabic, "No matter where you're from, we're glad you're our neighbor."

House leaders make changes to health care bill in bid to gain votes

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., made his case for the GOP's long-awaited plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act on Thursday. House Republican leaders, racing toward a planned Thursday vote on their proposed health-care overhaul, unveiled changes to the legislation late Monday that they think will win over enough members to secure its passage.

Primary takeaways: Women keep winning and a Trump tweet strikes a fatal blow to Sanford

The sitting Republican House member lost his primary race to state Rep. Katie Arrington, who campaigned as a Trump ally, after the president made a last-minute endorsement of Arrington. Sanford has been one of the few members to criticize the president, and GOP primary voters punished him for it, handing him his first electoral defeat.

CBO report: 24 million fewer insured by 2026 under GOP health care bill

Twenty-four million more Americans would be uninsured by 2026 under the House Republican health care bill than under Obamacare, including 14 million by next year, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office said Monday. The long-anticipated score immediately puts the writers and supporters of the GOP Obamacare repeal bill on the defensive.

Illinois congressman ends Chicago immigration office sit-in

U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez has ended a sit-in at a federal immigration office in Chicago where about a dozen activists demanded no future raids and reconsideration on a deportation case. Gutierrez and others stayed several hours beyond Monday's scheduled meeting with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.