US and Mexico tentatively set to replace NAFTA with new deal

Snubbing Canada, the Trump administration reached a preliminary deal Monday with Mexico to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement - a move that raised legal questions and threatened to disrupt the operations of companies that do business across the three-country trade bloc. President Donald Trump suggested that he might leave Canada, America's No.

Who is Bruce Ohr? Justice official has attracted GOP ire Source: AP

Bruce Ohr was a relatively anonymous lawyer at the Justice Department for more than 25 years. But he's now caught up in a Republican maelstrom of criticism toward the department, with some of President Donald Trump's allies implying that he helped conspire against Trump's election.

Mashpee Wampanoags: Decision expected on land in trust by Sept. 21

Officials with the U.S Department of Interior have told attorneys for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe that there will be a decision by Sept. 21 on whether the agency will be able to keep the tribe's reservation in trust, according to a statement issued Monday by the tribe.

FLASHBACK: When Democrats Wanted to End or Renegotiate NAFTA

On Monday morning, President Trump officially announced the end to NAFTA, the longtime Clinton era-trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada. "They used to call it NAFTA, we're going to call it the United States Mexico Trade Agreement," Trump said from the Oval Office with outgoing Mexican President Enrique Pena on the phone.

In Colonie, Schumer pushes opioid bill to safeguard first

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GOP Senator Says McCain Is ‘Partially to Blame’ for Full-Staff Flag

The American flag at the White House is again flying at half-mast following heaps of criticism from people who wondered why the president would move it to full-mast not even 48 hours after Sen. John McCain's death. Sen. Jim Inhofe , however, suggested Monday that the flag kerfuffle is partly McCain's fault.

On second thought: Trump, Cohen lawyers stumble on facts

In this Aug. 21, 2018, file photo, Michael Cohen leaves Federal court, in New York. Cohen's lawyer, Lanny Davis, is walking back his assertions that the president's former "fixer" could tell a special prosecutor that Trump had prior knowledge of a meeting with a Russian lawyer to get damaging information on Hillary Clinton.

Gillibrand on Democrats’ plan to thwart Kavanaugh confirmation

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Duncan Hunter: Evidence will trump political agendas

After two years of investigating, the Justice Department waited to file an indictment against me until right before my election, writes Rep. Duncan Hunter. Duncan Hunter: Evidence will trump political agendas After two years of investigating, the Justice Department waited to file an indictment against me until right before my election, writes Rep. Duncan Hunter.

The iconic ‘thumbs down’ vote that summed up John McCain’s career

In the early hours of July 28, 2017, Sen. John McCain slowly walked onto the floor of the Senate. The chamber was tense; two other Republican senators, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, had already announced they would vote against the GOP's "skinny repeal" bill - a measure that would have permanently repealed the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, among other provisions.