McDonough stands by Obama admin response to Russia

Former White House chief of staff Denis McDonough on Sunday defended the Obama administration's response to suspected Russian interference in the 2016 election, rebuffing the continued criticism former President Barack Obama has sustained on the issue. "We took a series of painstaking steps, including the President directly confronting President Putin," McDonough said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

In Texas GOP primary, it’s who can love Trump the most

Texas holds the nation's first 2018 primary elections Tuesday, March 6, 2018, and the campaign is providing a... . In this Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, photo, Matt McCall, standing, and other Republican congressional candidates attend a forum, in New Braunfels, Texas.

Commemoration of ‘Bloody Sunday’ set in Alabama

Members of Congress plan to join civil rights activists and others for the annual commemoration of a day of racial violence in Selma. A bipartisan group including Rep. John Lewis of Georgia is set to be on hand Sunday afternoon to recall "Bloody Sunday," the day in 1965 when voting rights protesters were attacked by police as they attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

In a switch, Dems and unions cheer Trump while GOP frets Source: AP

President Donald Trump's announcement that he will impose stiff tariffs on imported steel and aluminum has labor unions and liberal Democrats in the unusual position of applauding Trump's approach, while Republicans and an array of business groups are warning of dire economic and political consequences if he goes ahead. Trade politics often cut along regional, rather than ideological, lines, as politicians reflect the interests of the hometown industries and workers.

Pennsylvania Election: Regional Race Could Offer Clues About Midterms Voter Turnout

Less than two years after Donald Trump won Pennsylvania by double digits, a special election race between a young Democrat and a deeply conservative Republican is now closer than either side had expected. The congressional race is being run in Pennsylvania's 18th district, but the March 13 election is expected to offer clues about how voters will turn out in the November midterms.

Troubled trek: Asylum-seekers’ journey took them through frozen fields to Winnipeg homeless shelter

Majeed Haruna Agure has been living over the past month in the Booth Center, a large homeless shelter in Winnipeg. Agure, who is seeking refugee status in Canada, walked in January over the border between Manitoba and North Dakota to complete a journey he started in Brazil.

One man’s journey from a job at Como Zoo to learning military life in San Diego

U.S. Marine Corps private Thomas Doyle, right, of St. Paul, stands with fellow privates Adam Kovaks, left, of Sioux Falls, S.D. and Xavier Baugus of St. Paul during boot camp in San Diego on Feb. 20, 2018. All three were scheduled to graduate Marine boot camp on March 2. They have 10 days off after graduation, then return for additional training.

Trump Likes ‘President for Life’ Idea

President Donald Trump bemoaned a decision not to investigate Hillary Clinton after the 2016 presidential election, decrying a "rigged system" that still doesn't have the "right people" in place to fix it, during a freewheeling speech to Republican donors in Florida on Saturday. In the closed-door remarks, a recording of which was obtained by CNN, Trump also praised China's President Xi Jinping for recently consolidating power and extending his potential tenure, musing he wouldn't mind making such a maneuver himself.