Political News, Analysis and Opinion

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday he does not plan to run for a U.S. Senate … Read More

By Mica Rosenberg NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mexicans seeking asylum in the United States could be sent to Guatemala under a bilateral agreement signed by the Central American nation last … Read More

By Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton said on Monday he is willing to testify in the expected … Read More

By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren won the backing on Monday of former rival Julian Castro, putting the only Latino candidate in a once … Read More

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers have few options for tamping down any escalation by President Donald Trump of tensions with Iran, despite Democrats’ outrage over his failure … Read More

By Brendan Pierson and Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) – Once powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was charged in Los Angeles on Monday on sex crime charges just hours after … Read More

NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York experienced a 7.8 percent jump in murders last year, though the number of homicides in the country’s largest city remained low on an historical … Read More

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Major new U.S. projects like highways and pipelines will no longer require federal reviews of their environmental climate impact under new rules that the … Read More

By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As President Donald Trump girds for a U.S. Senate impeachment trial, he is entrusting the future of his presidency to someone … Read More

By Jarrett Renshaw CLAREMONT, N.H. (Reuters) – Pete Buttigieg began making his final case in New Hampshire over the weekend for why he is better placed to win over voters … Read More