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President used his speech to attack Democrats as embracing 'radical and extreme positions' on abortion and praised those attending the event

The entrepreneur isn't polling well but he's still in the race thanks to a unique style and really devoted followers

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton tops the Democrats' wish list

Applicants will be denied tourist visas if they are determined by consular officers to be coming to the US primarily to give birth, according to the rules in the Federal Register

Nine parents who were deported as the Trump administration separated thousands of migrant families landed back into the US late Wednesday to reunite with children they had not seen in a year and a half

Divisions that plagued presidential hopefuls before the 2016 primary season are resurfacing

DC is accusing Trump’s inaugural committee, and two companies that control the Trump International Hotel in the nation’s capital, of throwing parties for the Trump family with nonprofit funds, and overpaying for event space at the hotel

The former vice president pledged in a wide-ranging interview with MSNBC that if he reaches the White House, he would not agree to any budget deal that curtails Social Security benefits

House impeachment managers start presenting their case of why they believe Trump should be removed from office

White House hopefuls are campaigning in the more than two dozen Iowa counties that went from supporting Barack Obama in 2012 to supporting Donald Trump in 2016

There has been speculation that the White House would push for a postponement so the speech was not overshadowed by the Senate trial

President heads back to US after calling for drastic reform of World Trade Organization

President says announcement to come 'soon' with countries joining seven others already subject to ban, including five majority-Muslim nations

President calls trial 'a total hoax', says Bolton testimony would pose national security problem

The impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump got fully underway in the Senate Tuesday with a battle over the rules governing how the case moves forward. For just the third time in U.S. history, senators will vote to decide if a president should be removed from office. Congressional Democrats argue witnesses should be allowed to testify to help make their case Trump abused the power of the presidency. VOA’s Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson has more from Capitol Hill.