USA Buttigieg making inroads with West Coast donors who helped fuel Obama's rise The South Bend Mayor's presidential campaign got another boost with fundraising stops in Hollywood and Silicon Valley this week. 11/05/2019
USA Giuliani says he's going to Ukraine to meddle in probes in hopes of helping Trump The Trump lawyer told The New York Times he's not meddling in an election, "we're meddling in an investigation." Democrats called the scheme "immoral." 10/05/2019
USA The battle between the branches of government A list of the growing number of subpoenas, investigations, and legal clashes between the Trump administration and Congress. 10/05/2019
USA Could Congress impose fines if Trump administration witnesses will not testify? No one has ever been fined for refusing a congressional demand, by subpoena, to appear before a committee. But some in Congress are considering it. 10/05/2019
USA DNC details tiebreaker rules for choosing candidates for first debate The event, hosted by NBC, is set to take over two nights in late June in Miami. There are 10 spots on stage each night. 10/05/2019
USA Dems, Republicans team up to try to pry loose billions in flood protection funds Some money would go to red states, but sources say the Trump admin has been release funds from a package that includes money for Puerto Rico. 10/05/2019
USA Team Trump wants another foreign government's help for 2020 First Read is your briefing from "Meet the Press" and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. 10/05/2019
USA First Democratic presidential debate set for Miami's Arsht Center, host NBC News announces The event, expected to be an early defining moment in the primary, is set for June 26-27 and will air on NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo. 10/05/2019
USA Trump to nominate Shanahan as defense secretary, despite reservations President Donald Trump is set to nominate Patrick Shanahan despite his concerns that he does not fit the mold of a battle-hardened general, officials said. 10/05/2019
USA Iran's U.N. envoy denies threat against U.S. forces The ambassador said the Trump administration's allegations of warmongering were false, spread by "the same people" who pushed the U.S. into Iraq. 10/05/2019
USA Trump celebrates the Boston Red Sox. Most of them, anyway. Some key members declined to attend Thursday's White House event, with several citing political differences with the president. 09/05/2019
USA Trump impeachment is coming together for Pelosi Analysis: The president's recent actions have helped Pelosi start to resolve the conflicts in her caucus — and unite them around a deliberate, relentless investigative approach. 09/05/2019
USA Barr jokes about contempt vote against him at farewell ceremony for Rod Rosenstein The deputy attorney general, who supervised special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, steps down on Saturday. 09/05/2019
USA Trump to nominate former Boeing executive Patrick Shanahan as secretary of defense If confirmed by the Senate, Shanahan will join more than half a dozen others who led the department without having ever served in the military. 09/05/2019
USA Trump's top intel and military advisers held unusual meeting at CIA on Iran, officials say Current and former officials said it is extremely rare for senior White House officials or cabinet members to attend a meeting at CIA headquarters. 09/05/2019
USA Judge hearing Roger Stone case wants to see unredacted Mueller report The judge said she will review the documents herself before making a decision on what, if anything, to release to Stone's legal team. 09/05/2019
USA Trump says he's 'very surprised' Don Jr. was subpoenaed "My son is a very good person, he works very hard," Trump said. "The last thing he needs is Washington, D.C." 09/05/2019
USA Trump again shifts course, says Mueller testimony is up to Barr The president told reporters Thursday that he would let the attorney general decide if the special counsel should appear before Congress, backing away from previous comments. 09/05/2019
USA U.S. seizes North Korean ship suspected of violating U.N. sanctions The 17,000-ton freighter, called the Wise Honest, was stopped in Indonesia last year after it was found to be carrying coal. 09/05/2019
USA What is contempt of Congress? 5 key questions Many Cabinet-level and senior officials in a number of administrations have faced lawmakers' wrath over the decades. 09/05/2019