USA Search party: Moderate Dems seek one of their own to win 2020 primary, topple Trump Biden, Klobuchar, Brown, O'Rourke, Bloomberg, someone else? Who can own the middle as other candidates tack hard to the left. 11/02/2019
USA Fact check: Trump claims a wall made El Paso safe. Data shows otherwise. Crime in the city, where Trump plans to hold a campaign rally Monday night, had been falling since 1993, but a border fence wasn't completed until 2009. 11/02/2019
USA Warren launches 2020 bid with call to ignore 'cowards' who call change 'radical' Warren's decision to launch campaign where striking works clashed violently with factory owners says a lot about what kind of campaign she wants to run. 11/02/2019
USA California governor to order National Guard troops back from Mexico border Gov. Gavin Newsom's move comes a week after the governor of New Mexico withdrew most of her state's troops from the southern border. 11/02/2019
USA Rep. Walter Jones, N.C. Republican and Iraq war critic, dies at 76 The popularizer of the term "Freedom Fries" wound up writing thousands of letters to dead service members' families, apologizing for voting for the war. 11/02/2019
USA Adam Schiff steps into Trump's line of fire The president had plenty of criticism for the new House Intelligence Committee chairman after probes expanded. 11/02/2019
USA Nobody 'tougher than me': Booker pitches 2020 'unity' message The New Jersey Democrat stuck to a message of love, hope and unity, but didn't shy away from thorny issues like race in his first visit to Iowa as a 2020 candidate. 10/02/2019
USA Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar announces run for president "We are all tired of the shutdowns and the putdowns, the gridlock and the grandstanding," she said. 10/02/2019
USA Embattled Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam says he's 'not going anywhere' "Well, it has been a difficult week," Northam told CBS News. 10/02/2019
USA Virginia grapples with wave of political dysfunction State residents reeling from two weeks of controversy largely rooted in the state's racially fraught past that threatens to upend the present political landscape wonder when — and how — it all ends. 10/02/2019
USA For those at the border, the reality is different than Trump's rhetoric Politicians and business leaders from border cities say Trump's portrayal is unfair, misleading and exaggerated. 10/02/2019
USA 2020 candidate Buttigieg backs Green New Deal He said it's "the right beginning" for a broad plan to combat climate change. 10/02/2019
USA GOP rep. brushes aside Trump's jab at Elizabeth Warren's Native American claims Trump has faced backlash over the controversial tweet. 10/02/2019
USA White House chief of staff Mulvaney won't rule out possibility of another shutdown With just days left to find a deal, the White House signaled a willingness accept wall funding that is "someplace in the middle." 10/02/2019
USA 3 reasons Democrats are climbing all over themselves to tax the rich The push to take more from the wealthy is becoming a defining feature of the early presidential contest. 10/02/2019
USA U-Haul move data reveals shifting America Every year, U-Haul lists its top moving destinations across the United States. 10/02/2019
USA Virginia Dems call for Lt. Gov. to resign amid sexual assault accusations Justin Fairfax said again Saturday that the encounters were consensual and he wanted the claims against him to be investigated. 10/02/2019
USA When the FBI shoots someone, including a bystander or hostage, it investigates itself New FBI data obtained exclusively by NBC News shows the bureau found fault with the actions of agents 5 times in 228 shooting incidents from 2011 to now. 09/02/2019
USA Shutdown hangover: Still waiting on pay, funding delayed, business approvals stalled Workers, agencies and companies are dealing with fallout from the longest-ever gov't closure — and bracing for another. 09/02/2019
USA Feds weighing if National Enquirer publisher violated non-prosecution agreement Amazon CEO says AMI threatened to publish intimate photos of Bezos and his girlfriend if he did not stop investigating how AMI had obtained them. 08/02/2019