Gina Haspel will brief a limited group of senators on Tuesday morning. ABC News Continue reading CIA director to brief limited group of senators on Saudi role in death of Khashoggi

Key U.S. senators are making a last-ditch effort to win approval of a bill to speed the use of self-driving cars without human controls, but face an uphill battle on Capitol Hill. Reuters Continue reading U.S. lawmakers make final push to win approval of self-driving car bill

General Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra will meet with Ohio’s two U.S. senators on Wednesday about the Detroit automaker’s plans to idle five North American plants and cut up to 15,000 jobs. Reuters Continue reading GM CEO will meet with senators on job cuts Wednesday

Congress is expected to delay government funding negotiations this week following the death of former President George H.W. Bush. ABC News Continue reading Congress could push back government funding negotiations after Bush's death

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a challenge by three conservation groups to the authority of President Donald Trump’s administration to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a victory for Trump who has made the wall a centerpiece … Continue reading U.S. top court snubs environmental challenge to Trump's border wall

Speculation over who President Donald Trump will nominate as his next attorney general has grown amid a new bombshell report about HHS Secretary Alexander Acosta. ABC News Continue reading Leading candidate for attorney general out list of potential picks grows: Sources

The probe into potential collusion between U.S. President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Moscow is probably undermining U.S. ties with Russia, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Friday, but she denied it was the reason Trump canceled his planned … Continue reading Russia probe 'probably' undermines U.S. ties with Moscow: White House

This week’s national remembrance for former President George H.W. Bush will only emphasize how far politics have shifted since the late president held office. ABC News Continue reading The Note: George Bush’s death marks distance between 41 and 45

Congressional Democrats on Friday warned that other associates of President Donald Trump may have lied to Congress, a day after his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to doing so as part of a probe of Russian meddling in … Continue reading After Cohen plea, Democrats in Congress eye other Trump allies' testimony

The incoming chair of the House Intelligence Committee responds to a significant week of revelations from the investigations into President Trump. ABC News Continue reading WATCH: Rep. Schiff: Cohen revelations 'deeply compromising' for Trump and our country

A federal judge on Friday delayed a decision on whether to block U.S. House Republicans from compelling former FBI Director James Comey to testify next week in secret about his actions on investigations leading up to the 2016 presidential elections. … Continue reading U.S. judge delays ruling on ex-FBI director's request to quash Republican subpoena

A permanent peace will likely prove much harder. ABC News Continue reading Trump and Xi buy time in trade war. That was the easy part.

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee will likely put off until next week a hearing with Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai on the Alphabet Inc unit’s social media practices because of the state funeral of former President George H.W. Bush, Chairman … Continue reading Google CEO hearing in U.S. House likely to be postponed: Goodlatte

Roger Stone said his emails about WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange during the 2016 presidential election, are being “mischaracterized.” ABC News Continue reading Emails about WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange being 'mischaracterized': Roger Stone

Former FBI Director James Comey on Sunday withdrew his bid to quash a congressional subpoena compelling him to testify in secret about the bureau’s decisions on investigations ahead of the 2016 presidential election, his lawyer said. Reuters Continue reading Ex-FBI head Comey drops challenge to House panel subpoena