Katie Leach

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Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says President Trump "has made a number of dramatic improvements.". (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Mitt Romney expected to announce Senate bid next week: Report

Katie Leach · January 25, 2018 11:01 pm

Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Palestinian officials in London on Wednesday that he was considering a presidential bid, again. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

John Kerry discusses possible 2020 run against Trump

Katie Leach · January 25, 2018 3:29 am

Vice President Mike Pence joined senators Wednesday to cast a tie-breaking vote confirming Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback to be at-large ambassador for international religious freedom, against Democrat objections. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mike Pence breaks tie to confirm Sam Brownback as religious freedom ambassador

Katie Leach · January 25, 2018 12:41 am

Vicente Fox, who has been an outspoke critic of President Trump and his proposed border wall, said that it's offensive that Trump asked the Mexican people to pay for the wall. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Vicente Fox ‘doesn’t mind’ if US builds a border wall

Katie Leach · January 24, 2018 11:51 pm

The new Quinnipiac University poll found that 53 percent of voters want to see the Democrats gain control of the Senate, while only 39 percent want to see the Republicans maintain their control. And by a 51-38 margin, voters want Democrats to take control of the House. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Voters want Democrats to control Congress again: Poll

Katie Leach · January 24, 2018 10:33 pm

The video, posted on Twitter by the Florida Immigrant Coalition, an immigrant advocacy group, shows the border agents conducting a routine inspection on Friday and asking passengers for "a U.S. identification or a passport with a stamp of entrance." It went viral over the weekend during the federal government shutdown as Congress debated over immigration policy. (Screenshot via Twitter)

Video of agents arresting woman on Greyhound bus goes viral

Katie Leach · January 24, 2018 12:59 am

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., left, and Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., said on Tuesday that the short-term bill that ended the government shutdown might have also contained language that quietly reduced their oversight power over intelligence agencies. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Intelligence leaders decry oversight-looting provision slipped into spending bill

Katie Leach · January 23, 2018 11:49 pm

"Sometimes I have the tendency to lash out to others on the staff Ã¢â¬Â¦ and you go hardest on the ones that you care the most about," Rep. Patrick Meehan explained. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Patrick Meehan denies sexual harassment allegation but says he called young aide his ‘soulmate’

Katie Leach · January 23, 2018 9:38 pm

A member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Rep. Luis Gutierrez has long been an outspoken critic of the president's immigration stance, specifically the proposed border wall. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep. Luis Gutierrez offers support for border wall in exchange for protecting ‘Dreamers’

Katie Leach · January 21, 2018 12:42 am

Rep. Patrick Meehan, R-Pa., has lost his seat on the House Ethics Committee. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Rep. Patrick Meehan swiftly removed from House Ethics following report he settled sexual harassment claim with taxpayer money

Katie Leach · January 20, 2018 10:41 pm

After Jared Kushner joined the Trump administration, U.S. officials reportedly became concerned after he met with the Chinese ambassador several times, sometimes alone. "There"s nobody else there in the room to verify what was said and what wasn't, so the Chinese can go back and claim anything," one former senior U.S. official said, according to a report. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Jared Kushner troubled some US officials over meetings with Chinese ambassador: Report

Katie Leach · January 20, 2018 7:46 pm

The Capitol and Washington Monument are seen as Women's March demonstrators line the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. President Trump sent his regards to the marchers in a tweet on Saturday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Trump: It’s a ‘perfect day’ for Women’s March

Katie Leach · January 20, 2018 7:19 pm