Joe Biden's campaign has signed a joint fundraising agreement with the DNC that will help Democrats close the gap with President Donald Trump's massive war chest.

Bernie Sanders' bid to collect convention delegates hits snag as New York cancels Democratic presidential primary

Mike Bloomberg is agreeing to pay for health care through November for the more than 2,000 campaign staffers he laid off after suspending his presidential bid as he faces public pressure and multiple lawsuits.

Hillary Clinton, the first woman to win a major party’s presidential nomination, teased an expected endorsement of Joe Biden for president Tuesday in a tweet.

Rep. Justin Amash announced he's seeking the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination — a move which history suggests will hurt the Democratic candidate, but could pull votes from both Biden and Trump.

The unified anti-Trump effort has already spent millions on attacking the Trump administration's handling of the virus, or praising former Vice President Joe Biden on the issue.

President Trump Thursday said he thinks former Vice President Joe Biden should respond to a claim from a former staffer that he assaulted her in 1993 even as he cast doubt on the veracity of the allegation.

President Trump new coronavirus TV ad hits critics like Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi, argues America writing the 'the greatest comeback story'

The apparent Democratic nominee called for an immediate $13 minimum wage increase for essential workers and criticized President Trump for viewing these front-liners as “disposable."

A new poll from Montana State University shows Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock leading incumbent GOP Sen. Steve Daines, and Joe Biden inching toward President Trump's lead.

President Donald Trump took to Twitter overnight to attack the Lincoln Project for their latest ad criticizing the president’s coronavirus response.

Joe Biden's campaign is gaining the support of key progressive groups to unite the party's factions.

Unite the Country, a super PAC supporting Joe Biden, and the Trump campaign both launched $10 million ad campaigns this week.

The overhaul of campus sexual assault regulations will ramp up the paperwork schools must do to comply with Title IX.

In an interview, the governor, a possible Biden running mate, said she feels "intense pressure" to reopen the state.

Trump has long railed against the Postal Service, saying the agency has been swindled by e-commerce giants like Amazon.

The attempts seem to be experiments that were quickly abandoned, and none of those identified received substantial engagement.

Behind the scenes: Some ask "Why are we here?" after the Senate accomplished little in its first week back as coronavirus cases continue to rise in DC.

In her first on-camera interview since the former vice president “unequivocally” denied the sexual assault allegation, Reade says she's willing to be questioned under oath.

Two officials tied to then-Gov. Chris Christie had been sentenced to prison for their roles in creating massive traffic jams on the N.J.-N.Y. crossing.

Analysis: As the president declares victory over the coronavirus amid a rising death toll, his clear focus on extricating himself from responsibility becomes clearer.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - As coronavirus hotspots erupted at major U.S. meatpacking plants, experts criticized extremely tight working conditions that made the factories natural high risk contagion locations. But some Midwestern politicians have pointed the finger at the workers' living conditions, suggesting crowded homes bear some blame.

The comments - including ...

Republicans on the House Oversight Committee said Friday repeated efforts to learn how the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service intends to become financially stable have been stymied by U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan.

The lawmakers say they've requested a financial plan from Ms. Brennan three different times, but it hasn't been ...

Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday put a temporary hold on the release of secret materials from former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation to a Democrat-led House committee.

The order stops the clock on a lower court's ruling requiring the Justice Department to turn over confidential grand jury materials underlying ...

President Trump's reelection campaign trashed Facebook's new oversight board in a statement alleging anti-Trump bias by the social media platform.

Earlier this week, Facebook revealed the first 20 members of its new oversight board, which has responsibility for content enforcement and governance on its platforms. The board includes Pamela Karlan, ...

Rep. Justin Amash believes his White House bid is bad for both President Trump and his Democratic challenger, the Michigan Libertarian indicated in a recent interview.

Mr. Amash, a former Republican who left the GOP last year, told Time that he expects his presence in the presidential race will not ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri House panel has dismissed a sexual harassment complaint against a state lawmaker after an investigation that spanned several months.

Minutes of the Missouri House Ethics Committee obtained by The Associated Press through an open-records request show the complaint was dismissed last week ...

Joseph R. Biden said Friday President Trump's ham-handed response to the coronavirus has helped to steer the nation into a Great Depression-like economic tailspin.

Mr. Biden said Mr. Trump "utterly failed" to prepare for COVID-19 and said the virus has "laid bare" the damage Mr. Trump has done by pursuing ...

PHOENIX (AP) - A hearing is scheduled to resume on May 15 in Phoenix over whether an Iraqi immigrant accused of participating in the 2006 killings of two police officers in Fallujah should remain jailed until his extradition case is over.

The detention hearing for Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri started ...

President Trump said the U.S. must start its economy "all over again" Friday as the unemployment rate from the coronavirus crisis rose to the highest level since the Great Depression.

"It's going to be a transition to greatness," the president said during a discussion at the White House with 19 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A former lobbyist and Republican legislator was tapped Friday to head up a new state agency created by the Legislature last year to oversee agency spending.

The Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency Oversight Committee selected Mike Jackson to serve as the agency's first executive director. The ...

Republican lawmakers accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of "cowering" from the coronavirus on Friday and said they're ready to get back to work, even as President Trump said he is in "no rush" to negotiate with Democrats over another emergency aid package.

During a meeting at the White House with ...

The House's special panel policing coronavirus spending demanded Friday that five large corporations return rescue money that was intended for small businesses.

The letters to the five companies were the first official action of the newly formed Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.

"Since your company is a public entity ...

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:

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CLAIM: Photo shows Joe Biden posing with former ...

BALTIMORE (AP) - Brutal. Horrific. Tragic.

Choose your description. The April jobs report showed, in harrowing detail, just how terribly the coronavirus outbreak has pummeled the U.S. economy. Most obviously, there's the 14.7% unemployment rate, the highest since the Great Depression. And the shedding of more than 20 million jobs, ...

Chief Justice John G. Roberts on Friday declined to order a judicial misconduct investigation into a federal judge's retirement and whether Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had anything to do with it.

D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Sri Srinavasan had previously asked the chief justice to assign a court ...

SEATTLE (AP) - Officials on Friday confirmed the first positive COVID-19 test at the Northwest detention center in Tacoma, in a detainee who had previously tested positive at another detention center and was being medically screened on arrival at the immigration jail. The development came just as immigrant rights advocates ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) - The flight from Italy was one of the last arrivals that day at the Stockholm airport. A Swedish couple in their 50s walked up and loaded their skis into Razzak Khalaf's taxi.

It was early March and concerns over the coronavirus were already present, but the couple, ...

BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) - Kansas harvester Mike Keimig is growing increasingly anxious about whether the foreign seasonal workers he needs to run his nine combines and drive his grain trucks will arrive in time for the start of the winter wheat harvest, which is just weeks away.

His regular ...

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) - On a cloudy Friday afternoon 20 years ago Tuesday, an unemployed immigration lawyer went on a killing spree. It started next door to his parents’ Mt. Lebanon home, where he killed his Jewish neighbor. He went on to shoot five more people, all ethnic or racial ...

Former President Barack Obama slammed the Justice Department for abandoning its prosecution of President Trump's ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn, saying it puts "the rule of law is at risk."

Mr. Obama's comments came Friday night while privately talking to ex-members of his administration. A tape of the conversation was ...

The Bahamas deployed warships to enforce its port restrictions, one of several new hindrances to a big boat lifestyle.

Shopping for face masks? We consulted medical experts on how to shop for face masks and rounded up those adhering to the CDC's guidelines.

NBC News wants to hear from people who graduated in a recession and from students set to graduate this spring.

“It’s like life is on hold — everything is on hold,” one new mother said.

"People get so emotional when you give them communion for the first time in seven weeks," one religious leader said.

After stories of people not being allowed to say goodbye to loved ones dying of coronavirus, hospitals around the world are moving to change the rules.

Relationships that suffer as a result of unreconcilable politics may force you to make a decision. To make that less distressing, choose consciously.

"The process will account for wide variations in abuse and provide a pathway for survivor healing," Richard Schulte, one of the lawyers for the men, said in the university's statement.

The moves would clear the way for an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.