Trump says he was "kidding" when he called himself the "chosen one"

Trump tweeted that he was "being sarcastic" when he called himself the "chosen one" for trade negotiations with China

• Aug 24, 2019

Evoking 1968, Biden asks crowd to imagine if Obama was assassinated

Recalling Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., Biden asked an audience to contemplate Obama's assassination

• Aug 24, 2019

Trump hiking U.S. tariffs on $550 billion in Chinese imports

Conflict takes a dangerous new turn as the Trump administration and China exchange blows over trade

• Aug 24, 2019

Trump arrives for G-7 summit amid trade war with China

Mr. Trump may get an icy reception when he meets with world leaders

• Aug 24, 2019

Courts fast-tracking hearings for "Remain in Mexico" policy

Under the policy, the U.S. government has returned tens of thousands of asylum-seeking migrants to Mexico — where the vast majority are unable to find lawyers

• Aug 23, 2019

Ruth Bader Ginsburg completes radiation therapy

The radiation therapy was administered to treat a tumor on her pancreas

• Aug 23, 2019

2020 Daily Trail Markers: Dems court powerful Nevada union

Joe Biden's campaign is accusing the Trump campaign of trying to poach its donors. Pete Buttigieg talked with CBS News about his mental health plan

• Aug 23, 2019

2020 Democrats hope powerful Nevada union can help them a win

Candidates are courting a mammoth Las Vegas labor union that has played an important role in the caucus outcome in the past

• Aug 23, 2019

Steve King defends controversial abortion comments

King came under fire last week for defending his "no exceptions" stance by asking whether there would be "any population of the world" left, if not for those born out of rape or incest

• Aug 23, 2019

Chris Murphy "skeptical" of White House work on guns

But he still believes the White House is "committed to trying to work on a comprehensive, anti-gun violence proposal"

• Aug 23, 2019

Trump's trade policy a big problem for the Fed, Powell says

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said interest-rate cuts can't offset the impact of trade tensions

• Aug 23, 2019

Biden campaign accuses Trump campaign of poaching donors

A Google search for "donate Joe Biden" turns up a Donald Trump campaign contribution link at the top of the page

• Aug 23, 2019

Trump orders U.S. companies to seek "alternatives" to China

Responding to China tariffs, the president is leaning on American companies to make "your products in the USA"

• Aug 23, 2019

Massachusetts congressman drops out of presidential race

Seth Moulton is the third Democratic presidential candidate to drop out of the race in the past week

• Aug 23, 2019

China hikes tariffs on U.S. goods in latest trade war salvo

Tit-for-tat levies are the latest salvo in the escalating trade war between the world's two biggest economies

• Aug 23, 2019

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