Jessica Taylor

The Ohio Republican fiercely defended President Trump, arguing that he has the right to involve his personal lawyer in diplomacy. Rudy Giuliani has become a key figure in the impeachment inquiry.

"We are going to have a change in the governorship based on the vote of the people," the embattled GOP incumbent said Thursday after a recanvass failed to significantly change the race's outcome.

The former Massachusetts governor is joining the race after briefing elected officials and supporters. Patrick had earlier decided against a run out of concern about how it might affect his family.

The requirements for the Nov. 20 debate, hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post, were stricter than they have been — and December's bar is even higher.

The Intelligence Committee chairman said bribery is a "breach of the public trust in a way where you're offering official acts for some personal or political reason, not in the nation's interest."

The former South Carolina governor and representative said that "impeachment has made my goal of making the debt, deficit and spending issue a part of this presidential debate impossible right now."

A possible late entry into the Democratic primary by Michael Bloomberg less than three months before the Iowa caucuses would shake up the still-crowded field.

Her close congressional allies New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib all recently endorsed Bernie Sanders.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR's Jessica Taylor about tonight's state elections as results come in.

Democrats had a strong election night on Tuesday, claiming victory in the race for governor in Kentucky and taking back control of the Virginia legislature.

Voters in four states are casting ballots in key general elections, including gubernatorial races in Kentucky and Mississippi along with legislative races in Virginia.

Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg got some of the biggest turnouts of the night, but there was a clear progressive vs. moderate split evident between the two White House hopefuls.

The Democrat struggled to translate the energy from his 2018 Senate bid into a successful White House campaign.

The congressman emphasized his Midwestern roots in a state President Trump had carried, but ultimately his centrist pitch didn't resonate with voters and he struggled to gain traction in the race.

In written testimony to Congress, Taylor said he "became increasingly concerned" about informal policymaking, driven by Rudy Giuliani, that diverged from official U.S. policy on Ukraine.

The president went off on members of his own party during a Cabinet meeting on Monday, while saying at least Democrats are united in their pursuit of trying to remove him from office.

In a rare press briefing, the acting chief of staff said the president held up aid to Ukraine as part of a quid pro quo. Hours later, he changed course, saying there was "absolutely no quid pro quo."

Lawmakers have widely criticized President Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. Trump says it was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who had the "meltdown."

The two progressive congresswomen are part of "the squad" — a quartet of first-term Democratic women of color who are popular with the party's base but who are frequent targets of Democrats and Trump.

White evangelicals have been among President Trump's most solid supporters, but younger evangelicals are more skeptical of the president heading into the 2020 election.