DENVER (AP) — State Sen. Mike Johnston on Thursday announced he will run against U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, becoming the first prominent Democrat to challenge the senator widely considered to be the most vulnerable Republican in the nation.

Johnston, 44, is a former teacher, principal, Obama ...

DENVER (AP) — Republican Sen. Cory Gardner helped mastermind the GOP’s midterm strategy of pushing Senate candidates closer to President Donald Trump. But heading into his own 2020 re-election bid in Colorado, he’s allowing more distance with the not-so-popular president.

And he’s not ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Indiana Sen. Todd Young has been picked to lead the National Republican Senate Committee during the 2020 election cycle.

Young was elected as committee chairman by his fellow Republicans on Wednesday. He had

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans retained Senate control Tuesday after ousting Democratic incumbents in Indiana, North Dakota and Missouri, delivering a victory to President Donald Trump by preserving the chamber as a showplace for his conservative priorities for two more years.

To seal the ...

DENVER (AP) — About 200 people rallied outside the office of Sen. Cory Gardner in downtown Denver Friday urging him to vote against Brett Kavanaugh. Some held signs for passing light rail trains and cars to see, with some drivers honking their support.

The crowd chanted slogans like “Hell, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Heading into the midterm elections, the most volatile candidate this year isn’t on the ballot.

But President Donald Trump still loves to take his freewheeling political stylings on the road on behalf of his fellow Republicans and he’s raring to go for the sprint to Nov. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Heading into the midterm elections, the most volatile candidate this year isn’t on the ballot.

But President Donald Trump still loves to take his freewheeling political stylings on the road on behalf of his fellow Republicans and he’s raring to go for the sprint to Nov. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bipartisan legislation introduced Tuesday calls for stringent congressional oversight of U.S. nuclear diplomacy with North Korea and any deal President Donald Trump strikes with Kim Jong Un.

It comes two weeks after Trump met Kim at a historic summit in Singapore that ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he was inclined to support a bipartisan effort in Congress to ease the U.S. ban on marijuana, a proposal that would dramatically reshape the nation’s legal landscape for pot users and businesses.

The federal ban that puts marijuana ...

DENVER (AP) — President Donald Trump has promised to support legislation protecting the marijuana industry in states that have legalized the drug, a move that could lift a threat to the industry made by the U.S. attorney general just three months ago.

Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has slapped sanctions on companies across the globe to punish illicit trade with nuclear-armed North Korea, yet Myanmar, which is suspected of acquiring ballistic missile systems from the pariah state, has escaped the full force of the “maximum ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Colorado’s Republican U.S. senator said Thursday he will stop blocking nominees for some Justice Department jobs, saying he is encouraged by recent conversations with federal officials about the treatment of the state’s marijuana industry, despite the Trump administration’s ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on a move by Colorado’s Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner to stop blocking some Justice Department nominees. (all times local):

4:15 p.m.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed John Demers as the head of the Justice Department’s key national security ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The sudden departure of the Justice Department’s No. 3 official is adding to the turmoil at an agency that already lacks permanent, politically appointed leaders for many of its most important divisions.

Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand’s resignation builds on an ...

DENVER (AP) — From its headquarters in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Bureau of Land Management oversees some of the nation’s most prized natural resources: vast expanses of public lands rich in oil, gas, coal, grazing for livestock, habitat for wildlife, hunting ranges, fishing streams and hiking ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Roy Moore, the GOP nominee for Senate in Alabama (all times local):

2:30 p.m.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee is ending its fundraising agreement with Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore in light of allegations of sexual contact with a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A month before Alabama’s special election, Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore abruptly faced lurid allegations Thursday of sexual misconduct with minors decades ago — and an immediate backlash from party leaders who demanded he get out of the race if the accusations prove ...