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To the editor: Sen. Dianne Feinstein is to be commended for releasing the August 2017 Senate Judiciary Committee testimony of Glenn Simpson, co-founder of Fusion GPS, the firm responsible for the research leading to the controversial dossier on President Trump. Simpson's testimony was not classified, so it should have been made public as soon as it was available.
The Pentagon refused any public comment on a secret government satellite that apparently crashed into the sea after it was launched by Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp. "I would have to refer you to SpaceX, who conducted the launch," Defense Department spokeswoman Dana White said repeatedly in a briefing Thursday at the Pentagon, citing "the classified nature of all of this." Asked what investigation is being conducted to ensure accountability for the loss of a costly payload, White told reporters she will "come back to you on that."
Trump's contemptuous description of an entire continent startled lawmakers in the meeting and immediately revived charges that the president is racist. The White House did not deny his remark but issued a statement saying Trump supports immigration policies that welcome "those who can contribute to our society."
Bridgeport resident Glenford Turner says the scalpel was only discovered years later, after he suffered from long-term abdominal pain. He sued the VA in U.S. District Court last week, seeking unspecified compensatory damages.
"Can I have some of the queen's waters? Precious waters?" Matthews asked staffers. "Where's that Bill Cosby pill I brought with me?" MSNBC host Chris Matthews apologized Friday after video was released of the Hardball anchor asking where his "Bill Cosby pill" was before an interview with then presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during her 2016 primary campaign.
"Can I have some of the queen's waters? Precious waters?" Matthews asked staffers. "Where's that Bill Cosby pill I brought with me?" MSNBC host Chris Matthews has apologized after video surfaced showing Matthews asking for his "Bill Cosby pill" before an interview with then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in 2016 MSNBC host Chris Matthews apologized Friday after video was released of the Hardball anchor asking where his "Bill Cosby pill" was before an interview with then presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during her 2016 primary campaign.
Jennings recently stepped down from her position as New Castle County Chief Administrative Officer to prepare for her campaign. Jennings previously served as Chief Deputy AG at the Delaware AG's office and spent over two decades working for the state Department of Justice.
In bluntly vulgar language, President Donald Trump questioned Thursday why the U.S. would accept more immigrants from Haiti and "shithole countries" in Africa rather than places like Norway, as he rejected a bipartisan immigration deal, according to people briefed on the extraordinary Oval Office conversation. Trump's contemptuous description of an entire continent startled lawmakers in the meeting and immediately revived charges that the president is racist.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill granting federal recognition to six American Indian tribes in Virginia, a move that makes the tribes eligible for federal money for education, housing and health care. The bill will now be sent to the president's desk.
With a government shutdown looming, President Trump met with Republicans and Democrats about hashing out a deal on immigration, which seems to be the biggest obstacle and a top action item for both the White House and congressional leaders. As Michael Wolff has magnified rumors of Trump's mental instability thanks to an error-ridden book, the president allowed the cameras to roll, as the commander-in-chief went around the room getting the views that different members of Congress have on this issue.
As questions swirl about the future of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts amid the threat of a new federal crackdown, U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas used a public event alongside President Donald Trump to urge the administration to focus instead on opioids. Tsongas and more than a dozen other members of Congress were gathered around the president's desk in the Oval Office for the signing of the INTERDICT Act, which Tsongas and Sen. Ed Markey helped introduce.
Three Republican and three Democratic senators said Thursday they'd reached an election-year accord to protect hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation and to bolster border security. But the White House and several GOP lawmakers said they'd not accepted the proposal, plunging the issue back into uncertainty just eight days before a deadline that threatens a government shutdown.
House and Senate lawmakers could renew the federal Childrens Health Insurance Program as early as next week since the Congressional Budget Office now estimates a 10-year extension could save taxpayers $6 billion. CHIP provides insurance to 9 million young people nationally, including 1,800 in Pueblo County.
A group of bipartisan senators has reached a deal on legislation to protect younger immigrants brought to the country illegally, two GOP senators said Thursday.
President Donald Trump used profane language to disparage African nations in a meeting with lawmakers about a proposed bipartisan deal on immigration. Trump made the remark after Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin told Trump that under the proposal, a lottery for visas would be ended.
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and President Donald Trump's daughter and senior aide Ivanka Trump could soon testify before congressional Russian election meddling probes, according to a range of sources and reports. On Thursday, the House Intelligence committee's top Democrat, Adam Schiff, told reporters at the Capitol that Ms.
President Donald Trump grew frustrated with lawmakers Thursday in the Oval Office when they floated restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of a bipartisan immigration deal, according to two people briefed on the meeting. "Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?" Trump said, according to these people, referring to African countries and Haiti.
President Donald Trump on Thursday slammed protections for immigrants from "s**thole" countries during an Oval Office meeting about a bipartisan immigration deal, The Washington Post reported. The Post, citing two unnamed sources briefed on the meeting, reported the president became frustrated with lawmakers when they floated the idea of restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries as part of a deal.
Democratic members of the House oversight committee asked the Republican chairman to begin a serious investigation into President Donald Trump's conflicts of interests. The letter was sent to Chairman Trey Gowdy of South Carolina on Thursday, one year after a news conference held by Trump and his attorney announcing efforts to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest by handing over his businesses' reins to his sons and putting his assets in a trust, among other measures.
Governors and other officials from several U.S. coastal states ramped up pressure on the Trump administration on Wednesday to exempt their waters from an offshore drilling plan, hours after the Interior Department granted Florida's request to opt out. The backlash could complicate President Donald Trump's efforts to expand oil and gas production offshore.