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"Heitkamp's talk of deficits is pure speculation and none of it takes into account the economic growth the Trump pro-growth agenda is delivering." - statement on the website Get the Facts ND, June 4, 2018 One pernicious response to the growth of political fact-checking is the trend by politicians to create their own faux fact-checking websites.
In this June 15, 2018 file photo, Chris Olson, of Lake Wallenpaupack, Pa., holds a sign outside Lackawanna College where U.S. Attorney Jeff Sessions spoke on immigration policy and law enforcement actions, in Scranton, Pa.
Welcome to The Hill's Morning Report , and happy Monday! Our daily email gets you up to speed on the most important developments in politics and policy, plus trends to watch, co-created by Jonathan Easley and Alexis Simendinger. James Robert Clapper Media can't admit Trump just had his best 24 hours Clapper gives Putin what he wants with 2016 election assessment Clapper: Trump won't fire Mueller, he'll just keep undermining his investigation MORE , former director of national intelligence, discusses the Russian attempt to influence the 2016 U.S. election as well as his new book, "Facts and Fears: Hard Truths From a Life in Intelligence."
The U.S. energy market was dealt a significant blow by Chinese tariffs because it has few other outlets as big as China for oil exports, analysts said Monday. China last week responded to U.S. trade decisions by saying it would strike back with duties on U.S. exports, including oil.
In this May 5, 2018, file photo, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks at the Iran Freedom Convention for Human Rights and democracy in Washington. Giuliani said Sunday, June 17, 2018, that President Donald Trump might pardon former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and others ensnared in the Russia investigation once special counsel Robert Mueller's work is finished, calling it unnecessary for now as the White House seeks to push a rapid end to the year-long probe.
Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday the president might pardon his jailed, onetime campaign chairman and others ensnared in the Russia investigation once special counsel Robert Mueller's work wraps up, if he believed they were treated "unfairly." Until then, consideration of clemency is unnecessary, Giuliani said, as the White House presses to bring the yearlong investigation to an end.
John Oliver kicked off Last Week Tonight talking about President Donald Trump 's roller coaster week, that began when he met with "Cutie Patootie" Kim Jong Un . Trump tweet-boasted we can all feel much safer than the day he took office, because there is "no longer a nuclear threat from North Korean," adding, "sleep well tonight!" "Donald Trump telling me I can sleep well tonight is like the Grim Reaper telling me to Have a Happy Birthday," Oliver said.
A hearing is scheduled in a challenge of the home addresses listed by Congressional District 2 candidate Ann Kirkpatrick on her nominating petitions. The hearing Monday stems from a lawsuit by three voters who allege that Kirkpatrick lives in downtown Phoenix, even though she listed two Tucson addresses on her nominating documents.
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Sunday, June 17, 2018, distanced the Trump administration from responsibility for separating migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, even though the administration put in place and could easily end a policy that has led to a spike in cases of split and distraught families. [SUSAN WALSH/AP PHOTO, FILE] White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Sunday, June 17, 2018, distanced the Trump administration from responsibility for separating migrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, even though the administration put in place and could easily end a policy that has led to a spike in cases of split and distraught families.
For a moment last week, it looked as though the ever-diminishing moderate wing of the Republican Party would assert itself after years of being pushed around by radical right-wingers and a GOP establishment scared of the extremists. But when the chips were down, the moderate bloc in the House could not gather the last few signatures it needed to force a vote on mainstream bills to protect the "dreamers," immigrants who came to this country as children and now are at risk of deportation.
First lady Melania Trump has waded into the emotional controversy over policies enacted by her husband's administration that have increased the number of migrant children being separated from their parents. Mrs Trump's spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said the first lady believes "we need to be a country that follows all laws", but also one "that governs with heart".
Democrats expanded their campaign Sunday to spotlight the Trump administration's forced separation of migrant children from their families at the U.S. border, trying to compel a change of policy and gain political advantage five months before midterm elections. Against a notable silence on the part of many Republicans who usually defend President Trump, Democratic lawmakers fanned out across the country, visiting a detention center outside New York City and heading to Texas to inspect facilities where children have been detained.
Senator Susan Collins refuses to pick a side on the Trump/Miller "tearing kids away from their asylum-seeking parents and placing them in concentration like detention centers" debate. In this clip, she is pseudo-defending the Trump policy...while also kind of not.
Rep. Nunes: If DOJ Does Not Turn Over Documents by Monday - They Will Have 'Hell to Pay' by Wednesday Rep. Devin Nunes the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures on Father's Day. Rep. Nunes told Maria the Department of Justice leadership has until Monday to turn over the subpoenaed documents or they will have "hell to pay."
ST. PAUL, Minn. - In Minnesota's surprise race to fill Al Franken's former Senate seat, the two women running tell their own versions of a familiar story.
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise played in the annual congressional baseball game this week, one year after he was nearly killed by a gunman while practicing for last year's game. Scalise and Democratic Rep. Cedric Richmond met while both served in the Louisiana legislature.
The White House on Saturday said it would nominate Kathy Kraninger, a high-level staff member at the Office of Management and Budget, to be director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. If confirmed by the Senate, Kraninger would replace her boss, budget director Mick Mulvaney, who has drawn criticism from Democrats for weakening the watchdog agency.
The Capitol is seen in Washington, Friday, June 15, 2018. The push toward immigration votes in the House is intensifying the divide among Republicans on one of the party's most animating issues __ and fueling concerns that a voter backlash could cost the party control of the House in November.
Larry Hay's Army tour in Vietnam was a half century ago, long before he married Margaret, his wife of 34 years. "When he goes to bed at night, he goes back to hell.
On 6/19, we're partnering with Huffington Post for a LIVE Q&A at 2pm ET to answer your questions on Facebook Live. FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2017 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., leaves a closed-door session on Capitol Hill in Washington.