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President Donald Trump on Saturday accused the Democrats of playing politics with classified information, asserting that their memo countering GOP allegations about the conduct of the FBI's Russia probe was a trap meant to "blame the White House for lack of transparency." Citing national security concerns, the White House notified the House Intelligence Committee on Friday that the president was "unable" to declassify the Democratic memo.
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In this Feb. 8, 2018, photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks to the Senate chamber early shortly before midnight Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The weeklong drama over the hourslong government shutdown set loose overblown rhetoric from both parties while President Donald Trump wrestled inartfully with turmoil in the stock market, one of his favorite bragging points until it tanked.
President Trump blocked on Friday the release of a classified Democratic memo rebutting Republican claims that top federal law enforcement officials had abused their surveillance powers in spying on a former Trump campaign aide. WASHINGTON - Citing national security concerns, the White House has notified the House Intelligence Committee that President Donald Trump is ''unable'' to declassify a memo drafted by Democrats that counters GOP allegations about abuse of government surveillance powers in the FBI's Russia probe.
Citing national security concerns, the White House has notified the House Intelligence Committee that President Donald Trump is "unable" to declassify a memo drafted by Democrats that counters GOP allegations about abuse of government surveillance powers in the FBI's Russia probe. to the committee Friday that the memo contains "numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages" and asked the intelligence panel to revise the memo with the help of the Justice Department.
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Newly elected Lackawanna County District Attorney Mark Powell at his law office in downtown Scranton. Butch Comegys / Staff Photographer Story by Kohut Don't bother arguing because you probably won't change the mind of someone who sees nothing but politics in new Lackawanna County District Attorney Mark Powell asking four staffers to resign this week.
It's not often that an obscure state official manages to lay a serious defeat on the President of the United States. But that's what Alex Padilla pulled off early this year, and he did it without any gloating.
Republican Rep. Leonard Lance, who's up for reelection in November, addressed questions from his constituents at a Town Hall on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018.
Republican leaders, top Democrats and President Donald Trump are all claiming big wins in the $400 billion budget agreement signed into law Friday. But the push to pass the massive legislation underscored enduring divisions within both parties, and those rifts are likely to make the next fight over immigration even more challenging.
The White House has formally notified the House intelligence committee that president Donald Trump is "unable" to declassify a memo drafted by Democrats that counters GOP allegations about abuse of government surveillance powers in the FBI's Russia probe. Citing national security concerns, White House counsel Don McGahn said in a letter to the committee that the memo contained "numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages" and asked the Democrats to revise the memo with the help of the Justice Department.
To continue reading this premium story, you need to become a member. Click below to take advantage of an exclusive offer for new members: John Kelly, White House chief of staff, listens during a Customs and Border Protection roundtable discussion with at the CBP National Targeting Center in Sterling, Virginia, on Feb. 2, 2018.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Dr. Ben Carson and Republican 9th District Congressman Robert Pittenger visited homes hit hard by the hurricane and reassured Mayor Mitch Colvin and other city leaders that those impacted by the storm have not been forgotten. More than half of the buildings at the 100-unit Mt Sinai Homes complex off Murchison Road, near Fayetteville State University, were damaged by the storm, and repairs are still being made to apartments in the federally subsidized complex.
Twice elected as the state's Supreme Court chief justice and twice a candidate for governor, Moore did not declare his candidacy and pay his entrance fee by the close of the qualifying window Friday at 5 p.m. After Moore failed in his bid to win a seat in the U.S. Senate last year, there were speculation and rumors that he might shift his focus to the race for governor. During the Senate campaign, which Democrat Doug Jones won, the governor's race was considered to be a fallback option for candidates.
Republican leaders, top Democrats and President Donald Trump are all claiming big wins in the $400 billion budget agreement signed into law Friday. But the push to pass the massive legislation underscored enduring divisions within both parties, and those rifts are likely to make the next fight over immigration even more challenging.
The White House said Friday that President Donald Trump is "weighing his options" as he decides whether to release a classified memo drafted by Democrats that counters GOP allegations that the FBI abused U.S. government surveillance powers in its Russia probe. The president's careful consideration of the Democratic memo is in contrast to his enthusiastic embrace of releasing the Republican document, which he pledged before reading to make public.
Sen. Rand Paul explained in an op-ed his opposition to the 700-page federal spending bill that passed in Congress early on Friday. "It was a massive and destructive bargain struck by the leaders of both parties, where both got to blow up the spending 'caps' they agreed to just a few short years ago," wrote the junior senator.
The Little Rock Police Department's decision to fire a black recruit for using a racial slur in an old social media post, the state of UAMS, a constitutional initiative and Tom Cotton - all covered on this week's podcast. "Blaze," the new bio-pic-ish feature film about cult singer/songwriter and Arkansas native Blaze Foley, and its star, Little Rock native Ben Dickey, are earning critical praise after the new film debuted Sunday at Sundance.
The 240-186 vote came in the pre-dawn hours, putting to bed a five-and-a-half hour federal freeze that relatively few would notice. The 240-186 vote came in the pre-dawn hours, putting to bed a five-and-a-half hour federal freeze that relatively few would notice.