James Comey: Connecting the Dots

If Rep. Trey Gowdy, R- S.C., really believes the House Intelligence Committee's FISA memo does not vindicate President Trump, then he must also believe it does not answer the question of when Donald Trump stopped beating Melania. Gowdy made that claim , among others, in a series of tweets on Friday and in a "Face the Nation" interview on Sunday: Rep. Trey Gowdy said the release of the controversial FISA memo by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee does not discredit Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.

House Republicans working on averting another shutdown

House Republican leaders have come out with a plan to keep the government open for six more weeks while Washington grapples with a potential follow-up budget pact and, perhaps, immigration legislation. GOP leaders announced they would seek to pass the stopgap spending bill by marrying it with a full-year, $659 billion Pentagon spending bill that's a top priority of the party's legion of defense hawks.

A House-vs.-Senate GOP Split on Intel Memo

The clearest sign that the House Republican memo criticizing the FBI's surveillance of a former Trump campaign aide won't be a blow to special prosecutor Robert Mueller is the reaction of Republicans in the Senate. While President Trump claimed that the memo "totally vindicates" him, no Republican senator has since come forward and joined him in that view.

Victorville prison staffing cuts put guards, public in jeopardy, union leader says

About 120 vacant jobs at the federal prisons in Victorville are expected to be lost in 2018 as the government cuts staffing nationwide. The head of the union that represents employees at the federal prison in Victorville said he plans to carry to Washington next week his concerns that nationwide staffing cuts will endanger the safety of guards, inmates and the public.

The House Intelligence Committee Just Voted to Release the Democrats’ Response to the Nunes Memo

The House Intelligence Committee voted unanimously Monday to release a 10-page memo prepared by Democrats to rebut what they say are inaccuracies in an infamous memo written by aides to committee Chairman Devin Nunes , which alleges FBI misconduct at the heart of the Trump-Russia investigation. Still, the memo's contents may never see the light of day.

IN Rep. Rips Weak Immigration Enforcement After Colts Player Killed by Twice-Deported IllegalCNS News

Indiana Republican Rep. Todd Rokita called for increased vigilance in protecting U.S. borders and enforcing immigration laws, in light of news that an illegal immigrant suspected of drunk driving killed two Hoosiers - including Indianapolis Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson - on Sunday.

Spotlight: Trump, Democrats fight over release of “alternative memo” on FBI Russia probe

U.S. lawmaker Adam Schiff on Monday exchanged fire with President Donald Trump who slammed him over his efforts to release another edition of the disputed memo alleging the FBI and Justice Department of surveillance abuses in the Russia probe. "Little Adam Schiff, who is desperate to run for higher office, is one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington," Trump tweeted Monday morning.

Trump lashes out at Schiff over Russia probe memo

President Donald Trump traded insults with the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee Monday, a day after Democrats and Republicans said Trump was wrong to assert that a GOP-produced classified memo on FBI surveillance powers cleared him in the Russia investigation. Trump's attack on California Rep. Adam Schiff came before a planned meeting of the House intelligence panel Monday, where the committee is expected to consider whether to release a Democratic rebuttal memo.

Editorials from around Ohio

What does President Trump ask the country to believe? On Saturday, he insisted again via Twitter that there was "no Collusion and there was no Obstruction." Yet rather than let the investigation of the Russian intervention into 2016 presidential election play out, confident the facts will fall in his favor, the president contends the FBI and the Department of Justice are out to pin false charges on him.

The Nunes memo perfectly lined up with what Hannity has been hyping for weeks prior to its release

Almost a month before Republicans on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence chose to publicly release what was a classified and partisan memo written by intelligence committee Chairman Devin Nunes alleging Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuses by the FBI and Department of Justice , Fox host Sean Hannity appeared to have advanced knowledge of some of the claims laid out in the Nunes memo. Almost a month prior to the memo's public release, Hannity was hyping "shocking information a that will show systemic FISA abuse" and bragged that the media will "be forced to cover this story."

Bipartisan immigration bill surfaces, Trump knocks it down

A bipartisan immigration proposal has surfaced in the Senate, only to be quickly knocked down by President Donald Trump via Twitter on Monday. Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Chris Coons planned to propose legislation Monday that would shield from deportation immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally as children, known as "Dreamers" helped by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.

‘This man is unhinged’: Dem lawmaker appalled by…

Rep. Gerry Connolly on Monday reacted with shock and horror to President Donald Trump's tweet that seemingly called on Republicans to stop Rep. Adam Schiff from releasing a memo that debunks many of the claims put forth by a memo released last week by Rep. Devin Nunes . During a CNN interview, Connolly was asked to respond to the president's tweet, in which he declared that "Little Adam Schiff must be stopped."

Senators McCAIN & Coons to Introduce Bipartisan Immigration Compromise

U.S. Senators John McCain and Chris Coons will introduce legislation today to address two pressing issues , providing a path to resolve these important immigration issues and allowing Congress to devote full attention to finalizing a budget deal that fully funds the military. The legislation is a Senate companion bill to the Uniting and Securing America Act , bipartisan legislation introduced by Representatives Will Hurd and Pete Aguilar to protect Dreamers from deportation and provide a pathway to citizenship while implementing new border security measures.

House subcommittee to hold hearing on PTC implementation

The committee will hear from several groups and organizations including Amtrak, the National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Railroad Administration, private rail operators, public transit officials and labor. 'PTC implementation is crucial to the safety of rail transportation for passengers, motorists and pedestrians alike.

Trump slams a little Adam Schiffa over memo

President Donald Trump jabbed the House Intelligence Committee's top Democrat Monday as Democrats push to release a memo expected to rebut a Republican document of alleged FBI surveillance abuses. "Little Adam Schiff, who is desperate to run for higher office, is one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington, right up there with Comey, Warner, Brennan and Clapper! Adam leaves closed committee hearings to illegally leak confidential information.

House Intelligence Committee plans Monday vote on releasing Dems’ FISA rebuttal memo

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, speaks at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. more > Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are pushing to vote on Monday to release a rebuttal to a controversial GOP document declassified last Friday that alleges the FBI committed surveillance abuses against the Trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election.

Trump Praises Nunes for ‘Courage and Grit’ on Memo

President Donald Trump Monday praised House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes on Twitter for his work on a memo alleging FBI abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, calling him "a brave man of tremendous courage and grit." Representative Devin Nunes, a man of tremendous courage and grit, may someday be recognized as a Great American Hero for what he has exposed and what he has had to endure! His tweet popped more than hour after Nunes appeared on Fox News' "Fox & Friends," where he said Democrats are working hard against him and his memo to keep the truth from coming out about Hillary Clinton's campaign, and also because they have nothing to back up their narrative of collusion between Trump and Russia.