Gowdy Confident With ‘Quintessential Straight Arrow’ Mueller

Rep. Trey Gowdy, who has replaced outgoing Rep. Jason Chaffetz as head of the House Oversight Committee said this week that he has confidence in former FBI Director Robert Mueller and the team he has assembled to investigate Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential race. "[He is] your quintessential straight arrow," the Tennessee Republican said during an interview with The Wall Street Journal .

Hamlin edges Byron in thrilling Xfinity finish at Michigan

Nippon Yusen K.K., the Japanese shipping company that operates the container ship that collided with a U.S. Navy destroyer, says its 20-member crew all safe. Nippon Yusen K.K., the Japanese shipping company that operates the container ship that collided with a U.S. Navy destroyer, says its 20-member crew all safe.

GOP rep: We’d ‘love’ for Trump to tweet about what we’re doing

Rep. Marsha Blackburn: "We would love for the President to be tweeting about the work we are doing" https://t.co/ex4sM1J30c Marsha Blackburn GOP rep: We'd 'love' for Trump to tweet about what we're doing Overnight Tech: Patent chief stepping down on Saturday urged President Trump to start tweeting more about his agenda and the work that House Republicans are doing, and less about the Russia investigation. Speaking on CNN, Blackburn said that she was thrilled to see the White House highlight workforce development this week, and hopes the Trump administration will stay focused on governing.

Utah GOP to trim packed field running for Chaffetz seat

About 1,000 Utah Republicans will gather for a special convention Saturday to cut down a field 12 candidates vying to replace Republican U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz and advance one candidate to an August primary election. Chaffetz announced earlier this year he's resigning at the end of June, leaving an enticing open seat for Republicans in what's considered one of the most conservative congressional districts in the country.

McAuliffe makes fool of himself with knee-jerk call for gun control

For a frightening instant, it sounded as if Barack Obama, through some twisted stroke of cosmic freakiness, were back in the saddle, but it was only Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe making a fool of himself - and, in emblematic Democratic fashion, crassly refusing to let a crisis go to waste. It should have come as no surprise.

Shooter went to GOP baseball practice with list of names

The man who shot House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and others at a congressional baseball practice earlier this week had with him a piece of paper with doodles and the names of three lawmakers, according to a person familiar with the case. The person told The Associated Press on Saturday that investigators aren't sure of the significance of the names and don't know if it was a list of people he was targeting.

Afghan soldier attacks foreign soldiers, wounding 4

The acquittal of an officer in the death of a Minnesota motorist who volunteered that he had a gun during a traffic stop adds to the worries of African-American gun owners. The acquittal of an officer in the death of a Minnesota motorist who volunteered that he had a gun during a traffic stop adds to the worries of African-American gun owners.

The Latest: Police: 58 missing, presumed dead in London fire

Emergency workers walk on the roof of the fire-gutted Grenfell Tower in London, Friday, June 16, 2017, after a fire engulfed the 24-storey building on Wednesday morning. Grief over a high-rise tower blaze that killed dozens of p... .

Republican baseball practice gunman ‘had list of names’

The man who shot senior Republican congressman Steve Scalise and others at a congressional baseball practice session this week had a list containing the names of three politicians, officials said. The man who shot senior Republican congressman Steve Scalise and others at a congressional baseball practice session this week had a list containing the names of three politicians, officials said.

Republicans divided as Trump reverses some Obama Cuba policy

President Donald Trump's decision to reverse some Obama-era Cuba policies landed with a thud among many congressional Republicans who say the new approach surrenders a potentially lucrative market for American goods and services to competitors. While anti-Castro conservatives hailed Trump's partial roll-back of President Barack Obama's detente, a number of other GOP lawmakers, particularly from farm states, criticized the change as misguided and isolationist.

House television / Ap; Senate Television / Ap

Journals like this one exist, generally speaking, not to praise politicians but to chastise, to upbraid, or at least to criticize them. And so, after hearing about the terrible shootings at the Alexandria baseball field the morning of June 14; after making the mistake of sampling the incivility and stupidity that some of our fellow Americans from across the political spectrum were spewing on television and on Twitter; after thinking of all the ways our public officials might fail to say what should be said-we feared the worst.

Scalise remains critical, outlook guarded

Congressman Steve Scalise can hope to make an "excellent recovery," his trauma surgeon said Friday, even though the lawmaker arrived at the hospital Wednesday at imminent risk of death after getting shot at a congressional baseball practice. In his first public comments since the shooting, Dr. Jack Sava of MedStar Washington Hospital Center said it's a "good possibility" that the Louisiana Republican will be able to return to work in his full capacity.

The Latest: UK royals hold London fire minute of silence

Emergency workers walk on the roof of the fire-gutted Grenfell Tower in London, Friday, June 16, 2017, after a fire engulfed the 24-storey building on Wednesday morning. Grief over a high-rise tower blaze that killed dozens of p... .