Comey faces pressure as White House fights Russia reports

As a high-ranking Justice Department official in the George W. Bush administration, he clashed with the White House over a secret surveillance program. Years later as head of the FBI, he incurred the ire of Hillary Clinton supporters for public statements on an investigation into her emails.

Trump praises new African American museum during first visit

President Donald Trump denounced "bigotry, intolerance and hatred in all of its very ugly forms" during his first visit to the new Smithsonian black history museum on Tuesday. Trump, in remarks after his tour, called the museum "truly great" and said he would be back to see more of the 3,000 objects illustrating African-American history.

UK lawmakers debate downgrading Trump invite for state visit

U.S. President Donald Trump should not be afforded the "rare privilege" of a state visit, a British opposition lawmaker said Monday, as Parliament debated a call for Trump's invitation to be downgraded and stripped of its royal seal of approval. The nonbinding debate was called in response to an online petition with more than 1.8 million signatures saying a formal state visit "would cause embarrassment to Her Majesty the Queen."

Retreat From Electoral Vote Boast Shows Trump Can Be Forced to Acknowledge Reality

Donald Trump's rambling, whiny, narcissistic press conference last week was disturbing in several ways, but there was at least one encouraging sign: The president showed he is capable of taking correction-something that was very much in doubt given the long list of fantasies he has repeatedly peddled as truth. During his introductory remarks, appropos of nothing but his constant need to stroke his own ego, Trump called his election victory "the biggest Electoral College win since Ronald Reagan."

George F. Will: An adult voice amid pandemic childishness

In his 72 years, Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, who was raised in segregated Richmond, Va., acknowledges that he has seen much change, often for the better, including advances in the 1960s. But in his elegant new memoir, "All Falling Faiths: Reflections on the Promise and Failure of the 1960s," he explains why today's distemper was incubated in that "burnt and ravaged forest of a decade."

Trump Assails US Intelligence Agencies Amid Questions Over Russia

William Barr , who served as USA attorney general under George W. Bush, told the Hive that it's "inconceivable" that Flynn would be prosecuted for making a false statement to the F.B.I. Mr Trump also said he will announce next week a new executive order on immigration, trying to moving forward now that his travel ban is caught up in court. And I think it's a really a sad thing that he was treated so badly.

Tillerson presides over shakeup at State Department

The news sent shock waves through the agency and has left career officials on edge, in part because of its abrupt nature - taking place before their assignments end this summer and replacements have been found - and in part because these officials help the secretary, a government novice, work with policy experts throughout the building. While Tillerson was on his first overseas trip at the G20 in Bonn, Germany, his aides told the entire staff in the offices of the deputy secretary of state for management and resources and the State Department counselor that their current assignments were prematurely coming to an end, according to senior aides.

Trump Says Kellogg – In Play’ for Security Adviser Job Harward Rejected

Robert Harward, a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral, turned down President Donald Trump's offer to become national security adviser, officials said, just days after the resignation of Michael Flynn following revelations he misled administration officials over his contact with Russia.

Feds’ disability education website: Still down, still no response

Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., They are asking U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos when a popular website explaining the federal Individuals With Disabilities Act will again be available to the public. It has been down for three weeks, supposedly for technical difficulties.

Melania Trump says popular White House tours will resume in March

Melania Trump says popular White House tours will resume in March She's not living there yet, but Americans can soon resume poking around the People's House. Check out this story on ruidosonews.com: http://usat.ly/2lgzcxQ First lady Melania Trump said Tuesday the always-popular free public tours of the White House will resume in three weeks, on March 7. The tours had been suspended during the transition to the Trump administration, but the suspension has lasted longer than usual.

Theresa May to talk to Donald Trump after state visit to UK confirmed

Theresa May will speak to US President Donald Trump later as the Government insisted he would be extended the "full courtesy" of a state visit to Britain later this year, despite a 1.85-million strong petition against it. The Prime Minister will have a telephone call with the president, whose administration has been rocked by the resignation of national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Flynn exit leaves Trump national security team in turmoil

White House national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned Monday amid a snowballing controversy over whether he lied about his contacts with a Russian official, throwing President Donald Trump's security team into turmoil just weeks into his term. Flynn's resignation came as Trump struggles to cement his national security apparatus as the president and his cabinet officials are preparing for a series of meetings and summits with foreign leaders in the coming months, starting this week in Europe.

Behind Team Trump’s bogus claims of “voter fraud”…

We all know by now that President Donald Trump, along with one of his closest aides, Stephen Miller, has been repeating factually vacant conspiracy theories about massive voter fraud. Regarding Trump's falsehoods on this topic, we know that he most likely received his information about 3 million "illegals" voting for Hillary Clinton from radio conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.