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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.
Texas Republican Rep. Will Hurd said the wall President Donald Trump wants to build across the southern U.S. border is the "least effective" way to approach border security, The Hill reported Saturday. "I've been very clear that building a wall from 'sea to shining sea' is the most expensive and least effective way to do border security," Hurd told The Hill.
Washington: Citing national security concerns, the White House has day formally notified the House intelligence committee that President Donald Trump is unable to declassify a memo drafted by Democrats that counters Republican allegations about abuse of government surveillance powers in the FBI's Russia probe. said in a letter to the committee that the memo contains "numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages" and asked the Democrats to revise the memo with the help of the Justice Department.
The White House denied Friday a request to release a Democratic memo that aimed to rebut GOP allegations regarding the investigation of a onetime associate of President Donald Trump, sending it back for revisions due to national-security concerns. "Although the president is inclined to declassify the February 5th memorandum, because the memorandum contains numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages, he is unable to do so at this time," White House counsel Donald McGahn wrote to the House Intelligence Committee on Friday night.
A year into the Trump administration, the White House website still has no Spanish-language content, unlike during the two previous administrations and even though nearly 1 in 5 people in the United States speaks Spanish. Even Iran and reclusive North Korea have made efforts to reach out to the Spanish-speaking world.
WASHINGTON -- Citing national security concerns, the White House on Friday 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.
U.S. President Donald Trump is still "inclined" to release the memo in the interest of transparency if revisions are made. The White House says President Donald Trump has blocked the release of a memo drafted by Democrats that countered allegations by Republicans of abuse of powers related to the FBI's Russia probe.
President Donald Trump has defended former aide Rob Porter, wishing him well in his future endeavors without any mention of the two ex-wives who have accused Porter of physical and emotional abuse. Trump's comments Friday set off a firestorm at a time of national conversation about the mistreatment of women.
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.
The White House denied Friday a request to release a Democratic memo that aimed to rebut GOP allegations regarding the investigation of a onetime associate of President Donald Trump, sending it back for revisions due to national-security concerns.
FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2017 file photo, from left, White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner walk to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White Ho... . FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2018, file photo, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly listens during a meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean defectors in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
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.
President Donald Trump said on Friday the White House would soon release a letter regarding a classified document crafted by Democrats to refute a Republican memo that alleged FBI bias against Trump in its Russia probe. U.S. President Donald Trump pauses while speaking to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. February 9, 2018.
Deputy US Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein, , and Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand: Brand is stepping down after nine months, the New York Times reported AFP/MARK WILSON WASHINGTON: The third-ranking official at the US Justice Department is resigning just nine months after taking the powerful position, the New York Times reported Friday . The resignation of Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand, a national security law expert, comes as President Donald Trump and Republican legislators have stepped up attacks on the department over special prosecutor Robert Mueller's investigation of possible Trump campaign links to Russian interference in the 2016 election.
President Donald Trump on Friday defended a staffer who resigned in the wake of spousal abuse allegations as he signed into law a bill raising spending by over $300 billion over two years. To reporters at a White House event, Trump defended former staff secretary Rob Porter.
Oklahoma's attorney general says he was not asked by a convicted soldier or his family to support the soldier's request for a presidential pardon. An Indiana-born federal judge, whose Mexican heritage Donald Trump used to paint him as biased against him in a 2016 court case because of his immigration stance, will hear arguments in a lawsuit that could block... An Indiana-born federal judge, whose Mexican heritage Donald Trump used to paint him as biased against him in a 2016 court case because of his immigration stance, will hear arguments in a lawsuit that could block construction of a border wall with Mexico.