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The White House and a Russian state-owned bank have very different explanations for why the bank's chief executive and Jared Kushner held a secret meeting during the presidential transition in December. The bank maintained this week that the session was held as part of a new business strategy and was conducted with Kushner in his role as the head of his family's real estate business.
Democratic operatives caught in a Project Veritas sting operation filed a $1 million lawsuit Thursday alleging that the undercover investigators violated federal wiretap law with their explosive hidden-camera probe. Democratic strategist Robert Creamer and Democracy Partners accused Project Veritas of civil conspiracy, trespass, unlawful interception of oral communication, breach of fiduciary duty, and misrepresentation stemming from the work of an investigator hired as an intern under an assumed name.
Scientists say that the earth is likely to reach more dangerous levels of warming even sooner if the US retreats from its pledge because America contributes so much to rising temperatures. President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw the United States from a landmark global climate agreement, a White House official said Wednesday, though Trump and aides were looking for "caveats in the language" related to the exit and had not made a final decision.
Hillary Clinton didn't mention Donald Trump by name, but she peppered her Wellesley College commencement address Friday with barbs aimed at her rival in last year's presidential election. The former Democratic presidential nominee took aim at Trump's proposed budget, calling it "an attack of unimaginable cruelty on the most vulnerable among us" and saying it fails to address critical issues such as opioid addiction and climate change.
More than a dozen states this year have passed "Blue Lives Matter" laws that come down even harder on crimes against law enforcement officers. More than a dozen states this year have passed "Blue Lives Matter" laws that come down even harder on crimes against law enforcement officers.
President Donald Trump's budget proposal would cut federal funding for an earthquake early warning system for California, Oregon and Washington state, a development that seismology experts and some local leaders say would be the end of the project. The system being developed in conjunction with various universities is intended at providing critical seconds of warning when an earthquake has started and potentially dangerous shaking is imminent, allowing time for people to take cover and to slow or halt such things as critical industrial processes and transportation systems.
Former House Speaker John Boehner says that aside from international affairs and foreign policy, President Donald Trump's time in office has so far been a "complete disaster." Speaking at an energy conference Thursday in Houston, Boehner praised Trump for his approach abroad and his aggressiveness in fighting Islamic State militants, according to the energy publication Rigzone.
Montana GOP candidate Greg Gianforte won a congressional seat last night despite assaulting a reporter the day before. But that shouldn't surprise youa S-a SGianforte's act of violence was arguably an extension of Donald Trump's anti-media rhetoric .
Megan Leavey Bleecker Street Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite Written by: Pamela Gray, Annie Mumolo, Tim Lovestedt Cast: Kate Mara, RamA3n RodrA guez, Tom Felton, Bradley Whitford, Will Patton, Sam Keeley, Common, Edie Falco Screened at: Critics' link, NYC, Opens: June 9, 2017 When I was a kid I thought that Norman Ferguson and Tee He's "Pinocchio" was not only the best movie I had seen but probably the best movie that will ever be made. Seventy-six years later, when I sit in on some allegedly more mature pictures, I am likely to think back to my judgement on that cartoon with fondness for its accuracy.
In January, Donald Trump and his lawyer Sheri Dillon held a press conference at which they laid out a plan for how the president would distance himself from his businesses. Among the steps they presented was a means to address concerns that foreign governments and leaders may attempt to curry favor with the president by staying at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. This, ethics experts said , would violate the Constitution's Emoluments Clause, which states that government officials cannot "accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
Donald Trump's administration is pledging a Supreme Court showdown over his travel ban after a federal appeals ruled that the ban "drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination." Citing the president's duty to protect the country from terrorism, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday that the Justice Department will ask the high court to review the case, although he offered no timetable.
Gianforte, a techno... . Republican Greg Gianforte greets supporters at a hotel ballroom after winning Montana's sole congressional seat, Thursday, May 25, 2017, in Bozeman, Mont.
On May 19, President Donald Trump took off in Air Force One for the Middle East and Europe. He left behind a Washington and a nation buzzing about his firing of FBI director James Comey, the multiple reasons he had given for doing so, the meeting he'd had with the Russian foreign minister a day later and his statement that Comey is a "nut job."
'I made a mistake... I'm sorry': Republican candidate Greg Gianforte apologizes for body-slamming reporter after WINNING Montana special election despite facing assault charge Air Force morgue chief 'offered horrified inspectors a peek at astronaut John Glenn's body before he was buried', shocking Pentagon report claims FBI is focusing on Jared Kushner in Russian probe: Investigators look at meetings Trump's son-in-law held with Putin's ambassador during election campaign Could the 8 x 8 x 8 rule be the key to happy hormones? Expert reveals the signs yours are out of whack - and what to do to fix them fast Trump Vs the world! Body language expert reveals what President was REALLY thinking at NATO summit after barging through world leaders, slapping a man for ignoring him and enduring THAT handshake with French PM Trump has a four-point diplomatic plan for dealing with North Korea that ... (more)
A federal appeals court has dealt another blow to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban targeting six Muslim-majority countries. A federal appeals court has dealt another blow to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban targeting six Muslim-majority countries.
'I made a mistake... I'm sorry': Republican candidate apologizes for body-slamming reporter after WINNING Montana special election despite facing assault charge Air Force morgue chief 'offered horrified inspectors a peek at astronaut John Glenn's body before he was buried', shocking Pentagon report claims FBI is focusing on Jared Kushner in Russian probe: Investigators look at meetings Trump's son-in-law held with Putin's ambassador during election campaign Could the 8 x 8 x 8 rule be the key to happy hormones? Expert reveals the signs yours are out of whack - and what to do to fix them fast Trump Vs the world! Body language expert reveals what President was REALLY thinking at NATO summit after barging through world leaders, slapping a man for ignoring him and enduring THAT handshake with French PM Trump calls Germany 'bad, very bad' over their global exports as he pledges to stop them ... (more)
Investigators are focusing on a series of meetings held by Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and an influential White House adviser, as part of their probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and related matters, according to people familiar with the investigation. Kushner, who held meetings in December with the Russian ambassador and a banker from Moscow, is being investigated because of the extent and nature of his interactions with the Russians, the people said.
During a cruise to Norway last week, I met several Dutch people and they all had the same question: what in the world is going on in America? It's a legitimate question.
The Justice Department and both chambers of Congress are all now investigating alleged Russian attempts to meddle in the 2016 elections and whether President Donald Trump's associates colluded with Moscow -- an ever-evolving saga that is showing no signs of slowing down despite the firing of the man who long found himself spearheading the probe, now-former FBI director James Comey. CNN has compiled a list of the growing and diverse cast of characters at the start of a critical week of hearings for Senate investigators looking into Russia's actions and its possible ties to Trump associates.