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House Republicans ratcheted up criticism of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian meddling Wednesday, questioning whether there was bias on his team of lawyers but stopping short of calling for his firing or resignation. The criticism directed toward Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein at a House Judiciary Committee hearing comes after the release of anti-Donald Trump text messages exchanged between two FBI officials later assigned to the Russia probe.
On Thursday morning, FBI Director Christopher Wray was grilled by the House Judiciary Committee on the merits of a recent Trump tweet, where he declared the FBI in tatters. This was in response to news that an FBI agent working with Robert Mueller's investigatory team addressing Russian interference in the 2016 election had sent anti-Trump tweets to a girlfriend.
Wray testified Thursday that "there is no finer institution than the FBI, and no finer people than the men and women who work there and are its very beating heart." The comments come days after Trump took to Twitter to slam the FBI as a biased institution whose reputation is in "tatters."
During a hearing on Capitol Hill, Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned about the propriety of initiating a criminal investigation of President Donald Trump's chief political rival, Hillary Clinton. Judiciary Committee chairman Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, left, and Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, center, talk with Attorney General Jeff Sessions, right, at the end of a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, in Washington.
The Washington Post reported Monday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is considering the appointment of a second special counsel to investigate "a host of Republican concerns." As a Republican, I hope Sessions doesn't have to do this.
Last week in the Russia investigations: More pressure on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, more details about Russia's personal outreach to Trump campaign aides and more questions about Trump Jr.'s meeting with Russians last year The bad news for Attorney General Jeff Sessions: He is due back on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to talk about the Russia imbroglio, this time before the House Judiciary Committee. Its chairman, retiring Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., wants to talk Russia all right - about the Russian acquisition of the Canadian mining company Uranium One in 2010, which has become the basis for a parallel narrative of "Russian collusion" that Republicans say is the real scandal here.
Wouldn't it be nice to have a tax code that looked as though it had been designed on purpose? Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., uses charts to contest the Republican version of tax reform, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Washington a The Republicans' tax bill would somewhat improve the existing revenue system that once caused Mitch Daniels to say: Wouldn't it be nice to have a tax code that looked as though it had been designed on purpose? Today's bill, which is 429 pages and is apt to grow, is an implausible instrument of simplification.
File - In this April 4, 2017 file photo, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., speaks during a hearing of the House Judiciary subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. Goodlatte is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a 13-term congressman from Virginia.
The Republican chairmen of two House committees announced Tuesday they're opening an investigation into actions the Obama administration Justice Department took during last year's presidential election. The chairmen said in a statement Tuesday they have several questions, including why then-FBI Director James Comey decided to publicly announce the investigation into Hillary Clinton's handling of classified information but not to publicly announce the investigation into Donald Trump's campaign associates.
The last two of eight prototypes for President Donald Trump's proposed border wall took shape Thursday at a construction site in San Diego. The prototypes form a tightly packed row of imposing concrete and metal panels, including one with sharp metal edges on top.
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The House on Thursday backed legislation that would make membership in a criminal gang grounds for deportation as Republicans warned of the dangers of the violent street gang MS-13. The measure passed on a largely party-line vote of 233-175.
A week after concerned Republicans promised quick work to shield young, unauthorized immigrants from President Donald Trump's decision to end their federal protections, lawmakers have tied themselves in knots trying to figure out how to proceed - with only six months to find a way forward. Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., pulled back a petition he had initiated to force the House to take up legislation to protect so-called Dreamers.
Virginia's federal legislators split along party lines in their response to the Trump administration's decision Tuesday to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The program allowed undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to remain in the country.
The Trump Justice Department is ending an Obama-era program that had attempted to cut off credit to shady businesses but came under fire from Republicans for unfairly targeting gun dealers and other legitimate operations. Just days after top House Republicans had pressed Attorney General Jeff Sessions to shutter Operation Choke Point, the department confirmed in a response letter that the program is dead.
There's no question that Americans disagree about guns. We disagree on when and where guns should be carried, who should own guns, whether being armed makes a tense situation better or worse, and how to prevent gun violence.
In a tweet Wednesday criticizing the Washington Post, which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Trump called the publication "the guardian of Amazon not paying internet taxes ." Amazon in April started collecting sales taxes on purchases in every state that levies a sales tax.
Senate Intelligence Committee member Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., confer on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, as the committee conducts a hearing on Russian intervention in European elections in light of revelations by American intelligence agencies that blame Russia for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. FILE - In this June 22, 2017 file photo, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine speaks amid a crush of reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington.
President Donald Trump meets with what the White House identifies as "immigration crime victims" to urge passage of House legislation to save American lives, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in the Cabinet Room at the White Hou... . Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, left, finishes a statement on immigration and sanctuary cities as he joins, from left, Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Hou... .