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Democrats can win elections and stand up to Washington Republicans by sticking to their core principles when it comes to education, health care, equality and the environment, Hillary Clinton told a friendly crowd at the New York state Democratic convention on Wednesday. The remarks from the 2016 Democratic nominee for president came as Democrats look to make big gains across the country in the fall elections.
President Donald Trump continued to fuel GOP accusations that an informant was embedded in his presidential campaign for political purposes, saying Tuesday that "a lot of people are saying" there were spies. "A lot of people are saying they had spies in my campaign," President Trump said during his wide-ranging comments in the Oval Office during a press spray of a meeting with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in.
A supporter of President Donald Trump raises his fist during a Republican campaign rally May 10 in Elkhart, Ind. Journalist are always surprised that Trump supporters back him, but, duh, they are supporters - and even that is weakening.
Congress moved Tuesday to dismantle a chunk of the rules framework for banks, installed to prevent a recurrence of the 2008 financial crisis that brought millions of lost jobs and foreclosed homes. The House voted 258-159 to approve legislation rolling back the Dodd-Frank law, notching a legislative win for President Donald Trump, who made gutting the landmark law a campaign promise.
President Donald Trump speaks at the Susan B. Anthony List 11th Annual Campaign for Life Gala at the National Building Museum, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Washington. President Donald Trump speaks at the Susan B. Anthony List 11th Annual Campaign for Life Gala at the National Building Museum, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Washington.
Snitches, moles, spies, whistleblowers. Government informants are an age-old investigative tool that's as much a part of the FBI's 110 years of history as J. Edgar Hoover or its "10 Most Wanted" list.
In this July 1, 1971, file photo, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, is shown at the graduation ceremonies for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington. Government informants are an age-old investigative tactic that's as much a part of the FBI's 110 years of history as J. Edgar Hoover or its "10 Most Wanted" list.
The House was preparing to vote Tuesday on a bill that would free thousands of small and medium-sized banks from strict rules intended to prevent another financial meltdown, one of the biggest steps to unwind the 2010 Dodd-Frank banking regulation law. The Senate approved the legislation earlier this year, so the House vote could result in the bill going to President Donald Trump for his signature.
It's an old Washington tradition that when a new book on politics comes out, you flip to the index and look for your name. If President Donald Trump were to pick up a copy of John McCain's new memoir, "The Restless Wave," he'd see that he doesn't really come up much until the final chapters.
A Senate panel on Tuesday said it would not accept efforts by President Donald Trump to ease sanctions on Chinese smartphone maker ZTE. In a vote of 23 to 2, the Senate Banking Committee overwhelmingly approved an amendment that would block Trump from reducing penalties on ZTE without first providing Congress proof the company is following US laws.
Basically nothing was sacred to Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, except Hillary Clinton's email account . This was the one thing he insisted needed to be handled by the book.
President Donald Trump talks on the phone aboard Air Force One during a flight to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 26, 2017. While serving as secretary of State, Hillary Clinton disregarded an instruction from the Foreign Affairs Manual directing her to use State Department equipment for day-to-day operations.
In 2018, Democrats are confronted with a challenge that few opposition parties have ever had to overcome: The administration they are running against has too many scandals . To the extent that party messaging matters at all in midterm elections , a single, unifying narrative is more likely to connect with the electorate than a fusillade of discrete ideas.
Ratcheting up pressure on the Russia investigation, the White House announced that top FBI and Justice Department officials have agreed to meet with congressional leaders and "review" highly classified information the lawmakers have been seeking on the handling of the probe. The agreement came after President Donald Trump made an extraordinary demand that the Justice Department investigate whether the FBI infiltrated his presidential campaign.
In this Thursday, May 17, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, in Washington. Trump said he will "demand" that the Justice Department open an investigation into whether the FBI infiltrated his presidential campaign, an extraordinary order that came hours before his legal team said the special counsel indicated its investigation into the president could be concluded by September.
A supporter of President Donald Trump waits in a nearby neighborhood before a campaign rally at the North Side Middle School in Elkhart, Indiana rump's strategy for keeping power is to build up his coalition of America's white working class and the nation's ownership class. It's a curious coalition, to say the least.
Investigators looking into President Donald Trump and his top associates' dealing with foreign governments have an embarrassment of riches. For Americans, Trump is simply an embarrassment - and a figure increasingly seen as indifferent to foreign interference in our election.
Ratcheting up pressure on the Russia investigation, the White House announced that top FBI and Justice Department officials have agreed to meet with congressional leaders and "review" highly classified information the lawmakers have been seeking on the handling of the probe. The agreement came after President Donald Trump made an extraordinary demand that the Justice Department investigate whether the FBI infiltrated his presidential campaign.
In this May 20, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh. In emails obtained by The Associated Press, George Nader claims he later met with Mohammed bin Salman, who by then had been elevated to crown prince, and Abu Dhabi's crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in a lobbying effort to alter U.S. policy in the Middle East.
President Trump ordered his chief of staff Monday to make sure Congress gets "highly classified" information from the Justice Department , intelligence community and FBI - including details that could shed light on whether the FBI had an informant investigate the Trump campaign. Mr. Trump also officially requested an inspector general's investigation into the FBI's "tactics" toward the Trump campaign in 2016, and the White House and Justice Department said Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein agreed to convey the directive.