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Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Calif., calls on a reporter during a news conference with House Republicans who are collecting signatures on a petition to force House votes on immigration legislation, Wednesday, May 9, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday demanded President Donald Trump withdraw his nominee of Brian Benczkowski to head the Department of Justice's Criminal Division, claiming his ties to a Russian bank could undermine the special counsel's probe. Mr. Benczkowski , currently a partner at Kirkland & Ellis , ran the Trump transition team at the Justice Department .
Gina Haspel's response comes in response to a question from Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris, who noted that President Donald Trump has said he believes torture works.
During her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee, CIA Director Nominee Gina Haspel said Wednesday that she would not restart any interrogation program at the CIA. "I would not restart under any circumstances an interrogation program at CIA - under any circumstances," Haspel told the committee under questioning from Sen. Martin Heinrich .
President Donald Trump will allow year-round sales of renewable fuel with blends of 15 percent ethanol as part of an emerging deal to make changes to the federal ethanol mandate. Republican senators and the White House announced the deal Tuesday after a closed-door meeting, the latest in a series of White House sessions on ethanol.
The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. that Zephyr Teachout is even considering running for the post is seriously good news.
President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the landmark nuclear accord with Iran, abruptly restoring harsh sanctions in the most consequential foreign policy action of his presidency. He declared he was making the world safer, but he also deepened his isolation on the world stage and revived doubts about American credibility.
Beijing says it will 'protect and execute the agreement', but reintroduction of US sanctions could hit Chinese firms, analysts suggest China said on Wednesday it remains committed to the Iran nuclear deal despite the United States' decision to withdraw from it, a move analysts said would bring Tehran and Beijing closer together but could harm China's economic interests. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said China would "maintain communication with all parties and continue to protect and execute the agreement fully".
It's baseball season in America, and any fan knows that going 6 for 7 in batting is stellar. Well, President Trump just pulled off a 6 for 7 performance -- not in at-plate appearances but instead in an arena far more crucial: record jobs gains for Hispanic Americans.
A Russian company accused by U.S. prosecutors of funding a propaganda operation to tilt the 2016 presidential election in President Donald Trump's favor and stir disharmony in the United States is expected to plead not guilty on Wednesday at a court hearing. Concord Management and Consulting LLC is one of three entities and 13 Russian individuals indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office in February in an alleged criminal and espionage conspiracy to tamper in the U.S. race, boost Trump and disparage his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.
Morad Sabzevari was among thousands of jubilant Iranians who took to the streets to celebrate a nuclear deal with major powers in 2015. He expected it to end his country's isolation, and even bring prosperity one day.
This photo taken March 21, 2018, shows Rev. Mark Harris. The rematch of an extremely close 2016 North Carolina congressional primary may hinge as much on which Republican candidate more vigorously supports President Donald Trump as who more successfully mobilizes Christian conservatives.
Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the CIA, won the backing of the Senate intelligence committee on Wednesday, paving the way for her expected confirmation to lead the spy agency. The panel voted 10-5 to advise the full Senate to confirm Haspel, whose nomination has renewed debate over the harsh interrogation program the CIA conducted on terror suspects after 9/11.
Tuesday night could have theoretically gone better for Mitch McConnell, but not by much. Voters selected Republican Senate nominees in three states that were won overwhelmingly by Donald Trump in 2016, and instead of picking wacky outsiders who could torpedo the party's chances in November, the rank-and-file opted for nominees who should be able to capably carry the torch for the next six months.
Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal features heavily on the front pages on Wednesday. The Daily Telegraph reports how the US president delivered on an election campaign promise as he reimposed nuclear sanctions on Tehran.
Stormy Daniels' lawyer said Tuesday he has information showing that Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney, received $500,000 from a company associated with a Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg within months of paying hush money to Daniels, a porn star who claims she had an affair with Trump. Stormy Daniels' lawyer said Tuesday he has information showing that Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney, received $500,000 from a company associated with a Russian Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, and Renova Group Board Chairman and Skolkovo Foundation President Viktor Vekselberg, meet at Moscow's Kremlin.
A handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency on May 8, 2018 shows President Hassan Rouhani giving a speech on Iranian TV in Tehran. Rouhani said Iran could resume uranium enrichment "without limit" in response to Donald Trump's decision today to withdraw from the nuclear deal.
Iran's president has warned the country could start enriching uranium more than ever in the coming weeks, if negotiations fail with countries remaining in the nuclear deal. President Hassan Rouhani made the statement immediately after Donald Trump said he was pulling the US out of the deal.
President Donald Trump delivered a statement from the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., saying the U.S. is withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal. While the multilateral pact was imperfect, it prevented Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.