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Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned for hours in the special counsel's Russia investigation, the Justice Department said, as prosecutors moved closer to a possible interview with President Donald Trump about whether he took steps to obstruct an FBI probe into contacts between Russia and his 2016 campaign. The interview with Sessions last week makes him the highest-ranking Trump administration official, and first Cabinet member, known to have submitted to questioning.
Mitt Romney has spent much of the past two years as an outspoken Donald Trump critic. He denounced Trump's divisive ways during the 2016 campaign and criticized the president's unwillingness to call out white nationalists in Charlottesville, Va.
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer has pulled back an offer of $25 billion for President Donald Trump's long-promised southern border wall, as lawmakers scrambled to figure out how to push a deal to protect 700,000 or more so-called Dreamer immigrants from deportation. Schumer had made the offer last Friday in a last-ditch effort to head off a government shutdown, then came scalding criticism from his party's liberal activist base that Democrats had given up too easily in reopening the government without securing more concrete promises on immigration.
President's right-hand man has been attending the annual gathering since 1993, but this time he's the one giving the speech President Xi Jinping is not attending Davos this year - he sent China's economic mastermind instead. And although Liu He is no stranger to the annual gathering of the world's business and political elite, he has not previously been the one giving the speech.
Officials said Tuesday that Wray, who started the job in August, is replacing two top aides who were promoted into their roles by his predecessor James Comey. Such changes are not unusual when a new director takes change, but they are notable amid Trump's public pressure on Wray to get rid of officials who were confidantes of Comey, who was fired by the president in May. The Justice Department confirmed that Dana Boente, the outgoing U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia who has also been acting as head of the department's national security division, will become the FBI's general counsel.
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York speaks to reporters following a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Hopes for a fresh start on immigration slammed into political reality Tuesday as the Senate's top Democrat said he rescinded an offer to President Donald Trump on a border wall and the White House called an emerging bipartisan compromise "dead on arrival."
WASHINGTON – The FBI failed to save text messages sent from thousands of cellphones – apparently because of the same technical glitch that affected the retention of messages from two senior bureau officials who investigated both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, a Justice Department official said. The missing messages from senior FBI lawyer Lisa Page and senior counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok have sparked a political firestorm in recent days, as GOP lawmakers and the president have questioned how it could be that the bureau did not keep their potentially unflattering and revealing exchanges.
President Donald Trump says mayors who boycotted a White House event over an administration crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities are placing the needs of illegal immigrants above citizens. Trump is welcoming a bipartisan group of local leaders to a meeting initially billed as a discussion of infrastructure, drug addiction and other topics.
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer has pulled back an offer of $25 billion for President Donald Trump's long-promised southern border wall, as lawmakers scrambled to figure out how to push a deal to protect 700,000 or more so-called Dreamer immigrants from deportation. Schumer had made the offer last Friday in a last-ditch effort to head off a government shutdown, then came scalding criticism from his party's liberal activist base that Democrats had given up too easily in reopening the government without more concrete promises on immigration.
Promises to end 'catch and release' have gone unfulfilled and many immigrants are willing to risk it all to come to the United States. Texas border correspondent Oscar Margain explains.
Shortly after President Donald Trump fired his FBI director in May, he summoned to the Oval Office the bureau's acting director for a get-to-know-you meeting. The two men exchanged pleasantries, but before long, Trump, according to several current and former U.S. officials, asked Andrew McCabe a pointed question: Whom did he vote for in the 2016 election? McCabe said he didn't vote, according to the officials, who, like others interviewed for this article, spoke on the condition of anonymity to talk candidly about a sensitive matter.
The Senate on Tuesday approved President Donald Trump's selection of Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve beginning next month.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions was questioned for several hours last week as part of the special counsel's investigation, the Justice Department confirmed Tuesday, making him the first member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet to be interviewed in the inquiry. The special counsel, Robert Mueller, is increasingly focused on Trump's conduct in office and on whether he obstructed the investigation itself.
On the ground in communities across America, many voters barely noticed the latest spasm of dysfunction in Washington. Those who did were angry and frustrated with their elected leaders but were also growing numb to the near-constant crises that have dominated the Donald Trump-era politics.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicated to lawyers for President Donald Trump that his office will seek answers directly from the president on the circumstances around the firings of former national security adviser Michael Flynn and former FBI Director James Comey, sources with knowledge of the matter confirm to ABC News. Add Russia Investigation as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Russia Investigation news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
First things first, Dreamers are young undocumented immigrants who came to the United States when they were children. Up until recently, they were protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which was created by former President Barack Obama.
Wray said Tuesday that Jim Rybicki notified him last month of his decision. A change in the position is not unusual when a new director takes charge, but it comes after President Donald Trump repeatedly criticized the FBI and called for a shakeup.
While Trump has a great relationship with Indian PM Narendra Modi, he's reportedly making fun of his friend behind the scenes, mocking his accent and culture. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi once called Donald Trump a "true friend."
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday agreed to hold an evening vote on the nomination of Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell to succeed Janet Yellen at the helm of the central bank, a move that would likely ensure continuity in U.S. monetary policy. The Republican-controlled Senate voted 84-12 to move toward a final vote, which it agreed to hold at 5 p.m. .
On Friday, hours before the Great Government Shutdown of 2018 began, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told Donald Trump in a one-on-one meeting that that he was ready to capitulate on the president's most famous campaign promise: a border wall with Mexico. Politico reports that a day after Democrats agreed to end the impasse by agreeing to reopen the government, Schumer informed the White House through an aide that his proposition was no longer valid.