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US House Speaker meets Saudi king in regional security talks
Saudi King Salman smeets with the U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018. Ryan is leading a Congressional delegation to the Middle East, traveling with five Republican members of congress and one Democrat.
MTA brass pushed link between subway delays and power problems,…
A President Not Sure of What He Wants Complicates the Shutdown Impasse - WASHINGTON - When President Trump mused last year about protecting immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children, calling them "these incredible kids," aides implored him privately to stop talking about them so sympathetically. Graham: Stephen Miller makes immigration deal impossible - warned on Sunday that the White House staff is undercutting President Trump - and Congress's ability to get a deal on immigration.
Republican signals progress in securing public release of FISA abuses memo
Rep. Dave Joyce, a Republican from Ohio, declared Saturday that the House Intelligence Committee "plans to begin" the release of the memo that allegedly contains revelations about U.S. government surveillance abuses. His tweet is promising for dozens of conservatives who have rallied in recent days for the four-page memo to be made available to the general public.
‘Info Suggests Documents Catastrophically Bad For Dems’:…
On Thursday, the House Intelligence Committee quietly voted to make available to fellow House members "a memo documenting abuse of the FISA program," reports Fox News' Chad Pergram. With 435 House members, the likelihood of details from the memo leaking are high.
Russia probes come up against claims of executive privilege
Steve Bannon's attorney relayed questions, in real time, to the White House during a House Intelligence Committee interview of the former Trump chief strategist, people familiar with the closed-door session told The Associated Press. The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee is accusing President Donald Trump's White House of placing a "gag order" on former chief strategist Steve Bannon, barring him from answering many questions as part of the panel's investigation into Russian election interference.
WH claiming sweeping a executive privilegea in Russia probes
President Donald Trump's White House is relying on a sweeping interpretation of executive privilege that is rankling members of Congress on both sides of the aisle as current and former advisers parade to Capitol Hill for questioning about possible connections with Russia. The argument was laid bare this week during former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon's interview with the House Intelligence Committee.
Steve Bannon – refuses to answer questions’ about working for Donald Trump
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon refused to answer a broad array of queries from the House Intelligence Committee about his time working for President Donald Trump on Tuesday, provoking a subpoena from the panel's Republican chairman. The development brought to the forefront questions about White House efforts to control what the former adviser tells Congress about his time in Mr Trump's inner circle and whether Republicans on Capitol Hill would force the issue in light of the newly issued subpoena from the Republican-controlled panel.
Former Trump aide Bannon refuses to comply with House subpoena
President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon declined on Tuesday to comply with a subpoena ordering him to answer questions from a U.S. House intelligence panel about his time at the White House as part of its investigation into allegations of Russian interference in the U.S. election. After Bannon initially refused to answer questions about the matter, Devin Nunes, the committee's Republican party chairman, authorized a subpoena during the meeting to press Bannon to respond.
Former Trump aide Bannon refuses to comply with US House subpoena
President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon declined on Tuesday to comply with a subpoena ordering him to answer questions from a House intelligence panel about his time at the White House as part of its investigation into allegations of Russian interference in the U.S. election. FILE PHOTO: Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon speaks during a campaign event for Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Judge Roy Moore in Fairhope, Alabama, U.S., December 5, 2017.
The facade of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
The House will vote Thursday on whether to rein in a surveillance program that collects the content of Americans' email, text messages, photos and other electronic communication without a warrant. The program, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, was approved by Congress in 2008 to increase the government's ability to track and thwart foreign terrorists in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
Trump orders rules for revealing US citizens in spy reports
President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered U.S. intelligence agencies to develop rules for disclosing the names of Americans whose identities are blacked out in classified spy reports disseminated across the government. The issue prompted a heated partisan debate after Republicans alleged that Obama administration officials improperly shared the identities of members of Trump's presidential transition team mentioned in intelligence reports.
Congress week ahead: Gov’t shutdown deadline looms
Top Republican leaders huddled with President Donald Trump over the weekend at Camp David to chart the 2018 legislative agenda and prepare for the challenging midterm elections in November, but more immediately they need to figure out a budget deal before the Jan. 19 deadline, when the government runs out of money. Bipartisan budget talks began last week, but Democrats and Republicans are still restating their long-held positions -- the GOP pressing for a significant uptick in defense spending and Democrats insisting that any increase for the Pentagon be matched with an equal increase for domestic programs.
Hellzapoppin: FBI, DOJ, and Clinton Sharethe Hot Seat
The new year began with a bang as the long stalled congressional investigations of the top FBI and Department of Justice officials and Fusion GPS begin to see daylight and the Clinton Foundation slush fund investigation resumed, this time with greater probity than the former top officials at the FBI and DOJ permitted. Congressman Devin Nunes, chairman of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, and Judiciary chairman Senator Chuck Grassley fired the first salvos of the year.
This week in the Trump-Russia investigation – tough talk…
During the first week of 2018, investigators and the president's allies alike zeroed in on the Department of Justice, with two Republican congressmen calling on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign and former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, Paul Manafort, suing the department, seeking to limit its powers. Underneath all the drama though, perhaps the most illuminating news was that the impetus for the FBI investigation into Trump's Russia ties turned out not to be the Trump-Russia dossier, but rather a drunken admission from Trump's former foreign policy adviser 2 GOP lawmakers called on Sessions to resign : Republican Reps.
Devin Nunes wins House access to Russia inquiry documents
He says he hopes the committee will now be provided 'with all outstanding documents and witnesses necessary to complete its investigations' A separate inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election is being led by special counsel Robert Mueller House of Representative investigators will get access this week to 'all remaining investigative documents' - in unredacted form - that they have been seeking as part of their Russia inquiry, US media reports say. House access to the papers was agreed as part of a deal between Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Republican-led House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, according to Fox News .
Trump, GOP leaders to discuss 2018 election at Camp David Friday
Furious Trump Fires Off Tweet With New Nickname for Bannon - President Donald Trump seems absolutely furious about the upcoming Michael Wolff book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, and he's making sure everyone knows it, firing off another tweet not only attacking the book Mercer issues rare public rebuke of former ally Bannon - Stephen K. Bannon's main financial backer is formally cutting ties with the former Trump adviser.
Editorial: Subverting the Russia probe
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., shown here at the Capitol on Dec. 21, has raised alarms that he is trying to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. We don't generally subscribe to the notion that Donald Trump intentionally tries to be unpresidential on Twitter to distract Americans from bad news about the investigation into Russia and the 2016 election.
Top FBI, Justice officials meet with Ryan over dossier on Trump, Russia58 minutes ago
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., walks up a flight of stairs as he arrives at his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. WASHINGTON – Top federal law enforcement officials huddled Wednesday afternoon with House Speaker Paul Ryan to discuss a request from congressional investigators for documents related to a dossier alleging connections between President Donald Trump and Russia, according to people familiar with the meeting.
California’s Devin Nunes reasserts authority over House Russia probe
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., seen in March, appears poised to challenge special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian officials. Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., seen in March, appears poised to challenge special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.