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The first trial in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is set to begin this week when former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort heads to court in Alexandria, Virginia. Although Manafort is the first to face trial, the recent indictment of 12 Russian military intelligence officers could be a sign that Mueller's investigation is heating up.
After months of tumult, Pentagon official Robert Wilkie is expected to become secretary of Veterans Affairs when the Senate votes Monday to confirm him, taking on the task of fulfilling President Donald Trump's promises to fire bad VA employees and steer more patients to the private sector. The long-time public official says he will "shake up complacency" at VA, which has struggled with long waits in providing medical treatment to millions of veterans.
The first trial in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is set to begin this week when former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort heads to court in Alexandria, Virginia. Although Manafort is the first to face trial, the recent indictment of 12 Russian military intelligence officers could be a sign that Mueller's investigation is heating up.
Postponing the start of Paul Manafort's trial on bank and tax fraud until next week, a federal judge in Virginia on Monday granted the request of Special Counsel Robert Mueller to give limited immunity to five different people in exchange for their testimony in the bank and tax fraud trial of the former Trump Campaign Manager. Judge T.S. Ellis III gave Manafort's defense an extra six days to review documents in the case, setting the start of the trial for July 31. During a pair of hearings on Monday, federal prosecutors indicated they believed that Manafort had given false financial information to the Federal Savings Bank of Chicago, in order to get $16 million in home loans after the 2016 election.
In a Nov. 2, 2017 file photo, Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, speaks with reporters following a day of questions from the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Capping a week of drama, back tracking, a double negative and blistering statements from allies about his attitude toward Russian election interference, President Donald Trump on Sunday was back to referring to "a big hoax." Trump spent days trying to reassure the country that he accepts that the longtime foe interfered in the 2016 election after his public undermining of U.S. intelligence agencies in Helsinki while standing alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin.
PICTURED: Hillary and Bill's intimate dinner with Harvey Weinstein weeks after her 2016 election loss - showing just how close the Clintons were to the 'serial rapist' movie mogul 'It is all a big hoax': Trump reverses his stance on Russia's meddling AGAIN and contradicts American intelligence findings, just days after claiming he misspoke during the summit with Putin Marco Rubio contradicts Trump and says the FBI did NOT do anything wrong by wiretapping the president's former foreign policy advisor Carter Page 'I found it shocking': John Kerry calls Trump's meeting with Putin 'disgraceful' and 'dangerous' and defends the Obama administration's handling of Russian meddling From Mr Narcissist to Mr Commitment-phobe: The 10 types of men you MUST avoid dating - and why Mr Right is still so hard to find 'I spent my nights screaming at God to take this away': Dennis Quaid reveals he did ... (more)
Recording under the name Arp, New Yorker Alexis Georgopoulos has explored ambient sound, zippy synth-pop, jangle rock, late night dancefloor hypnotics, airy & exotic landscapes and full on guitar noise. His latest album, Zebra, brings many of those things together for a clever and lush voyage.
For a man who wrote a book entitled A Higher Loyalty , former FBI director James Comey is sure to jump ship on his pals pretty quickly. Less than a week after demanding that American voters support Democratic candidates, lest they want to be seen as Anti-American, Comey now orders that the Democratic Party not embrace socialism, despite all signs that the party is steering to the far left.
That's what the US Food and Drug Administration found in late May, issuing warning letters to the manufacturers of four of these products. The supplements -- Advanced Skin Brightening Formula, Sunsafe Rx, Solaricare and Sunergetic -- were "putting people's health at risk by giving consumers a false sense of security that a dietary supplement could prevent sunburn, reduce early skin aging caused by the sun, or protect from the risks of skin cancer," according to an FDA news release .
With the current political climate, I expected the divisive rhetoric of this election season. I did not expect the battle lines to be drawn so explicitly between the talkers and the doers.
Or from reading the "public letter of admonition" sent by the U.S. Senate's Select Committee on Ethics to Robert Menendez, the Democratic incumbent seeking a third full term representing New Jersey. Nationwide, Democrats are defending 26 Senate seats, Republicans only nine.
Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page on Sunday denied he was an intelligence agent for Russia, after the release of usually secret documents showed federal investigators believed he was engaged in "clandestine intelligence activities" on behalf of Russia. Page's denial, on CNN's "State of the Nation," was his first public response to the release on Saturday of secret applications for federal wiretaps on him.
A pair of prominent Republican U.S. senators said on Sunday that the United States needs to prepare new sanctions against Russia to discourage interference in upcoming elections. FILE PHOTOS: Republican U.S. Senators Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham are seen in this combination photo from U.S. Senate hearings on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. on March 14, 2018 and on June 18, 2018 respectively.
APRIL 16: Carter Page arrives at the courthouse on the same day as a hearing regarding Michael Cohen, longtime personal lawyer and confidante for President Donald Trump, at the United States District Court Southern District of New York, April 16, 2018 in New York City. Cohen and lawyers representing President Trump are asking the court to block Justice Department officials from reading documents and materials related to Cohen's relationship with President Trump that they believe should be protected by attorney-client privilege.
A man who had a close relationship with suspected Russian spy Maria Butina is a charming political operative who left a trail of aggrieved former business partners complaining that he owed them money, according to court records and interviews in his home state of South Dakota. The emerging profile of Paul Allen Erickson, Butina's alleged one-time boyfriend, comes from CNN interviews with a neighbor, a former friend, political acquaintances and his one-time lawyer --- along with details contained in half a dozen lawsuits filed in local courts near Sioux Falls.
After Helsinki, there can be little doubt that Donald J. Trump acts more and more like an agent of Russia or heavily beholden to Russian interests. What else can any objective person conclude after the latest basically pro-Russian and anti-American comments from the president in which he preferred Russia's denial of interference in the 2016 election to the unanimous conclusion of all U.S. intelligence agencies ? Once again, Trump proves he is woefully unprepared to be president, master of the big lie, and ignorant of history and reality.
I feel really disconnected from the Michigan political loop as we get ready to vote in early August in the primary. Take the race for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate where the incumbent Debbie Stabenow is up for reelection.
What is She Wearing? Hillary Clinton Looks Like Hell at OzyFest in New York Gateway Pundit, by Christina Laila New York -Twice-failed presidential hopeful, Hillary Clinton spoke at Ozyfest, a two-day festival in Central Park, on Saturday and she looked terrible. Hillary donned a mumu-style top that nearly touched the floor and white pants.