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In the office of Attorney General Jeff Sessions hangs a portrait of his predecessor Edwin Meese III, the Reagan-era conservative. Near the desk of the deputy attorney general is a painting of former Attorney General John Ashcroft, who pressed to expand the Justice Department's powers after Sept.
Hillary Clinton and James Comey will be back in the headlines Thursday as a watchdog official for the Justice Department releases a report on the Obama administration's handling of the Clinton email scandal in the runup to the 2016 election. The report - by Inspector General Michael Horowitz - is widely expected to criticize Comey, the former FBI director, for his public statements in July 2016 and October 2016 about the federal investigation into Clinton's use of a private email while she was secretary of state.
The bill, which is sponsored by Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tennessee, Heidi Heitkamp, D-North Dakota, Ron Johnson, R-Wisconsin, and Mike Lee, R-Utah, among others, would require the president to submit to Congress any proposal to impose tariffs under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. While acutely a response to steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by President Trump on poorly supported "national security" grounds under Section 232, the bill is fundamentally a restoration of congressional authority over matters of trade as presented in the United States Constitution.
South Carolina Rep. Katie Arrington, who is running for the first district of South Carolina, celebrates after casting her vote on Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at Bethany United Methodist Church in Summerville. South Carolina Rep. Mark Sanford has lost the Republican nomination for his congressional seat to an opponent who attacked his criticism of President Donald Trump.
Nevada Republicans made primary night easy, sending U.S. Sen. Dean Heller into a tough battle to save his seat and putting Attorney General Adam Laxalt on the November ballot for governor.
Rep. Mark Sanford, a Republican who represents South Carolina's 1st Congressional District, found out Tuesday that losing the support of the president is lethal in a GOP primary. Sanford, a conservative who has frequently criticized the president, faced a primary challenge from state Rep. Katie Arrington, who campaigned as a Trump ally.
Heller is considered the vulnerable Republican senator seeking re-ele... Nevada's Dean Heller is considered the vulnerable Republican senator seeking re-election this year, but he has an easy primary battle Tuesday thanks to President Donald Trump. Nevada's Dean Heller is considered the vulnerable Republican senator seeking re-election this year, but he has an easy primary battle Tuesday thanks to President Donald Trump.
North Dakota U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer is looking ahead to a November battle with Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp that could be key to control the chamber. Cramer brushed aside a challenge from Air Force veteran Thomas O'Neill and cruised to an easy victory in Tuesday's Republican Senate primary in North Dakota.
They widely praised Trump for taking the bold step of sitting down to talk with Kim, but voiced concern about the vagueness of the agreement that resulted and the president's lavish praise for the North Korean leader. In much more measured tones than the president's ebullience about the meeting, Republican lawmakers urged Trump to be vigilant in moving forward.
Heller is considered the vulnerable Republican senator seeking re-ele... . In this June 6, 2018, photo, Clark County Commission member Chris Giunchigliani, right, speaks with Susan Garcia, center, and Aileen Vides while campaigning in Las Vegas.
U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, are among a bipartisan group of 10 senators who have demanded the Trump administration release a toxicology study that could recommend lower threshold advisories for exposure to chemicals found in groundwater at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and other installations across the country. The senators wrote in the June 8 letter they had "deep concerns" with media reports the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had blocked the results of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services chemical pollution study that reportedly showed lower thresholds of the contaminants could pose a hazard to human health.
All eyes are on Nevada Republican Sen. Dean Heller's re-election bid,... . FILE - In this March 21, 2011 file photo, then-Nevada congressional candidate Sharron Angle answers questions from the media in Reno.
Now that President Donald Trump's meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un is in the books, a new chapter in the tense relationship between the two countries can be written. According to reporting by The New York Times , the United States has promised to stop war games in the region and to open diplomatic channels to the long-isolated nation, while North Korea has re-committed to de-nuclearization.
AT&T Inc won court approval on Tuesday to buy Time Warner Inc for $85 billion, rebuffing an attempt by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to block the deal and likely setting off a wave of corporate mergers. The deal, which could close next week, is seen as a turning point for a media industry that has been upended by companies like Netflix Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google which produce content and sell it online directly to consumers, without requiring a pricey cable subscription.
On the roster: As goes Maine, so goes the nation? - Dem dogfight in Nevada gubernatorial primary - Can Virginia Democrats match the spirit of '17? - House leaders scurry to block immigration vote - Follow up file: Well, irritable anyway AS GOES MAINE, SO GOES THE NATION? Maine Gov. Paul LePage says he might refuse to certify the results of today's Pine Tree State primary because Maine has moved to what political scientists call "ranked choice voting." It's understandable that LePage would be down on the concept since he almost certainly would have never been governor had the rule been in place when he first ran in 2010.
A Democratic group backed by former President Barack Obama plans to invest millions of dollars in state-level elections in a dozen states, including Wisconsin, with the goals of "flipping the governor's seat and the state Senate." A Democratic group backed by former President Barack Obama plans to invest millions of dollars in state-level elections in a dozen states, including Wisconsin, with the goals of "flipping the governor's seat and the state Senate."
Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders praised President Donald Trump after a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, in a statement released Tuesday. The meeting between Trump and Kim was "a positive step" towards peace, Sanders said hours after Trump and Kim signed a "comprehensive" agreement promising North Korea better relations and security guarantees.
Kim Jong Un peered inside as a Secret Service agent held open a door of "The Beast," President Donald Trump's heavily armored limousine. The surreal moment left some lawmakers speechless, with Democrats saying it showed Trump was too conciliatory toward the North Korean dictator during their historic summit.
Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., left, and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., talk before a Senate Appropriations Committee markup in the Dirksen Building on June 7, 2018. Republicans would love to avoid shutdown drama before the midterm but a tight timetable stands in the way.