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In this March 14, 2012 file photo, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, with his wife Patti at his side, speaks to the media in Chicago before reporting to federal prison in Denver. President Donald Trump says he is considering commuting the sentence of ex- Gov. Blagojevich and pardoning Martha Stewart.
Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., warms that Trump tariffs will provoke retaliation from U.S. trading partners: "Mexico alone is the number one market for Washington state applies, contributing more than $215 million to our economy and local wages every year." Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., warms that Trump tariffs will provoke retaliation from U.S. trading partners: "Mexico alone is the number one market for Washington state applies, contributing more than $215 The Skookum Packers Association uses a Native American apple eater to promote Yum-Yum apples, printed circa 1930 in Wenatchee, Washington.
President Donald Trump on Thursday imposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from the European Union, Canada and Mexico, triggering immediate retaliation from U.S. allies and protests from American businesses and farmers.
President Donald Trump on Thursday pardoned a conservative commentator he claims "was treated very unfairly by our government!" and announced he's thinking about clemency for Martha Stewart and former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, among "lots" of other people. "What they did to him was horrible," Trump told reporters, speaking of his decision to clear the name of Dinesh D'Souza, who had pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, defended President Donald Trump's statement Thursday that he did not fire now-former FBI Director James Comey over the Russia investigation. "That was a recommendation that was made to him, that it was based on the Hillary investigation that he be fired," Lee said.
President Trump on Thursday tweeted that he planned to pardon conservative filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza. Later in the day, the president told reporters that he was considering extending the pardon to Martha Stewart, and maybe even commuting the prison sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
This year's race for a U.S. Senate seat from New Jersey won't start officially until after Tuesday's Democratic and Republican primaries. But already incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, 64, and Republican challenger Bob Hugin, 63, are hurling insults at one another in what will be New Jersey's only statewide contest this fall and an arena in the national fight for control of the narrowly divided Senate.
President Donald Trump started a trip to Texas by privately meeting families of some of the 10 people killed in a school shooting this month. A White House spokesman said he was "moved" by the May 18 shooting at Santa Fe High School, which left eight students and two substitute teachers dead.
President Donald Trump said Thursday he's considering commuting the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption, and pardoning lifestyle entrepreneur Martha Stewart, who served a stint in federal prison after being convicted of charges related to a stock sale. Hours earlier, Trump said on Twitter that he will pardon conservative commentator and Obama critic Dinesh D'Souza, who pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud.
A trial attorney for imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says she's excited that President Donald Trump is considering commuting the Democrat's 14-year prison sentence for corruption. Lauren Kaeseberg tells The Associated Press the sentence was too harsh.
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., joins members of the Bridgeport business community to discuss recent progress and future development of the downtown area. U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., joins members of the Bridgeport business community to discuss recent progress and future development of the downtown area.
Shannon Kula, a Farmington resident and longtime U.S. Senate employee, filed paperwork Wednesday with the Federal Elections Commission to run for Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty's soon-to-be vacant seat. Kula was employed most recently as director of the Women's Leadership Center at the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford.
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he would offer a full pardon to conservative pundit Dinesh D'Souza, who pleaded guilty in 2014 to violating federal campaign finance laws but later said he was targeted for his conservative views. "Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D'Souza today," Trump wrote on Twitter on Thursday.
President Trump said Thursday he would pardon conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza - and said he was considering clemency of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and lifestyle guru Martha Stewart as well. "Will be giving a Full Pardon to Dinesh D'Souza today.
In this May 20, 2014 file photo, conservative scholar and filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza, left, accompanied by his lawyer Benjamin Brafman leaves federal court, in New York. President Donald Trump says he will pardon conservative commentator Dinesh D'Souza who pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud.
President Donald Trump declared Thursday that he didn't fire FBI Director James Comey over the Russia investigation, despite previously citing that as the reason. His lawyer, meanwhile, blasted federal investigators as "a lynching mob" the Trump team will "knock the heck out of" in the end.
Days after President Donald Trump deemed Jeff Sessions "beleaguered" and threatened to fire him last July, members of the president's inner circle made a desperate case to save the attorney general's job. The White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, and the president's chief strategist, Steve Bannon, pleaded with Trump during a heated Oval Office meeting to keep Sessions, warning that his dismissal would only pour gasoline on the Russia investigation.
Activists urge Cory Booker, Bob Menendez to speak out on Gaza killings Representatives from the senators' offices met with protesters, who hand-delivered a letter on the violence in Gaza. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2LN08zZ Bella August, of Montclair, Alice Golin, of Glen Ridge, and Jon Moscow, of Teaneck, participate in a rally protesting the violence inflicted on Palestinians by the Israeli Occupation Forces at the Gaza border in front of the offices of Senators Cory Booker and Bob Menendez in Newark, NJ on Wednesday, May 30, 2018.
As President Donald Trump publicly lashed out again at his own Attorney General on Wednesday over the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, a key Republican in Congress said for a second day that a top secret briefing provided to a handful of lawmakers last week showed no evidence of FBI misconduct, as agents were simply trying to figure out what Russia was doing with respect to the Trump Campaign and the 2016 elections. "I think if the FBI were at the table this morning, they would tell you that Russia was the target, and Russia's intentions toward the country were the target," Gowdy said on CBS "This Morning."