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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg initially said the company's social media platform was not a factor in the 2016 presidential election. Now his firm faces growing scrutiny after it revealed Russians bought $150,000 in electon-related Facebook ads in the two years beginning in June 2015.
Donald Trump Jr. says he met with a Russian lawyer last year simply to learn about Hillary Clinton's "fitness, character or qualifications," insisting he did not collude with Russia to hurt her campaign against his father. Trump Jr. described the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower in New York in a statement at the outset of the Senate panel's interview.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina raised alarms on Thursday by saying he wanted former FBI Director James Comey to give another testimony on Hillary Clinton's email case. Last week, Graham and fellow Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley said they reviewed interview transcripts revealing that Comey may have started to draft an "exoneration statement" for Clinton before the FBI could conduct an interview for Clinton and her associates.
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Equifax said three top executives who sold nearly $2 million in company stock before a massive security breach was announced "had no knowledge" of the incident beforehand, according to an emailed statement from the credit-monitoring agency. The three executives who sold a small percentage of their Equifax shares on Tuesday, August 1, and Wednesday, August 2 " the statement said, hours after Equifax announced that 143 million people in the US were affected by the security breach that took place from mid-May to July 2017.
As the Senate on Thursday easily approved $15.25 billion to bolster the federal disaster response to Hurricane Harvey, GOP lawmakers gritted their teeth over provisions added to the bill with the blessing of President Donald Trump which would extend the federal debt limit for three months, and provide for the funding of government operations until December 8. "It's unfortunate, they ought to be separate votes," said Rep. Joe Barton , who predicted he would not be the only Texan on Friday to oppose the Harvey aid bill in the House, all because of the deal that President Trump struck with Democrats, and forced on GOP leaders.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. accompanied by members of the House and Senate Democrats, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. accompanied by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. speaks with DREAMERS who are holding a 4-day fast on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. accompanied by members of the House and Senate Democrats, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept.
The Trump administration intends to rewrite the Obama administration's directive on handling campus-based sexual assaults, saying the system has failed both victims and the accused, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Thursday. Her stance sets the stage for a dramatic reversal of how Title IX, the 1972 law that bars discrimination based on sex in education, is enforced.
Residents in parts of the Miami metro area are under mandatory orders to leave their homes as Hurricane Irma barrels toward South Florida with potentially catastrophic winds. The Latest on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' policy announcement about campus sexual assault and enforcement of Title IX, the federal law that bars discrimination in education on the basis of gender : Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says any new policy on investigating sexual assault on college campus must balance the rights of victims and the accused.
6, 2017 photo, a pedestrian walks past the Acton Congregational Church in Acton, Mass. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments Thursday whether the town is improperly permitting taxpa... .
The way President Donald Trump talked about the meeting with congressional leadership Wednesday, it would be easy to forget Republicans were even there. It's too early to tell whether Trump's willingness to strike a deal with Democrats to fund the government in the short-term was a sign of a new strategy to work across the aisle, or simply an impulsive decision from a president already frustrated with his own party.
Wells Fargo's continued missteps following revelations last year that the bank created millions of unwanted accounts for customers may lead to additional hearings on Capitol Hill. Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee sent a letter in August to panel Chairman Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, requesting a hearing on the bank.
Senate Republicans have almost doubled the size of the disaster relief package for Harvey to more than $15 billion, a first installment to help communities in Texas rebuild from the storm - and stock reserves for looming damage from Hurricane Irma. The must-do legislation, paired with a short-term increase in the government's borrowing authority and a temporary government funding bill, is on track to pass the Senate as early as Thursday.
The senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says questions remain about a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer in June 2016. The senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says questions remain about a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer in June 2016.
Menendez defense claims indictment is an "attack" on Hispanic-American community With opening statements done, prosecution offers witnesses Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2vQfVtq U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and Florida eye specialist Salomon Melgen were accused in a 2015 indictment of bribery and other crimes and have pleaded not guilty. Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez arrives at Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Court with his children Alicia and Robert on the opening day of his trial on public corruption charges.