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Clinton was presented with an honorary degree from Medgar Evers College by City University of New York Chancellor James P. Milliken. Hillary Clinton implored graduates of Medgar Evers College to exercise their right that the university's namesake civil rights activist died to achieve in a commencement address on Thursday at the Barclays Center.
Sen. Ted Cruz was trying to end a speech on a high note, but he accidentally got the wrap-up music. Cruz kicked off his speech making a light-hearted joke comparing Reed to the literary character Dorian Gray and applauding President Donald Trump's victory against Hillary Clinton.
Former FBI Director James Comey's testimony on Thursday backed up some of the anonymous-sourced news reports about the FBI, but Comey took exception to one specific New York Times story from February. "In the main, it was not true," Comey told the Senate Intelligence Commitee, disputing a February 14 story titled "Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence."
Ousted FBI Director James Comey provided a lot of answers during his public testimony before a Senate committee Thursday, but he left one substantial question unanswered: How did the FBI know Attorney General Jeff Sessions was going to step aside from the investigation into the Trump campaign's Russia ties? The Justice Department responded late Thursday, saying that after consultations with department ethics officials Sessions recused himself because of his involvement in Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, "for that reason, and that reason alone." The department's statement did not directly respond to Comey's comment that he was "aware of facts" that would make Sessions' continued involvement in the Russia probe problematic.
Resigned to Trump's Woes, G.O.P. Keeps Working on Legislative Goals - WASHINGTON - As James B. Comey was testifying that President Trump was a liar, Senator John Hoeven held two meetings about health care, and pondered ideas about infrastructure. - "We're working," said Mr. Hoeven
FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2016, file photo, then-FBI Director James Comey, testifies before a House Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee budget hearing about the Federal Bureau of Investigation's F... . FILE - In this May 3, 2017, file photo, then-FBI Director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation."
Bernie Sanders Democrats - a party in search of an agenda Sanders concerned Trump tried to 'derail' Russia probe Senate GOP paves way for ObamaCare repeal bill MORE said former FBI Director James Comey's Thursday testimony heightened his concern that President Trump attempted to "derail an investigation of Russian meddling in our democracy." "What we learned today was deeply troubling and makes me more concerned than ever about President Trump's attempts to derail an investigation of Russian meddling in our democracy," Sanders wrote in a statement.
Sen. John McCain suggested that he was tired when he questioned fired FBI director James Comey on Thursday, a performance that lit up Twitter and the Internet with unsparing criticism. The 80-year-old Arizona Republican joked that maybe he shouldn't have stayed up late watching the Arizona Diamondbacks playing a night game out West.
The Russian government hacked the computers of the Democratic National Committee, leaked the information they stole and "was behind the cyber intrusion" of American voter files, among much more. In short, Russians interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
Rep. Brad Sherman was in disbelief during Sen. John McCain's questioning of James Comey - and it showed on his face. Sherman was spotted in the hearing room shaking his head during McCain's awkward questioning that Comey even admitted "confused" him.
Republican members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, from left, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., question former FBI director James Comey as he recounts a series of conversations with President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2017. Comey alleges Trump repeatedly pressed him for his "loyalty" and directly pushed him to "lift the cloud" of investigation by declaring publicly the president was not the target of the probe into his campaign's Russia ties.
Moments after James Comey finished his testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday, News 8 spoke with former Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman , who was at one point said to be the top candidate to replace Comey as FBI Director . A midtown Manhattan building houses the law firm where former U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman now works.
President Donald Trump's personal attorney Marc Kasowitz plans to make a statement following the congressional testimony of former FBI Director James Comey. Trump tasked Kasowitz late last month with responding to matters arising from various probes of Russian interference in the election.
Former FBI director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday about his conversations with President Trump on the FBI's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Key takeaways from the James Comey testimony Former FBI director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday about his conversations with President Trump on the FBI's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Former FBI Chief James Comey said Thursday: "Lordy, I hope there are tapes" of his private conversations with President Donald Trump, implying they would offer corroboration of his testimony at a blockbuster Senate hearing. Comey also testified that the Trump administration "chose to defame me," told "lies, plain and simple" and that he was "confused" by Trump saying he was fired due to the Russia probe.
Former FBI Director James Comey testified Thursday in public hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. In this exchange with Committee Chairman Richard Burr, Comey revealed that former Attorney General Loretta Lynch asked him to call the FBI probe into Hillary Clinton's email server a "matter" instead of an investigation.
There are 12 new "astronaut candidates" whose dreams of going to space have just come within reach. NASA officially introduced its 2017 class of astronauts on Wednesday afternoon in a briefing from the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
But both chambers of the state's Republican-controlled legislature overrode the Governor's veto on Tuesday, effectively putting an end to the 2013 tax cuts. The state legislature's tax hike will raise $1.2 billion over the next two years through an increase in the individual income tax rate and a repeal of the o% tax rate for pass-through business.
FBI Special Agent Joshua Campbell, who worked as a special assistant to James Comey when he was still FBI Director, has written an editorial for USA Today that praises his former boss, even as Comey gives what will probably be the most important testimony of his career. Campbell describes Comey as a "a giant of a man with an even bigger heart."
The vice president celebrated his 58th birthday while traveling on Air Force Two to Houston, where he welcomed 12 new astronauts in a ceremony at NASA's Johnson Space Center. Joining Pence's sky-high celebrations on board the aircraft were Sen. Ted Cruz, as well as Reps.