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Ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn will not honor a subpoena issued by a Senate committee looking into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election, the panel's chairman said Thursday. Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina told reporters that Flynn's lawyer has informed the panel he will not abide by a subpoena for private documents.
The Latest on the Trump administration's plans to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada : Lori Wallach, director of the Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, says NAFTA needs a complete overhaul. "Modest tweaks will not stop NAFTA's ongoing damage, much less deliver on Trump's promises for a deal that will create American jobs and raise wages," she says.
Trump began the day by tweeting that he is the victim of "the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history," a claim ignoring impeachment efforts and blistering verbal attacks on previous presidents and other political leaders. He has made similar complaints before, but this one came the day after the Justice Department appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller to lead the federal Trump-Russia investigation.
The Senate Intelligence Committee is still negotiating with President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, to obtain documents for its investigation into Russia and the U.S. presidential election, congressional aides said on Thursday. Earlier on Thursday, the committee's Republican chairman, Senator Richard Burr, told reporters that Flynn's lawyers said he would not honor a subpoena for the documents.
Scandals enveloping U.S. President Donald Trump have left Republican lawmakers and lobbyists increasingly gloomy about the prospects for passing sweeping tax cuts, a rollback of Obamacare and an ambitious infrastructure program. With the White House and both chambers of the U.S. Congress under Republican control, party leaders and their allies in the business community had expected to get quick traction on their plans, with corporate tax cuts among the top priorities.
Another day, another fake news story this time from one of the fake news all-stars, the New York Times. In their never-ending quest to destroy Donald Trump's presidency and either drive him insane or goad his fair-weather fellow GOPers to impeach him, the misleading headline points the way.
President Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey created an urgent need for a special prosecutor, independent of the White House and the Justice Department, to investigate whether members of the Trump campaign team and administration violated federal law. The Justice Department's appointment Wednesday of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special prosecutor was the right thing to do.
This week NBC5 is looking into why Southern Oregon is experiencing a doctor shortage and how rural communities are being affected. Going to the doctor may seem like a standard procedure, but without enough doctors in Southern Oregon it's a struggle for some to even make an appointment.
The top members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee have invited former FBI director James Comey to testify publicly. Senator Charles Grassley, the chairman of the committee, and Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein wrote Comey on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday interviewed four potential candidates to lead the FBI, including former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating and Andrew McCabe, currently the bureau's acting director. White House press secretary said Trump would also meet with Richard McFeely, a former top FBI official, in addition to the three other candidates.
Some Republicans joined Democrats in breathing a sigh of relief Wednesday at news that deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had appointed a special counsel to lead the investigation into whether Trump's campaign had any ties to Russia. While many members said they were caught off-guard, a bipartisan array of lawmakers applauded the selection of former FBI Director Robert Mueller to lead the investigation.
Ohio lawmakers from both parties Wednesday praised the former FBI director who will now oversee the Justice Department's investigation of the Trump administration's possible ties to the Russians, saying his intellect and experience make him highly qualified. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced that former FBI Director Robert Mueller will serve as special counsel to oversee the investigation.
The Latest on the appointment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee a federal investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 election : Sen. Charles Grassley, the chairman of the committee, and Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein wrote Comey on Wednesday. They asked him to testify on the "circumstances of your termination" and his interactions with President Donald Trump's administration about the FBI's investigation into Russia.
New York [U.S.], May 17 : The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday said the panel's Republican chairman has extended an invitation to fired FBI director James Comey to testify publicly before the panel. Senator Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat said that the invitation signed by chairman Richard Burr, has been sent to Comey.
Trump administration officials are reaching out to Senate Democrats for help in crafting a tax overhaul package, a departure from the go-it-alone strategy Republicans have been taking on health care. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and other administration officials met with Republican and Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday.
Exploits developed by the National Security Agency are very likely at the core of a destructive breed of the WannaCry malware that is wreaking havoc around the globe. The release of NSA tools into the wild by the Shadow Brokers group has raised concerns about the process by which IT vulnerabilities discovered by NSA hackers are shared with software and hardware vendors.
Sen. John McCain invoked Watergate in describing the escalating controversy surrounding alleged ties between President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia. "I think it's reaching the point where it's of Watergate size and scale, and a couple of other scandals you and I have seen," the Arizona Republican said Tuesday night.
President Donald Trump faced fallout Wednesday over revelations that he personally appealed to now-fired FBI Director James Comey to abandon the bureau's investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, allegations based on notes Comey wrote after the meeting. The White House has denied the report, which came amid a furor over the president's discussions with Russian diplomats in which Trump is said to have disclosed classified information.