Del Marsh will not run for Alabama seat in U.S. Senate
Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh announced this morning he would not seek the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Jeff Sessions.
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GOP senator: ‘Absurd’ to accept Putin’s transcripts of Trump conversation
Sen. Susan Collins: "The idea that we would accept any evidence from President Putin is absurd" https://t.co/md1UAd2ICp Susan Collins GOP senator: 'Absurd' to accept Putin's transcripts of Trump conversation Senate GOP warms to larger insurance subsidies for older and low-income people The Memo: GOP anger at Trump is building MORE said Wednesday it would be "absurd" to accept Russian transcripts detailing last week's conversations between President Trump and the Russian officials, after the White House refused to say if it would provide transcripts from the meetings last week. "The idea that we would accept any evidence from President Putin is absurd," said Collins, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Ohio political commentators sue over online harassment ban
A group of liberal and conservative online political commentators in Ohio has filed a constitutional challenge to the state's recently enacted law against internet harassment. A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Cleveland alleges a prohibition against knowingly posting text or audio statements or images on a website "for the purpose of abusing... or harassing another person" violates the commentators' constitutional rights to free speech and expression.
Comey firing haunts Trump
On Tuesday, an associate revealed that Comey had written a memo in which he described Trump asking him to shut down an FBI investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Comey, who was known to keep a paper trail of sensitive meetings, chronicled the president's request soon after the February Oval Office meeting with the president, an associate who has seen the memo told The Associated Press.
GOP runoff to replace SC Rep. Mulvaney will go to recount
In this July 8, 2015 file photo, Rep. Tommy Pope, R-York, speaks in Columbia, S.C. The special election spotlight has rolled on to South Carolina, where Republican runoff voters are now tasked with deciding which mainstream Republican they'll choose as their pick to keep Mick Mulvaney's former seat in GOP control. Tommy Pope and Ralph Norman are up for election in Tuesday's GOP runoff in the 5th Congressional District.
Trump agenda stuck in Congress
Daily distractions and a pair of major controversies in the past week are diverting lawmakers from their day jobs. While the Trump administration delegates many decisions on legislation to more experienced GOP leaders in Congress, the turmoil at the White House is an additional complication.
Trump, adviser defend disclosures to Russians
The White House on Tuesday defended as "wholly appropriate" President Donald Trump's disclosure of classified information to senior Russian officials last week. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., echoing statements by Republicans and Democrats, said Tuesday that reports that President Donald Trump had shared classifie... The highly classified information about an Islamic State plot was collected by Israel, a source of intelligence and a close partner of the U.S. in the Middle East.
In memo: Let Flynn ‘go’
Secret Service officers clear the North Lawn of the White House on Tuesday after a woman jumped a protective bike rack and tried to scale the fence surrounding the White House grounds. She was caught before she could get over the fence and charged with unlawful entry.
Dwayne a The Rocka Johnson has a 5-point lead over Trump in 2020 presidential poll
Dwayne Johnson, a cast member in the upcoming film "Baywatch," addresses the audience during the Paramount Pictures presentation at CinemaCon 2017 at Caesars Palace on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in Las Vegas. Dwayne Johnson, a cast member in the upcoming film "Baywatch," addresses the audience during the Paramount Pictures presentation at CinemaCon 2017 at Caesars Palace on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in Las Vegas.
Are there still public servants who will say NO to the president?
Preet Bharara, a scholar in residence at New York University Law School, was U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2009 until this March.
FBI chief’s unceremonious ouster boomerangs on president
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON - Firing FBI Director James Comey is already coming back to haunt President Donald Trump. In dismissing Comey last week, Trump created the very real possibility that a respected law enforcement official known for an outspoken nature and willingness to buck political convention could resurface in public.
The Latest: Some GOP lawmakers stand behind Trump
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of N.Y. reacts to questions from reporters about President Donald Trump reportedly sharing classified information with two Russian diplomats during a meeting in the Oval Office, Tuesday, May 16, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Trump Said to Ask Comey to Drop FBI Probe of Flynn’s Russia Ties
President Donald Trump asked FBI Director James Comey to drop an investigation into former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, according to a person who was given a copy of a memo that Comey wrote following his Oval Office conversation with Trump. The revelation raised the political peril for Trump's White House by introducing the possibility that the president may have obstructed justice, an impeachable offense.
Can President Trump be trusted with all the secrets he hears?
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster speaks at the White House on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. President Donald Trump claimed the authority to share "facts pertaining to terrorism" and airline safety with Russia, saying in a pair of tweets that he has "an absolute right" as president to do so.
Party chairman, anti-abortion Democratic group plan to meet
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez plans to meet with an anti-abortion Democratic group amid divisions within the party over whether to back candidates opposed to abortion, according to the group. Democrats for Life Executive Director Kristen Day said Tuesday that the DNC and her group were in talks about scheduling a session with Perez, who proclaimed last month it is "not negotiable" that "every Democrat, like every American, should support a woman's right to make her own choices about her body and her health."
Consternation on Capitol Hill over Trumpa s Russia meeting
Consternation and confusion overtook Capitol Hill on Tuesday as Republicans confronted revelations that President Donald Trump had disclosed highly classified information to the Russians in the Oval Office a day after firing FBI Director James Comey. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell paused and answered simply "no" when asked if he had concerns about the president's ability to properly handle classified information in wake of the revelations.
Hatch honors heroic, fallen Utah police officers in Senate speech
In a tribute on the U.S. Senate floor Tuesday, Sen. Orrin Hatch honored a heroic Utah police officer and three other officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. In September 2015, a man armed with a knife climbed through a bedroom window in the home of Bre and Kayli Lasley.
Trump talk with Russians – wholly appropriate,’ adviser says
Pushing back against allegations of damaging intelligence disclosures, President Donald Trump's national security adviser insisted Tuesday that Trump's revelations to Russian officials about the terrorist threat from the Islamic State group were "wholly appropriate" and amounted to a routine sharing of information. H.R. McMaster added that none of the U.S. officials present for the president's Oval Office meeting with the Russian foreign minister last week "felt in any way that that conversation was inappropriate."
Trump defends sharing ‘facts’ with Russians amid reports Israel provideda Read Story Usa Today
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers keynote address during the commencement at Liberty University May 13, 2017 in Lynchburg, Virginia. WASHINGTON President Trump on Tuesday defended his right to share "facts" about terrorism and airline safety with top Russian diplomats, amid reports that Israel supplied the once-secret information at the heart of the latest furor to engulf the White House.
Marco Rubio triggers Twitter freakout by quoting Bible
Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio started a Twitter tempest this morning by tweeting some Bible verses before 7 a.m. "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. Not as the world gives do I give to you.