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"Look, nobody goes lower than Donald Trump. I mean that's a bottomless pit. No one's competing with that," Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said Sunday during an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation."
AML for all The Department of Justice has begun a criminal investigation into the money-laundering scandal at Danske Bank. The Danish bank said it is cooperating with the probe.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a broad executive order that would pave the way for the administration to impose sanctions on foreign actors that attempt to meddle in U.S. elections - whether it be an entity, an individual, or a country. The order, entitled "Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election," directs parts of the administration to compose reports on election interference and directs the State Department and Treasury Department to then decide on appropriate sanctions on foreign actors.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday promising to punish anyone attempting to meddle in U.S. elections, including with "measures that could be capable of devastating an interfering country's economy," according to an administration description. For a presidency marked by an inconsistent stance on Russia, it was yet another shift in tone.
President Donald Trump talks about Hurricane Florence following a briefing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018.
Registration will allow you to post comments on GreenwichTime.com and create a GreenwichTime.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. As the midterm elections approach, one thing is clear: Neither the Trump administration nor Congress has done enough to deter Russia and other hostile foreign powers from interfering in the U.S. democratic process.
Firefighters in Prince George's County will be hosting a fundraiser in Edgewater, Maryland, Sunday for a colleague who is battling stage 4 colon cancer - just one cancer that is more commonly diagnosed among firefighters. Jesse McCullough may be a familiar name: He is the same firefighter who rescued a dog from freezing waters in Hyattsville, Maryland, in December 2017.
If you thought Congress was already polarized , wait and see what happens when dozens of senators are stuck in Washington together for most of swampy August. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, canceled the usual monthlong recess this year for his chamber, a tradition that spans decades and was born out of lawmakers' efforts to ensure they'd have a set time they could travel home every legislative calendar.
As alarms blare about Russian interference in U.S. elections, the Trump administration is facing criticism that it has no clear national strategy to protect the country during the upcoming midterms and beyond. Both Republicans and Democrats have criticized the administration's response as fragmented, without enough coordination across federal agencies.
As alarms blare about Russian interference in U.S. elections, the Trump administration is facing criticism that it has no clear national strategy to protect the country during the upcoming midterms and beyond. Both Republicans and Democrats have criticized the administration's response as fragmented, without enough coordination across federal agencies.
As alarms blare about Russian interference in U.S. elections, the Trump administration is facing criticism that it has no clear national strategy to protect the country during the upcoming midterms and beyond. Both Republicans and Democrats have criticized the administration's response as fragmented, without enough coordination across federal agencies.
In this July 28, 2018, photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the State Prize awards ceremony in Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Congress is producing an unusual outpouring of bills, resolutions and new sanctions proposals to push back at President Donald Trump's approach to Putin.
Registration will allow you to post comments on GreenwichTime.com and create a GreenwichTime.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. A net is in place to collect falling pieces from the exterior of the J. Edgar Hoover Building.
Jarrod Ramos, the man accused of killing five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland last month, is scheduled to make his initial court appearance on Monday. Last week, a grand jury indicted Ramos on 23 charges, including five counts of murder in the deaths of Gerald Fischman, the newspaper's editorial page editor; Rob Hiaasen, an assistant editor and columnist; John McNamara, a sports writer; Rebecca Ann Smith, a sales assistant; and Wendi Winters, a community correspondent.
Maryland's U.S. senators say the Social Security Administration is demonstrating "hostility towards its workforce" in the way it is implementing recent executive orders signed by President Donald J. Trump . Trump signed the orders in May with the stated goals of promoting accountability, rooting out poor performers and negotiating union contracts more advantageous to taxpayers and the federal government.
Legislation proposed by Florida's Republican Sen. Marco Rubio and Maryland's Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen gained eight new cosponsors on Thursday, the same day senators and the White House clashed over how to handle Russia and US relations. The legislation was originally proposed in January but gained new prominence after President Donald Trump's one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland on Monday -- and after the White House temporarily entertained the idea of sending US officials to be interrogated by Russians in exchange for Russian cooperation with the investigation into its interference in the 2016 US election.
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen joined WBAL News Now Friday morning to discuss Donald Trump's relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin and described how the U.S. could deter Russia from interfering with elections in the future. "First the president should share with the American people exactly what went on," Van Hollen said, also noting American people should want facts.
Sen. Marco Rubio says he can "guarantee" that the Russians will interfere with the next U.S. election and he's pushing legislation to impose tough sanctions if they do. The Florida Republican is working with Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen on a bill that would prohibit foreign governments from purchasing election ads, using social media to spread false information or disrupting election infrastructure.
As alarms blare about Russian interference in U.S. elections, the Trump administration is facing criticism that it has no clear national strategy to protect the country during the upcoming midterms and beyond. Both Republicans and Democrats have criticized the administration's response as fragmented, without enough coordination across federal agencies.