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George Papadopoulos told an Australian diplomat that Russia had "political dirt" on Hillary Clinton in May of last year, a conversation that might have played a role in the FBI's decision to open an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, according to a report published Saturday. The New York Times reported that Papadopoulos, then a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's campaign, was drinking at an upscale London bar when he told Australia's top diplomat in Britain, Alexander Downer, that Russia had political information on Clinton.
WASHINGTON: Former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos told an Australian diplomat in May 2016 that Russia had political dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the New York Times reported on Saturday. The conversation between Papadopoulos and the diplomat, Alexander Downer, in London was a driving factor behind the FBI's decision to open a counter-intelligence investigation of Moscow's contacts with the Trump campaign, the Times reported.
Sen. Al Franken vowed that he is "not giving up my voice" in his first public appearance in his home state of Minnesota since announcing plans to resign amid sexual misconduct accusations. "Here's my promise to you," he told about 300 supporters, family members and friends gathered Thursday night at the Machine Shop event space in northeast Minneapolis, according to the Star Tribune.
New York Times reporter Ceylan Yeginsu filed breaking news from London: A three-month old interview with a former president! Prince Harry interviewed Barack Obama in Toronto in September, and the interview aired on BBC's Radio 4: " A Prince and a President: BBC's Obama Interview ." The online headline was cornier: "When Harry Met Barry: The BBC Obama Interview": It was a case of the famous interviewing the famous.
Establishment journalists claim that the Trump era has produced a "golden age" of journalism, but media coverage in 2017 was plagued with errors and "bombshells" that turned out to be anything but. CNN botched a major story in December when they alleged that Donald Trump Jr. was colluding with Wikileaks over stolen documents.
An explosive report from The New York Times seemed to confirm the worst fears of many about Donald Trump - that he's a xenophobic racist with a deep resentments against those of African origin. In an Oval Office meeting in June regarding his failed immigration bans, an incensed Trump lashed out at Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and other top aides.
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks at the White House Wednesday following the passage of tax legislation, with Vice President Pence, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan and Sen. Tim Scott . A couple with two children from Indiana, where Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly faces a difficult reelection next year, explain to the audience that with combined wages of $73,000, they stand to save $2,000 under the Republican tax cuts enacted Wednesday.
This was the week when Republicans proved once again that they know how to tackle big issues and govern, passing the most significant tax overhaul in more than three decades. It will not only lure tax-battered corporations back home from abroad, it will also unlock capital investment to create stronger economic growth and better paying jobs, boost middle class incomes, and hand the GOP a winning issue heading into the 2018 mid-term elections.
President Donald Trump looks back toward Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan, as he speaks about the passage of the tax bill on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Must credit: Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford President Donald Trump looks back toward Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan, as he speaks about the passage of the tax bill on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the department notified Congress on December 13 that it had approved an export license, which allows Ukraine to buy certain light weapons and small arms from US manufacturers. The Washington Post was first to report on the administration's decision to allow the export of weapons to Ukraine, which has been under consideration and breaks with both the stated practice of the Obama administration and the spirit of President Donald Trump's call for the US to foster warmer relations with Russia.
In late November, C.B. Cebulski lost his secret identity. The longtime editor and talent scout for Marvel Comics had just arrived in the United States to become editor in chief, after spending years working for the company in Shanghai.
Jennifer Rubin at the Washington Post took time recently to accuse Republicans, specifically Representative Barbara Comstock of Virginia and Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina of sounding "altogether too complacent, too passive and too resigned" to Roy Moore's failed U.S. Senate candidacy. Moore, of course, spent the last several weeks giving conflicting answers in response to accusations that he is a child molester.
The easy, immediate and accurate analysis of Roy Moore's loss in Tuesday's election for the U.S. Senate is that the allegations made against him cost him the race. Without those allegations of sexual misconduct, which Moore repeatedly denied, he certainly would have sailed to victory.
According to Patrick Wilson's article, 5th District Congressman Tom Garrett and 7th District Congressman David Brat do not like the way newspapers are covering the tax debate in Congress.
We've seen men accused of sexual harassment, men apologizing, men denying and men being fired. What could women do besides report their behavior? And should we even be asking? We'll talk with Northwestern University professor Laura Kipnis and Ijeoma Oluo, editor-at-large for The Establishment.
Frank Bruni, by all accounts a standard liberal, noted in a Sunday column how universities are increasingly promoting a disturbing animus for white people, taking as his inspiration a recent op-ed by a Texas State University student that garnered national attention. "It used to be that when someone called me an abomination, I was in the presence of a homophobe," Bruni began his Times column.
One way to kill a predatory animal is to deny it sustenance. The tax-cut bill passed by the Senate, if it clears a conference with the House and President Trump signs it, may be the first step toward starving the big government beast.
Prominent appeals court Judge Alex Kozinski accused of sexual misconduct - Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, pictured in 2003. Six women - all former clerks or externs in the 9th Circuit - alleged to The Washington Post in recent weeks that Kozinski Female aides fretted Franks wanted to have sex to impregnate them - Arizona Rep. Trent Franks allegedly made unwanted advances toward female staffers in his office and retaliated against one who rebuffed him, according to House GOP sources with knowledge of a complaint against him.
A few days' passing and thorough reading of the oral argument transcript for Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission leave me less optimistic than commentators such as Amy Howe at Scotusblog and David French at National Review.
Scarborough cited numerous incidents over the past few weeks and the statements of those close to the president to back up his claims. In a searing op-ed published in The Washington Post on Thursday, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough accused President Donald Trump of being unfit for the presidential office, characterizing Trump's recent behavior as a "mental meltdown."