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This week in the Trump-Russia investigation – tough talk…

During the first week of 2018, investigators and the president's allies alike zeroed in on the Department of Justice, with two Republican congressmen calling on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign and former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, Paul Manafort, suing the department, seeking to limit its powers. Underneath all the drama though, perhaps the most illuminating news was that the impetus for the FBI investigation into Trump's Russia ties turned out not to be the Trump-Russia dossier, but rather a drunken admission from Trump's former foreign policy adviser 2 GOP lawmakers called on Sessions to resign : Republican Reps.

Public breakup with Trump costs Bannon a key GOP backer

The acrimony surrounding former White House adviser Steve Bannon's very public break with President Donald Trump is escalating, suggesting a permanent split between the president and the pugilistic strategist who helped put him in the Oval Office. The new fissure in an already fractious Republican Party cast doubt on Bannon's hopes to foment a movement centered on "Trumpism without Trump."

Equifax not off the hook for devastating breach, lawmakers say

Equifax is not off the hook for its massive 2017 data breach, lawmakers told FOX Business, despite a noticeable lack of progress on new legislation. Lawmakers conducted a series of hearings on Capitol Hill throughout the final months of 2017, which featured former Equifax CEO Richard Smith and Interim CEO Paulino do Rego Barros Jr., as well as a slew of expert witnesses.

Trumpa s tweeted choice for Florida governor enters the race

A congressman who recently won President Donald Trump's tweeted endorsement for the job of Florida governor entered the race Friday, saying he wants to "drain the swamp in Tallahassee." Ron DeSantis joins a crowded field seeking to replace Republican Gov. Rick Scott, who leaves office in 2019 due to term limits.

What 2013 immigration battle taught GOP about todaya s DACA fight

A group of Republican senators is working alongside Democrats to try to protect hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from being deported in upcoming months, but the harsh lessons of a failed immigration reform push in 2013 loom large for a party barreling toward a midterm election. For the last several months, familiar players in the immigration debate - South Carolina's Sen. Lindsey Graham and Arizona's Sen. Jeff Flake - have re-emerged, committed to finding a narrower legislative solution for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, a program that shielded young immigrants who came to the US illegally as children from deportation.

Devin Nunes wins House access to Russia inquiry documents

He says he hopes the committee will now be provided 'with all outstanding documents and witnesses necessary to complete its investigations' A separate inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election is being led by special counsel Robert Mueller House of Representative investigators will get access this week to 'all remaining investigative documents' - in unredacted form - that they have been seeking as part of their Russia inquiry, US media reports say. House access to the papers was agreed as part of a deal between Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Republican-led House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, according to Fox News .

Trump, lawmakers step up talks on immigrant a Dreamersa

Urgent negotiations aimed at shielding young, undocumented immigrants from deportation intensified on Thursday as Republican U.S. senators emerged from a meeting with President Donald Trump expressing confidence a deal could be struck this month. As a follow-up to the Republican-only talks on so-called "Dreamer" immigrants, Trump is inviting senators from both major parties to the White House next week.

Delaware Governor Opposes Plan to Expand Offshore Drilling

Delaware Gov. John Carney is expressing opposition to the Trump administration's plan to expand offshore drilling. The Trump administration on Thursday announced a five-year plan that would expand offshore drilling on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, as well as the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska.

Trump, GOP leaders to discuss 2018 election at Camp David Friday

Furious Trump Fires Off Tweet With New Nickname for Bannon - President Donald Trump seems absolutely furious about the upcoming Michael Wolff book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, and he's making sure everyone knows it, firing off another tweet not only attacking the book Mercer issues rare public rebuke of former ally Bannon - Stephen K. Bannon's main financial backer is formally cutting ties with the former Trump adviser.

Paul Ryan may attend Czechoslovak centenary events

Paul Ryan, speaker of the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress, might attend some of the events within the celebrations of the birth of Czechoslovakia centenary this year, Czech lower house chairman Radek Vondracek said after meeting U.S. Ambassador Stephen King on Thursday. Vondracek said they also spoke about former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's key role in the establishment of Czechoslovakia as a successor state of the collapsing Austro-Hungarian monarchy at the close of WWI, and agreed that the then bilateral alliance should be promoted in connection with the Czech celebrations this year.

Trump Seeks $18B To Extend Border Wall Over 10 Years

The Trump administration has proposed spending $18 billion over 10 years to significantly extend the border wall with Mexico, providing one of its most detailed blueprints of how the president hopes to carry out a signature campaign pledge. The proposal by Customs and Border Protection calls for 316 miles of additional barrier by September 2027, bringing total coverage to 970 miles , or nearly half the border, according to a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the matter.