Donald Trump says FBI missed signs on Florida shooting due to Russia probe, draws criticism

Trump has on several occasions, however, questioned whether Russia was behind efforts to interfere in the 2016 election. President Donald Trump attacked the FBI and lawmakers probing suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, drawing sharp criticism for saying an excessive focus on Russia led investigators to miss signs that could have prevented a deadly school shooting in Florida.

Trump says Russia succeeding in sowing US discord

File photo taken on Nov 11, 2017 shows US President Donald Trump meeting Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit in the central Vietnamese city of Danang. WEST PALM BEACH: President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Russia was succeeding beyond its "wildest dreams" in sowing US discord but refrained once more from directly challenging Moscow on its election meddling.

Clapper Calls Facebook Official’s Post That Trump Touted ‘False’

Former U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper contradicted a tweet from a Facebook Inc. executive that said swaying the 2016 election wasn't the main aim of Russian interference outlined in a new indictment. "Clearly the Russians were trying to affect the election," Clapper, who served under President Barack Obama, said on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday.

Trump slams Congress, FBI for not investigating Obama’s payment to Iran

Washington, Feb 19 - US President Donald Trump on Sunday criticised Congress, the FBI and the Department of Justice for not investigating the Barack Obama government's 2016 payment of hundreds of millions of dollars to Iran to resolve an international dispute. Never gotten over the fact that Obama was able to send $1.7 billion in CASH to Iran and nobody in Congress, the FBI or Justice called for an investigation! Trump wrote on his Twitter account.

‘They’re laughing their asses off in Moscow’: Trump on the attack over Russia probe

President Donald Trump questioned the special counsel's intensifying Russia probe on Sunday while attacking his own national security adviser, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Hillary Clinton, former president Barack Obama, Congress, CNN and others in a nine-hour span of tweets that included swearing and grammatical errors. Posting from his Florida estate, he seemed most aggrieved that special counsel Robert Mueller's team had unearthed 13 indictments against Russians on Friday - and alleged that they could have swayed the 2016 election to benefit Trump.

Portrait gallery marks Presidents Day with haunting last photo of Lincoln

Just in time for Presidents Day, the National Portrait Gallery is throwing a birthday party to celebrate the museum's 50th anniversary and its iconic "America's Presidents" exhibit. Visitors were treated to a look at the new portraits of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama.

Are female-led companies the answer to sexual misconduct?

In this Jan. 15, 2014, file photo, Maria Contreras-Sweet, founder and board chairman of a Latino-owned community bank in Los Angeles, listens as President Barack Obama announces he will nominate her to head of the Small Business Administration in Washington. A group of investors led by a Contreras-Sweet offered to acquire Weinstein Co., rebrand it and install a female-led board of directors.

Trump’s addiction to coal hurting Nevada

The damaging effects of the Trump administration's war on President Barack Obama's legacy are beginning to hit home in Las Vegas. In the past few days, the administration hit Southern Nevada with two gut-punches in the form of a proposed 65 percent reduction in federal funding for renewable energy research and development, and closure of the Las Vegas EPA research laboratory.

2018 Thomas Jefferson Awards for Public Architecture Stephen Ayers,…

The Thomas Jefferson Awards for Public Architecture recognize architects in the public and private sectors, public officials, or other individuals who design distinguished public facilities and/or who advocate for design excellence. As the 11th Architect of the Capitol, a position he was appointed to by President Barack Obama in 2010, Stephen Ayers, FAIA, cares for the nation's architectural treasures and uses his prominent voice to advance the profession.

Bobby Miller steps down from Charleston Republican Party after racial Facebook posts

Bobby Miller resigned from his position with the Charleston County GOP on Wednesday following controversial Facebook posts found on his page that some found racially offensive. Charleston County Republican Party Chairman Larry Kobrovsky said he asked Miller to step down from his position after a Facebook post surfaced.

‘Pretty extraordinary’: The Australian in charge of the Obama portraits

In between Barack Obama saying the portrait of him was "pretty sharp" and Michelle Obama praising the artist who painted her as "so fly", there was a flash of platinum blonde hair and the sound of a warm Australian accent on the stage of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. in Washington this week was not only a momentous milestone for artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, who couldn't hold back tears as they spoke of their difficult roads to becoming the first African-American artists to paint the official portraits.

Diane Black defends campaign checks, trucking emissions loophole

Rep. Diane Black is defending efforts to extend an emissions loophole benefiting a Tennessee-based trucking company whose entities, executives and family gave her gubernatorial campaign $225,000, as The New York Times reported. Campaign spokesman Chris Hartline said Thursday the congresswoman fights to support the few companies trying to keep rural Tennessee manufacturing jobs.

David Geffen Fast Facts

The David Geffen Medical College Scholarship fund offers full tuition to the school's best applicants who attend the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Under Geffen's tenure, Geffen Records was home to popular artists such as Cher, Donna Summer, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Elton John, and Guns 'N' Roses.

Critics blast EPA for lowering Syngenta pesticide fine Source: AP

Critics are blasting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for dramatically lowering a fine on agribusiness company Syngenta for violations of pesticide regulations. Syngenta, under a settlement announced this week, will pay $150,000 for improperly using the pesticide chlorpyrifos at a seed corn field in Hawaii in 2016 and 2017.