Hillary: Of Course I Had No Idea We Paid For The Russia Dossier or That It Existed

After being caught red handed this week by the House Intelligence Committee of being behind the funding that produced the infamous Fusion GPS Russian dossier on Donald Trump, two time failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is claiming she knew nothing about the payments or the existence of the dossier at all. Further, she's using Barack Obama's excuse of "I learned about it through news reports."

Joe Biden, Lady Gaga release video advocating push to end sexual assault

"We want to make it real clear, it's on us -- it's on everyone -- to intervene, to stop abuse when they see it and when they hear about it, and to intervene," Biden said. Former Vice President Joe Biden and musical artist Lady Gaga unveiled a video Wednesday advocating a push to end sexual assault as part of the "It's On Us" campaign, which was launched by Biden and former President Barack Obama in 2014.

Ross Douthat: How about a compromise or two from Democrats?

America has two political parties, but only one of them has a reasonably coherent political vision, a leadership that isn't under the thumb of an erratic reality television star, and a worldview that implies a policy agenda rather than just a litany of grievances. Unfortunately for the Democrats, their vision and leaders and agenda also sometimes leave the impression that they never want to win another tossup Senate seat and that they would prefer Donald Trump be re-elected if the alternative requires wooing Americans who voted for him.

Va. governor’s race shows treacherous terrain of Trumpian GOP politics

The breakfasters at Bob and Edith's Diner are too preoccupied with their tasty bacon and eggs to notice the Democratic gubernatorial candidate. Or perhaps, like all Americans who are more sensitive than oysters, they are in the throes of political exhaustion and are trying to ignore this year's only competitive gubernatorial race.

Trump in Texas: – I’m the builder president. Remember that.’

President Trump called himself "the builder president" during a meeting with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Oct. 25 in Dallas about recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. DALLAS -- As President Trump made his way to a high-dollar GOP fundraiser on Wednesday afternoon, he briefly met with a few local officials to discuss the ongoing recovery efforts following Hurricane Harvey and to strategize on how the state could better prepare for future hurricanes.

Sign-up season gears up as Trump seeks ‘Obamacare’ demise

Consumers can now begin previewing 2018 plans and premiums for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, even as President Donald Trump pursues his drive to dismantle the Obama-era law that has helped bring coverage to millions. In many cases, prospective customers will see higher premiums and less choice.

Obamaa s uranium deal with Russia is the a reala scandal: Jordan Sekulow

American Center for Law and Justice executive director Jordan Sekulow discusses the new controversy surrounding a 2010 uranium deal between the Obama administration and Russia. Republicans on Capitol Hill launched several investigations Tuesday into an Obama-era deal with Russia, during which the U.S. sold uranium, a key component to developing nuclear weapons, to its on-and-off adversary, despite a discovery by the FBI into a Russian bribery plot.

Sarah Sanders: Comparing Niger to Benghazi is ‘just a cheap…

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders blasted Democrats for comparing the four soldiers who were killed in Niger this year to the four Americans who died in Benghazi while President Barack Obama was in office. On Tuesday's edition of Fox & Friends , host Steve Doocy told Sanders that Democrats are "calling this President Trump's Benghazi."

U.S. Army deserter Bergdahl’s sentencing hearing delayed until Wednesday

The sentencing hearing for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who could go to prison for life for deserting his duties in Afghanistan in June 2009 and endangering the lives of fellow troops, was postponed on Monday for two days due to an emergency for a lawyer in the case. The proceedings at North Carolina's Fort Bragg will resume on Wednesday, Army Judge Colonel Jeffery Nance said in court.

Obamacare subsidy fight shifts to California courtroom

Lawyers representing 18 states and the District of Columbia will ask a federal judge in California to block the Trump administration from terminating cost-sharing subsidies aimed at helping lower income individuals afford health insurance. Judge Vince Chhabria of the US District Court for the Northern District of California, who was appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama, could rule on the motion for a temporary restraining order as early as this week.

House to vote on non-nuclear Iran sanctions this week

The U.S. House of Representatives will vote next week on new sanctions on Iran's ballistic missile program and on Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah militia, senior House Republicans said, seeking to take a tough line against Iran without immediately moving to undermine the international nuclear deal. "It is Congress' responsibility to work with the executive branch on a clear-eyed strategy to stop Iran's reckless behavior," Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the number two House Republican, and Representative Ed Royce, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a joint statement.

Hillary Clinton campaigns for NJ Democrat in governor race

Hillary Clinton has joined New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy at a campaign fundraiser days after former President Barack Obama campaigned for him. Individual tickets for the event featuring the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee were listed at $1,000, but the invitation asks potential guests to consider giving the top contribution, $4,300.