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Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, was being wiretapped by feds - not just once, by twice - as part of an FBI investigation into his dealings in Ukraine and Russia. The secret surveillance took place at a time when Manafort was in contact with Trump, all the way into 2017.
Hillary Clinton - who lost the 2016 election, in case you weren't sure - is on a book tour with her campaign memoir, Donald Trump - who is still campaigning despite having won - is chatting up Democrats to try to get something done. Anything! By week's end, he was recanting every mean thing he ever said about illegal immigrants and was softening his vow to send Dreamers back to their point of conception.
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrives in China Tuesday amid tensions with Beijing and unease in southeast Asia over China's increasingly muscular foreign policy. Lee was not invited to China's One Belt, One Road conference in May, despite the city state's strong support for Beijing's sprawling economic and trade initiative.
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo announced on Monday she had helped secure more than $170,000 to cover the renewal fees for people in her state covered by the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals policy. The status of the program, better known as DACA, is in question after President Donald Trump said he would scrap it , potentially leaving in limbo 800,000 people living in the US illegally after migrating to the country as children.
Former President Barack Obama checked in with Hillary Clinton during last year's campaign to see if she was sleeping and eating properly, Clinton said Monday night. "He was an extraordinarily supportive and helpful friend throughout the whole campaign," Clinton said at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C. "He would call me periodically and he would say, 'Are you getting enough sleep? Are you, you know, eating well?' I'd say 'Oh, I think I'm getting enough sleep.
California has the most people and more registered voters than any other state, the world's sixth-largest economy and often, little influence over who Republicans and Democrats nominate for president. State lawmakers want to change that.
The question has dogged Chelsea Manning ever since she walked out of prison four months ago - nearly three decades short of a 35-year sentence, courtesy of a commutation from Barack Obama in the last days of his presidency. Is she a traitor? Had the Army private betrayed her country in 2010, when she passed tens of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks? Or had Manning, as many believe, demonstrated loyalty to the American public by exposing its government institutions? At least once, the question was put to Manning herself.
In this July 13, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, talk while walking to a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Republicans are planning a final, uphill push to erase President Barack Obama's health care law.
The public line from the supporters of the Iran nuclear deal in the last two years has been clear. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, as the core agreement is known, is wonderful.
DONALD Trump has caused his own party to turn on him after taking a softer approach on his most controversial measure. Donald Truno has faced a storm of criticism from members of his own party over his backflip on a few issues.
Most who quoted her did not mention she made the statement in discussing her plan to help those who had relied for generations on mining jobs. Had Clinton proposed government help for miners whose job loss was unavoidable, her statement might not have stung.
Weeks after leaving his job, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer, , was onstage at the Emmy Awards on Sunday joking about one of his first - and more dubious - claims from the press room. Host Stephen Colbert, playing the straight man in his opening monologue, said it was difficult to tell how many people would be watching the show.
The two former foes reopened embassies in Washington and Havana in 2015 after a half-century of estrangement. "We have it under evaluation," Tillerson said of a possible embassy closure.
While running for president, Donald Trump famously declared, "I love the poorly educated!" and we know why. An electorate that's ignorant about the basics of democracy is ideal grist for an authoritarian.
In this April 25, 2016 file photo U.S. President Barack Obama looks on as German Chancellor Angela Merkel tests VR goggles when touring the Hannover Messe, the world's largest industrial technology trade fair, in Hannover, northern Germany. Merkel is favored to win a fourth term in Germany's Sept.
A European Union official said Saturday the United States has re-engaged the Paris climate deal, but the White House quickly responded that there has been no change in President Donald Trump 's intention to pull the country out of the deal. European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Canete told reporters the United States plans to review the deal more closely for a better understanding of the terms agreed to by former President Barack Obama in 2015.
Hillary Clinton - who lost the 2016 election, in case you weren't sure - is on a book tour with her campaign memoir, "What Happened." Donald Trump - who is still campaigning despite having won - is chatting up Democrats to try to get something done.
The New York Times editorial board ripped into the GOP Friday for trying to prevent Democrats from obstructing the appointments of federal judges after supporting Democrats' efforts to do the same in the past. "Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, are itching to eliminate the last remaining tool the minority party has to influence a president's picks for the federal courts - the so-called blue slip."