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The House intelligence committee plans to interview Susan Rice next month as part of its investigation into Russia meddling in the US election last year, a high-profile target for Republicans who accuse President Barack Obama's former national security adviser of improperly handling classified intelligence reports, according to sources familiar with the private talks. President Donald Trump and Republicans have focused on allegations that Rice revealed the names of Trump's transition aides in intelligence reports -- called "unmasking" -- saying that Obama officials were seeking to divulge damaging information about the Trump campaign.
He didn't quite bang the table, but Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday offered the verbal equivalent, repeatedly asking intelligence officials a simple question multiple times, to which he received no clear answer: "Is it possible to find out, if I, Lindsey Graham, was incidentally collected talking to a foreign leader abroad?" Graham asked.
Zachary Wood, a rising senior at Williams College, and Isaac Smith, a student at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, appeared before the committee at a hearing titled "Free Speech 101: The Assault on the First Amendment on College Campuses." As the president of "Uncomfortable Learning," Wood faced backlash for his student organization inviting controversial speakers to campus, like conservative commentator John Derbyshire.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, offered a welcome to President Donald Trump before his visit to Iowa next week, but said he wouldn't be able to attend a planned rally, The Hill reported Saturday. Grassley gave the president the message in a tweet Saturday, explaining he had recorded phone calls encouraging constituents to attend.
In a fight between Donald Trump and Senate Democrats' oversight authority, Republican Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley just took a powerful stand on the side of Democrats. The veteran Iowa Republican is not happy with Trump's gag order on federal agencies, calling a new Department of Justice policy of shutting down oversight requests from Democrats "nonsense."
Sen. John McCain reportedly said Wednesday he was "disturbed" by former James Comey's statement to Congress that President Donald Trump pressured him to drop the probe into Michael Flynn's alleged Russia ties and Sen. Chuck Grassley said he might subpoena the former FBI director to testify before his committee. The comment by McCain, the six-term Arizona Republican, was reported by CNN's Manu Raju , who said "he would not go there" when the senator was asked whether Trump's actions constituted obstruction of justice.
Vice President Mike Pence waves to supporters Saturday as U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks during her annual fundraiser in Boone. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during an annual fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Saturday, June 3, 2017, in Boone, Iowa.
Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday reassured Iowa conservatives, some of them cool to Donald Trump, that the president will deliver on his campaign promises to boost the economy. Speaking at the annual fundraiser of Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, Pence told more than 1,400 Iowa Republicans that, thanks to Trump, "American businesses are growing again, they are investing in America again."
Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, joins Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2013, following a Republican strategy session. Sen. Richard Burr said Thursday he doesn't think the Senate will produce a "comprehensive" plan to repeal and replace Obamacare by the end of this year.
In fact, the nation's legislative branch is still trying to get some work done. Both chambers will be back in session on Monday, and it will be interesting to see if President Donald Trump's long overseas trip will lower the daily drama in Washington or if his international events will lead to more controversies that lawmakers will wake up to each day and have to react.
Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley Friday strongly criticized Federal Communications Commission security guards who manhandled a reporter Thursday at the agency's headquarters. "The Federal Communications Commission needs to take a hard look at why this happened and make sure it doesn't happen again," Grassley said in his Friday statement.
" A group has taken out a billboard ad down the block from Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley's Des Moines offices calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman to allow an independent investigation of the Trump campaign's possible ties to Russia. The digital billboard around the corner from Grassley's regional office in Des Moines began displaying the ad on Monday.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Thursday that in a briefing with FBI Director James Comey two months ago, he heard nothing to contradict President Donald Trump's claim this week that the ousted director told him he wasn't under investigation in connection with Russian interference in the 2016 election. Grassley made the revelation at a Judiciary Committee meeting, and it comes a day after he explicitly said in a conference call with Iowa reporters that Trump was not under investigation.
Two influential Republican congressmen are blasting a Department of Health and Human Services memo to division heads as a "potentially illegal and unconstitutional" infringement on whistleblowers' rights to call attention to waste, fraud and abuse in the executive branch. The May 3 memo from HHS Secretary Tom Price's chief of staff, Lance Leggitt, instructed employees not to have "any communications" with members of Congress or their staffs without first consulting the department's assistant secretary for legislation.
Gov. Terry Branstad laughs at a joke last week during a hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on his nomination to become U.S. ambassador to China. Gov. Terry Branstad laughs at a joke last week during a hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on his nomination to become U.S. ambassador to China.
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee says "there has been a lot of controversy" surrounding the FBI. Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa has told FBI Director James Comey at the start of an oversight hearing that the public's faith in the bureau had been tested lately.
President Donald Trump, left, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, center, and Justice Neil Gorsuch participate in a public swearing-in ceremony for Gorsuch in the Rose Garden of the White House White House in Washington, Monday, April 10, 2017. U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, , told an Iowa newspaper that he expects a Supreme Court justice will resign this year, opening up a seat that President Donald Trump will be able to nominate someone to fill.
President Donald Trump 's nominee to the high court is scheduled to appear before the committee at 9:30 a.m. on what is expected to be the last day of his hearing. While Monday was largely reserved for introductions and opening statements, on Tuesday and Wednesday, Gorsuch faced tougher drilling by committee members.
" Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch enters the third day of his nomination hearings largely unscathed by Democratic attacks, as Republicans confidently predict he will win confirmation despite liberal opposition. A growing number of Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, are calling for Gorsuch's confirmation to be delayed because of the FBI investigation of ties between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia.
Neil Gorsuch testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on March 21, 2017. "I think my children still have PTSD from mutton busting.