Nigeria:When Women Rule – Nigerian Lawmaker Fears Violence Is Scaring Women Away From Politics

The first daughter of a pilot from Abia State in southeast Nigeria, Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje never faced disadvantages for being a woman until she entered politics 10 years ago. In her three terms as member of parliament for Bende constituency in Abia, she has experienced discrimination, sexual innuendoes, physical threats and insubordination, mainly from male colleagues.

Trump is tough, not eloquent: Letters

I have read Carl Cannon's article and the letters that followed, both pro and con, and agree that President Trump's comments to a grieving family could have been misconstrued to the point of insensibility. Despite my support for our president, I have never felt he was an eloquent speaker, although I have always believed him to be sincere, which I feel was the case here.

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 says Clinton team funding for Russia info ‘a disgrace’

President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans latched onto revelations tying Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign to a dossier of allegations about his ties to Russia, saying Wednesday it was a "disgrace" that Democrats had helped pay for research that produced the document. "It's just really - it's a very sad commentary on politics in this country," Trump said in addressing reporters one day after news reports revealed that the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee, for several months last year, helped fund research that ultimately ended up in the dossier.

Trump says Clinton team funding for Russia info a a disgracea

President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans latched onto revelations tying Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign to a dossier of allegations about his ties to Russia, saying Wednesday that it was a "disgrace" that Democrats had helped pay for research that produced the document. "It's just really - it's a very sad commentary on politics in this country," Trump said in addressing reporters one day after news reports revealed that the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee, for several months last year, helped fund research that ultimately ended up in the dossier.

Clinton: Republican Party Is ‘Imploding’

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said she worries the Republican Party "is imploding," according to a video posted on Twitter by ABC News. Her comments follow Republican Sen. Jeff Flake's announcement that he would not seek reelection in 2018 because he felt a "traditional conservative has a narrower and narrower path to nomination in the Republican Party."

Gorka: Hillary, Dems Used Cold War Tactics to Fund Trump Dossier

Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee resorted to Cold War tactics in funding a dossier about then-presidential candidate Donald Trump, former presidential adviser Sebastian Gorka said Wednesday. "Here we have the proof of not only there not being anything, but that if there was any collusion it was between Hillary Clinton and the Russians and the people that generated not opposition research," Gorka said.

Report: DNC and Clinton Campaign Funded the Trump/Russia ‘Steele Dossier’

The Washington Post reported that a law firm representing the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign retained research firm Fusion GPS to investigate Trump. The Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign partially funded the investigation that produced the controversial " Steele Dossier ," according to a 24 October 2017 report by the Washington Post citing "people familiar with the matter."

Cambridge Analytica, Trump data firm linked to Julian Assange

The head of a data analytics firm that worked for President Trump's 2016 campaign wanted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to help locate Hillary Clinton's missing emails, according to a report Wednesday. Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix reached out to Mr. Assange in an attempt to recover and release about 33,000 emails that were erased from Mrs. Clinton's private email server from when she was secretary of state, the Daily Beast reported.

Russian Meddling: The Script Is Flipped

For the better part of the past year-and-a-half, the defining narrative emanating from the far left has been that Russia rigged the 2016 election on behalf of U.S. president Donald Trump . This news site never subscribed to the narrative because nothing concrete was ever offered to support the assertion.

Trump portrays himself as aggrieved party in dossier matter

Personhuballah, stands on the plaza of the Supreme Court in Washington. Firefighters and construction workers say the Trump administration is putting their health at risk by ignoring the hazards posed by millions of tons of asbestos, flame retardants and other toxins found in homes,... Firefighters and construction workers say the Trump administration is putting their health at risk by ignoring the hazards posed by millions of tons of asbestos, flame retardants and other toxins found in homes, businesses and industrial sites.

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.

Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier

The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about Donald Trump's connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the Kremlin, people familiar with the matter said. Marc Elias, a lawyer representing the Clinton campaign and the DNC, retained Fusion GPS, a Washington, D.C., firm, to conduct the research.

A big wave of cash, with some dry spots, for Democratic House challengers

Democratic congressional challengers have posted very impressive fund-raising tallies so far this year. In the last quarter, nearly three dozen Republican incumbents were outraised by at least one Democratic challenger - an astonishing number against sitting members of Congress.

DNC, Clinton Campaign helped pay for anti-Trump dossier: Reports

The Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign helped pay for opposition research that resulted in the salacious intelligence dossier that contained allegations about Donald Trump's connections to Russia, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. According to the report, the firm paid to conduct the research was retained in April 2016 by Marc Elias, a lawyer representing the Clinton campaign and the DNC.

As panel questions Trump associates, GOP launches new probes

As close associates of President Donald Trump are questioned as part of congressional investigations into Russia's election interference, House Republicans announced two probes looking back at the Obama administration, including the renewed examination of Democrat Hillary Clinton's emails. The announcements Tuesday, coming amid private interviews with the president's personal lawyer and his former campaign digital director, appear aimed at diverting attention away from congressional probes into potential coordination between the Kremlin and associates of the Trump campaign.