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After Saturday's March for Truth, where activists called for answers on whether Russia meddled in the 2016 election, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., strolled offstage and straight into quicksand. Max Blumenthal, a dogged reporter working with the Baltimore-based Real News Network, brought Raskin on camera to ask what, exactly, Democrats wanted to know.

The Russia Probe, Seen Through Moscow’s Lens

At a cafe a few blocks from the old KGB headquarters at Lubyanka Square, investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov tries to explain the murky world of Russian intelligence that's now the focus of a U.S. criminal investigation into the hacking of the 2016 campaign. often aren't the product of broad strategy, argues Soldatov, but rather are "tactical moves" that reflect the personal interests of President Soldatov thinks the Putin factor is crucial in understanding issues in the hacking investigation.

The Trump-Comey relationship: A timeline

A new chapter is about to be opened in the up-and-down relationship between President Donald Trump and former FBI Director James Comey. Comey will testify Thursday before Congress, breaking the silence he has maintained since Trump fired him on May 9 and capping off a tumultuous relationship that began in the heyday of the 2016 presidential campaign, when Comey unexpectedly stole the spotlight.

Trump’s Russian links will dwarf Watergate scandal: former US chief spy

The man privy to America's darkest intelligence secrets for the past six years has predicted Russian links to the Trump administration will dwarf the 1970s Watergate scandal which sunk the Nixon presidency. James Clapper was until January the US director of national intelligence - the Obama administration's eyes and ears on America's enormous surveillance community, including the CIA, NSA and elements of the FBI.

Books, events mark late poet Gwendolyn Brooks 100th birthday

In this June 1989 file photo, Illinois Poet Laureate Gwendolyn Brooks holds a portrait of herself painted by Anne-Cressey McGraw-Beuchamp at a ceremony in Chicago. Brooks would have turned 100 on June 7, 2017, something places around the country are commemorating all year with new books, poetry readings, writing contests and even a bus tour through her hometown of Chicago, all inspired by her.

Everything you need to know about former FBI director James Comey

The Senate Intelligence Committee will likely ask Comey about the contemporaneous notes he allegedly took of his meetings with the president, during which Trump reportedly asked for the ex-director's loyalty and requested that the FBI drop its inquiry into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Comey's firing on May 9 came "on the clear recommendations of both Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General Jeff Sessions," according to a statement from the White House, though Trump later portrayed the decision as his alone.

Hillary Clinton defends Sadiq Khan after Trump tweets: Not a time to use terror a for political gaina

Hillary Clinton on Monday praised London Mayor Sadiq Khan's leadership following Saturday's terrorist attack, telling a crowd in Baltimore that now is not the time to use terror "for political gain." The failed Democratic presidential nominee issued the thinly veiled attack against President Trump, without naming him or his policies directly, while speaking in Fells Point for the Elijah Cummings Youth Program in Israel, a high school fellowship program for black and Jewish students, The Baltimore Sun reported .

Comey testimony: 4 other times the ex-FBI directora

JANUARY 22: U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with James Comey during an Inaugural Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders Reception in the Blue Room of the White House on January 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON - In the annals of political theater, there may be little precedent for James Comey's scheduled appearance before a Senate committee Thursday.

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JANUARY 22: U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with James Comey during an Inaugural Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders Reception in the Blue Room of the White House on January 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON - In the annals of political theater, there may be little precedent for James Comey's scheduled appearance before a Senate committee Thursday.

Yet another study shows that – surprise! – ‘abstinence-only’ sex education just doesn’t work

Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that... Donald Trump has won the presidency after narrowly carrying a few states to put him above 270 electoral votes. But... High teen pregnancy rates are usually associated with lower levels of education and poverty.

Trump is rolling out one of his biggest policy promises the…

President Donald Trump this week will attempt to kick off a push for one of his most popular policy proposals, but he may be drowned out by the "most hyped event of the year on Capitol Hill" and other self-inflicted wounds. Trump began a push to fulfill a pledge to improve the nation's infrastructure with a proposal to reform and privatize the US air traffic control system.

Contractor charged with leaking document about US election hacking: Sources

WASHINGTON: The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday charged a federal contractor with sending classified material to a news organisation that sources identified to Reuters as The Intercept, marking one of the first concrete efforts by the Trump administration to crack down on leaks to the media. Reality Leigh Winner, 25, was charged with removing classified material from a government facility located in Georgia.

Contractor Reality Winner charged for NSA leak on Russian hacking of US election

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Palmer Luckey is developing virtual border wall technology

Could illegal immigrants be kept away from America's borders by virtual walls? US entrepreneur is working with Donald Trump to create a defence that uses lasers and sensors Palmer Luckey, founder of the Oculus virtual reality headset, is working with the Trump White House to develop the system That's the plan of Palmer Luckey, the man behind Oculus virtual reality technology, who is now working on a way to secure America's borders from illegal immigrants. The scheme would employ lasers, as used in self-driving cars, to detect the movement of people, drones and other unwanted traffic into restricted areas.

Palmer Luckey’s Next Venture Could Build Trump’s Wall

President Trump will surely be interested to hear about Luckey's alternative wall that doesn't involve building an actual wall. Palmer Luckey's name will always be associated with virtual reality, his $2 billion fortune from selling Oculus Rift to Facebook, and subsequent departure following the controversy surrounding secretly bankrolling a group circulating anti-Hillary Clinton propaganda.