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U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson rejected the state department's justification that such material should be held back under exemption of the Freedom of Information Act . Clinton's emails, which had aroused suspicion, had the subject line "Quick Summary of POTUS Calls to Presidents of Libya and Egypt" and were sent following the attack that had occurred at an American embassy in Benghazi, Libya.

newMueller probe could draw focus to Russian crime operations

The U.S. government has long warned that Russian organized crime posed a threat to democratic institutions, including "criminally linked oligarchs" who might collude with the Russian government to undermine business competition. An ongoing special counsel investigation is drawing attention to Russian efforts to meddle in democratic processes, the type of skullduggery that in the past has relied on hired hackers and outside criminals.

Streisand Gives Hillary Clinton Big Shout-Out During Barclays Center Concert

Barbra Streisand paused during her standing-room-only concert in Brooklyn's Barclays Center tonight to shine a spotlight on an audience member seated near the stage: Hillary Clinton . According to a video tweeted by one nearby concertgoer , Streisand gave a full-throated introduction to "our groundbreaking First Lady, senator from New York, Secretary of State, and the winner of our country's popular vote, Hillary Rodham Clinton!" With husband Bill Clinton next to her, Clinton smiled and briefly stood to wave in acknowledgement of the crowd's loud ovation.

James Comey Says Confidential Hillary Clinton Emails Were Sent to Anthony Weiner

There was a particularly significant moment Wednesday as FBI Director James Comey forcefully defended his decision to disclose, just days before the election, that he'd reopened the investigation of Hillary Clinton's e-mails. He said not speaking up about the discovery of new emails possibly related to the investigation would have been a "catastrophic" act of concealment but added that "it makes me mildly nauseous to think we had an impact on the election".

Buffett: Trump Tax-Cut Plan Won’t Affect Berkshire

U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15 percent would be a tailwind for profitability at Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., but won't fundamentally change how its business units operate, Buffett said. "The deferred taxes that are applicable to unrealized gains on securities would all be applicable to us," Buffett said during Berkshire's annual shareholders meeting on Saturday.

The President Donald Trump Wants Corporate Tax Rate of 15%

The plan also called for almost doubling the personal exemption for individuals but eliminating deductions for state and local taxes . Republican lawmakers will be open-minded, but "they're going to likely start off from a skeptical point of view", said David Winston, a GOP consultant who has advised congressional leaders.

France Fights to Keep Macron Email Hack From Distorting Election

France sought to keep a computer hack of frontrunner Emmanuel Macron's campaign emails from influencing the outcome of the country's presidential election with a warning on Saturday it could be a criminal offence to republish the data. Macron's team said a "massive" hack had dumped emails, documents and campaign financing information online just before campaigning ended on Friday and France entered a quiet period which forbids politicians from commenting on the leak.

French campaign watchdog examines election-eve Macron leak

France's election campaign watchdog is investigating a hacking attack and document leak targeting presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron that his political movement calls a last-ditch bid to disrupt Sunday's tense runoff vote. Fears of hacking and campaign interference have simmered throughout France's high-stakes, closely watched campaign - and boiled over Friday night as Macron's team said it had been the victim of a "massive and coordinated" hack.

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French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's team blasted a "massive and coordinated hacking attack" against his campaign after a flood of internal documents were released online late Friday, barely 24 hours before the election. The centrist candidate's furious staff said the release of thousands of emails, accounting documents and other files was an attempt at "democratic destabilisation, like that seen during the last presidential campaign in the United States".

A call for common sense

A front-page story in the New York Times , January 20, 2017 reported: "American law enforcement and intelligence agencies are examining intercepted communications and financial transactions as part of a broad investigation into possible links between Russian officials and associates of President-elect Donald J. Trump, including his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, current and former senior American officials said."

.com | In long-feared twist, online leak rattles French campaign

For months pundits and journalists worried over the possibility that a strategically timed leak could destabilise France's election, a replay of the obsessively covered disclosures that some Americans blame for scuppering Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign and many others fear are sapping popular faith in Western democracy. Late Friday, with only minutes left before France's presidential campaign duel was due to cease fire for the weekend, it came.

Bill Maher Asks Liberals Who Didn’t Vote for Hillary Clinton…

"Real Time" hosts says winning the next election "begins with learning the difference between an imperfect friend and a deadly enemy" Bill Maher thinks enough time has passed in Donald Trump's presidency to pose an important question to a select group of Democrats: "to those liberals who couldn't bring themselves to vote for Hillary [Clinton] because she was the 'lesser of two evils' - quite a bit lesser - what do you say now?" The marking of Trump's 100th day in office was, as Maher said on his HBO show "Real Time" Friday night, made into a big deal by "the media, the White House and political junkies."