Feds actively investigating Clinton Foundation

Federal authorities are actively investigating allegations of corruption related to the Clinton Foundation, the charity of Bill and Hillary Clinton, according to a US official briefed on the matter. The FBI and federal prosecutors are looking into whether donors to the foundation were improperly promised policy favors or special access to Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state in exchange for donations to the charity's coffers, as well as whether tax-exempt funds were misused, the official said.

Trump targets book, threatens ex-ally Bannon with legal action fire and fury

President Donald Trump's lawyer said on Thursday he would try to stop publication of a book that portrays an inept president in a fumbling White House and threatened legal action against former top aide Steve Bannon over "defamatory" comments in the book. "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" by author Michael Wolff set off a political firestorm with its portrayal of Trump as not particularly wanting to win the U.S. presidency in 2016 and unprepared for the job.

Puerto Rico sets 90-day target for review of hurricane deaths

Obstruction Inquiry Shows Trump's Struggle to Keep Grip on Russia Investigation - WASHINGTON - President Trump gave firm instructions in March to the White House's top lawyer: stop the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, from recusing himself in the Justice Department's investigation into whether Ryan backed Nunes in spat with Justice Dept.

Trump, GOP leaders to discuss 2018 election at Camp David Friday

Furious Trump Fires Off Tweet With New Nickname for Bannon - President Donald Trump seems absolutely furious about the upcoming Michael Wolff book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, and he's making sure everyone knows it, firing off another tweet not only attacking the book Mercer issues rare public rebuke of former ally Bannon - Stephen K. Bannon's main financial backer is formally cutting ties with the former Trump adviser.

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New York-born Batya Medad made aliyah with her husband just weeks after their 1970 wedding and has been living in Shiloh since 1981. Political pundit, with a unique perspective, Batya has worked in a variety of professions: teaching, fitness, sales, cooking, public relations, photography and more.

DOJ reportedly launches new probe into Clinton Foundation

The U.S. Justice Department has begun an investigation into whether the Clinton Foundation conducted "pay-to-play" politics or other illegal activities during Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state, The Hill reported on Thursday , citing law enforcement officials and a witness. The newspaper said FBI agents from Little Rock, Arkansas, where the foundation began, had taken the lead in the investigation and interviewed at least one witness in the past month.

Lack of Trump envoy not a major concern

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BA-BOOM. FBI Launches a New Investigation of Pay-to-Play By the Clinton Foundation

Back in January 2016, there were reports that the FBI, based on emails recovered during the investigation of the Clinton email scandal, had opened a "public corruption" investigation on the Clinton Foundation. If you are sentient being, you were not shocked about the words "corruption" and "Clinton foundation" appearing in close proximity to one another.

Editorial: Subverting the Russia probe

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., shown here at the Capitol on Dec. 21, has raised alarms that he is trying to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. We don't generally subscribe to the notion that Donald Trump intentionally tries to be unpresidential on Twitter to distract Americans from bad news about the investigation into Russia and the 2016 election.

Sean Spicer on Bannon’s book quotes: ‘What we didn’t hear is a denial’

Programming note: Watch Sean Spicer's full appearance on "SE Cupp Unfiltered," Thursday at 5 p.m. ET and 8 p.m. ET on HLN. Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Thursday he is troubled that former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has not denied the statements attributed to him in a recent book about the early days of President Donald Trump's tenure.

Top FBI, Justice officials meet with Ryan over dossier on Trump, Russia58 minutes ago

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., walks up a flight of stairs as he arrives at his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018. WASHINGTON – Top federal law enforcement officials huddled Wednesday afternoon with House Speaker Paul Ryan to discuss a request from congressional investigators for documents related to a dossier alleging connections between President Donald Trump and Russia, according to people familiar with the meeting.

Dog runs through obstacle course made of snow in Canada

Millionaire socialite daughter, 29, of ex-Redskins owner is charged with assault after 'bashing a stranger with her $300 glass purse and spewing anti-Semitic slurs at upscale Manhattan restaurant' In bed with a burger at 6.30pm, shouting at staff who pick shirts off the floor and watching THREE televisions as he rants about the media: Explosive book reveals Trump's life inside the White House 'One of the best things in life is bedding your friends' wives': How Trump seduced women by goading their husbands to cheat while he made them listen over speakerphone 'Furious' Trump files cease and desist letter against Bannon while Don Jr labels former White House strategist an 'opportunist' who created 'nightmare of backstabbing, harassing, leaking, lying and undermining the President' 'Melania was in tears - and not of joy': First lady fiercely denies claims that she WEPT when Trump swept to ... (more)

Asia’s ‘best’ and ‘worst’ of 2017

As 2018 begins in Cambodia and around the world, we take a last look at what made headlines and, fitting in this day, lit up Facebook and Twitter in Asia in 2017. From the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother at a Malaysia airport to smog-filled Indian skies and a year-end US presidential visit, the images were all-too-real.

The – nuclear button’ explained: For starters, there’s no button

A military aide traveling with President Donald Trump carries the 45-pound briefcase known as the nuclear football while walking from Marine One to the White House after traveling with Trump to Philadelphia, Jan. 26, 2017. The briefcase, which accompanies the president wherever he goes, contains an instructional guide to carrying out a nuclear strike, a radio transceiver and code authenticators.