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Donald Trump Jr., son of President-elect Donald Trump, walks from the elevator at Trump Tower in New York, Nov. 16, 2016. The House Intelligence Committee will interview Donald Trump Jr. on Wednesday, the first time lawmakers on Capitol Hill will have an opportunity to question President Donald Trump's eldest son about any Russian contacts during the presidential campaign.
The Washington Post reported that a former top FBI official, Peter Strzok, who had been assigned to and then removed from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, had "exchanged politically charged texts disparaging [President Donald Trump and supporting Democrat Hillary Clinton" and that Strzok was "also a key player in the investigation into Clinton's use of a private email server." This is a blockbuster revelation, carrying the possibility of shattering public confidence in a number of long-held assumptions about the criminal-justice system generally and the FBI and the Justice Department specifically.
Laura Russo is just the kind of voter the Republicans need, but the party's proposed tax overhaul, which includes limits on the deductions for mortgage interest, state taxes and property taxes, is pushing her away. "I would be dramatically affected," she said.
To the Editor: Now that the Senate rammed through their tax bill, everyone is wondering how it will affect our own pockets. Out the window went the GOP's concern about our country's deficit.
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Former White House strategist delivered a fiery speech in Fairhope, Alabama, in support of Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore. Bannon blasted Republicans who don't support Moore, accusing former RPresidential nominee Mitt Romney of avoiding the Vietnam draft.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has denounced the United States for continuing to limit the number of visas issued to Russian citizens, even as it welcomed Monday's decision to resume services at U.S. consulates. The two countries have been involved in numerous diplomatic spats since December 2016, when former U.S. President Barack Obama ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats following allegations of Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election.
US President Donald Trump is perhaps the world's most famous Twitter user, but the most popular post of 2017 was from Barack Obama. Three tweets by former president Barack Obama made it into Twitter's Top 10 list of retweeted messages for this year.
Top Republicans tried quelling GOP divisions over the budget and a partisan immigration clash simmered in the background as leaders labored Tuesday to push a short-term spending bill through Congress by week's end and avert a partial government shutdown. Republican leaders postponed a planned House vote on the temporary spending measure from Wednesday until Thursday, buying time to iron out disputes with conservatives seeking tighter budget curbs.
After serving Douglas County for 17 years as a prosecutor, District Attorney Brian Fortner announced Tuesday he's decided to run for state court judge next year. Fortner told the Sentinel he will run for the seat that has been held by State Court Judge W. O'Neal Dettmering Jr. since 2001.
The Republican National Committee has transferred $170,000 to the Alabama Republican Party to bolster embattled Senate candidate Roy Moore. An RNC official tells The Associated Press it made two transfers to the state party Tuesday: one for $50,000 and another for $120,000.
Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday told a summit of mayors driven to act after President Donald Trump rejected the Paris climate accord that cities and states are the "new face of American leadership" on climate change. Obama, who did not mention Trump by name, made a quick appearance at the conference hosted by his former chief of staff, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
Republican leaders in Washington are coming to grips with the possibility - perhaps even probability - that Alabama's Roy Moore will win his special election next Tuesday and join them in the capital. Looking past allegations of sexual misconduct with Alabama teenagers, President Donald Trump formally endorsed Moore, and the Republican National Committee quickly followed suit, transferring $170,000 to the Alabama Republican Party to bolster Moore's candidacy.
WASHINGTON, DC - A new report says Vice President Mike Pence considered a push to top the Republican ticket after the Donald Trump Access Hollywood tapes came out. "The people I talk to say he is a lot more ambitious and calculating then he lets on in public," said McKay Coppins, the writer of the article.
The Latest on a malicious-prosecution trial against former Sheriff Joe Arpaio in a lawsuit brought by one of Sen. Jeff Flake's sons : Jurors who will decide a malicious-prosecution trial were told about the emotional distress that one of Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake's sons suffered when former Sheriff Joe Arpaio brought an animal cruelty case against him. The now-dismissed criminal case against Austin Flake and his then-wife is at the center of a civil trial that began Tuesday.
A federal credit union in New York City has sued President Donald Trump, saying his acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is "trying to minimize its existence." The Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court.
Par for the course in our modern Trumpian era of politics, the Alabama Senate race continues to divide Republicans, and naturally this played out on social media today between two Senators: Arizona's Jeff Flake and Nebraska's Ben Sasse. It all started when Flake tweeted a photo of a check he had written, showing a $100 donation to the campaign of Democrat Doug Jones, with "Country over Party" in the memo line.
A liberal Democrat is putting the House on track for a likely vote Wednesday on impeaching President Donald Trump, an effort that's certain to lose and has drawn opposition even from many in his own party. "Friends, whether we like it or not, we now have a bigot in the White House who incites hatred and hostility," Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, wrote in a letter to colleagues Tuesday explaining his proposal.
The Senate Judiciary and House Intelligence Committees, two of the three major congressional panels investigating Russia's election interference, appear to have resigned themselves to the reality that their probes will be conducted according to the partisan interests of their members. Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has recently begun sending out a flurry of letters to witnesses requesting new documents and interviews related to potential collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign team and Russia.