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Earlier this year, a Russian-American lobbyist and another businessman discussed over coffee in Moscow an extraordinary meeting they had attended 12 months earlier: a gathering at Trump Tower with President Donald Trump's son, his son-in-law and his then-campaign chairman. The Moscow meeting in June, which has not been previously disclosed, is now under scrutiny by investigators who want to know why the two men met in the first place and whether there was some effort to get their stories straight about the Trump Tower meeting just weeks before it would become public, The Associated Press has learned.
President Trump took to Twitter to mock Hillary Clinton, calling on his 2016 election rival to "get on" with her life and run again in three years. "Crooked Hillary Clinton is the worst loser of all time," Trump tweeted Saturday morning.
During discussion with Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma about a woman who alleged Alabama's Moore called her high school to ask her for a date - at a time when Moore was in his 30s - Brian Kilmeade, on his Fox News Radio show, went this side of blunt and said: If that were my daughter, I'd kick Moore in the head. His words, noted by the Hill: "I would kick his head in if was one of my daughters, and then I would call the cops," Kilmeade said, speaking of Moore and calling the senate candidate's alleged contact of the girl at high school an "obscene" behavior.
Congressman Fred Upton has announced that he will run for another term in Congress and will not be a candidate for the 2018 GOP U.S. Senate nomination. Upton lately has complained that the Senate isn't very functional and he would be starting out as a freshman again.
In this Nov. 2, 2017, file photo, Ike Kaveladze, right, who was among those at a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with President Donald Trump's son, leaves the Capitol after being interviewed by the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Two Russian-American's, lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin and Kaveladze, met in June 2017 over coffee in Moscow where they discussed a meeting they had participated in a year before: a gathering at Trump Tower with President Donald Trump's son, his son-in-law and his then-campaign chairman.
The police officers are demanding equal salaries and working conditions that the Catalan Mo... . Spanish national police and civil guard officers protest in the central Sol square in Madrid, Saturday Nov. 18, 2017.
The head of the New Hampshire GOP on Friday urged the state's Democratic Party chair to drop former President Bill Clinton's name from a major fundraising event. The push came as sexual misconduct allegations against Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama and Democratic Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota have dominated media coverage -- in turn reviving debate over the longstanding allegations against the former president.
The candidate who openly bragged about grabbing women's private parts - but denied he really did so - was elected president months before the cascading sexual harassment allegations that have been toppling the careers of powerful men in Hollywood, business, the media and politics. He won even though more than a dozen women accused him of sexual misconduct, and roughly half of all voters said they were bothered by his treatment of women, according to exit polls.
Sen. Al Franken has written a letter to the woman who accused him of forcibly kissing and groping her, saying he is ashamed of his actions and apologizes.
In this Nov. 2, 2017, file photo, Ike Kaveladze, right, who was among those at a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with President Donald Trump's son, leaves the Capitol after being interviewed by the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Two Russian-American's, lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin and Kaveladze, met in June 2017 over coffee in Moscow where they discussed a meeting they had participated in a year before: a gathering at Trump Tower with President Donald Trump's son, his son-in-law and his then-campaign chairman.
Paula Jones and Juanita Broaddrick, who accused Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct, said it "is a little bit too late" for Democratic women to come out against the former president. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and a number of others said Clinton should have resigned under the specter of sexual misconduct allegations in the 1990s.
Top Russian Official Tried to Broker 'Backdoor' Meeting Between Trump and Putin - WASHINGTON - A senior Russian official who claimed to be acting at the behest of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia tried in May 2016 to arrange a meeting between Mr. Putin and Donald J. Trump, according to several people familiar with the matter. Kushner testified he did not recall any campaign WikiLeaks contact - Washington White House senior adviser Jared Kushner told congressional Russia investigators that he did not communicate with WikiLeaks and did not recall anyone on the Trump campaign who had, a source with knowledge of his testimony told CNN.
Some former female staffers of Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., spoke out on Friday in his defense, saying that he had treated women with respect while they worked in his office. The statement came on the same day that Leeann Tweeden, the Los Angeles radio news anchor who accused Franken of kissing and groping her against her will, said that she had heard directly from the senator and is willing to meet with him to discuss the allegations.
Eight months ago, toward the end of the legislative session, a Democratic policy aide reported concerns about harassment from Colorado state Rep. Paul Rosenthal to the House speaker's office. The issue never rose to a formal complaint, but the Denver Democratic lawmaker later apologized and received materials counseling him about the General Assembly's workplace harassment policy.
The Los Angeles radio anchor who accuses Democratic Senator Al Franken of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour says she accepts his apology but he could have apologized earlier. COLUMBUS, Ohio - An Ohio Supreme Court justice who's also running for governor believes that a "purity test" is being imposed on all political candidates - and that's the wrong road to go down.
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Bill M. O'Neill, a Democratic candidate who is running for governor, shared a story of his sexual past amid assault allegations against powerful men in politics, media and Hollywood. His aim, it seems, was to defend "heterosexual males."
Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop, who sources said had been eyeing a run for the U.S. Senate next year, said Thursday he would support Sen. Robert Menendez for re-election if Menendez seeks a third full term. In a statement given hours after Menendez's federal corruption case ended in a mistrial, Fulop said he looks forward to Menendez's "continued advocacy for New Jersey."
The inexorable workings of the political marketplace seem to be enforcing some discipline over hitherto fissiparous Republican politicians. The question is whether this is happening too late to save the party's declining prospects in the 2018 midterm elections.
In this June 21, 2017 file photo, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., listens at a committee hearing at the Capitol in Washington. Franken apologized Thursday after a Los Angeles radio anchor accused him of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour and of posing for a photo with his hands on her breasts as she slept.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he's been having "very good discussions" with Republican senators who oppose or have concerns about tax-cut legislation expected to be voted on after Thanksgiving. Mnuchin tells "Fox News Sunday" that he wants to make sure the lawmakers' views are incorporated before the Senate vote.