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Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said Wednesday the "best evidence" to date that President Trump did not commit obstruction of justice is that James Comey is being allowed to testify in front of the Senate. Graham told Fox News' Martha MacCallum that no prosecutor would let their "star witness" testify in front of the Senate if they felt they had a decent case.
This week, the president's second-eldest son went on national television and dropped all pretense of what we knew had never happened anyway. Instead of weaving yet another magical tale about how the brothers Trump are now rulers of the family empire and keeping it totally separate from Daddy's day job, Eric instead vented his simmering rage against the Democrats.
The Trump Administration, like its predecessors, has shown an apparent appetite for the use of force overseas. The "mother of all bombs" dropped on Syrian troops, saber-rattling toward North Korea, deployments of U.S. forces in 10 or more countries -- all of this suggests a growing comfort with the idea of putting our troops in dangerous places.
Sen. John McCain reportedly said Wednesday he was "disturbed" by former James Comey's statement to Congress that President Donald Trump pressured him to drop the probe into Michael Flynn's alleged Russia ties and Sen. Chuck Grassley said he might subpoena the former FBI director to testify before his committee. The comment by McCain, the six-term Arizona Republican, was reported by CNN's Manu Raju , who said "he would not go there" when the senator was asked whether Trump's actions constituted obstruction of justice.
A prominent leader of the abstinence-only sex education movement has been appointed to a senior position at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, joining several other social conservative activists in the leadership ranks at HHS.
Former FBI Director James Comey will tell the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday that President Donald Trump asked him to pledge his loyalty and to end the agency's investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, according to his prepared remarks posted online Wednesday. "I need loyalty, I expect loyalty," Comey said Trump told him in his prepared remarks, posted on the website of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Republican Governor Sam Brownback of Kansas, speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 23, 2017. Kansas Governor Sam Brownback on Wednesday criticized the state legislature for overriding his veto of a bill that hikes income tax rates to plug budget holes, saying it will hurt the state's efforts to spur economic growth.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attend the Kennedy Center Honors show December 4, 2016 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Michelle Obama revealed a secret about Barack Obama's formal wear during his eight years in the White House: He wore the same tuxedo and shoes the entire time.
Rep. AL Green, a Texas Democrat, said he's readying articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, the first official step to remove a sitting president. Green took to the House floor last month to call for the impeachment to of President Trump for what he said was obstruction of justice in connection to the firing of FBI chief James Comey, who was investigating ties between Trump's presidential campaign and Russia.
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President Donald Trump 's plan to privatize the nation's air traffic control system is running into bipartisan opposition in Congress. Lawmakers fret the plan could raise costs for air travelers and hurt small airports.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin spoke in a series of interviews with the famed director before the election last year for an upcoming Showtime documentary The Russian leader revealed that he has taken tips from Fidel Castro in the past on how to avoid being assassinated Putin describes former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who was granted asylum by Russia after fleeing the US, as a 'courageous man, more probably, even foolhardy' Speaking last year before the election, Putin said that the American people were going to elect 'the one who deserves it'. Vladimir Putin criticized Hillary Clinton for making 'extreme statements' against Russia during the election.
Lawmakers rolled back Gov. Sam Brownback's signature tax policy over his objections Tuesday night, forcing into law tax increases to fix a budget shortfall and provide more money for schools.
House Speaker Paul Ryan won't commit to holding a vote to increase the government's borrowing authority this summer. The Wisconsin Republicans instead says the House will vote on such debt legislation before the government defaults - but not necessarily by an August deadline requested last month by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin .
The directors of national intelligence and the National Security Agency say they are in discussions with the White House about whether their conversations with President Donald Trump are protected by executive privilege. NSA Director Mike Rogers says he has not yet received an answer from the White House about whether the president intended to invoke the authority afforded to him to withhold certain communications from the public.
A Hispanic legislator backed by the Democratic Party and powerful labour unions easily won Tuesday's election to a vacant U.S. House seat in Southern California, after turning back a spirited campaign by a self-proclaimed outsider who wanted to become the first Korean-American in Congress in nearly two decades. Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez won 60 per cent of the 33,000 votes counted in the 34th Congressional District, according to an unofficial tally Tuesday.
The Senate Intelligence Committee's witnesses on Wednesday included top officials from the FBI, NSA, Justice Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Top intel officials Coats and Rogers say they've never been 'pressured' on Russia investigations The Senate Intelligence Committee's witnesses on Wednesday included top officials from the FBI, NSA, Justice Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
U.S. Sen. John N. Kennedy has returned from an overseas trip with a bipartisan group of members of the U.S. House and Senate. Kennedy, R-Madisonville, traveled to Belgium, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland and France on a trip that focused on NATO and defense spending.
Top U.S. intelligence officials will face questions on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's probe into Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. election and fallout from the firing of former FBI director James Comey when they appear at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee's open hearing will feature officials closely tied to President Donald Trump's abrupt firing last month of Comey, which sparked accusations that the Republican president had dismissed him to hinder the FBI probe and stifle questions about possible collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia.
Trump has lambasted Khan on Twitter, accusing him of making a "pathetic excuse," f or saying Londoners should not be alarmed by the sight of additional police on the streets of the British capital after Saturday's attack that killed seven people. "The invitation has been issued and accepted and I see no reason to change that, but as far as what Sadiq Khan has said about the reassurances he's offered the people of London, I think he was entirely right to speak in the way he did," Johnson said in a BBC radio interview when asked whether Trump's state visit should be canceled.