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People arrive at a staging center setup by the Orange County Sheriff's Office after a deadly shooting Monday in Orlando, Florida. A man who was fired from a Florida awning factory in April returned Monday with a gun and methodically killed several people, then took his own life, authorities said.
President Donald Trump is launching a major push for a $1 trillion overhaul of the nation's roads and bridges, a key item on his domestic agenda that's gained little traction amid a slew of controversies that have engulfed the White House. Trump plans a series of events this coming week to highlight his effort to modernize American infrastructure - the highway, waterway, electrical and airway systems on which the nation operates.
President Donald Trump will not assert executive privilege to block fired FBI Director James Comey from testifying on Capitol Hill, the White House said Monday, setting the stage for a dramatic public airing of the former top law enforcement official's dealings with the commander in chief.
U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia meddled in the presidential election to hurt the bid of Democrat Hillary Clinton. U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia meddled in the presidential election to hurt the bid of Democrat Hillary Clinton.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi charged that President Trump's grounds for withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement "was totally not factual." "What the president based his decision on is a memo that is totally false," Pelosi said Monday on ABC's The View .
President Trump is blasting Congressional Democrats for obstructing his nominations, but his administration has not nominated candidates for the vast majority of positions that require Senate approval. In fact, the administration has only nominated 10 ambassador-level positions, including the cabinet-level position of ambassador to the United Nations, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley.
Moscow's favorite: That used to be us Democrats. We were the ones who had to worry - and we did, every four years - about being tagged as "soft on Communism" and paying for it at the polls.
Sen. John Barrasso said Monday that the Senate and House hearings on Russia could reveal actions taken by the Obama administration on the issue as well. "These hearings I think are going to be so informative because they may find things that the Obama administration had done, that candidate Clinton had done - so Americans want answers to this, but it cannot be all consuming," the Wyoming Republican said on Fox News, Mr. Barrasso emphasized the other items Congress needs to address while these investigations continue, something he said constituents informed him of during the recess.
Negotiators in the Kansas Legislature working on a new school-finance formula moved Sunday to finalize complexities of that court-ordered funding revamp and wedged a controversial $1 billion tax increase into the bill in hopes of bringing the session to an abrupt end. TOPEKA - Negotiators in the Kansas Legislature working on a new school-finance formula moved Sunday to finalize complexities of that court-ordered funding revamp and wedged a controversial $1 billion tax increase into the bill in hopes of bringing the session to an abrupt end.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Kennedy slammed opponent J.B. Pritzker Sunday, saying that the billionaire businessman doesn't "deserve" to be governor. Kennedy's comments came in response to a Tribune report that Pritzker expressed interest in the post of state treasurer in response to then-governor Rod Blagojevich's efforts to get him to bite on the Senate seat made available by the election of Barack Obama.
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Vladimir Putin says claims about Russian involvement in US elections are untrue and that the United States actively interferes with elections in other countries. The Russian president has also dismissed as "a load of nonsense" the idea that Russia has damaging information on US President Donald Trump.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is barred by state law from running for a third consecutive four-year term this year, but the unpopular former Republican presidential candidate remains a central figure in the campaign to replace him. Voters head to the polls on Tuesday to choose Republican and Democratic nominees to succeed Christie, whose approval ratings have hit historic lows.
Germany's largest bank has asked for more time to respond to a request from Democrats on a U.S. House of Representatives panel for details about U.S. President Donald Trump's possible ties to Russia, a person familiar with the matter said on Monday. external counsel sent a letter dated Friday June 2 to the Democrats saying it needed additional time, the source told Reuters.
The Russia maelstrom raging around Donald Trump's presidency reaches a momentous plot twist this week with a quintessential Washington drama set to unfold when ex-FBI Director James Comey testifies before the Senate. Comey will appear before the Senate intelligence committee on Thursday, with lawmakers seeking answers as to whether he believes the President sought to obstruct his Russia probe or demanded his loyalty before he fired Comey.
The Republican-led Congress returns to work this week, and once again, the Russia investigation will overshadow the ambitious legislative agenda that includes major overhauls of the health care system and tax code. Former FBI Director James Comey is slated to testify publicly Thursday and is expected to discuss President Donald Trump's request that he end his probe of a top aide's ties to Russia Against the backdrop of the highly anticipated hearing, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will tackle a critical summer list of high-priority issues and bills that GOP leaders are anxious to complete - or at least make significant progress on - before the long August recess.
The new wrinkles? A Washington Post story that came out Friday citing USA officials briefed on intelligence reports who said that President Trump's confidant and son-in-law Jared Kushner tried to set up a secret "back channel" communication line with the Kremlin using Russian facilities. Trump started by lashing out against the coverage of the probe, tweeting, "It is my opinion that numerous leaks coming out of the White House are fabricated lies made up by the #FakeNews media".
Could illegal immigrants be kept away from America's borders by virtual walls? US entrepreneur is working with Donald Trump to create a defence that uses lasers and sensors Palmer Luckey, founder of the Oculus virtual reality headset, is working with the Trump White House to develop the system That's the plan of Palmer Luckey, the man behind Oculus virtual reality technology, who is now working on a way to secure America's borders from illegal immigrants. The scheme would employ lasers, as used in self-driving cars, to detect the movement of people, drones and other unwanted traffic into restricted areas.
The president's allies, both within the White House and in friendly media outlets, say the answer is yes. Trump himself has complained repeatedly that he is being victimized by underhanded leaks.