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The top two leaders of the Senate intelligence committee are leaving the door open to holding Michael Flynn in contempt of Congress after President Trump's former national security adviser said he would invoke his Fifth Amendment rights rather than comply with a subpoena. Sen. Richard Burr, the chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, said the panel was reviewing a range of options to compel Flynn to disclose records about his meetings with Russian officials, including holding Flynn in contempt.
In the pantheon of least favorite turtles, there is one who is far and away the most hated - far below surfer-turtle Crush from "Finding Nemo," the turtle from "Discworld" who holds up the planet, and all four Teenage Mutant Ninjas. That would be, of course, Sen. Mitch McConnell.
Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr "is not ruling out holding Michael Flynn in contempt of Congress as President Trump's former national security adviser continues to stonewall Congress," Politico reports. Burr said his committee has "plenty" of options to respond: "You'll just have to wait and watch.
A forensic analyst at the Lake County Crime Laboratory handles a sample of an opioid in powder form. [Nick Castele / ideastream] Opioids are flowing into Ohio in a way that would be familiar to anyone who's shopped online.
Rep. Luke Messer, R-Indiana, has been appointed by House Speaker Paul Ryan to serve on a bipartisan Task Force on Intergovernmental Affairs. The task force plans to work to restore the proper balance of power between federal, state and local governments.
In this July 8, 2015, file photo, United Airlines planes are seen on the tarmac at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. United Airlines says a disruptive passenger on a flight from Shanghai to New Jersey was asked to get off, resulting in an unscheduled stop in San Francisco and an arrival delayed by eight hours.
The most expensive congressional race in U.S. history has again dispelled the myth that conservatives are the aggressors in the moral wars that plague our politics. As Kyle Wingfield of the Atlanta-Journal Constitution recently pointed out , in the race to replace Tom Price in Georgia's 6th congressional district, it was only a matter of time before Jon Ossoff went after Karen Handel for her brief experience at the Susan G. Komen organization.
As I write this, I can hear all of the liberal media establishment along with all of the Democrat Party and some lackluster Republicans shouting with joy that a special counsel has been named to investigate this supposed “Russian collusion with the Trump administration.” Former FBI Director Robert Mueller has been tapped by the deputy assistant attorney general to run this investigation, and it is hoped by one and all that a thorough and a quick investigation will ensue.  Even if this investigation takes several months, many areas will be looked into concerning anyone who may have had any dealings with, or access to or was in collusion with the Russian government.
In this Jan. 9, 2015, file photo, flowers, teddy bears and inspirational posters line a room at the Arizona History Museum in Tucson, Ariz. The items were left at the scene of the Jan. 8, 2011, shooting in Tucson that left several dead and over a dozen wounded.
President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in rebuffing a subpoena Monday in the investigation into Russia's election meddling. Then a top House Democrat cited new evidence he said appeared to show Flynn lied on a security clearance background check.
U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski last week in a House Ways and Means Committee hearing examined how pro-growth tax reform would strengthen the Indiana economy, boost job creation, and help Hoosier families keep more of their hard-earned money. "I am grateful to represent Indiana's 2nd District, one of the largest manufacturing districts in the country," Congresswoman Walorski said.
President Trump is proposing major cuts to health care, food assistance and other safety-net programs for the poor to balance the budget in 10 years while increasing spending for the military and other priorities. But even if Congress goes along with the budget the president will send to Capitol Hill on Tuesday - which is unlikely - it requires rosy economic assumptions to work.
Ethan Parker, 16, of Westport is off to Washington, D.C. this summer to work as a U.S. Senate page under the sponsorship of New York Sen. Charles Schumer, the Senate minority leader. The Greens Farms Academy honor roll sophomore is one of 30 students from across the country who will serve the 100 senators.
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Though the official release is planned for Tuesday, leaked versions of the 2018 budget proposal show dramatic funding cuts for environmental programs - even those supported by the president's own party. The budget, which still needs congressional approval, would cut the Environmental Protection Agency's budget by 35 percent .
That's according to a report from the global anti-poverty organization Oxfam, which specifically calls for Australia to stop propping up the coal industry - especially the $300 million in subsidies it's offered up for a proposed mine in Queensland. "Against the backdrop of an imperiled Great Barrier Reef and extreme weather disasters, Australia's carbon pollution is continuing to climb - the tragic consequence of more than a decade of climate policy paralysis and short-term political opportunism," Helen Szoke , CEO of Oxfam Australia, says.
Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn , who was fired in February for misleading Vice President Mike Pence and other officials about his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. In photo, Pence, left, and Flynn shake hands before the start of the President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe joint news conference in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, Feb. 10, 2017.
House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz says he will postpone a hearing scheduled for Wednesday after speaking with former FBI Director James Comey. Chaffetz said in a tweet Monday that Comey "wants to speak with Special Counsel prior to public testimony."
Former White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn appears to have lied to federal investigators last year about who paid for his 2015 trip to Moscow, during a Defense Department inquiry into the renewal of his top secret security clearance, a leading Capitol Hill Democrat said Monday. Rep. Elijah Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said he intended to turn his information about Flynn over to Robert Mueller, named last week as a Department of Justice special counsel charged with investigating Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.