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WASHINGTON - The Latest on the report that President Donald Trump shared classified information with Russian officials : The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee says a report that President Donald Trump shared intelligence about the Islamic State group with Russian officials is "deeply disturbing." Rep. Adam Schiff of California said in a statement Monday that "this disclosure could jeopardize sources of very sensitive intelligence and relationships we have with key partners."
This April 23, 2017 photo provided by Peter DeBenedittis shows Peter DeBenedittis, 58, at the New Mexico state capitol in Santa Fe. DeBenedittis announced Monday, May 15, 2017, that he will seek the Democratic nomination for governor as Republican Gov. Susana Martinez cannot run for a third term.
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President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information about Islamic State militants to Russian officials during a meeting at the White House last week, The Washington Post reported Monday. The newspaper cited current and former U.S. officials who said Trump shared details about an Islamic State terror threat with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
After a report surfaced on Monday that President Trump shared classified information with Russian officials during an Oval Office meeting last week, some Senate Republicans initially rushed to defend the president, while other GOP lawmakers, as well as congressional Democrats, expressed alarm. "It's no longer classified the minute he utters it," Republican Senator Jim Risch said , according to Talking Points Memo 's Alice Ollstein.
President Donald Trump's alleged revelation of classified material to Russian officials last week sparked a national security controversy Monday, but the move is technically within his power. As president, Trump has the authority to declassify information as he sees fit, though that privilege has rarely been invoked.
This weekend, the Attorney General began interviewing candidates to replace FBI Director James Comey-who was fired last week by President Donald Trump. Because whomever replaces Comey at the agency will inherit the investigation into Russian interference in 2016 election, which includes allegations of possible coordination between Trump associates and Russian interests, lawmakers in both parties have called for the nomination of a non-partisan, independent figure to lead the FBI.
Hillary Clinton has launched a new political organisation designed to push back against President Donald Trump and mobilise future leaders. The former Democratic nominee announced on Monday the creation of Onward Together, an adaptation from her campaign theme Stronger Together.
Back in the 1930s, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously referred to states as “laboratories of democracy.” Enraged by the hundreds of thousands of women who peacefully took to the street in Washington in January, and the activists who camped out to block the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline, lawmakers in 20 states are debating or voting on more than 30 bills aimed at criminalizing or otherwise cracking down on the protest movements spawned by President Donald Trump's administration. But critics say that, in their haste, these lawmakers are shredding the Constitution and stomping on free speech rights as they shovel the proposals into the legislative maw.
Last week's column left out some observations on the “100 days” of the press, the Democrats, Obama and Hillary due to space. I don't see how the national mainstream news media, the MSN or the so-called “Fourth Estate,” recovers from their collectively biased performance covering the first months of Donald Trump's presidency.
The Trump administration has tapped the wife of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to be the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, days before President Donald Trump embarks on his first foreign trip. Trump will nominate Callista Gingrich for the post, two people with direct knowledge of the discussions said Monday.
"Do not ask me about how this looks, we all know how this looks," said one senior aide, after reports that Trump gave highly classified information to Russian officials. White House and administration officials are reeling at reports that President Donald Trump reportedly shared classified information with Russia's top diplomats during an Oval Office meeting last week.
Apparently not satisfied with the progress on the state budget, the Senate amended a House bill with a Senate budget proposal Monday and sent it back to the lower chamber for consideration, Senate Pro Tem Mike Schulz said. But House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, said the Senate proposal contains a "poison pill" - an increase in the fuel tax.
In this Sept. 18, 2014, file photo, U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., attends a joint meeting of Congress in the House of Representatives chamber at the Capitol in Washington.
President Donald Trump speaks during the 36th annual National Peace Officers Memorial Service, Monday, May 15, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Trump has moved to broaden a ban on federal dollars going to international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information, senior administration officials said Monday.
A number of candidates for the position, including Sen. John Cornyn, R-Tex., and Acting FBI Director, Andrew McCabe, interviewed for the job with Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein over the weekend. ABC News has learned of at least nine other individuals under consideration, including Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., former House Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., and former New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, among others.
Only four units of the entire 417-part system of national parks, monuments, seashores and historical sites carry the names of remarkable plants and trees. California hosts three of these - Redwood, Sequoia and Joshua Tree national parks.
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