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John McCain Tillerson responds to McCain: 'I make a distinction between values and policy' Trump set for tense meeting with Turkey after ISIS decision Top House Dem: 'This is John McCain's finest hour' MORE Sunday, after the Arizona Republican pushed against Tillerson in an op-ed last week and warned it is "dangerous" to look at foreign policy as "simply transactional." McCain New York Times piece referenced earlier remarks from Tillerson, who said conditioning the United States' foreign policy too much on values forms barriers to advancing the country's national interests.
JOHN DICKERSON, HOST: Today on FACE THE NATION: The president fires the FBI director, and the White House struggles to get its story straight. For a president who made his reputation firing people on television... DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: You're fired.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer is calling for an investigation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions to uncover "any interference to thwart the investigation" into Russia's meddling in the presidential race. The New York Democrat said Mr. Sessions "seems to be violating" his recusal from the Russia investigation by participating in the decision to fire former FBI director James Comey.
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper issued a stern warning Sunday about the state of the US government after President Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey last week, saying he thinks US institutions are "under assault." "I think in many ways our institutions are under assault both externally - and that's the big news here is the Russian interference in our election system - and I think as well our institutions are under assault internally," Clapper said on CNN's "State of the Union."
It will require a Republican in Congress not President Donald Trump to help "clear the air" with regard to FBI Director's James Comey's firing, the dinner meeting between Comey and the president in January, and the ongoing investigation into potential Trump campaign collusion, because the president is too involved and needs to "back off," Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday. "I think it requires somebody like me, a Republican, to call Comey before the Judiciary Committee to let him explain that conversation," Sen. Graham told host Chuck Todd on NBC's "Meet the Press."
In this Jan. 18, 2017 file photo, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., right, confers with Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. on Capitol Hill in Washington, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt.
Medicaid doesn't get a lot of attention in the debate over Trumpcare, but it's likely that more people would be affected by Medicaid changes than by any other single part of the bill. However, the Wall Street Journal reports that Senate conservatives still aren't satisfied: Some conservative Senate Republicans, such as [Mike] Lee, want to immediately start phasing back federal money for expansion enrollees, a process that would take 10 years....Conservatives also hope to use a different formula to calculate federal Medicaid funding that would mean less money for states.
Charles Schumer Schumer: Block new FBI director until special prosecutor on Russia is appointed Sunday shows preview: Comey fallout continues as replacement interviews kick off The Hill's 12:30 Report MORE said Sunday he would support blocking the nomination of a new FBI director until a special prosecutor is appointed to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election. "We will have to discuss it as a caucus, but I would support that move because who the FBI director is, is related to who the special prosecutor is," Schumer told host Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union."
WATCH ABOVE: International Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne tells Vassy Kapelos when the U.S. gives their 90 day notice to renegotiate NAFTA, there will be a number of things Canada will put on the trade table as well. Champagne told The West Block's Vassy Kapelos that the federal government is "very well prepared" for whatever Trump and his newly appointed trade representative, Robert Lighthizer , put on the table in terms of trade talks.
U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Rockwall, said the next FBI Director should reopen the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. DALLAS The next FBI Director should consider reopening the investigation into former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server, said U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Rockwall.
In this July 1, 2017, file photo, Lawmakers' parking spots were empty in front of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., after negotiations over the state budget between Republican lawmakers and Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton broke down and the government shutdown at midnight. Minnesota's political leaders are entering the legislative homestretch with no budget deal in sight.
The family of a 48-year-old mom of five children is in mourning this Mother's Day weekend, after her slaying at the Ohio nursing home where she was a nurse's aide. The family of a 48-year-old mom of five children is in mourning this Mother's Day weekend, after her slaying at the Ohio nursing home where she was a nurse's aide.
It may come as a surprise but electronic voting is not the prevailing choice among the world's democracies, though most forward-looking nations are aspiring to go electronic for casting ballot. Today, only about a two dozen nations have adopted electronic voting.
When Donald Trump was merely a real estate mogul, he exaggerated flamboyantly and reporters considered it charming: He promoted Trump Tower as a 68-story building, even though it has only 58 floors. When Trump was a presidential candidate, he lied enthusiastically, but that didn't prevent him from winning: He insisted falsely that he opposed the Iraq war from the start, to cite only one of many instances.
Conservative Senate Republicans are weighing faster and steeper cuts to Medicaid that could drop millions of people from coverage and mark the biggest changes to the program in its 52-year history. The plan being pushed by lawmakers such as Mike Lee is likely to face resistance from centrist GOP senators who are already concerned a health-overhaul bill passed by House Republicans would leave too many people uninsured.
Despite holding all the avenues of power in Washington, it's not a happy time to be a Republican officeholder. President Trump's suspiciously timed firing of FBI Director James Comey has all but guaranteed a media and political firestorm that will last indefinitely, and prevent legislation from getting through Congress.
WikiLeaks announced on Friday that its organization is prepared to pay $100,000 to anyone who sends them the alleged taped conversations between President Donald Trump and former FBI Director James Comey, according to Newsweek. James Comey was the face of the FBI during its investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election and alleged coordination with President Trump's campaign.
Though the election that shocked the pundits is now six months behind us, the data necessary to determine what exactly caused Donald Trump's victory is still trickling out. Preliminary analysis Brian Schaffner, Jesse Rhodes and Bernard Fraga showed that turnout among African-Americans dropped in 2016, while Latino, Asian and white turnout increased.
An explosive new report published Saturday by The Washington Post paints a portrait of Donald Trump whose "state of mind" has alarmed those close to him this week following the outraged public and congressional reaction after he fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday. In fact, one source told The Post, Trump may be suffering from a "paranoid delusion."