White House Spokeswoman: I Don’t Think Trump Accepts FBI’s Wiretap Denial

President Donald Trump does not accept the Federal Bureau of Investigation's denial that Trump Tower was wiretapped, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday. "I don't think he does," Huckabee Sanders said, adding that a number of media outlets pointed out the possibility that President Barack Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower.

White House Aides Defend Trump’s Wiretapping Claim on NBC, Fox Morning Shows

White House officials on Monday defended President Donald Trump's explosive claim that Barack Obama tapped Trump's telephones during last year's election , although they won't say where that information came from and left open the possibility that it isn't true. In televised interviews, Kellyanne Conway and Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump firmly believes the allegations he made on Twitter over the weekend.

The Latest: Kremlin distances itself from Trumpa s claim

The spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin is distancing the Kremlin from President Donald Trump's claim that Barack Obama tapped his phones during the election campaign. The claim comes amid the swirl of revelations about contacts between Trump aides and Russia's ambassador to the U.S., both during and after a presidential election Russia is believed to have meddled in.

Republicans will finally show Obamacare plan

After years of haranguing Democrats for Obamacare's shortcomings and running dress rehearsals to repeal it, Republicans this week may finally lay down a specific and actionable plan to scrap the Affordable Care Act and face the praise as well as the consequences. "We're working through the final details of this," Rep. Kevin Brady, a Republican from Texas and the House Ways and Means Chairman told Fox News Saturday.

GOP prepares Obamacare repeal bill, but is split over how to help people pay

At issue is whether to replace Obamacare subsidies with refundable tax credits that would be based on a person's age rather than their income. A faction of conservative lawmakers don't like that these credits would be paid out to everyone buying coverage in the individual market.

Moneyman brings budget prowess to lobby firm

Capitol Hill's top moneyman is taking his budget savvy to K Street after more than two decades years on the job. Will Smith, who has led the House Appropriations Committee's Republican staff for the last three years of his congressional career, will be joining Cornerstone Government Affairs, a lobbying firm that handles a slew of appropriations work.

Lawmakers try again to stop call center offshoring

Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate and the House reintroduced legislation Thursday intended to impede the offshore outsourcing of call centers. The bills, called the U.S. Call Center and Consumer Protection Act, if approved, would create a list of firms that shift work overseas.

What every American should know about the CIA analyst who quit and blamed Trump

While several media outlets rushed to interview Price and depict him as an ethical, non-political CIA officer who rejected what he claimed was the "deceitful" and "delusional" Trump administration, a brief look at the facts suggest not only is this a blatant instance of fake news, but that Price is a "fake" CIA analyst. OK, Price really did work for the CIA.

Trump in Israel’s Eyes

If you watch Channel Two's Arad Nir or Channel Ten's Gil Tamari, or listened to Kol Yisrrael's Matan Gutman, or any of the anchormen and anchor-women on Israel TV or Israel Radio, you will discover they not only despise Donald Trump but they think Trump is either mentally ill or anti-Semitic, or both. They were sure that Trump could never win.