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A New York Republican is adding his name to the growing list of lawmakers who want to see local law enforcement reimbursed for the costs associated with protecting President Donald Trump when he isn't at the White House.
Little Lucy Szela is a big fan of Abraham Lincoln. How big? When she was 3, she donned a fake black beard and stovepipe hat to appear as our 16th president for Halloween.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions will recuse himself from any investigations of ties between Trump campaign officials and Russia, he announced in a hastily organized press conference on Thursday. "I never had meetings with Russian operatives or Russian intermediaries as part of the Trump campaign," he said, seeking to stop the bleeding after a brutal day.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 2, 2017, about news reports of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' contact with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. during the presidential campaign.
Former President Barack Obama was named the 2017 winner of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Thursday for carrying on his fellow Democrat's legacy. "President Kennedy called on a new generation of Americans to give their talents to the service of the country," Kennedy's daughter, Caroline Kennedy, said in a statement.
The head of the House oversight committee on Thursday morning said Attorney General Jeff Sessions should recuse himself from the investigations into Russia's election-related hacking and communications with President Donald Trump's presidential campaign. House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz, a Republican from Utah, said on Twitter that "AG Sessions should clarify his testimony and recuse himself."
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren joins other Democrats in calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign. She says there should be an independent special prosecutor named to oversee an investigation of Russian interference in the U.S. election.
The top House Democrat says Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath when he told the Senate Judiciary that he had no contacts with the Russian government and says he should resign. In the meantime, Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Marco Rubio of Florida joined a growing chorus of Republicans calling upon Sessions to recuse himself from any investigation on contacts between the Russians and President Donald Trump's campaign last year.
A Vermont congressman is calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign in the wake of revelations that he twice met with the Russian ambassador during the presidential campaign. In a statement posted on his Facebook page, Democratic Rep. Peter Welch accused Sessions of misleading Congress during his Senate confirmation hearing.
Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka says the governor is working behind the scenes with Democrats to prevent passage of a Real ID bill unless it includes an opening for unauthorized immigrants to obtain drivers' licenses. Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka says the governor is working behind the scenes with Democrats to prevent passage of a Real ID bill unless it includes an opening for unauthorized immigrants to obtain drivers' licenses.
Donald Trump, the human ruler, as in measuring stick, is at it again, this time grading his performance as president. Appearing on Fox News recently, the president gave himself an A-plus for effort, an A for accomplishment, and a C for communication.
One of the reasons I thought the Democratic Party was about to turn the page on the acrimony of the presidential primaries was because the two leading candidates to run the Democratic National Committee were speaking the same language. Not only that, the campaign waged by former labor secretary Tom Perez and Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., was devoid of vitriol and personal attacks.
"Tell Me Something I Don't Know" host Stephen J. Dubner and his expert panelists love to be wowed by unexpected bits of trivia. There's a great way to get to know someone new, Stephen J. Dubner says, after the standard "So what do you do?" question.
Senior Democrats have called for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign after it emerged he failed to disclose two meetings with Russia's ambassador to Washington during the US election campaign. Sessions did not mention the meetings with Sergey Kislyak during his confirmation hearings, when he was asked if he knew of any contacts between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.
In this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions holds a meeting with the heads of federal law enforcement components at the Department of Justice in Washington. Sessions had two conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States during the presidential campaign season last year, contact that immediately fueled calls for him to recuse himself from a Justice Department investigation into Russian interference in the election.
She told Bloomberg Media that she used to think presidential candidates have to be experienced in politics and know a lot. But she said she now understands that a government experience is not a must.
A former journalist fired for fabricating details in stories made at least eight of the scores of threats against Jewish institutions nationwide, including a bomb threat to New York's Anti-Defamation League, as part of a bizarre campaign to harass and frame his ex-girlfriend, federal officials said Friday. Juan Thompson, 31, was arrested in St. Louis and appeared there in federal court Friday on a cyberstalking charge.
In this time of tumult when critics of Donald Trump are in the street, there is a notion out there that needs to be shot down, and it is coming from Democrats. Many of them seem to believe that elected officials are supposed to represent the views of the public.
In this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions holds a meeting with the heads of federal law enforcement components at the Department of Justice in Washington. Sessions had two conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States during the presidential campaign season last year, contact that immediately fueled calls for him to recuse himself from a Justice Department investigation into Russian interference in the election.