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President Trump committed to the "rotten apple" motif in his latest attack lodged against former President Barack Obama and the FBI. In a tweet Sunday afternoon, Trump echoed past accusations about his predecessor wittingly choosing to do "nothing" to stop Russian meddling in the 2016 election because he thought Hillary Clinton was destined to win the contest.
Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at Earl K. Long Gym on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, La. Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at Earl K. Long Gym on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, La.
While the day Josh Holt is expected to return home to this south Salt Lake County community was still a little up in the air Sunday, family, friends, neighbors and even strangers worked to ensure that whenever he does arrive, he'll be greeted with a visual reminder that he was never forgotten. A two-year ordeal for the Holt and his family came to an end this weekend, after the former LDS Church missionary and his wife were released early Saturday morning from a Venezuelan prison and flown to Washington, D.C. Holt and his wife, Thamy, were met by his parents, Laurie and Jason Holt, as well as Sen. Orrin Hatch and his wife, Elaine, and then were welcomed by President Donald Trump at the White House.
Newly released emails show senior Environmental Protection Agency officials working closely with a conservative group that dismisses climate change to rally like-minded people for public hearings on science and global warming, counter negative news coverage and tout Administrator Scott Pruitt's stewardship of the agency. John Konkus, EPA's deputy associate administrator for public affairs, repeatedly reached out to senior staffers at the Heartland Institute, according to the emails.
Vulnerable House Republicans have an incentive to buck their party's own leadership by backing protections for "Dreamers" and forcing a vote on immigration reform, The Hill reported Sunday. This is because many of the Republicans in tight races for the upcoming congressional elections are in districts where moderate GOP voters and independents can determine the outcome, and these voters support securing protections for Dreamers, immigrants who were brought to America illegally as children.
Veterans from across the country will be gathering in our nation's capital on Memorial Day this year to not only honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice, but to advocate for a cause that isn't typically associated with our nation's heroes -- the legalization of marijuana. Derek Cloutier , president and founder of the New England Veterans Alliance, meets with other veterans at the NECANN cannabis & hemp convention in Burlington, Vermont.
The White House staffer who insulted John McCain accused her boss of leaking to the press - right in front of Trump Kelly Sadler accused her own boss, Mercedes Schlapp, of leaking information to the press in a meeting with President Donald Trump. Kelly Sadler blamed her boss, Mercedes Schlapp, for leaks from within the White House, Axios reported , in a meeting with Schlapp, President Donald Trump, and others.
Sen. Jeff Flake said on "Meet the Press" that congressional Republicans need to "find a voice" on President Donald Trump once primary season is over. Sen. Jeff Flake hopes Republicans in Congress start talking back to Trump after primaries Sen. Jeff Flake said on "Meet the Press" that congressional Republicans need to "find a voice" on President Donald Trump once primary season is over.
In this May 5, 2018, file photo, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks at the Iran Freedom Convention for Human Rights and democracy in Washington. President Donald Trump's legal team would advise that he refuse to submit to an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller unless the team can review classified information shared with select lawmakers about the origins of the FBI investigation into Russia's election meddling, Giuliani said Sunday, May 27. less FILE- In this May 5, 2018, file photo, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks at the Iran Freedom Convention for Human Rights and democracy in Washington.
Valor, stubborn conviction and sacrifice are themes repeated throughout "John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls," HBO's documentary memorializing the life and career of the Vietnam War hero and six-term senator from Arizona. McCain, 81, who revealed this year that he had terminal brain cancer, is interviewed throughout the film, as are his family and some of his bitterest political rivals.
In a story May 26 about the release of an American jailed in Venezuela, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the U.S. government had imposed sanctions on Venezuelan first lady Cilia Flores. It has not.
Rudy Giuliana, President Donald Trump's lawyer, says then-President Obama was aware of an FBI spy within the 2016 Trump campaign. Rudy Giuliani suggests Obama was aware of FBI spy in Trump campaign Rudy Giuliana, President Donald Trump's lawyer, says then-President Obama was aware of an FBI spy within the 2016 Trump campaign.
The primary race for South Dakota governor is in its final days as both Republican candidates - Attorney General Marty Jackley and Representative Kristi Noem - sprint to the finish line.
President Trump accused former President Barack Obama Sunday of playing politics with Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential race, saying Mr. Obama didn't stop Moscow's interference because he expected Hillary Clinton to win anyway. "Why didn't President Obama do something about the so-called Russian Meddling when he was told about it by the FBI before the Election?" Mr. Trump tweeted.
" F.B.I. Used Informant to Investigate Russia Ties to Campaign, Not to Spy, as Trump Claims ," read the headline on a lengthy New York Times story May 18. "The Justice Department used a suspected informant to probe whether Trump campaign aides were making improper contacts with Russia in 2016," read a story in the May 21 edition of The Wall Street Journal . So much for those who dismissed charges of Obama administration infiltration of Donald Trump's campaign as paranoid fantasy.
That call to arms was delivered by Barry Goldwater at the 1960 Republican convention to implore members of the then-youthful conservative movement to hold their noses and rally around Richard Nixon's candidacy. Neal Freeman, a battle-scarred veteran of the conservative movement - he was a correspondent for National Review and the producer of William F. Buckley's TV show, "Firing Line," among other tours of duty - recently echoed Goldwater's clarion call for a different cause.
The Republican front-runners for Tennessee governor are parroting President Donald Trump's call to "build the wall" and are depicting each other as sympathizers of people in the country illegally. U.S. Rep. Diane Black and former state economic development chief Randy Boyd are touting their toughness on immigration.
In this June 14, 2016, file photo, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., participates in a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Russia on Capitol Hill in Washington. Twenty-three years ago, Scott Baugh was a little known Southern California lawyer whose conservative politics and youthful brio impressed Rohrabacher, who steered his new protege to a seat in the state Legislature.
For more than two decades, Montana's lone U.S. House seat has been a sacrificial altar where Democratic candidates' dreams are squashed. Not only have all 12 Democratic candidates since 1996 lost to Republicans, but only two of them have since gone on to win any election at all.