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U.S. President Donald Trump's decision not to impose sanctions on Russia for now, under a law overwhelmingly passed by Congress, represents a missed opportunity to deter the Kremlin's aggressive behavior, former U.S. officials and Russia specialists said on Tuesday. The Trump administration late on Monday said it would not immediately impose sanctions under the law, designed to punish Moscow for meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
The public could very soon see the controversial and classified memo created by GOP staffers on the House Intelligence Committee detailing alleged abuses by the Department of Justice and FBI, after Republicans on the committee A White House official confirmed to CBS News the memo was couriered to the White House Monday evening, following the vote, for review. From there, the president has five days from the time of the vote to object to the release of the memo.
Bipartisan legislation that U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly helped introduce and pass in the Senate last fall to protect amateur athletes from sexual abuse passed the U.S. House of Representatives today. The Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act would require amateur athletics governing bodies to report sex-abuse allegations immediately to law enforcement or a child-welfare agency designated by the Justice Department.
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus will be protesting President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address in several different ways on Tuesday night, with the chairman not explicitly ruling out a walkout by some. Many of the CBC members, along with other Democrats outside of the caucus, will be wearing black as a sign of solidarity with victims of sexual assault.
Republicans and Democrats are at odds over the Trump administration's decision Monday to hold off on new sanctions that target Russia's intelligence and defense sectors. Lawmakers included the Russia sanctions in a bill signed reluctantly by President Donald Trump in August.
An MSNBC analyst asked two Democratic lawmakers if they believed Devin Nunes, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, was a "Russian agent." The lawmakers both demurred, responding that they believe it's more likely that Nunes is trying to protect President Donald Trump.
Gov. Eric Holcomb announced yesterday that Indiana has received an extension to continue operation of the state's Healthy Indiana Plan through Feb. 28. The current HIP program was set to expire Jan. 31. "We had hoped to receive approval of our expanded HIP program by Wednesday. We're close but we are still working through the final details of our new plan with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ," said Governor Eric Holcomb.
The head of the Trump administration's environmental agency, Scott Pruitt , once said that Donald Trump would be a danger to the Constitution. Add Donald Trump as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Donald Trump news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
While making the cable news rounds on Friday morning ahead of President Trump's State of the Union speech, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway called out men who have been accused of sexual misconduct by name on two occasions. But both times, she forgot to mention her boss, who has been accused of sexual assault by 14 women, and Steve Wynn, the former finance chairman of the Republican National Committee who is currently in the news for alleged serial sexual assault and harassment.
Attorney General Derek Schmidt recommended Monday to legislative leaders, the governor and public education officials an independent audit be performed of state appropriations to K-12 schools following disclosure $45 million was delivered during the past five years in apparent violation of Kansas law. Schmidt recommended the 2018 Legislature, the Kansas Board of Education and the Kansas State Department of Education collaborate on an examination to determine whether improper allocations were limited to transportation aid for more urban districts.
Sen. Angus King suggests that releasing the Nunes memo could risk national security: "That's why the FBI said this would be reckless to release it ... It could expose sources, people who might be embedded somewhere" https://t.co/XQ8jr2owrd https://t.co/GxAqVLmBCt Angus Stanley King The Hill's 12:30 Report Azar sworn in as HHS chief Chaos in Trump world leaves Democrats walking fine line MORE on Tuesday criticized House Intelligence Committee Republicans for voting to release a classified memo on activity within the FBI, saying it could endanger intelligence-gathering efforts. "Here's the problem: You can have something that may look innocent to you and I in a report that's based on intelligence data.
The president of the United States will stand in the chamber of the House of Representatives this evening and read a speech that one of his aides, Stephen Miller, has prepared for him. If Donald Trump follows an annual tradition, he'll assure the legislators, justices, military leaders and cabinet members gathered to hear him that "the state of our union is strong."
Republican Sen. Susan Collins: "It would be a devastating development if Mr. Mueller were in any way impeded in completing his investigation. It is absolutely essential that he be allowed to complete it" https://t.co/4fYEV1bMi3 Susan Margaret Collins Dems block 20-week abortion ban Pro-ObamaCare group launches new ads ahead of State of the Union, GOP retreat Portman gives Wynn donation to charities MORE must be permitted to finish his investigation into Russia's election meddling and any potential ties between Trump campaign staff members and Moscow.
Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, apparently disregarding Justice Department warnings that their actions would be ''extraordinarily reckless,'' voted Monday evening to release a contentious secret memorandum said to accuse the department and the FBI of misusing their authority to obtain a secret surveillance order on a former Trump campaign associate. The vote threw fuel on an already fiery partisan conflict over the investigations into Russia's brazen meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
In a campaign video ad produced for Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran , an "illegal immigrant" wearing a hoodie is depicted shooting a young, red-haired woman who is walking through a suburban neighborhood as she smiles and texts on her phone. In a voice-over, Corcoran says, "This could have happened to any family, anywhere," and added, "Incredibly, some Tallahassee politicians want to make Florida a sanctuary state."
Bill McKibben - journalist, gadfly, Bernie Sanders supporter, and briefly an inmate of Washington, D.C.'s Central Cell Block - is one of America's foremost environmental activists. As the founder of an organization known as " 350.org ," he leads a global network of climate change zealots who believe that persecuting energy companies involved in the production of fossil fuels is necessary to achieve "climate justice."
October, 2013, a drug dealer in Los Angeles nicknamed Dreamer organized an international conference call with members of MS-13, the Salvadoran-American street gang. There are roughly ten thousand MS-13 members in the United States, and some fifty thousand spread throughout Central America, but the gang is diffuse and disorganized, grouped in a loose patchwork of local chapters known as cliques.
In March of 2014, America first became aware of a practice soon come to be known as "McConnelling" - candidates posting hokey stock videos of themselves online that Super PACs could then pilfer and use in their own ads. At the time, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky uploaded an awkward reel of himself accomplishing several mundane tasks, including giving speeches, hanging out with his wife and flashing a million-dollar smile while staring deeply into voters' souls.
The Page-Strzok text exchanges might offer a few answers. Or, as Lisa Page warned her paramour as early as February 2016, at the beginning of the campaign and well before the respective party nominees were even selected: One more thing: she [Hillary Clinton] might be our next president.