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US congresswoman Martha Roby has won Alabama's Republican run-off in a mid-term contest that hinged on loyalty to Donald Trump, despite fallout from her previous criticism of the US president. The four-term incumbent will now represent the Republicans on the November ballot, having defeated Bobby Bright, a former Democrat who tried to cast himself as the more authentic Trump ally in the low-turnout Republican contest.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson called for state Rep. Mickey Gates to resign Tuesday as the Hot Springs Republican faces criminal charges of failure to pay state income taxes. Gates, a two-term lawmaker, has yet to heed those calls.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, left, and Donald Trump. Photo credit: Hutchinson - Staton Breidenthal/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette; Trump-Jim Cole/AP President Donald Trump's comments Monday regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin and that country's election interference in the 2016 U.S. elections were "very disappointing," Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday in an interview.
Blistered by bipartisan condemnation of his embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to "clarify" his public undermining of American intelligence agencies, saying he had misspoken when he said he saw no reason to believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 U.S. election. "The sentence should have been, 'I don't see any reason why I wouldn't, or why it wouldn't be Russia.'
Facing a barrage of criticism from both parties over his comments during a news conference with President Vladimir Putin, Mr. Trump said on Tuesday that he had misspoken about whether Russia had tried to influence the 2016 election. Asked in Finland whether he believed Mr. Putin over American intelligence agencies, Mr. Trump had said: "He just said it's not Russia.
In the race to replace Attorney General Pam Bondi , both the Republican and Democratic primaries feature an establishment-backed candidate facing a challenge from a rival seeking to ride a groundswell of support to victory. On the GOP side, Tampa-area judge Ashley Moody has received Bondi's endorsement, along with the backing of other top Florida Republican leaders, including most of the GOP sheriffs in the state.
President Donald Trump struggled Wednesday to contain the furor over his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he gave conflicting signals about whether he believes there's any ongoing threat to American elections from Moscow. President Trump struggles to contain firestorm over Putin summit President Donald Trump struggled Wednesday to contain the furor over his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he gave conflicting signals about whether he believes there's any ongoing threat to American elections from Moscow.
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Donald Trump has backed away from his public undermining of American intelligence agencies after he was blistered by bipartisan condemnation in the US. The president said he simply misspoke when he said he saw no reason to believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 election that put him in the White House.
In this Sept. 16, 2015, file photo, former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson listens as President Barack Obama speaks to business leaders at the quarterly meeting of the Business Roundtable in Washington to renew his calls for increased spending in infrastructure, education and scientific research.
Kelly seemed taken aback by the criticism at a forum in Wichita Tuesday night, saying that she has fought hard to expand the medical care program since the day it became an issue for the state. The exchange came near the end of a 1 A1 2 hour debate sponsored by The Wichita Eagle and KPTS public television .
The head of the nation's largest electronic spy agency and the military's cyberwarfare arm has directed the two organizations to coordinate actions to counter potential Russian interference in the 2018 midterm elections. The move, announced to staff at the National Security Agency last week by NSA Director Paul Nakasone, is an attempt to maximize the efforts of the two groups and comes as President Donald Trump in Helsinki on Monday said Russian President Vladimir Putin was "extremely strong and powerful" in denying Russian involvement in the presidential election two years ago.
With barely a week to go before the brass-knuckled Republican run-off for governor of Georgia comes to a halt, there are growing signs that the contest is coming to a showdown between the "outsider" wing of the party more closely aligned with Donald Trump and the "insider" or "establishment" faction. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, considered the favorite of the GOP establishment, leads Secretary of State Brian Kemp, widely considered the Trump-style "outsider," by a razor-thin margin of 44 to 43 percent among likely voters in the July 24 runoff, according to a poll from independent firm Cygnal.
America's child president had a playdate with a KGB alumnus, who surely enjoyed providing daycare. It was a useful, because illuminating, event: Now we shall see how many Republicans retain a capacity for embarrassment.
U.S. Rep. Martha Roby won Alabama's Republican runoff on Tuesday, fighting through lingering fallout from her years-old criticism of then-candidate Donald Trump in a midterm contest that hinged on loyalty to the GOP president. The four-term incumbent will now represent the GOP on the November ballot having defeated Bobby Bright, a former Democrat who tried to cast himself as the more authentic Trump ally in the low-turnout Republican contest.
After an unusually fractious debate among Republicans about Rep. Martha Roby's fealty to President Donald Trump-which resulted in a bitter runoff for the GOP nomination Alabama's 2nd Congressional District-Roby has defeated former Rep. Bobby Bright to officially clinch a spot on the November ballot. Roby, the four-term incumbent, failed to win a majority of the Republican vote last month, setting the stage for Tuesday's runoff.
Former CIA Director Michael Morell said he would advise senior intelligence officials to consider resigning from the Trump administration. Veuer's Sam Berman has the full story.
In the controversy over Saturday's police killing of an armed black man, Mayor Emanuel is NOT taking a position on whether the shooting was justified. "There's a lot of questions," the mayor added, "My view is as the mayor, COPA's gonna do their job.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a joint news conference after their meeting in Helsinki - More than half of Americans disapprove of the way U.S. President Donald Trump is handling relations with Russia, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted after his controversial summit and joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, Trump's performance at the Helsinki summit, where Trump refused to blame the Russian leader for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and cast doubt on the findings of U.S. intelligence agencies, did not seem to have an impact on his overall approval rating.