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A former FBI lawyer who has been at the center of allegations about the basis for Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 election will not appear before congressional investigators despite a subpoena, her lawyer said on Tuesday night. Lisa Page, was to be questioned in private by congressional investigators Wednesday, a day before bureau agent Peter Strzok is to testify publicly about the beginnings of the government's Russia inquiry.
A cruise ship pilot with a keen eye spotted three kayakers in trouble last Thursday, July 5 on Clapperton Island in the North Channel, calling the Canadian Coast Guard in Trenton with the trio's whereabouts, aiding in their safe rescue courtesy of the United States Coast Guard that same evening. Captain Rory Grant, a pilot aboard the cruise ship Victory I, was piloting the ship around Clapperton when he noticed a great deal of smoke coming from the north tip of the island.
Bill and Hillary Clinton fly commercial TWICE in one weekend and the former president is spotted mingling with the masses while his wife hides away with Secret Service detail Bill and Hillary took a rare trip together over the weekend, with the pair heading down to Washington DC on Friday and then returning to New York on Sunday. And in an even rarer move, the two flew commercial, which gave their fellow Delta passengers and travelers at Ronald Reagan International Airport a chance to snag a selfie with the former president and former secretary of state.
Big-name Democrats will join thousands of educators in Pittsburgh this weekend when the American Federation of Teachers holds its biennial convention. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and U.S. Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are among the scheduled speakers for the event, which will begin Friday, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported .
Three University of Texas professors are asking a federal appeals court in New Orleans to revive their lawsuit challenging a law allowing concealed handguns on campus. The law requires public universities to allow people with concealed-handgun licenses to carry weapons on campus.
In this May 2016 photo, FBI agents conduct a search in and around a pond for Katherine "Kat" Tortice in McNary, Ariz. Andre Hinton, who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of his girlfriend Tortice on the eastern Arizona reservation, is set to be sentenced Tuesday, July 10, 2018.
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court of the United States: Judge Kavanaugh has a dangerous track record of protecting the privileges of the wealthy and powerful at the expense of working people. Any Supreme Court nominee must be fair, independent and committed to protecting the rights, freedoms and legal safeguards of all Americans.
One of Mayor Lenny Curry's political committees squandered about $120,000 last year by falling victim to an elaborate phone scam that police detectives traced back to Nigeria, according to reports from a Sarasota County Sheriff's Office investigation that included help from the U.S. Secret Service. In May 2017, Eric Robinson - a Sarasota County School Board member and an accountant well known for representing Florida Republican political committees, including Curry's - wired $119,797 from one of Curry's main political committees, Build Something that Lasts, to four different addresses ranging from Wyoming and Ohio to Missouri.
Oklahoma pushed ahead with emergency rules Tuesday aimed at fast-tracking operations of the medical marijuana industry, but not before concerned health officials tacked on requirements that cannabis advocates say will only slow things down. The state Board of Health narrowly voted to prohibit the sale of smokable marijuana and require that dispensaries must have a pharmacist on staff.
Emergency responders assist a passenger injured in a crash of a Taquan Air plane in mountainous terrain on Prince of Wales Island Tuesday, July 10, 2018, in Ketchikan, Alaska. All nearly a dozen passengers on board survived the incident, and were flown to Ketchikan aboard Temsco helicopters and transferred for medical care.
Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, will have a sweeping impact on American life if he's confirmed for the job. The growing power of technology and internet companies will be one of the issues where he may make his mark.
On Monday, July 9, the violence was directed against the Nicaraguan clergy, who have been denouncing the Ortega dictatorship's violent repression of dissent. Meanwhile, Pope Francis , was quoted by a Nicaraguan bishop as saying he was "worried" about the crisis, and as having encouraged the bishops "to continue forward in accompanying the suffering people and continue the work of dialogue."
Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill returns to his desk following a news conference at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Monday, July 9, 2018. Hill is rejecting calls to resign, saying his name "has been dragged through the gutter" amid allegations that he inappropriately touched a lawmaker and several other women.
A Senate panel has voted to approve President Donald Trump's nominee to lead Veterans Affairs. The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee agreed on voice vote Tuesday to back Robert Wilkie, currently a Pentagon undersecretary.
ICE has submitted budget increase requests for detaining illegal immigrants, and a significant portion of that should translate into private prison revenue. Brett Kavanaugh's appointment should strengthen the president's foothold and power to enact his policies, likely further increasing detainment and in turn profits.
White Americans' negative attitudes toward immigrants are driven overwhelmingly by racial prejudices, not "economic anxiety," according to a new working paper by political scientist Steven Miller of Clemson University. Immigration hard-liners, including President Donald Trump, often frame their arguments with ostensibly race-neutral appeals to public safety or economic interest.
Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday that while he would personally like to see the Supreme Court one day overturn its landmark 1973 ruling legalizing abortion, neither he nor President Donald Trump has discussed the issue with Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Asked by CNN's Dana Bash whether he wants to see Roe v.
Vice President Mike Pence and Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee, arrived at the U.S. Capitol for meetings with Republican leaders on Tuesday as the advise-and-consent process began. Yale Law Prof.
During a visit to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence, right, spoke about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, center, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell listened. Judges, particularly those on the Supreme Court, are expected to sit above the partisan fray.
Fox News' Shannon Bream said the network had to move a planned live broadcast indoors after she and her crew felt threatened by demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday following President Donald Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. People shouted obscenities at Bream and her crew, crowded around and touched crew members as they prepared to air Fox's 11 p.m. Eastern hour from the location two hours after the nomination, she said.