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In what was perhaps the most momentous week in the Russia investigation so far, headlines were dominated by the release of a highly controversial memo by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee. The document's central claim is that the Department of Justice and FBI bypassed proper protocol when they sought a warrant to surveil Carter Page, a former adviser to President Donald Trump's campaign.
As Donald Trump took to Twitter to try to convince Americans that the GOP's overhyped memo was not as much of a failure as it appeared to be, Twitter users were busy elsewhere -- tweeting jokes about the memo under the hashtag #YoMemoJokes. The hashtag, a clever play on words, was pushed to the top trending hashtag nationwide overnight.
Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page bragged that he was an adviser to the Kremlin in a letter obtained by Time that raises new questions about the extent of Page's contacts with the Russian government over the years. The letter, dated Aug. 25, 2013, was sent by Page to an academic press during a dispute over edits to an unpublished manuscript he had submitted for publication, according to an editor who worked with Page.
D for duplicitous: If you ask Bites, Rep. Doris Matsui , D-Sacramento, had it coming. Matsui claims she opposes the war in Iraq, but refuses to publicly commit to cutting off additional funding for the "Mess O' Potamia," as the Daily Show puts it.
Want to know what's happening first? Sign up for the Globe's breaking news alerts , delivered via Facebook messenger. President Donald Trump declassified a top secret congressional memo on Friday, claiming that it would vindicate his presidential campaign in the Russia probe.
An opioid epidemic that has claimed the lives of hundreds of Minnesotans. A giant backlog of uninvestigated maltreatment complaints at senior care homes.
Republicans who control a majority of the nation's statehouses are considering a wide range of abortion legislation that could test the government's legal ability to restrict a woman's right to terminate pregnancy. The Mississippi House passed a bill Friday that would make the state the only one to ban all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes speaks to the media about President Donald Trump's allegation that his campaign was the target of wiretaps on Capitol Hill in Washington March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein Longtime FBI agents - as well as other law enforcement officials - are furious with the Republican Party over the release of a memo compiled by the office of House intel head Rep. Devin Nunes that attacks an ongoing investigation into the Trump White House, saying conservatives have done irreparable damage to the agency that has always been considered a bastion of rectitude.
In the light of the suggestion in the Nunes memo that Steele was 'a longtime FBI source' it seems worth sketching out some background, which may also make it easier to see some possible reasons why he 'was desperate that Donald Trump not get elected and was passionate about him not being president.' There is reason to suspect that some former and very likely current employees of the FBI have been colluding with elements in other American and British intelligence agencies, in particular the CIA and MI6, in support of an extremely ambitious foreign policy agenda for a very long time.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan answers questions on the possibility of a government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol on January 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. In a tweet posted Saturday morning, Ryan praised the new tax law spearheaded by the Republican party.
Cassandra Stubbs, director of the ACLU Capital Punishment Project, speaks during the session, "A North American Perspective on the Death Penalty: The American, Mexican and Canadian Experiences," on Friday during the ABA Midyear Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. . When it comes to imposing the death penalty, the United States has long outpaced North American neighbors Canada and Mexico, according to the director of the ACLU Capital Punishment Project.
As F.B.I. Took a Year to Pursue the Nassar Case, Dozens Say They Were Molested - For more than a year, an F.B.I. inquiry into allegations that Lawrence G. Nassar, a respected sports doctor, had molested three elite teenage gymnasts followed a plodding pace as it moved back and forth among agents in three cities. Bucks County Judge Clyde W. Waite was nearly arrested at his own home for being black.
Justice Dept. told court of source's political influence in request to wiretap ex-Trump campaign aide, officials say The court that approved surveillance of a former campaign adviser to President Trump was aware that some of the information underpinning the warrant request was paid Why I Am Leaving the F.B.I. - One of the greatest honors of my life was walking across the stage at the F.B.I. Academy and receiving my special agent badge from the director at the time, Robert Mueller.
Justice Dept. told court of source's political influence in request to wiretap ex-Trump campaign aide, officials say The court that approved surveillance of a former campaign adviser to President Trump was aware that some of the information underpinning the warrant request was paid Why I Am Leaving the F.B.I. - One of the greatest honors of my life was walking across the stage at the F.B.I. Academy and receiving my special agent badge from the director at the time, Robert Mueller.
All this time after Watergate we have the modern version of All The President's Men, just without the break-in. You start with a political hack like Rep. Devin Nunes, who has to know he is through after his current term in Congress -but who produces a memo about supposed corruption and bias in the Justice Department that is about as well-written as a ransom note.
A central pillar of Rep. Devin Nunes' memo alleging wrongdoing by the FBI - that the government did not disclose the political bias of a source when seeking a surveillance warrant - is unfounded, several major US newspapers have reported. President Donald Trump on Friday declassified a memo spearheaded by the California Republican that alleges the FBI abused its authority in applying for a FISA warrant to conduct surveillance on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
The Republican National Committee on Friday approved a resolution in support of President Donald Trump's order to bar transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military. In July, Trump tweeted his call for a complete ban on transgender troops.
Donald Trump waves from Air Force One before departure from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Friday as he travels to Mar a Lago in West Palm Beach, Florida, for the weekend. Amid swirling partisan rancor in Washington, mere days after Donald Trump appealed for unity in his State of the Union address, the president fired yet another broadside at special counsel Robert Mueller and the investigation into Russian election meddling.
Donald Trump has claimed complete vindication from a congressional memo alleging the FBI abused its surveillance powers during the investigation into his campaign's possible Russia ties. But the memo also includes revelations that might complicate efforts by the President and his allies to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller's inquiry.
President Donald Trump on Saturday claimed complete vindication from a congressional memo that alleges the FBI abused its surveillance powers during the investigation into his campaign's possible Russia ties. But the memo also includes revelations that might complicate efforts by Trump and his allies to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller's inquiry.