Feinstein: Sessions needs to clarify remarks about Russian interactions

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Sunday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions should come before the Senate again to clear up his statements about Russia and the Trump campaign. Feinstein, the Senate Judiciary Committee's top Democrat, said on CNN's "State of the Union" that she would discuss bringing Sessions before her panel with the committee's Republican chairman, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley.

David Sarasohn: Haphazard tax bill a hazard to Oregon

So Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, as ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, went down to the White House recently to talk to the president about the tax overhaul process, accompanied by other Democrats on the committee. One by one, the other Democrats explained to the president their predictable priorities on the bill: helping the middle class, protecting Social Security and Medicare, not exploding the deficit.

Democrats determined to lose 2016 election again on Tuesday, and…

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Donna Brazile fires back at Hillary Clinton staffers: ‘I’m not Patsy the slave’

"Yeah, I'm not Patsy the slave because I got sick and tired of people trying to tell me how the spend the money," Brazile said. Former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile said she's frustrated by the reaction of Hillary Clinton's campaign staffers who have criticized her opinions on what the Clinton campaign got wrong in the 2016 election.

Is Donna Brazile signaling the Clinton era is over?

Can it really be true? Are we finally over the years of both Bill and Hillary Clinton's coordinated grip on American politics? From all indications, the book scheduled for release November 7 written by former interim DNC chair Donna Brazile, "Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns that Put Donald Trump in the White House," will certainly bring that question into play. In order to protect her own reputation, she has clearly thrown Hillary Clinton under the bus.

I would gladly supply the piano wire and machetes for the H.W.-Dubya vs. DOPUS death match

Which is worse: Disgusting trailblazers who are surprised by what followed them or the further attempts at rehabilitating Bush I & II that will inevitably follow? Former President George H.W. Bush delivered a blunt assessment of Trump in historian Mark Updegrove's new book, titled "The Last Republicans," saying, "He's a blowhard." And former President George W. Bush also had harsh words for his Republican successor: "This guy doesn't know what it means to be president."

AP News in Brief 11-05-17

On his most grueling and consequential trip abroad, President Donald Trump stands ready to exhort Asian allies and rivals on the need to counter the dangers posed by North Korea's nuclear threat. The 12-day, five-country trip, the longest Far East itinerary for a president in a generation, comes at a precarious moment for Trump.