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Senators are harshly criticizing representatives of Facebook, Twitter and Google for not doing more to prevent Russian agents interfering with the American political process. At one point, Sen. Al Franken shook his head after he couldn't get all the companies to commit to not accepting political ads bought with North Korean currency.
An FBI affidavit shows that the 30-year-old adviser boasted that he got the go-ahead from his "side" when emailing with Russian operatives about potential meeting with high-level campaign officials. According to the Washington Examiner , the affidavit was left out of the court documents listing Papadopoulos' guilty plea.
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller said cyber security will be the number one future threat in the country, but for the time being, "counterterrorism and stopping terrorist attacks" is more important. Critics of Donald Trump have been calling for his impeachment since he became the US president 10 months ago.
CNN Crime and Justice reporter Shimon Prokupecz went on air to report on the Islamist truck attack in New York City today near the World Trade Center. Shimon refused to share the description of the bearded Muslim from Uzbekistan during the liver broadcast.
Authorities investigate the scene around a body covered under a white sheet next to a mangled bike along the bike path Tuesday Oct. 31, 2017, in New York. . A paramedic looks at a body covered under a white sheet along the bike path Tuesday Oct. 31, 2017, in New York.
Trump wants lawmakers to pass the plan by the end of the year to salvage a key plank of his 2017 agenda. US Republicans have delayed unveiling the Donald Trump-backed tax overhaul until tomorrow, signalling potential trouble ahead as congressional leadership struggles to lock in support for the historic but controversial effort.
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, says indictments handed down as a part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation should be a "wake up call" for the White House.
On October 24, The Washington Post reported that Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic National Committee hired the opposition research firm Fusion GPS to dig up dirt on Donald Trump. The firm then retained former British intelligence operative Christopher Steele, who assembled a dubious dossier from his Russian contacts.
Trump officials deny encouraging George Papadopoulos to engage with Russia even though the former aide pleaded guilty to lying about his talks with a 'Kremlin-linked professor' A former foreign policy adviser to Trump, Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying about communicating with individuals said to have ties to the Kremlin The former campaign aide was allegedly trying to arrange a meeting between then-GOP candidate Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin Papadopoulos told Special Counsel Robert Mueller that he was encouraged to cultivate ties to individuals said to be close to Putin The special counsel said Papadopoulos lied to FBI about when he learned from a professor that Russia claimed to have 'dirt' on Hillary Clinton 'My understanding is there wasn't encouragement,' White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters at her daily briefing on Tuesday Sam Clovis, a former ... (more)
City of Miami officials have calculated a preliminary cost estimate of handling debris from Hurricane Irma, $73 million, as they continue to dig out from the storm's lingering impact. Christopher Rose, director of the Office of Management and Budget, gave commissioners the tally during a budget report last week.
Miami Beach Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez has filed a police report against a commission candidate, complaining that he exposed himself to her. Rosen Gonzalez told the Miami Herald late Tuesday she had gone to police to tell them Rafael Velasquez, a candidate for the Group 2 commission seat in the Beach, flashed his penis while the two were in a car after having dinner Oct. 18 "I want to get a restraining order," she said, referencing a Facebook post where Velasquez tagged her in a denial and tried to discredit her story.
The government made the "wrong argument" in the case of a pregnant illegal immigrant who sought an abortion and should have stressed the teen had no constitutional right to the procedure, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton said Tuesday. In remarks on " The Joe Pags Show " on Newsmax TV , Paxton said instead the Department of Justice argued it did not want to facilitate an abortion, but a federal appeals panel decided the government could not block the 17-year-old from having it done.
Two national advocacy groups filed a federal lawsuit in Indiana on Tuesday challenging a rule change by President Donald Trump's administration allowing more employers to opt out of no-cost birth control for workers. The suit was filed on behalf of five women at risk of being denied birth control coverage, including three University of Notre Dame students.
The American Bar Association has issued a rare rating of "not qualified" to an Omaha attorney and former state prosecutor nominated for a seat on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The association said in a statement Monday that its committee on the federal judiciary had unanimously found Steve Grasz not qualified to fill a vacancy on the appellate court.
A driver pulled over on Interstate 24 last Wednesday for a traffic violation says he was paid to deliver more than a dozen illegal immigrants, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. THP says the driver was acting "extremely nervous" during the traffic stop and admitted he was driving the 16 immigrants from Houston, Texas, to Atlanta, Georgia.
Two members of the Senate Intelligence Committee introduced bipartisan legislation Tuesday aimed at safeguarding state election systems from foreign interference as their panel continues to probe Russia 's role in the 2016 U.S. presidential race. The multifaceted cybersecurity bill introduced by Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico and Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine would protect voting systems, registration data and ballots from being stolen or manipulated by malicious computer hackers by facilitating information sharing between federal and state election monitors while allocating government funds destined specifically for safeguarding election systems, among other measures, its sponsors said Tuesday.
Ketchikan Ready Mix and Quarry was presented the award by Regional Forester Beth Pendleton at the Tongass National Forest Forest Supervisor's Office in Ketchikan on September 19. Pictured from left, Beth Pendleton, Harold Enright, Tammy Carroll, Loren Enright, Morgan Enright, and Contracting Officer Mari Meiners. Ketchikan Ready Mix and Quarry has been named the USDA HUBZone Contractor of the Year by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON a It's one of those weeks in the capital, a week of indictments, special counsel intrigue, and legislative uncertainty. Republicans entered 2017 with the White House and majorities in Congress, and big-ticket campaign promises to fulfill.
In this Oct. 12, 2017, file photo, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly calls on a reporter during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington. Kelly told Fox News host Laura Ingraham in an interview that aired Oct. 30, 2017, that Confederate General Robert E. Lee was "an honorable man" and applying current thinking on social issues to figures in history is "very, very dangerous."