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Trump handling of security information at Mar-a-Lago queried by House panel

President Donald Trump’s handling of U.S. security information at his Florida resort came under congressional scrutiny on Tuesday as a watchdog panel asked the White House to explain reports that Trump dealt with a sensitive foreign policy issue in view of club guests. Representative Jason Chaffetz, head of the House of Representatives oversight committee, sent a letter asking the White House for details on how Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe responded to a North Korean ballistic missile test while visiting the Mar-a-Lago golf resort over the weekend.

Report: Friedman will apologize for using a kapoa to describe liberal Jews

President Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, is expected to apologize during his Senate confirmation hearing for derogatory statements he has made against liberal Jews. Representatives of the nominee told Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., who is the senior Democratic member of the Foreign Relations Committee that will hold the confirmation hearing, that Friedman will apologize for use of the term “kapo” to attack J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.

Perth teenager Kandi Hewitt still missing after six months

Explosive phone records and intercepted calls show ‘Trump aides and campaign staff were in constant communication with Russian intelligence officers before the election’… and Donald WAS briefed Is there a conspiracy inside Washington to destroy Trump’s inner circle? Top Republican claims Flynn was the appetizer – Kellyanne will be next and Trump is ‘the entree’ ‘This is a colossal scandal’: Clinton campaign officials slam alleged Trump ties to Russia after ‘records show his staff contacted intelligence officers prior to election’ Rantings of the brilliant general who lost the plot: How Mike Flynn went from one of US’s most respected intelligence officers to the country’s ‘angriest general’ Pictured: Female assassin sent by Kim Jong-un to murder his playboy half brother at a Malaysia airport as taxi driver who helped poison hit squad escape is arrested Inside the drug ring run by … (more)

Mika Brzezinski puts mansion on sale for $2million

Mika’s moving on: Morning Joe co-host puts her New York mansion on sale for $2million after divorcing her husband The MSNBC presenter’s three-storey home, on a third of an acre of land, has six bedrooms and four bathrooms Morning news anchor Mika Brzezinski has put the New York mansion she bought with her ex husband on the market. The 102 year old Tudor-style home in Bronxville is on sale for a cool $2.09 million, $200,000 more than she and former spouse James Hoffer paid for it in 2012.

From Russia With The Opposite of Love

And then Hillary warned every one, repeatedly that Trump was compromised by Russia and everyone was like, “That’s nice, BUT HER EMAILS.” And then Russia actually did interfere to influence our election, just like Trump asked them to.

A Republican Carbon-Tax Proposal: Pros and Cons

The Feb. 8 New York Times op-ed “A Conservative Case for Climate Action” has provided the sole even slightly hopeful piece of news I’ve seen this year from Republicans -here statesmen rather than politicians. This proposal is spelled out at greater length here.

Why Arab Autocrats Haven’t Confronted Trump

You’d think, given the harsh anti-Muslim Trump administration in Washington, that the Arab kings and dictators would be lining up to condemn the ruthless sectarian laws being drawn up by an American President who approves of torture. All that claptrap about “bad dudes” and “Islamic terror”.

It’s Getting Late Early: the Left and the Working Class

The accidental genius of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, particularly with a programmed establishment type like Hillary Clinton to run against, is how in its own way it covered the both right and left flanks. With all Trump’s babbling about carnage and ‘inner cities’ he hit on the traditional rightwing terror of being overwhelmed and slaughtered by the expanding colored hordes.

Why Trump’s Iran Policy Will Be Much Like Obama’s

The first public pronouncements by President Donald Trump’s administration on Iran have created the widespread impression that the US will adopt a much more aggressive posture towards the Islamic Republic than under Barack Obama’s presidency. But despite the rather crude warnings to Tehran by now ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn and by Trump himself, the Iran policy that has begun to take shape in the administration’s first weeks looks quite similar to Obama’s.

A Chat with Joshua Frank on Trump, Russia and US Intel: “The Goal of Impeachment”

Andrew Smolski: What do you make of the recent New York Times story that Trump aides have had repeated contacts with Russian intelligence? Is it because of the insults toward US intel agencies? Or are they genuinely that motivated for a war with Russia? Is this just incompetence on the part of Trump and Co.? Joshua Frank: Honestly, I think it has less to do with Russia and more to do with their dislike for Trump. Russia is the excuse, not the cause.

How a Russian Steel Oligarch and Putin Ally Is Profiting from Keystone XL

Believe it or not, there’s a key connection to Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin, in the fight over North America’s controversial Keystone One of President Donald Trump’s first actions in office was to sign an executive order on January 24 expediting the approval of the Keystone . Owned by TransCanada, this tar sands oil pipeline was halted by former President Barack Obama in November 2015.

Flynn, Russia and the World of Conspiracy Thinking

Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn has a well deserved reputation for conspiracy thinking. Presumably he will assume that the U.S. intelligence community, including the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the former director of National Intelligence, conducted a campaign to force his removal from the Trump administration.

For GOP, a dimmed zeal for investigations in Trump era

In this Feb. 14, 2017, photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan Wis., responds to reporters about the ouster of Michael Flynn, President Trump’s national security adviser, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Republicans’ ardor for investigations and oversight, on display throughout the Obama administration, has cooled off considerably with Donald Trump in the White House.

Residents say 1st atom bomb test caused cancer cases

Residents say the world’s first atomic bomb test caused generations of southern New Mexico families to suffer from cancer and economic hardship, according to surveys gathered by an advocacy group seeking compensation for descendants. The surveys released Friday detailed residents’ stories from areas around the 1945 Trinity Test and argue that many Hispanic families later struggled to keep up with cancer-related illnesses.

Report: Harrison Ford has jet run-in at California airport

NBC-TV says Ford had a potentially serious run-in with an airliner at a Southern… . FILE – In this March 5, 2015 file photo, a World War II-era trainer airplane rests on the ground after actor Harrison Ford crash-landed it after reporting engine failure on the Penmar Golf Course in the Venice area o… SANTA ANA, Calif.

Tensions over Trump deepen fractures among American Jews

The early weeks of the Trump administration have widened divides between liberal and conservative Jews, setting off quarrels over anti-Semitism, Israel and the Holocaust. Well before the 2016 election, discussion over Israel had become so barbed among Jews that Jewish groups began organizing civility training so relationships and holidays wouldn’t be ruined.

The trade war comes to the prairie

Doyle Lentz has grown barley, wheat, soybeans and canola for decades on his land in North Dakota, a farm that has been in the family for generations. Just outside of Rolla, North Dakota, a town of about 1,300 people west of the Red River Valley, his rolling, fertile land might seem a world away from coastal ports, international business deals and the very idea of “globalism.”

President Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration for Hoopa Valley Tribe

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the Hoopa Valley Tribe to supplement the Tribe’s recovery efforts in the areas affected by a severe winter storm from January 3 to January 5, 2017. Federal funding is available to the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the severe winter storm.

Flynn episode ‘darkens the cloud’ of Russia that hangs over Trump administration

To continue reading up to 10 premium articles, you must register , or sign up and take advantage of this exclusive offer: The ouster of Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, caught by intelligence agencies speaking with the Russian ambassador about U.S. sanctions and then misleading administration officials about the interactions, marked the latest chapter in a months-long saga in which Trump has been unable to break free from the shadow of the United States’ longtime rival. Two advisers left the campaign amid questions about their ties to Moscow and the oligarchs that hold sway there.

FBI interviewed Michael Flynn about his talks with Russian ambassador

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Flynn departure erupts into a full-blown crisis for Trump White House

In this image made from a video taken on Dec. 10, 2015 and made available on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, US President Donald Trump’s former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Moscow. Flynn, who resigned following reports that he misled White House officials about his contacts with Russia, was seen attending the 10th anniversary of the Russian television network RT in 2015 where Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a speech.

Trump’s people talked with Russian intelligence in year leading up to election: reports

WATCH ABOVE: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump invited Russia to find and reveal classified U.S. government documents and emails belonging to the Democratic Party during an event Wednesday. Members of U.S. president Donald Trump’s campaign team and others affiliated with the then-candidate talked with Russian intelligence in the year leading up to the U.S. presidential election, the New York Times reported Tuesday.

Top StoryUS arrests Mexican immigrant ‘dreamer’ in Seattle

A man who was brought to the U.S. illegally as a child but was protected from deportation by the Obama administration has been taken into custody in the Seattle area in what could be the first case of its kind in the country. Daniel Ramirez Medina, 23, was arrested Friday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who went to the suburban Seattle home to arrest the man’s father.