House Intelligence Committee Threatens White House With Subpoena On yet another day when President Trump’s tweets are dominating the news, the top Republican and Democrat leading the House Intelligence Committee’s Russia probe said his tweets aren’t quite enough for them. In a statement Thursday, Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, and Rep. […]
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White House tweets misleading criticism of CBO analysis Seeking to bat down the news in a Congressional Budget Office report about the Senate’s Better Care Reconciliation Act, President Donald Trump’s administration attempted to undermine the CBO’s credibility in a tweet. The official White House account tweeted an image that said, […]
Contempt trial begins for Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio Former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, known for his hard-line stand against illegal immigrants, willfully violated a judge’s order stemming from a racial profiling case, a federal prosecutor said on Monday as trial opened in Arpaio’s contempt of court trial. A defense attorney […]
Trump misses his own deadline for ISIS news conference Monday marks two weeks since President Donald Trump said he would hold a news conference to detail the latest strategy against ISIS in two weeks. This is the second time the President has missed a deadline he set himself regarding a […]
College professor fired following remarks on Tucker Carlson Tonight A New Jersey college professor who appeared on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” to defend a black-only Black Lives Matter event has been fired after the college’s president said she made racially insensitive comments on the show, according to reports. Essex County College […]
Sniper hits ISIS target from over 2 miles away A Canadian special operations sniper successfully hit an ISIS fighter from a record-breaking distance of more than two miles away while assisting Iraqi forces in the push to retake Mosul, according to Canadian Special Operations Command. The unnamed marksman was part […]
Bill proposes letting U.S. lawmakers carry guns anywhere except Capitol Warning that members of Congress have a “bull’s eye on our backs,” a U.S. lawmaker said on Wednesday he had introduced a bill to make it legal for senators and representatives to carry guns anywhere in the country, except the […]
Attorney General Jeff Sessions hires private lawyer Attorney General Jeff Sessions has hired D.C. litigator Charles Cooper, CNBC has confirmed. Cooper, founding member and chairman of Cooper & Kirk, said he could not comment on confidential client matters. His name was among those floated as a potential pick for solicitor […]
Spicer may leave the press room podium behind for a more backstage White House role White House press secretary Sean Spicer is expected to transition to a more behind-the-scenes role overseeing communications strategy, part of a broader overhaul of the administration’s most public-facing operation that has long been the subject […]
Justices to Hear Major Challenge to Partisan Gerrymandering The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would consider whether partisan gerrymandering violates the Constitution, potentially setting the stage for a ruling that could for the first time impose limits on a practice that has helped define American politics since the […]
