At a Besieged White House, Tempers Flare and Confusion Swirls The bad-news stories slammed into the White House in pitiless succession on Tuesday, leaving President Trump’s battle-scarred West Wing aides staring at their flat screens in glassy-eyed shock. The disclosure that Mr. Trump divulged classified intelligence to Russian officials that […]
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Republican Representative Gowdy says he is not interested in FBI job Republican U.S. Representative Trey Gowdy, who was among 11 people being considered for director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said on Monday he is not interested in the job. Gowdy said in a statement that he told Attorney […]
Trump administration vastly expands global anti-abortion policy Trump administration vastly expands global anti-abortion policy:- The Trump administration said on Monday it was vastly expanding the scope of a policy blocking U.S. assistance to foreign groups that perform or provide information about abortions, a move critics say will hinder women's access […]
Strict North Carolina Voter ID Law Thwarted After Supreme Court Rejects Case The Supreme Court on Monday refused to revive a restrictive North Carolina voting law that a federal appeals court had struck down as an unconstitutional effort to “target African-Americans with almost surgical precision.” The court’s decision not to […]
Trump reassures farmers immigration crackdown not aimed at their workers President Donald Trump said he would seek to keep his tough immigration enforcement policies from harming the U.S. farm industry and its largely immigrant workforce, according to farmers and officials who met with him. At a roundtable on farm labor […]
Hillary Clinton officially launches resistance outside group Hillary Clinton officially announced Monday her post-2016 election plans: A political organization aimed at funding "resistance" groups that are standing up to President Donald Trump. Clinton tweeted that she was launching "Onward Together to encourage people to get involved, organize, and even run for […]
Trump expands ban on funding abortions overseas President Trump has moved to broaden a ban on federal dollars going to international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information, senior administration officials said Monday. The so-called "Mexico City Policy" would apply broadly to organizations receiving U.S. global health assistance, compared […]
Sessions sentencing plan would ruin lives The attorney general on Friday made an unfortunate announcement that will impact the lives of millions of Americans: he issued new instructions for prosecutors to charge suspects with the most serious provable offenses, "those that carry the most substantial guidelines sentence, including mandatory minimum sentences." […]
Clapper says Trump weakening U.S. institutions Former director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. warned Sunday that the nation’s institutions are being undermined by President Trump after his decision last week to fire FBI Director James B. Comey. Citing Russian influence in the U.S. election, Clapper told CNN’s Jake […]
Trump considering how move of U.S. Embassy in Israel could affect Mideast peace President Donald Trump is trying to determine how keeping his promise to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem could affect his hopes of brokering a peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians, his secretary […]
