Trump replaces White House lawyer on Russia probe Lawyer Emmet Flood, who advised President Bill Clinton in impeachment proceedings, will assist President Donald Trump with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election, replacing Ty Cobb, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Wednesday. The latest […]
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Louisiana election chief resigns amid sexual harassment scandal Louisiana’s chief election official, Secretary of State Tom Schedler, resigned on Tuesday in the face of what he called “an incredibly serious allegation” that he had sexually harassed a female employee. Schedler became the latest in a wave of dozens of businessmen, […]
Pompeo, on first day at State Department, promises new ‘swagger’ U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, arriving for his first day at the State Department, said on Tuesday he would help the U.S. diplomatic corps in “getting back our swagger” but offered few details about his plans for the agency. […]
Texas sues Trump administration to end ‘Dreamers’ program Texas and six other Republican-governed states on Tuesday sued the Trump administration to try to end a program launched by Democratic former President Barack Obama that protects immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children. The states filed suit in federal […]
Canada wants U.S. cooperation in turning back asylum seekers Under the Safe Third Country Agreement, or STCA, asylum seekers who arrive at a formal Canada-U.S. border crossing going in either direction are turned back and told to apply for asylum in the first country they arrived in. Canada wants the […]
Top Massachusetts federal prosecutor defends court immigration arrest Massachusetts’ top federal prosecutor defended a decision by immigration authorities to arrest a Chinese citizen at a courthouse this week after she was sentenced to probation, a move that outraged the judge overseeing her case. The judge had expressed concern that the […]
Travel Ban Case Is Shadowed by One of Supreme Court’s Darkest Moments I’m calling, very simply, for a shutdown of Muslims entering the United States,” Donald J. Trump said on Dec. 8, 2015. It was early in his presidential campaign, and he was saying that sort of thing all the […]
Pompeo to signal tough line on Moscow in Cabinet nomination hearing CIA Director Mike Pompeo will signal a harder line toward Moscow during his confirmation hearing on Thursday to become U.S. President Donald Trump’s new secretary of state, according to excerpts of his testimony. “Russia continues to act aggressively, enabled […]
Pressure grows for Missouri Governor Greitens to step down Missouri Governor Eric Greitens on Thursday faced another day of bipartisan pressure to resign or face impeachment after the release of a report finding that he abused and tried to blackmail a woman with whom he was having an affair. The […]
‘Momentum is on our side,’ Oklahoma teachers union leader declares with strike in ninth day Oklahoma teachers carried their walkout over school funding and higher pay into a ninth day on Tuesday as the Republican party governor signed school revenue bills that fell short of their demands. Lawmakers in the […]
