Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s investigation into the Trump campaign’s relationship with Russia could soon be coming to a close. CNN reports that, as early as next week, Attorney General William Barr is preparing to announce the probe has ended. Soon after the announcement, Barr will submit to Congress a summary …
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Update: A spokesperson for McCabe released a statement on Friday claiming that comments McCabe made about discussing the 25th amendment have been “misrepresented.” Original text below. *** Last month, theNew York Timesreported that after President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in May 2017, the bureauopened a counterintelligence investigationto determine …
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Don’t forget about Russia. President Trump’s scheme to hold 800,000 federal employees hostage over border wall funding has dominated news coverage since the government began operating under a partial shutdown on December 21st, but Special Counsel Robert Mueller is still busy looking into his campaign’s relationship with Russian President Vladimir …
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Update 1/15/19:Late Monday, House Republican leaders removed Rep. Steve King (R-IA) from the House Judiciary Committee and the House Committee on Agriculture. “That is not the party of Lincoln,” Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said of King’s comments. “It is definitely not American. All people are created equal in America, and …
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When it was reported on Wednesday that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will leave the Justice Department once William Barr is confirmed at the new attorney general, many took it to mean that Rosenstein has faith that Barr will protect the integrity of the Mueller investigation. This may be true, …
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is not your typical member of Congress. After just a few days in office, she is already exchanging barbs with the Republican leadership and pundits on social media, defending herself against their criticisms. It started with a dance. Conservatives began circulating a video of Ocasio-Cortez dancing …
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On Saturday,Brett McGurk,special presidential envoy to the coalition fighting ISIS, resigned in response to President Donald Trump‘s decision to withdraw troops from Syria. He follows Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who resigned earlier in the week, citing the same reason. McGurk was originally planning to leave the administration in early 2019, …
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Vice President Mike Pence tweeted, and soon deleted, a photo on Friday showing him with a police officer who wore a patch with a “Q” patch, signaling belief in the QAnon conspiracy, prominently displayed on his uniform. QAnon is an internet-based baseless anti-government conspiracy theory that has been pushing the …
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The other day, after visiting the Camp Fire near Paradise, California, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke figured out who was to blame for the worst wildfire in California history, which has burned more than 105,000 acres, destroyed 12,600 homes, and killed at least 81 people (as of Wednesday morning, there are …
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WASHINGTON —The office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller referred to the FBI an apparent plot involving a lobbyist and conspiracy theorist who had reportedly offered to pay a woman to make sexual misconduct allegations against Mueller. The Atlantic reported Tuesday that Mueller’s office was alerted to the scheme by journalists …
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