The special counsel Robert Mueller’s office has told defense lawyers in recent weeks that it is “tying up loose ends” in the ongoing investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 ...
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Pompeo denied Saudi leader’s involvement in journalist’s murder
Washington (CNN)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo doubled down Saturday on the United States’ support for Saudi Arabia and declined to comment on a CIA assessment that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad ...
Read More »Congress introduced a two-week funding bill to avert government shutdown
Congressional leaders introduced a two-week funding bill Monday to avert a partial government shutdown over President Donald Trump’s border wall, as business in the Capitol came to a standstill for ...
Read More »CIA director to brief handful of senators on journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s death
CIA Director Gina Haspel is headed to Capitol Hill Tuesday morning to brief a limited group of senior senators on the role top Saudi Arabian officials played in the death ...
Read More »It’s time to remove the 181-year ban on religious headwear on the House floor
Democrats have drafted a proposal of rules for Congress once they take over the House of Representatives in January. One of the proposals is doing away with a 181-year ban ...
Read More »Bush family will let Trump attend funeral but won’t let him speak
Trump will not be eulogizing President George H.W. Bush at his funeral, continuing the trend of Trump being excluded from the events surrounding the deaths of major political figures. Trump ...
Read More »Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. were close to being charged
This article is a collaboration between ProPublica, WNYC and The New Yorker and is not subject to our Creative Commons license. In the spring of 2012, Donald Trump’s two eldest ...
Read More »Ocasio-Cortez calls for lawmakers to pay staffers a living wage
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Monday called on lawmakers in Congress to increase pay for members of their staff, saying that staffers currently don’t make a living wage. Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a ...
Read More »Special counsel will make Manafort memo public by Friday
Special counsel Robert Mueller‘s team is poised to make public a sentencing memo about former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort by Friday, special counsel spokesman Peter Carr told Yahoo News on Monday. Mueller is also ...
Read More »Congress poised to punt on government spending fight over border wall
Congressional leaders are planning to delay a spending fight until after the memorial ceremonies for former President George Herbert Walker Bush are completed. House leaders are drafting a bill to ...
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