The House of Representatives passed legislation that bolsters cybersecurity cooperation between the U.S. and Ukraine. The bill compels the State Department to provide support to Ukraine in fortifying its government networks and critical infrastructure.
The bill passed with an overwhelming …
Continue ReadingThe House Intelligence Committee voted last Monday to release a memo written by Democratic members that rebuts a Republican memo alleging FBI abuses. The committee voted unanimously to release the memo and send it to the White House for the …
Continue ReadingSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has moved to begin debate on an immigration bill in the Senate in an unorthodox way – by not starting with an immigration bill. McConnell said that he will not use a bill as …
Continue ReadingSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in has been invited to North Korea in what would be the first meeting between Korean leaders since 2007. The invitation was extended by Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong …
Continue ReadingDemocratic Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Dianne Feinstein, issued a minority report today criticizing the criminal referral that fellow committee members, Senators Grassley and Graham, sent to the Department of Justice over Christopher Steele, the author of the …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump has declined to release a Democratic memo that was written in response to the Republican memo released last week alleging abuses by the FBI. The President has sent the memo back and allowed the House Intelligence Committee to …
Continue ReadingRachel Brand, the associate attorney general and No. 3 official at the Justice Department, will be leaving her post it was learned today. Brand had been in that role for just nine months.
Brand had become the subject of much …
Continue ReadingAmazon is testing a delivery service that would compete with shipping giants UPS and FedEx, it was announced today. The service is being tested in Los Angeles and would only be available to businesses selling goods on Amazon’s platform, …
Continue ReadingTwo more government officials have resigned this week in relation to text messages exchanged between two FBI agents.
The inspector general for the Department of Justice has been conducting an investigation into the actions of the FBI as they relate …
Continue ReadingFBI monitoring of conversations of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page may have picked up conversations Page had with senior Trump aide at the time, Steve Bannon. Page, a former foreign policy advisor to Trump campaign, has been under …
Continue ReadingThe University of Wisconsin-Madison will begin offering free four-year tuition for students from low-to-moderate income families it was announced yesterday. The program, called “Bucky’s Tuition Promise,” pledges free tuition for eight semesters of in-state, incoming freshmen from homes with less …
Continue ReadingSecretary of Defense James Mattis is vowing not to deport any DACA recipients serving in the military even if the program expires. “We would always stand by one of our people,” the general said. “They will not be subject to …
Continue ReadingSenator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has made the second misleading claim regarding FBI texts and the Trump administration over the last several weeks. This one is about alleged involvement former President Barack Obama had in the FBI investigation into Hillary …
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration is planning several reforms to the federal Civil Service that would give agencies more discretion on hiring/firing, transfer of employees and pay decisions. The reforms, based on successful strategies employed by private-sector powerhouses like Google and Amazon, …
Continue ReadingQuestions about the resignation of White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter are now centering on what White House Chief of Staff John Kelly knew and when he knew it. Chief of Staff Kelly allegedly became aware of the allegations …
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government shut down for five and a half ours overnight, then reopened as Congress got a sufficient number of votes in line to pass a massive spending bill that will keep the government funded. The deal increases …
Continue ReadingMuch of talk in Washington D.C. this week was on the controversial Nunes Memo just released. In this episode, we discuss the revelation of a focus of special counsel Robert Mueller and why it may be the more significant development.…
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