Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has reportedly advised President Trump to not fire Chief of Staff John Kelly in the wake of a scandal involving a White House staffer who was working under him. According to sources, McConnell has told …
Continue ReadingRanking Member on the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff alluded to the existence of more evidence that shows the Trump campaign colluded with Russia during the 2016 presidential election.
“There is certainly an abundance of non-public info that we have …
Continue ReadingTreasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin told the Senate Finance Committee today that the Trump administration is planning to implement new sanctions against Russia for meddling in the 2016 election. “We are actively working on Russia sanctions coming out of the classified …
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At least seventeen people have been killed in a mass shooting in Parkland, Florida today. The shooting took place at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Law enforcement responded to calls at the school shortly before 3 …
Continue ReadingRanking Member on the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff is criticizing the FBI for redacting too much information contained in the Democratic memo. The memo was written in response to a Republican memo that alleges abuse by the FBI in …
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Blue Cross of Idaho announced on Wednesday that it will begin offering insurance plans in the state that do not meet Obamacare’s requirements. The announcement comes in the wake of a controversial executive order from Governor …
Continue ReadingNBC News has published a list of more than 200,000 tweets that Twitter has said emanated from Russian-linked accounts trying to spread disinformation during the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The tweets contain inflammatory messaging and focus on divisive, partisan issues …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner appears to have increased his credit line debts by millions of dollars since joining the White House, newly released financial disclosure forms show. The revelations were made in financial disclosure forms filed by Kushner’s wife, …
Continue ReadingSenator Mitch McConnell is making one thing clear: it is now or never on immigration. The Majority Leader has vowed to have an open debate policy when it came to an immigration bill this week, notably allowing an “opportunity for …
Continue ReadingAuthorities are responding to a shooting at the headquarters of the National Security Agency, it was learned this morning. The NSA says the incident took place at a vehicle gate. One person is in custody and the situation appears to …
Continue ReadingThe third “phase” of House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes’ investigation into alleged abuses by the FBI and the Trump campaign will focus on former CIA Director John Brennan, among other Obama-era intelligence officials. Brennan was the director of the …
Continue ReadingThe CIA is denying a story by The New York Times and The Intercept that it was swindled out of $100,000 during secret negotiations with a Russian hacker. The Times and the Intercept originally reported that U.S. spies paid the …
Continue ReadingCalifornia Attorney General Xavier Becerra is threatening to sue the Trump administration if it adds a question about citizenship to the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau questionnaire. Becerra is co-leading a coalition of 19 attorneys general that have voiced strong opposition …
Continue ReadingU.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis of New York has become the second federal judge to place an injunction the Trump administration’s ending of the DACA program, the program that protects from deportation undocumented immigrants who were brought to the country …
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Law enforcement authorities responded to the Washington, D.C., office of former President Barack Obama this morning after a receiving a call of a white powder at the location. Emergency response personnel received the call at 11:05 …
Continue ReadingThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the government agency meant to protect consumers from predatory lending and unfair business practices would see its funding completely wiped out by 2019 under the President’s latest budget proposal. Nearly $6.4 billion in cuts under …
Continue ReadingThe Director of National Intelligence, testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee today, said that the U.S. remains under Cyber attack and that the attacks are continuous. “Frankly, the United States is under attack. Under attack by entities that are …
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