The Trump administration admits that it derived a list of wealthy Russian oligarchs that it was required to submit to Congress from a list of wealthy Russian businessmen on Forbes.com. Asked if there was any truth to the rumors …
Continue ReadingConservative House Member Paul Gosar (R-AZ) is calling on Capitol Hill police and the Justice Department to arrest any undocumented immigrants that attend President Trump’s State of the Union address tonight. Gosar called on authorities to check identification all of …
Continue ReadingThe controversial memo written up by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee reveals that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein approved an application to renew surveillance of a former Trump campaign employee shortly after he was sworn in last spring.
Rosenstein …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump will deliver his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress tomorrow night. Here are the top five things the president will try to achieve in his first address as Commander-in-Chief.
Call for an …
Continue ReadingHouse Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said today that no comprehensive immigration reform package will be passed without Democratic votes. “Whatever we do is not going to pass with one party or another. If you want to do it, that …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump is breaking with Justice Department officials in calling for the release of a classified memo that alleges abuses by the FBI in the execution of FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The DOJ had previously told House Intelligence …
Continue ReadingTwitter revealed to Congressional lawmakers this week that Russian bots, or automated accounts, retweeted the president nearly 470,000 times during the final weeks of the presidential election. The company had reported that it has identified 201 accounts linked to …
Continue ReadingGoogle and Twitter told Congress that they have found no evidence of Russian influence efforts in the handful of U.S. special elections held last year. The companies responded to written questions from the Senate Intelligence Committee. The questions were a …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump’s first year in office has seen a record number of generic drugs approved for sale, according to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services. The Food and Drug Administration approved 1,027 generic drugs in …
Continue ReadingDemocrats on the House Intelligence Committee have written their own memo in response to a Republican memo detailing alleged abuses by the FBI and the Justice Department in administering the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA.
It has been reported …
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump suggested that DACA recipients will be allowed to remain in the country and will ultimately be given a pathway to citizenship as a part of a broader immigration deal he expects to strike with Congress in the …
Continue ReadingAn FBI agent expressed skepticism that the special counsel’s investigation into Russian meddling would uncover any serious wrongdoing in a text message to another agent. “You and I both know the odds are nothing. If I thought it was likely, …
Continue ReadingSenator Chuck Schumer is withdrawing his offer to negotiate funding for a wall along the southern border as part of an immigration compromise, he said yesterday. “We’re going to have to start on a new basis and the wall offer …
Continue ReadingThe Senate voted to reopen the government today. The list of Democrats who voted against the measure reads like a who’s who of Democratic presidential hopefuls for 2020.
Senator Cory Booker released a statement prior to the vote that read, …
Continue ReadingHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi rejected a proposal that would reopen the government that Senate Democrats have pledged to support.
“I don’t see that there’s any reason — I’m speaking personally and hearing from my members — to support what …
Continue ReadingThe Senate has reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the government.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats will support a bill to reopen the government and fund it until February 8. In exchange, Senate Majority Leader …
Continue ReadingThe government shutdown has entered its third day as lawmakers in Washington were unable to reach a compromise to reopen the government late Sunday night. A bipartisan group of twenty senators have been meeting throughout the weekend trying to …
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