Trump pressures Jeff Sessions to fire Bruce Ohr for murky dossier link
The White House has threatened to revoke Ohr’s security clearance. On Friday, Trump told reporters he expected to remove the clearance “quickly.” The White House did not immediately respond to a...
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Nazi labor camp guard caught by ICE, deported to Germany, White House says
The last known Nazi collaborator living in the United States — a 95-year-old former camp guard who played an “indispensable role” in the murders of thousands of Jews — was deported to Germany from his...
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US to put a 25% tariff on every car from European Union
Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump holds a rally at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. March 20, 2017. President Donald Trump said Tuesday night that the U.S....
View ArticleDems seize on Cohen plea deal to push off Kavanaugh hearings, call Trump...
A day after ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws, Democrats eager to prevent a conservative majority on the Supreme Court are seizing on the plea to demand...
View ArticleTed Cruz leads Beto O’Rourke in Texas Senate race: NBC News/Marist poll
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz looks to have a fight on his hands to keep his Senate seat in red Texas. The conservative holds only a slim edge over insurgent Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke, according to an...
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Senate approves spending bill without provision to ban arming teachers
Congress has until the end of September to avoid a government shutdown. (REUTERS/Larry Downing) The Senate overwhelmingly approved an $854 billion measure Thursday that combines military spending...
View ArticleTrump taunts Attorney General Jeff Sessions
President Donald Trump resumed his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday, a day after they held their fire during a White House meeting amidst their Twitter battle over the Justice...
View ArticleUS cuts aid to Palestinians by more than $200 million
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has decided to cut more than $200 million in bilateral aid to the Palestinians, following a review of the funding for projects in the West Bank and Gaza, the...
View ArticleUS Army’s new future war command located in Austin, Texas
The command shares the slick glossy floors and mixed-material architecture with University of Texas School of Engineering, as well as with Capital Factory, a vibrant open office space focused on...
View ArticleJohn McCain’s US Senate seat: What happens next?
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey will have big shoes to fill as he mulls over who he will appoint to temporarily fill the U.S. Senate seat of the late John McCain until a special election can be held to...
View ArticleLife and times of an American maverick in photos
Son and grandson of admirals, Navy aviator, POW, congressman, senator, presidential candidate. And maverick. That was John McCain. McCain died Saturday. He was 81. The Republican senator from Arizona...
View ArticleKavanaugh’s confirmation climb: Partisan opposition to court picks...
Once upon a time, Supreme Court nominees stood a good chance of garnering broad bipartisan support. Those days are gone. As Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, prepares...
View ArticleTrump orders flags re-lowered for McCain ‘despite our differences’
Trump and McCain had squabbled with each other as far back as July 2015, when then-candidate Trump mocked McCain’s vaunted status as an American hero as being merely “because he was captured.” “I like...
View ArticleRon DeSantis, Rick Scott projected to win primaries in Florida
Trump-backed Rep. Ron DeSantis will defeat state Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam in Florida’s gubernatorial primary, the Fox News Decision Desk projects. Also, Florida Republican Gov. Rick Scott...
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John McCain’s ‘spunky’ 106-year-old mother to attend his services
Then-Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., talks to reporters after appearing on a television program with his mother, Roberta McCain, left, in Washington, May 13, 2007....
View ArticleTrump says Jeff Sessions is safe until at least November: Report
President Donald Trump said Thursday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will stay in his post until at least the November midterm elections, according to a new report. “I just would love to have him...
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Will lame duck Jerry Brown commute sentences of every single death row inmate...
Some of California’s most notorious death row inmates. Top row, left to right: Run P. Chhoun; Scott Peterson; Richard Farley; Randy Kraft. Bottom row, left to right: Ramon Salcido; Charles Ng; Marcus...
View ArticleTrump going to Texas to campaign for Ted Cruz, as Beto O’Rourke surges
The same August Marist poll that showed O’Rourke closing in on Cruz also revealed that the president’s approval ratings among adults in the Lone Star State are underwater. Only 43 percent of the...
View ArticleRequest to end DACA from multiple states denied by federal judge
Seven states suing to overturn DACA Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina and West Virginia have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over DACA program; Heritage...
View ArticleJohn McCain buried at Naval Academy next to lifelong friend
Sen. John McCain was laid to rest Sunday — on a grassy hill at the U.S. Naval Academy within view of the Severn River and earshot of midshipmen present and future, and alongside a lifelong friend....
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