Category: Government

The following farewell statement from the late Sen. John McCain was read aloud Monday at a press conference in Phoenix, by his former campaign manager Rick Davis: “My fellow Americans, whom I have gratefully served for sixty years, and especially my fellow Arizonans, “Thank you for the privilege of serving you and for the rewarding […]

Rudy Giuliani revealed that President Trump sought advice from his legal team on pardoning Paul Manafort, his former campaign chairman, while he was on trial in federal court for bank and tax fraud, a report on Thursday said. The former New York City mayor who’s representing the president in the Russia probe told the Washington […]

A tweet-storming President Trump kept up the pressure on embattled Attorney General Jeff Sessions with a pair of posts Saturday hinting that his top law enforcement officer could soon be axed from his administration. “Jeff Sessions said he wouldn’t allow politics to influence him only because he doesn’t understand what is happening underneath his command […]

President Trump on Friday said he has asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to put off his planned visit to North Korea and accused Pyongyang of slow-walking efforts to dismantle its nuclear program. Trump wrote in a tweet that a high-level visit is not appropriate at “this time, because I feel we are not making […]

Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a rare statement Thursday said that the Justice Department “will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.” In one of his toughest statements following criticism from President Trump, Sessions defended his leadership of the Justice Department, which has come under increasing attack from the president and his allies. “While I […]

HOUSTON — For Raquel, life without her children is like breathing with no air. The Salvadoran woman has been separated from her two sons since the end of June. She is one of hundreds of migrant parents who remain apart from their children three weeks after a court-mandated deadline for the Trump administration to reunite […]

New York Times reports that White House counsel Don McGahn is cooperating extensively with special counsel Robert Mueller. White House Counsel Don McGahn has spoken with investigators from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team multiple times, Fox News confirmed Saturday. The revelation comes amid a New York Times report, citing multiple sources, indicating that McGahn […]

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders reads a statement from President Trump, which cites former CIA Director John Brennan’s ‘erratic conduct and behavior.’ President Trump has revoked the security clearance for former CIA director John Brennan, the White House announced Wednesday, in the first decision to come from a review of access for several top […]

FBI official Peter Strzok, who played a lead role in both the Russian meddling and Hillary Clinton email probes but became a political lightning rod after the revelation of anti-Trump text messages, has been fired. Strzok attorney Aitan Goelman said in a statement Monday that his client, a 21-year FBI veteran, was fired Friday afternoon, […]

The Trump administration gave Turkey until last Wednesday to release American pastor Andrew Brunson from custody, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reported revealed. Erdogan mentioned the deadline in comments he made Sunday to his supporters in Trabzon, according to Reuters. The Trump administration threatened to impose additional sanctions on Turkey if it did not meet the deadline, Erdogan […]

A new poll has found that President Trump is as strongly disliked by the American public as former President Nixon was shortly before he resigned from office. A new Marist College poll found that 45 percent rated Trump’s job performance as poor — the same percentage who said Nixon was doing poorly as president in […]

President Trump ratcheted up his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Saturday, tweeting that Sessions was “scared stiff” and “Missing in Action” in defending him amid special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. Trump slammed Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence officer at the center of the […]