Category: Government

President Trump said Tuesday that he misspoke when he seemed to dismiss allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 elections, stating clearly that he accepts the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusions as he sought to quell a bipartisan firestorm over his press conference with Vladimir Putin. The president clarified his remarks during a meeting with lawmakers […]

US President Donald Trump has defended Russia over claims of interference in the 2016 presidential election. After face-to-face talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Mr Trump contradicted US intelligence agencies and said there had been no reason for Russia to meddle in the vote. Mr Putin reiterated that Russia had never interfered in US affairs. […]

Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) on Sunday ruled out the possibility of impeaching Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, saying there is not enough support for his ouster. “I’m not convinced there is a movement,” Gowdy said on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” citing Politico’s recent report that a group of GOP lawmakers are preparing to impeach Rosenstein. […]

LONDON – President Donald Trump blamed his predecessor Saturday for not doing more to prevent and punish Russia’s cyber attack on Democratic email servers in an attempt to influence the 2016 presidential election. “The stories you heard about the 12 Russians yesterday took place during the Obama Administration, not the Trump Administration,” Trump tweeted, his first […]

WASHINGTON — Top Democrats called Friday for President Donald Trump to cancel his planned summit next week with Russian President Vladimir Putin following the announcement by the Justice Department that 12 Russian intelligence officers had been indicted over the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign during the 2016 presidential race. But […]

Russian hackers apparently made their first attempt to breach 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s private emails around the same time that then-candidate Donald Trump publicly called on Russia to recover the missing emails from her private server A new indictment released Friday as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Moscow’s election meddling […]

Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein announces indictment of 12 Russians for hacking the DNC during the 2016 election. A federal grand jury has indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers for allegedly hacking emails from the Hillary Clinton campaign and Democratic Party during the 2016 election, the Justice Department announced Friday. “The internet allows foreign adversaries to attack America […]

President Trump on Thursday said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent him a “very nice note” on future relations between the United States and North Korea, days after the Hermit Kingdom slammed “regrettable” talks with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s delegation. In the letter dated July 6, Kim thanked Trump for his “energetic and […]

WASHINGTON — Democrats can try to derail the confirmation of Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday. “The ramifications of this battle will last a generation or more. I’m going to fight this nomination with everything I’ve got,” the New York Democrat said on the steps of the Supreme […]

President Trump on Tuesday pardoned a pair of Oregon ranchers whose arson conviction became a focus for opponents of federal government land ownership. Dwight Hammond, 76, and his son Steven Hammond, 49, were convicted in 2012 and sent to prison on arson charges. They had set a series of fires on their ranch that spread […]

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sent out a dramatic, no-holds-barred fundraising email on Monday saying she is “determined to avenge President Obama if it’s the last thing I do” by preemptively opposing President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Pelosi, 78, is one of several top Democrats — including Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck […]

The former Democratic presidential nominee urges non-political appointees to stay in government as long as they can to fight for ‘facts and evidence and our values.’ The messages convey a sense of urgency, and are coming with increasing frequency. They are short, focused reactions to the latest “outrage” committed by President Trump. Some end by […]