Category: Government

Lawmakers on Sunday rallied to the defense of special counsel Robert Mueller after concerns were raised over his job security following the abrupt firing of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Friday that he fired the FBI’s No. 2 official in a move that roiled Washington, D.C., and spurred a […]

The Associated Press is reporting that former deputy director of the FBI Andrew McCabe maintained personal memos regarding the president. Newly fired FBI official Andrew McCabe kept personal memos similar to those compiled by James Comey on interactions with President Donald Trump, who axed Comey as FBI director. The memo disclosure on Saturday, confirmed to […]

(‘WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s company said Thursday that it has been turning over documents for months in response to requests from federal investigators looking into Russian election interference and possible coordination with Trump associates. An attorney for The Trump Organization said in a statement to The Associated Press that the company has been “fully […]

Tillerson praised State Department officials and Defense Department staff for their work during his tenure, while also thanking members of the military and the American people. But Tillerson did not mention Trump by name, only referring once to the president. “I received a call today from the president of the United States a little after noontime from Air Force […]

The Wall Street Journal’s Jerry Seib says President Trump’s credibility with the NRA puts him in a unique position. President Trump is set to announce recommendations Sunday night on stopping school shootings that will include calls to increase the minimum age for buying long guns to 21, Fox News has learned. Trump also is expected […]

Five and a half hours after testifying before a grand jury in the Russia probe, a former political adviser to Donald Trump told ABC News exclusively that he believes the investigation is “warranted.” “No, I don’t think it’s a witch hunt,” Sam Nunberg told ABC News. “It’s warranted because there’s a lot there and that’s […]

The U.S. economy added a robust 313,000 jobs in February, the fastest pace of growth since summer of 2016, as tax cuts stoked the tightening labor market. The unemployment rate was 4.1 percent for the fifth straight month, the lowest level since December 2000, when it was 3.9 percent, the Labor Department reported on Friday. February […]

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO March 6 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department sued the state of California over so-called “sanctuary” policies that try to protect illegal immigrants against deportation, ramping up a confrontation over whether local police should enforce federal law. The lawsuit, filed late Tuesday in federal court in Sacramento, the California state capital, takes aim […]

A federal judge ruled this week that Idaho can no longer automatically bar transgender people from changing the sex listed on their birth certificates. A judge for the U.S. District Court said on Monday that Idaho’s Department of Health and Welfare violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution by automatically denying transgender Americans’ requests to […]

West Virginia teachers are striking over better pay and benefits. A statewide teacher strike in West Virginia entered its eighth day Monday without a clear resolution in sight—keeping 277,000 students away and particularly hurting those who rely on school-provided free meals in a state where the poverty rate is 17.9 percent. Although teachers have said […]

Washington (CNN)Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said Thursday that chief of staff John Kelly is running the West Wing through a culture of fear and predicted more departures from the White House are to come, adding that “morale is terrible.” “The morale is terrible. The reason why the morale is terrible is that […]

National security advisor H.R. McMaster could leave the White House as early as next month, which would mark only the latest in a series of Trump administration departures, NBC News reported Thursday. Ford executive Stephen Biegun is among the possible successors for the Army lieutenant general, NBC said, citing five people familiar with the discussions. […]