Category: Government

NEW YORK –  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday called the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy that has separated children from their parents at the southern U.S. border “a moral and humanitarian crisis.” Speaking at an awards lunch for the Women’s Forum of New York, Clinton said what was happening to families at […]

“The United States will not be a migrant camp and it will not be a refugee holding facility — it won’t be,” Trump said at the White House during a meeting for his space council. “I say it’s very strongly the Democrats’ fault,” he said Monday. “If the Democrats would sit down instead of obstructing, we […]

Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon said that Martin Luther King, Jr. would be “proud” of what President Donald Trump has done for African-American and Latino workers in the U.S. Karl pushed back on Bannon’s claim that Martin Luther King, Jr. would be proud of the effects of Trump’s policies on minorities. “I think […]

Donald Trump told reporters on Friday, when asked about separating migrant families at the U.S.-Mexico border: “I hate the children being taken away. The Democrats have to change their law. That’s their law.” No, it’s not. No law mandates separating families. The administration’s current policy was announced April 6 and went into effect in May. […]

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday offered a full-throated defense of the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents at the border, saying that having kids does not give migrants immunity from prosecution — and found justification for his policies in the Bible. Sessions — who last month announced a “zero tolerance policy” […]

With the IG report on the Hillary Clinton email investigation about to be released, here is who could be in the report’s crosshairs and why they are potential targets. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, on the eve of the release of a long-awaited watchdog report on the Hillary Clinton email case, pointedly warned that the findings […]

Former FBI Director James Comey “deviated” from FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) procedures in handling the probe examining Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, according to the highly anticipated DOJ inspector general report expected to be released in full on Thursday. The report conducted by DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz says the […]

President Donald Trump said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “learned” from the mistake of criticizing him, and it’s going to cost Canada “a lot of money.” At a news conference Tuesday after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Trump recounted his recent tough exchanges with Trudeau. He said the Canadian leader must […]

When President Trump and Kim Jong Un meet, it will be the result of strenuous diplomacy by officials from the U.S., North Korea and other countries. Here are some of the key figures at the summit. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has traveled twice to Pyongyang to pave the way for this summit. A former […]

A federal judge on Monday ordered Washington state prisons to provide nighttime meals to Muslim inmates observing Ramadan, according to The Associated Press. The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit from the Muslim advocacy group the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which accused the state’s corrections department of violating inmates’ constitutional rights. The lawsuit, […]

Former President Obama has been privately meeting with possible 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, Politico reported Monday. Obama has reportedly held one-on-one sessions with at least nine candidates in his D.C. office over the past few months, including former Vice President Biden, Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick […]

QUEBEC CITY — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was pulling the U.S. out of the Group of Seven’s official statement of common values and accused Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the host of the G-7 conference, of “false statements.” An administration official earlier had said that Trump would join the summit communiqué. Trump […]