Category: Government

As House Democrats weigh imposing fines on members of the Trump administration figures to try to force officials to obey subpoenas, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., stressed the importance of having special counsel Robert Mueller testify before Congress. “The American people have a right to hear what the man who did the […]

Former CIA operative Valerie Plame, whose cover was blown by George W. Bush administration officials in a major scandal in the run up to the Iraq War, will run for an open House seat in New Mexico.  Plame filed papers Wednesday to formally open a campaign committee. A Democrat, she will run for the seat held […]

Now that the Department of Justice announced that President Trump is asserting executive privilege to protect redacted information in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report and its underlying evidence, here is how the privilege works and how it has been used in the past. Executive privilege allows the president to keep sensitive information away from other branches […]

The House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, escalating a growing feud between Democrats and the Trump administration over special counsel Robert Mueller‘s report. In a 24-16 vote, Democrats made a formal recommendation that the House hold Barr in contempt for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena […]

The White House has ordered former White House counsel Don McGahn not to turn over documents to Congress because President Trump may exert executive privilege to block their release. Pat Cipollone, the current top White House lawyer, wrote a letter on Tuesday asking the House Judiciary Committee to go through the White House to request […]

The House Judiciary Committee will vote Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt after he failed to comply with a subpoena to provide Congress with an unredacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 election and the underlying evidence, the panel announced Monday. The committee’s move is […]

The Trump administration plans to publish a new rule this week that would allow an additional 30,000 migrant workers to stay in the U.S. for seasonal work through the end of September, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Monday. Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan announced that his agency and the Department of Labor will […]

President Trump on Sunday said special counsel Robert Mueller should not testify on the findings of his probe into Russia’s election interference, suggesting the move was an attempt by Democrats to renew scrutiny on the White House after the release of Mueller’s long-awaited report. “After spending more than $35,000,000 over a two year period, interviewing […]

LOS ANGELES — On the same day the Trump administration said it would reunite thousands of migrant families it had separated at the border with the help of a “central database,” an official was admitting privately the government only had enough information to reconnect 60 parents with their kids, according to emails obtained by NBC […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi alleged Thursday that Attorney General Bill Barr “lied to Congress” and reportedly told colleagues in a closed-door meeting that he committed a crime — prompting a fiery rebuke from the Justice Department. Pelosi, D-Calif., addressed the issue publicly during a press conference late Thursday morning, hedging a bit on the question […]

A rift has opened between the two men over Barr’s handling of Mueller’s politically charged report on the Justice Department’s two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Barr’s testimony at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday offered new details about the differences between Barr and Mueller, who made clear his displeasure with Barr’s […]

Former FBI Director James Comey said in an interview Wednesday that President Trump may have obstructed justice in his decision to fire him. (AP) Former FBI Director James Comey wrote a scathing op-ed in the New York Times about President Trump and his influence over those in his administration, particularly Attorney General William Barr amid […]