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Democrats Launch Investigation Into Gov’t Spending At Trump Businesses

How is Washington spending tax dollars that might benefit President Trump? Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee want to count the ways. The committee’s 18 minority members sent letters on Tuesday to the 15 cabinet departments and nine independent executive branch agencies, requesting documents on their spending at “businesses owned by or […]

The Hill

Trump’s Former Campaign Manager Was Raided By FBI

FBI agents late last month conducted a raid at the home of Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign manager. The agents had a search warrant to seize materials from Manafort’s residence in Alexandria, Va., according to The Washington Post, citing people familiar with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The raid took place early […]

Reuters

Trump Says The Next North Korea Threat Will Be Met With ‘Fire And Fury’

BEDMINSTER, N.J./BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned North Korea it would be met with “fire and fury” if it threatens the United States, ratcheting up the rhetoric with the nuclear-armed nation. Earlier Pyongyang said it was ready to give Washington a “severe lesson” with its strategic nuclear force in response to […]

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Coast Guard Finds 3 Tons Of Cocaine Worth Over 85 Million Dollars

The Coast Guard unloaded 3.1 tons of cocaine worth about $85 million in Florida on Monday. The massive amount of drugs were snatched in the eastern Pacific before they were transported by Coast Guard cutters Escanaba and Decisive to Port Everglades, Local 10 News reported. “The offload represents the combined efforts of Escanaba’s crew, and those […]

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Trump Calls Senator That Lied About Vietnam Service A Cry Bay

President Trump on Monday launched a renewed attack on Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), calling him “a phony Vietnam con artist” on Twitter after the senator appeared on television. Trump’s series of tweets came after Blumenthal voiced support on CNN for continuing the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in last year’s election and expressed concern about […]