“How low has President Obama gone to tapp [sic] my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!” — President Trump, tweet, March 4, 2017 “Reports concerning potentially politically motivated investigations ahead of the 2016 election are very troubling.” — White House press secretary Sean Spicer, statement, March 5 […]
Category: Domestic
New Travel Ban To Be Signed Monday
The White House is expected to unveil a new entry ban executive order on Monday, according to senior administration officials. The order is expected to be a revised version of an entry ban that President Trump signed in January, which has been blocked by a federal court. On Saturday, Trump met with Attorney General Jeff Sessions […]
Long Island Man Caught Attempting To Join ISIS
A Long Island dope who dreamed of engaging in “violent jihad” and even traveled abroad to join ISIS, led the feds to his own doorstep when he started gabbing about his intentions after a recent pot arrest, authorities said Saturday. Elvis Redzepagic journeyed to Turkey and Jordan in attempts to enter Syria so he could […]
Obama Denies Wire Tapping Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump accused predecessor Barack Obama on Saturday of wiretapping him during the late stages of the 2016 election campaign, but offered no evidence for an allegation which an Obama spokesman said was “simply false”. Trump made the accusation in a series of early morning tweets just weeks into his administration and amid […]
Sessions Will Address Russian Controversy On Monday
Attorney General Jeff Sessions will submit amended testimony and respond to senators’ questions over his contacts with Russia’s ambassador last year, a Justice Department spokesman said Friday. The offer came after all nine Democratic senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee in a letter asked the committee chairman to bring Sessions back for a follow-up hearing […]
Trump Says Obama Wire Tapped Him
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s explosive and unsubstantiated claim Saturday that then-President Obama wiretapped his phones before the November election broke new ground in terms of a president publicly assailing a predecessor and left observers and lawmakers seeking a more expansive explanation than Trump’s string of tweets. “In the past, presidents have privately muttered accusations against their predecessors,” […]
Leaks Continue To Hurt President Trump
We keep hearing that President Trump will roll out the new version of his travel ban any day now. The White House delayed it earlier this week, because Trump advisers reportedly thought it could step on the good press he’d earned from his speech, thus inadvertently undercutting their own claims that enacting the ban is […]
Democrats Continue To Stall The Cabinet Confirmation Process
President Donald Trump said it was “so pathetic” that his full Cabinet has not yet been confirmed, blaming Democrats in a tweet Friday morning. “It is so pathetic that the Dems have still not approved my full Cabinet,” Trump tweeted. The vast majority of Trump’s nominees have been confirmed by the Senate, with only Secretary […]
Sessions Recuses Self From Russian Investigations
Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself on Thursday from any Justice Department investigations into Russian influence in the 2016 presidential election, as well as any inquiries into ties between the Donald Trump campaign and Russian officials. “I have now decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matter relating in any way […]
Trump Delays New Travel Ban
President Donald Trump was barely in office when he signed an executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations. There was not a moment to waste, he said, because any delay would allow the “bad dudes” to rush into the U.S. Then federal courts struck down his ban. The White House said a new version […]
Pence Used Private Email For State Business And Was Hacked
INDIANAPOLIS — Vice President Mike Pence routinely used a private email account to conduct public business as governor of Indiana, at times discussing sensitive matters and homeland security issues. Emails released to The Indianapolis Star, part of the USA TODAY Network, in response to a public records request show Pence communicated via his personal AOL account […]
Dems Call For Sessions To Resign Due To Perjury
Top Republicans are urging Attorney General Jeff Sessions to remove himself from an FBI probe into alleged Russian interference in the US election. He is under fire after it emerged he met Russia’s envoy during the election – despite claiming he had had “no communications with the Russians”. Mr Sessions, who called the accusations against […]