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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) told reporters ahead of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s testimony before the panel that Lutnick had not been “100 percent truthful” about whether he had been on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s island. Lutnick is appearing before the Oversight panel on Wednesday for a closed-door,...
Former President Obama says presidents should not direct attorney general prosecutions, indirectly calling out Trump's push to indict political enemies.
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) on Sunday expressed reservations about the prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey. “If this whole case is based on a picture in the sand of a North Carolina beach, it again makes no sense to me,” Tillis told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Comey, who...
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, affirmed Sunday that the bullet that hit a Secret Service agent at last weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was fired by the alleged gunman. Pirro told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union” that prosecutors have video of the suspect, 31-year-old Cole...
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Sunday said the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) lost about 1,100 employees over the course of the partial government shutdown this year. DHS was closed for 76 days over a Democratic-led push for federal immigration reform after the killings of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota by federal immigration...
The Geneva Consensus Declaration, a coalition of 41 nations, offers a strategic opportunity for the U.S. to move beyond a model centered on funding flows and toward one focused on building capable, sovereign partners.
U.S. Africa Command (Africom) on Sunday said two U.S. service members participating in a military exercise missing in Morocco. “The incident remains under investigation and the search is on-going,” Africom wrote in a statement. "Our focus is on the service members involved and their families." The two service members were reported missing Saturday near the...
President Trump’s disapproval rating has a reached a new high according to recent poll results. A ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll released Friday found that 62 percent of Americans disapprove of the president. Survey results reflect an increase of 2 percentage points from February, and respondents concerns include the cost of living, affordability and inflation. Seventy-two percent...
President Trump has repeatedly attacked German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for comments he made about the U.S. role in the Iran war, targeting a leader who has worked hard to be in the president’s good graces and a country considered to be one of the U.S.’s strongest allies. The comments escalate Trump’s attacks on European nations...
The Justice Department is portraying its new prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey as not unlike dozens of other cases faced by individuals who have hurled threats at public officials. But the Comey case may present unique challenges for prosecutors seeking to secure a conviction against the longtime foe of President Trump, legal experts say. The former FBI director faces two criminal charges over allegations...
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) said she was troubled by social media posts that the leading Democrat in Maine’s Senate race made more than a decade ago about sexual assault. Last year, The Washington Post uncovered online comments that Graham Platner posted in 2013, in which the Democratic candidate downplayed the difficulties service members face when...
President Trump said on Saturday that he might pull even more U.S. military troops out of Germany, a threat that came one day after he ordered the Pentagon to withdraw approximately 5,000 service members from the country. “We are going to cut way down, and we’re cutting a lot further than 5,000,” Trump told reporters...
