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The U.S. Supreme Court's reluctance to take up new cases on volatile social issues is putting it on a collision course with President Donald Trump, whose Justice Department is trying to rush such disputes through the appeals system to get them before the nine justices as quickly as possible.
Russia essentially used the National Rifle Association to funnel money to the Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016.
The counterterrorism expert declared Donald Trump a Russian-controlled national security threat who must be removed from office.
O'Rourke's call with Gillum comes as the Texas Democrat is shoring up support among African American leaders ahead of a potential presidential candidacy.
Sen. Paul has become one of Trump's biggest defenders on Russia, turning a blind eye to what increasingly looks like criminal conduct.
Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), the incoming chair of the Congressional Black Caucus said that Democrats must first do oversight on Trump, protect Mueller, then consider impeachment if the evidence keeps coming out to justify it.
By Kristina Cooke and Yeganeh Torbati
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. immigration authorities arrested 170 people between early July and late November who came forward to claim migrant children in government custody, according to official data released on Monday, a crackdown advocates say is discouraging relatives from volunteering to take in some of the 14,000 detained children.
By Jeff Mason
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is considering Republican Representative Mark Meadows, former campaign adviser David Bossie, and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for White House chief of staff, a source familiar with the search said on Monday.
On Tuesday, Fox News brought up Trump White House's deputy chief of staff for communications Bill Shine as a possible Chief of Staff to replace outgoing only-adult-in-the-room John Kelly.
Also on Tuesday, key Democratic senators are now investigating Fox's payments to Shine.
Also on Tuesday, key Democratic senators are now investigating Fox's payments to Shine.
Yes, that Bill Shine, the former co-president of Fox News before he was forced out after being named in multiple lawsuits alleging he covered up, enabled and/or aided sexual harassment, assault and abuse.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday sanctioned three North Korean officials, including a top aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, citing “ongoing and serious human rights abuses and censorship,” the U.S. Treasury Department said.
While Trump is trying to destroy the healthcare system, former President Obama has released a video helping to promote ACA sign up.
Accused Russian agent Maria Butina appeared poised this week to plead guilty in the case, after her lawyers and prosecutors filed a joint motion asking a federal judge on Monday to schedule a change of plea hearing this week.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) made the critical point that Trump has gone from saying that he did nothing wrong to claiming that there is no evidence that he did anything wrong.
The campaign finance felonies that Trump directed indicate that prosecutors and Mueller may also have evidence of money laundering and bank fraud.
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday abruptly postponed a parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal on Monday, throwing Britain's plan to leave the European Union into chaos after admitting that she faced a rout.
Brett Kavanaugh sided with liberal justices as Planned Parenthood won a big victory against red states who tried to deny funding to Medicaid patients.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) reportedly has quietly put together a formidable presidential election campaign machine for 2020.
POLITICO reported Monday that Warren has personally contacted at least 100 key people in early presidential states such as Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. She has is also looking for a campaign headquarters space in Boston.
Wacky conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi filed a lawsuit in Washington on Sunday against special counsel Robert Mueller, the Department of Justice, the FBI, the NSA and the CIA.
The suit alleges that Mueller and other federal agencies surveilled him illegally as part of the special counsel’s investigation into contacts between Russia and the Trump 2016 presidential campaign.
Federal prosecutors in New York have been investigating Trump Organization executives to determine if they were also involved in campaign finance violations, the New York Times is reporting this morning.
The world’s largest investors, who manage over $32 trillion in financial assets, joined together to issue a strong warning to governments at the U.N. climate summit on Monday.
Without huge reductions in carbon emissions, and the phasing out of all coal burning, the world faces a financial crash several times worse than the 2008 crisis, they said.