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By Jan Wolfe
(Reuters) – The U.S. Congress does not arrest and detain people for ignoring its subpoenas anymore, but it still has significant power to demand witnesses and documents, and Republican President Donald Trump is putting that power to the test.
The National Rifle Association sued Los Angeles on Wednesday over a new law requiring that contractors disclose their ties to the gun rights group as a condition of obtaining business from the second most-populous U.S. city.
A new poll shows that Joe Biden will begin his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination with an eight-point lead over Trump.
Trump hit a new level of incoherent when he said he never called Robert Costa of The Washington Post while admitting to calling Costa in the same tweet.
Trump spoke of himself in the third person as he praised his own transparency while refusing to show the public his tax returns, medical records, and grades.
Trump lost it when talking to reporters about the subpoenas from House Democrats, and his answer is proof that Speaker Pelosi's strategy is working.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) last week accused Hopkins' group of being a fascist, white nationalist militia illegally detaining and kidnapping Central American families seeking asylum.
By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court jailed four leaders of 2014 pro-democracy protests on Wednesday amid heightened concerns over the decline of freedoms in the China-ruled city nearly five years after activists took to the streets in mass protests.
a GCHQ spokesman said: "The allegations that GCHQ was asked to conduct 'wire tapping' against the then President Elect are' nonsense. They are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored."
Homeland Security officials have been told not to discuss election security with Trump, which means that they are trying to fight the Russian 2020 threat behind Trump's back.
You don’t like Steve King embracing neo-Nazi slogans? Thanks for persecuting him, world.
Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa told a town hall at Western Iowa Tech Community College that he understood how Jesus Christ felt after King endured the horrors of months of feedback over his comments on white supremacy and nationalism, the Des Moines Register reported.
Trump's claim that he doesn't have to comply with Congress is wrong, and the courts are about to show him the reasons why.
"If the partisan Dems ever tried to Impeach, I would first head to the U.S. Supreme Court," Trump wrote on Twitter.
The U.S. Constitution lays the 'sole power' of impeachment before the House of Representatives and the Senate.
By Dan Whitcomb
(Reuters) – Human traffickers are likely to prey on vulnerable young women and children at this year’s Kentucky Derby, state and local officials warned on Monday, and urged spectators to be alert to people with matching tattoos or branding marks.
By David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald McGahn, the former White House counsel described in the Mueller report as repeatedly standing up to President Donald Trump, could become a star witness again if congressional Democrats get their way in their investigation of whether Trump used his office to obstruct justice.
By Jan Wolfe
(Reuters) – Congressional Democrats have taken legal action to obtain the full Russia report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, without redactions, as well as other evidence he uncovered in his 22-month investigation but there are obstacles in their way.
Trump has no legal footing when it comes to these matters. Congress has the authority to conduct oversight, even if he doesn't like it.
Democrats need to do is acknowledge that none of this is oversight as usual. The information laid out in Mueller's report is extraordinarily damning.
Trump used his position as president to meet with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to complain about his lost Twitter account followers.
Trump's desperation became even more obvious as the White House is planning to block Don McGahn's expected testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.