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President Donald Trump plans to nominate Jeffrey Rosen as the next deputy U.S. attorney general, the White House said on Tuesday night, the latest shuffle in the Justice Department at a time when it faces close scrutiny over its Russia investigation.
A high school student from Covington, Kentucky, sued the Washington Post for defamation on Tuesday, claiming the newspaper falsely accused him of racist acts and instigating a confrontation with a Native American activist in a January videotaped incident at the Lincoln Memorial.
Rachel Maddow explained how the Southern District of New York could indict and prosecute Trump for felony obstruction of justice while he is president.
Maddow said:
What Mr. Whitaker did after this was unclear. There is no evidence he took any direct steps to intervene in the Manhattan investigation. He did tell associates that the justice department that prosecutors in New York required quote adult supervision.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) who serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee said that Trump's efforts to obstruct justice are an unprecedented pattern of corrupt intent.
Conservative Justice Clarence Thomas on Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider its landmark 1964 ruling that made it harder for public figures to sue for defamation, a precedent that has served as powerful protection for the news media.
By Sarah N. Lynch
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Roger Stone, a former political adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, was ordered on Tuesday to appear in court this week over Instagram posts that chastised and appeared to threaten the judge presiding over his criminal trial.
Elizabeth Warren proposed a universal childcare program, paid for by a tax on high-net-worth individuals, to help families unable to find affordable care.
It has become so obvious that even Trump's favorite cable news network, Fox News is saying that he is committing crimes.
President Donald Trump's former adviser Roger Stone apologized on Monday after posting on Instagram a photo of the judge overseeing his trial for allegedly making false statements to Congress, obstruction and witness tampering.
By only saying fake news in response to reports that he is actively trying to obstruct justice, Trump confirmed that he is committing an impeachable offense.
Americans overwhelmingly disagree with Trump's fake national emergency, and they want him sued for his actions.
The President Of The United States has been caught trying to obstruct justice, by placing a Trump loyalist in charge of the hush money investigation.
According to Andrew McCabe, Republicans in Congress who are covering for Trump's potential crimes did so while knowing that the president is being investigated by the FBI.
Philip Mudd, the ex-deputy director of the CIA‘s Counterterrorist Center and the FBI‘s National Security Branch said on CNN this morning that he believes Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Dan Coats will be fired by Donald Trump. The reason, Mudd said, is that Trump has a history of firing people who don’t agree with him.
Former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe dropped a major bombshell today when he claimed that the FBI told a bipartisan group of lawmakers in 2017 that it had opened an investigation into President Donald Trump — and none of the Republicans in the group objected.
Lanny Davis, the attorney representing former Trump “fixer” Michael Cohen, has told ABC News that his client is ready to reveal what he describes as “chilling” details about his personal experiences with President Donald Trump.
The Vatican has revealed that it has secret rules for priests who father children despite their celibacy vows, The New York Times said in a report.
The Vatican has confirmed that its department overseeing the world’s priests has general guidelines for what to do when clerics break celibacy vows and have children, the report said.
“Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough on Tuesday looked at the recent statements and actions of Donald Trump and said that he is amazed that the president still still has any supporters left.
While talking about Trump’s decision to bypass congressional authority to fund his proposed border wall by declaring a national emergency, Scarborough said it was appalling that millions of Americans can look at the president and approve of the job he’s doing:
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is running for president again. He announced this morning that he is launching a second campaign for the White House four years after his surprisingly strong bid for the Democratic Party’s 2016 nomination.
There is a long list of former high-level members of the intelligence community that believe the president could be a threat to national security.