Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said on Tuesday they would keep investigating Russia and the 2016 U.S. election, despite a decision by Republicans on the panel to shut down the probe.
The White House is freaked out that the PA-18 special election results signal a doomsday scenario for Trump where Democrats are going to win back the House and revive the Russia investigation. Video: The PA-18 special election results have the White House freaking out about a Democratic-run House Russia investigation. #PA18 https://t.co/w6KFWGfczI pic.twitter.com/5BojuahqQh — Sarah…
Ivanka Trump never cut ties with the Trump Organization and that presents many potential legal, ethical and political problems according to an article by Anita Kumar at McClatchy. “She’s still getting $1.5 million a year in income from various Trump businesses,†according to Daily Kos. Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner have been widely praised (at…
CNN reports that John McEntee -Donald Trump’s personal assistant- is being investigated for what are being described as “serious financial crimes.†So serious, in fact, that he was fired, escorted out of the White House and not even allowed to collect his things -not even his jacket- on his way out.
Republicans are already making excuses and distancing Trump from Rick Saccone even though the votes are still being counting in the Pennsylvania House special election. Video: Republicans are already bailing on Saccone as the votes are being counted. #PA18 pic.twitter.com/6WIP5EuN7z — PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) March 14, 2018 Former Trump hand Jason Miller said on CNN, “He’s…
Several locals called Trump “loco” for thinking that spending billions of dollars on barriers would stop people determined to escape poverty and violence in Mexico and Central America.
Follow the results of Pennsylvania House special election live, as Conor Lamb tries to pull a special election upset in a district that Trump carried by 20 points. Live coverage via ABC News: Dave Wasserman highlights percentage that Lamb needs to hit in each part of the district: ICYMI: Here's what I'd estimate Conor Lamb…
Yesterday, British Prime Minister Teresa May made clear that the nation of Russia was highly likely responsible, according to their evidence, for the poisoning of a former Russian double agent, Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the English city of Salisbury on March 4. She made clear – before the House of Commons –…
People close to Trump said his firing on Tuesday of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was the latest sign of the Republican president’s growing impatience with his initial set of hand-picked advisers who he viewed as slow-walking his favored policies.
U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May agreed on Tuesday that Russia must provide “unambiguous answers” after London gave Moscow until midnight to explain how a Soviet-era nerve weapon was used against a former Russian double agent.
House Intelligence Committee Democrats have released a 22-page status update of the Russia investigation that includes a list of witnesses, texts, and documents that have not been subpoenaed. Read the full document below: [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.politicususa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/final_-_minority_status_of_the_russia_investigation_with_appendices.pdf”] Rep Adam Schiff said at a press conference unveiling the document, “Schiff said, “We are releasing this evening a 22-page…
Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, told reporters that he and the fellow Democrats on the committee are going to continue their investigation and look for what Russia has on Donald Trump. Video: Adam Schiff and the House Intelligence Committee Democrats vow to keep investigating until they discover what Russia…
Republicans have been sending out false information to the media about how this could be an early night in an effort to keep Lamb supporters from coming out to the polls and voting, but the Democratic candidate is having none of it. Republicans are spreading stories like this one from the Politico Playbook Power Briefing,…
Earlier today U.K Prime Minister Theresa May announced that her government had concluded it was “highly likely” that the Russian government was behind the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy who had also spied for the United Kingdom. Â Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were both poisoned by a nerve agent which had…
This is the case of the missing 28 cents — and it HAS TO involve more than mere coincidence. Just a few days after Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen “allegedly” paid $130,000 to porn actress Stormy Daniels (which he said was paid from his home equity account), his presidential campaign received invoices from Trump companies that added…
Sec. of State Rex Tillerson took a shot at Trump and Russia while giving a speech that he was clearly forced to deliver by the White House. Video: Tillerson with a not so subtle shot at Trump and Russia on his way out. https://t.co/kRuFsq3eVM #RexTillerson pic.twitter.com/jmw1CT3Aa1 — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 13, 2018 Tillerson…
Endangered House Republicans like Rep. Ryan Costello of Pennsylvania are making it clear that they don’t want Trump anywhere near their reelection campaigns. Video: Endangered Pennsylvania House Republican makes it clear that he doesn't want Trump to campaign for him. https://t.co/q9eSFF0Pby pic.twitter.com/MA05Wnh59F — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 13, 2018 When asked if he would…
During Republican former President George W. Bush’s administration, she ran a secret CIA prison in Thailand codenamed“Cat’s Eye.†Two suspected members of the al Qaeda militant group were subjected to waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques at the facility.
Trump abruptly fired Rex Tillerson from his cabinet position as Secretary of State on Tuesday, and while Trump says it’s because the they “disagreed on things,” the timing of his decision already has people questioning if Russia had anything to do with it. On Monday night, Tillerson told reporters that Russia was “clearly” behind the…
Trump replaced Rex Tillerson as his Secretary of State with current CIA Director Mike Pompeo on Tuesday morning. The news apparently not only blindsided Republican legislators but also Tillerson himself. While early reports said it wasn’t clear how much of a heads up he’d been given, it was later confirmed that Tillerson found out about…
It would be easy to see Trump’s firing of Sec. of State Tillerson as Trump unraveling, but when one examines the moves that he is making, Trump is clearing out dissent and strengthening his hold on power. Consider how the Tillerson firing went down: John Kelly is a weird dude. https://t.co/wNlndGWcTy pic.twitter.com/50jvpYsgcn — southpaw (@nycsouthpaw)…
A new Politico report reveals that even Republican legislators are frustrated with Trump’s inability to focus on one issue for longer than a few days. He frequently picks a certain policy to push through but then abandons it, with gun control being the most recent example. The inconsistency is reportedly giving lawmakers “whiplash” and keeping…
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said that he and Intelligence Committee Democrats would be presenting evidence of Trump/Russia in the Democratic report on the Russia investigation. Greg Sargent of The Washington Post reported: Schiff told me the minority report would set forth new facts not yet made public that will contradict the House GOP conclusions on…
Following are five facts about U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo, who President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced will replace Rex Tillerson as secretary of state.
According to the Treasury Department this year’s United States federal deficit will hit $873 billion, up a dangerous 31.3 percent from last year’s shortfall of $665.8 billion.
Roger Stone claimed contact with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in 2016 and told two people about the hacked emails in advance. One of those people just testified a grand jury in the Mueller Trump Russia probe.
President Trump ousted his Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Tuesday morning, replacing him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo.
A new book by Yahoo News’ Michael Isikoff and Mother Jones’ David Corn being published today says that Donald Trump “personally encouraged†George Papadopoulos to arrange a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Republicans are scrambling to avoid a political disaster in a conservative district of Pennsylvania, where a pro-gun, pro-union Democrat who opposes abortion could be about to win a congressional election in one of President Donald Trump’s white, working-class strongholds.
A makeshift memorial made up of 7,000 pairs of shoes will take shape on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, as gun control activists dramatize the number of children killed in the United States by gunfire since the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre.
The lawyer defending U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort against a Russian oligarch’s allegations of fraud will seek to dismiss the case, he said on Monday.
Pamela Brown of CNN reported that Donald Trump is desperately-quizzing his friends for advice on how to handle the Stormy Daniels affair (pun 100% intended). Her source (whom one can only hope goes by “Deep Throat”) attests that Trump’s being told not to fight her attempts to get out of the non-disclosure agreement (NDA) because…
