By Jason Lange and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The wife of Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of U.S. President Donald Trump, has filed for divorce in New York, according to court records. Vanessa Trump, a former model and actress, and Trump Jr. said in a joint statement on Thursday: “After 12 years…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to replace his national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, but the move is not expected to be made immediately, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. Citing five people with knowledge of the plans, the Post said Trump was considering several possible replacements, including former U.S. Ambassador to…
“Lots of news coverage today described these sanctions as the most significant action taken against Russia since President Trump took office. Let the record show this is actually the only action taken against Russia since President Trump took office.”
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats on a congressional oversight panel accused Republicans on Thursday of failing to insist that U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration comply with requests for records in an investigation of security clearance practices, use of private jets and private email accounts. Democrats said that at a committee meeting on Thursday,…
By Steve Holland and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States slapped sanctions on Russian individuals and entities for U.S. election meddling and cyber attacks but put off targeting oligarchs and government officials close to President Vladimir Putin, prompting lawmakers in both parties to say President Donald Trump needs to do much more. With…
Former assistant special Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman said, “You probably could almost indict them before you look at the books, basically.
When Republicans say they want to “gather all the facts,” they aren’t talking about facts related to Trump’s ties to Russia or whether he obstructed justice. They don’t seem to care about that.
From the very beginning, it was obvious the House Intelligence committee was divided between Republican obstructionists for Trump and the truth finding Democrats on the matter of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
On Monday, Sarah Sanders said nothing about a Russian chemical attack on British soil. After this initial silence, on Wednesday Donald Trump finally offered verbal support for U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s sanctions against Russia for using a Soviet-developed nerve agent to kill a former spy who had provided secrets to the United Kingdom. In a…
Tom Steyer’s Need To Impeach organization will be filing 200 Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) to get information on Donald Trump and Jared Kushner’s businesses. In a release provided to PoliticusUSA, Need To Impeach announced: The FOIA requests include inquiries about the following: Information about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s investigation into Apollo Management that…
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace reported that Trump is blowing up over the subpoena of the Trump Organization because he is worried that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is about to bust his kids Ivanka, Don Jr., and Eric for financial crimes involving Russia. Video: Trump is freaking out because Mueller is coming for his kids. https://t.co/quyDs1J88q #Russiainvestigation…
An exit poll released by Public Policy Polling  (PPP) on Wednesday found that healthcare was the single most important issue for voters in Tuesday’s special election in Pennsylvania.  This is without question excellent news for Democrats getting ready for the critical midterm elections in November. According a press release issued by PPP: “Public Policy Polling…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organization for documents, including some related to Russia, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing two people briefed on the matter. U.S. stock prices fell on the report, with the S&P 500 reaching session lows, while the dollar slipped against the euro…
By Timothy Gardner and Alister Doyle WASHINGTON/OSLO (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has bashed international efforts to combat climate change and questioned the scientific consensus that global warming is dangerous and driven by human consumption of fossil fuels. But there is a disconnect between what Trump says at home and what his government does…
At a private fundraiser with Republican donors, Trump tried to give himself credit for Democrat Conor Lamb’s victory over the Republican candidate that he campaigned for. The Atlantic reported that Trump said, “The young man last night that ran, he said, ‘Oh, I’m like Trump. Second Amendment, everything. I love the tax cuts, everything.’ He…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Influential Republican U.S. lawmakers joined Democrats to urge President Donald Trump on Thursday to take action – including spending millions of dollars allocated by Congress and staffing a key “information warfare” unit – to stop Russian efforts to undermine American national security in cyberspace. The New York Times reported on March 4…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said “it looks like” Russia was behind the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain earlier this month. “It looks like the Russians were behind it,” Trump said during a meeting at the White House with Ireland’s prime minister, Leo Varadkar. The…
By Steve Holland and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States slapped sanctions on 19 Russian individuals and five groups, including Moscow’s intelligence services, for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and malicious cyber attacks, the Treasury Department said on Thursday. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said there would be additional sanctions against Russian government…
Nobody knows for sure what caused President Trump to replace Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, but there are plenty of theories.  One of them is that Trump’s corrupt, self-dealing son in law Jared Kushner played a significant role in the president’s decision to let the former Exxon Mobil CEO go. Last year, after Kushner…
Post-election reports show that Republicans spent more than $105 a vote in their losing effort in Pennsylvania’s special congressional election on Tuesday. Analysis of this spending has exposed a massive flaw in the GOP’s campaign strategy for the midterm elections. The Republican strategy is very dependent on so-called “dark money†which comes from political action…
U.S. District Judge Timothy Black’s decision came after the Ohio state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court in Cincinnati, arguing the legislation violated the liberty and privacy clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
