Year: 2017

Criminal justice reform advocates fear Attorney General Jeff Sessions will crack down on marijuana growers, sellers, and users amid the release of task force recommendations due this week, The Hill reports. “The task force revolves […]

Trump Plans to Decertify Iran, Sidelines State Department

President Donald Trump angrily sidelined the State Department and assigned trusted White House staffers with making the potential case for withholding certification at the next review of the Iran nuclear deal, Foreign Policy reports. The […]

Trump Launches All-out Assault on Mueller Investigation

President Donald Trump has launched an all-out assault on the federal investigation into his campaign’s ties to Russia, reflecting an intensifying obsession with the probe within the West Wing, The Hill reports. As reports emerged […]

Trump Jr. Adds to Legal Team ahead of Senate Testimony

Donald Trump Jr.’s legal team is bringing on D.C.-based attorney and longtime regulatory attorney Karina Lynch, Fox Business reports. Lynch is joining the team just days ahead of Trump Jr.’s planned Wednesday testimony before the […]

Scaramucci Vows to Stop White House Leaks

New White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci made his debut on the Sunday political shows with a vow to end the leaks that have embarrassed President Donald Trump’s administration and revealed a White House roiled […]

Sanders Reportedly Considering 2020 Presidential Run

Senator Bernie Sanders, who battled Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic primary and created a revolutionary movement among millennials, is having discussions about running for president again, The Hill reports. “Yes, is the answer,” said […]

Mexican Politicians Increase Attacks on Trump

An increasing number of political figures in Mexico are attacking the U.S. president to buttress their own political careers, The Hill reports. During a visit to Washington on Monday, Mexican Congressman Braulio Guerra took time […]

GOP Healthcare Bill Faces Numerous Problems ahead of Senate Vote

Senate Republicans plan to vote this week on revised healthcare reform legislation, but a number of serious problems mean that the chances of getting that bill passed are slim to none, The Hill reports. The […]

Trump Jr., Manafort Reach Deal with Senate to Avoid Public Hearing Next Week

Donald Trump Jr. and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort have reached a deal with the Senate Judiciary Committee to avoid appearing at a public hearing next week, lawmakers announced Friday, The Hill reads. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Dianne […]

Spicer’s Exit Will Not Lift White House Siege as Walls Close in

In a White House under siege, something had to change. Press secretary Sean Spicer’s resignation Friday let off a pressure valve, allowing an administration that is being pummeled on multiple and multiplying fronts the chance, […]

NY Times Reporter Accuses White Women of Racism

The New York Times is facing blowback on social media after publishing an essay by an African-American reporter who accused white women of racism for not ceding space on city sidewalks to black men. In […]

Russia Says Trump and Putin May Have Had More Meetings at G-20

President Trump may have held more meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit earlier this month, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published Friday. “They might have met even […]

Trump Lawyer Denies Legal Team is Discussing Pardons

President Donald Trump’s lawyer Jay Sekulow is pushing back against a Washington Post report saying Trump’s legal team is “discussing the president’s authority to grant pardons.” Sekulow told CBS News that pardons pertaining to the ongoing federal probe into alleged […]

Justice Department Announces Takedown of Dark Web Market AlphaBay

The Justice Department and its international partners announced Thursday a takedown of a massive Dark Web marketplace that was allegedly one of the world’s biggest sources for the sale of drugs and illicit materials, striking […]

Investigators, Trump Staff Look to Facebook for Critical Answers in Russia Investigation

Top Democrats on the House and Senate Russia investigations and a top digital staffer from the campaign of President Donald Trump split sharply on whether the campaign colluded with Russia, but many agree that Facebook […]

U.S. Set to Ban Travel to North Korea, Tour Agencies Say

Two tour agencies that arrange travel to North Korea say the U.S. government plans to ban citizens from traveling there, according to Friday reports. The news comes the month after American student Otto Warmbier, who was […]

Exxon Mobil Sues U.S. Government over Fine Levied for Russia Deal

Exxon Mobil Corp sued the U.S. government on Thursday, blasting as “unlawful” and “capricious” a $2 million fine levied against it for a three-year-old oil joint venture with Russia’s Rosneft. The Treasury Department on Thursday […]

Senators Heading towards New Healthcare Vote with no Clear Plan

Senators are rushing towards an ObamaCare repeal vote early next week, although they currently lack the votes, The Hill reports. It’s unclear what they will be voting on next week. The two leading options are […]

Trump Reshuffles Legal Team

President Donald Trump is reshuffling his legal team as special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation moves full steam ahead. The developments come one day after Trump suggested an aggressive pushback against his investigators, telling The New York […]

Sessions Has no Immediate Plans to Resign, but Gets Trump’s Message

President Donald Trump’s broadside against Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a New York Times interview this week was no careless accident or slip of the tongue. Instead, the president was sending a message, said a Trump adviser […]

Democrat Lawmaker to Elon Musk: Build Your Hyperloop in Texas

Representative Joaquin Castro called on Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk to build a Hyperloop in Texas after the billionaire tweeted he had received “verbal approval” from the “government” to build a Hyperloop transit system […]

McCain’s Absence Leaves Big Hole in Senate

The sudden departure of Senator John McCain leaves a giant hole in the middle of the Republican Conference. On defense and foreign policy issues, McCain is among the loudest GOP voices, largely based on his […]

Tensions between Trump and Mueller Escalate

President Donald Trump is ramping up his criticism of Robert Mueller, saying that the special counsel investigating Russian meddling in 2016 election, would cross the line by looking into his finances, The Hill reports. Mueller […]

Supreme Court: Grandparents, Relatives Can Enter U.S. Despite Travel Ban

The Supreme Court Wednesday left intact a lower court opinion that temporarily exempts grandparents and other relatives from President Donald Trump’s travel ban, CNN reports. The justices did give Trump a partial win on another […]

Trump Goes Off-script, Fumes about Sessions and Russia Investigation

President Donald Trump impressed senators Wednesday with a cogent, engaged pitch on health care that didn’t veer wildly from the script. Within an hour, without seeking advice from his lawyers or his senior aides, Trump […]

Deutsche Bank Faces Scrutiny from Regulators for Giving Trump Hundreds of Loans

Deutsche Bank is being looked into by finance regulators for giving the Trump family hundreds of loans over the past 20 years. Three people told The New York Times anonymously on Wednesday that the loans, which […]

Bipartisan Beer Caucus Hops into Debate over Tax Reform

A surprising cause might play a role in bipartisan tax reform later this year: beer. Members of both parties are expressing support for craft brewing, with a caucus even forming in the House to champion […]

Facebook Says Glitch Shuttered Catholic Facebook Pages

Facebook is blaming a technical glitch for knocking several Catholic-focused Facebook pages with millions of followers offline for more than a day, USA Today reads. Catholic radio station Relevant Radio reported that its page “Father […]

Eighth Person in Trump Team Meeting Linked to Money Laundering Probe

A report released by the Government Accountability Office in 2000 reveals details of how companies in the U.S. set up bank accounts that came under investigation for money laundering – and it involved Ike Kaveladze, […]

Candidates for Top Trump Administration Jobs Lose Patience with Lengthy Vetting Process

Candidates for top Trump administration jobs are increasingly frustrated by the high cost and huge time commitment required to meet the government’s ethics and conflict-of-interest rules, complicating White House efforts to fill hundreds of crucial […]