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McConnel Mum on President’s Attacks on Mueller

March 20, 2018 Focus Washington

The most senior Republican in Congress, Mitch McConnell, remains silent amid President Donald Trump’s attacks on special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation and the GOP’s growing concerns that Trump may oust the special counsel. The […]

FDA Considering Restricting Menthol and Other Flavors from Tobacco Products

March 20, 2018 Focus Washington

The Food and Drug Administration is taking the first step toward implementing a rule about the role flavors, including menthol, play in attracting users to certain tobacco products, CNBC reported. The agency is publishing an advanced […]

Shooting at Great Mills High School in Maryland, School Confirms

March 20, 2018 Focus Washington

Great Mills High School in Maryland was on lockdown after a shooting on Tuesday morning, school officials confirmed, Fox News reported. The incident was contained and the St. Mary’s Sheriff’s Office was on the scene, the […]

Big Names Face off in Illinois Governor Race

March 20, 2018 Focus Washington

Following an expensive campaign in the race for Illinois governor, it now comes down to three Democratic front-runners and two GOP ones. On the Democratic side, billionaire hotel heir J.B. Pritzker, Illinois State Senator Daniel […]

U.S., South Korea Announce Start Date for Annual Military Exercises

March 20, 2018 Focus Washington

Defense officials said on Tuesday that the annual military drills between the United States and South Korea, previously postponed to avoid inflaming tensions with North Korea, will take place on April 1. The two countries […]

Crown Prince to Discuss Yemen Campaign with President Trump

March 20, 2018 Focus Washington

Saudi Arabia’s young Crown Prince has quite a feat to achieve following his visit to the United States – modernize his conservative Kingdom, weaken Iran’s hand across the Middle East and, rehabilitate his country’s image […]

New Facebook Scandal Could Force Tech CEOs to Testify on Russia’s ‘Information Warfare’

March 20, 2018 Focus Washington

Russia would never have been able to conduct “information warfare” against the United States in the way it did in the 2016 presidential election without Facebook, Twitter and Google. The latest allegations — that a […]

Trump Hires New White-Collar Attorney to Discredit Mueller

March 20, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump has added a new white-collar attorney to his personal legal team, Joseph diGenova, who is known for his harsh assessment of former FBI Director James Comey. DiGenova is seen as the latest sign […]

Saudi Crown Prince Begins Historic U.S. Visit

March 19, 2018 Focus Washington

On the eve of a meeting between the Saudi crown prince and U.S. President Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia called the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers a “flawed agreement,” Reuters reported. The meeting […]

Retailers Ask Trump Not to Impose Tariffs on Chinese Goods

March 19, 2018 Focus Washington

Leading retail companies, including Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy and Macy’s, have made an appeal to President Donald Trump not to enforce the massive tariffs on Chinese goods. In a letter sent to the White House […]

Sessions Lied to Congress About Objecting Trump-Russia Meeting

March 19, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been contradicted by three people over his testimony that he was against a proposal for President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign team to meet with Russians officials. The three people […]

Transportation Department to Implement Stricter Oversight of Autonomous Vehicles

March 19, 2018 Focus Washington

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has been asked by a coalition of organizations across the country to get more involved in stricter oversight of driverless cars. According to The Hill, in a letter signed by more […]

Trump’s Approval Rating Remains Underwater Despite Slight Improvement

March 19, 2018 Focus Washington

A new NBC/WSJ poll released on Sunday showed that President Donald Trump’s approval rating has improved slightly but still remains low. According to the poll, 43 percent of Americans approve of the President’s job performance, […]

Congress Faced with Difficulty over $1.2T Package Funding

March 19, 2018 Focus Washington

Congress is finalizing the approval of the $1.2 trillion government funding package that would become the biggest increase in federal spending in years. However, several conservatives are resisting the package, saying that members from both […]

Death Penalty to Become Part of Opioid Response, WH Says

March 19, 2018 Focus Washington

The White House said Sunday that the President’s plan to fight the opioid epidemic will, in some cases, include the death penalty, as part of the administration’s plan to punish drug dealers. “The Department of […]

White House Dismisses Speculation That Trump Wants to Fire Mueller

March 19, 2018 Focus Washington

On Sunday, the White House dismissed all speculations that President Donald Trump is considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller after Trump criticized the federal probe into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russian election […]

Policymakers Raise Questions over Third-Party Use of Facebook User Data

March 19, 2018 Focus Washington

Facebook sparked a debate over how it handles third-party access to the data of its users after it said that the Cambridge Analytica firm, which has ties to the 2016 Trump campaign, improperly kept information […]

Trump: ‘Mueller’s Probe Should Never Have Been Started’

March 19, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump stated on Saturday that special counsel Robert Mueller‘s investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia should never have been opened in the first place. “The Mueller probe should never […]

McCabe Receivеs Public Job Offers from Lawmakers

March 19, 2018 Focus Washington

FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe’s firing 2 days before his retirement has urged several Democrats to offer him a job in order to ensure he gets his full retirement benefits. Previously, Sessions said that reports from both […]

Trump’s Lawyers Seek $20 Million in Damages from Porn Star Stormy Daniels

March 17, 2018 Focus Washington

A law firm representing U.S. President Donald Trump and the corporation that paid porn actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 in what she called hush money over an alleged affair with Trump said in a court filing that it was seeking […]

Kelly Tells White House Staff Their Jobs Are Safe

March 17, 2018 Focus Washington

White House chief of staff John Kelly told members of President Donald Trump’s senior staff on Friday that their West Wing jobs are safe — a simple but necessary message after a week of heightened tumult in […]

Attorney General Sessions Fires FBI’s Andrew McCabe

March 17, 2018 Focus Washington

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has fired former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe two days before he was slated to retire — and become eligible for full pension benefits, CNBC informed. In a statement, Sessions said reports from both the […]

Trump Signs U.S.-Taiwan Travel Bill, Angering China

March 17, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed legislation that encourages the United States to send senior officials to Taiwan to meet Taiwanese counterparts and vice versa, angering China which views the self-ruled island as a wayward province, CNBC reported. The […]

Facebook Suspends Political Data Analytics Firm that Worked on Trump’s Presidential Campaign

March 17, 2018 Focus Washington

Facebook has suspended Cambridge Analytica, a political data analytics firm that worked on Facebook ads for President Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election, saying that it lied about deleting user data sent to it by the […]

Mnuchin Under Scrutiny for His Travel Expenses

March 16, 2018 Focus Washington

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has cost taxpayers nearly $1 million for eight trips he made with a military aircraft, including his one-week trip to the Middle East in late October, which cost $183,646 for flights […]

Immigration Debate Might Induce Another Government Shutdown

March 16, 2018 Focus Washington

Another U.S. government funding deadline is near, while a huge spending bill is not looking likely as the battle between Republicans and Democrats in Congress over President Donald Trump’s push to toughen immigration policy continues. […]

No Survivors in Iraq Helicopter Crash, Pentagon Says

March 16, 2018 Focus Washington

A written statement issued Friday by the Pentagon said that none of the seven service members aboard a helicopter which crashed in Iraq survived. U.S. officials said that the HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter had crashed […]

Feinstein Under Pressure over Hospel’s Nomination

March 16, 2018 Focus Washington

California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein is being pressured to go against President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of CIA. Feinstein, aged 84, is the oldest serving senator. She has become the key vote in the […]

Republican Leaders Want to Postpone Vote on Yemen War Powers

March 16, 2018 Focus Washington

A top GOP leader indicated Thursday that Republican leaders would prefer to postpone the vote on a war powers resolution expected to be debated in the Senate next week, at least until the issue can […]

Shulkin’s Wife Might Cost Him His Career

March 16, 2018 Focus Washington

David Shulkin, the head of Veterans Affairs Department, allegedly argued with White House aides due to his insistence that his wife have the chance to meet Prince Harry during his visit to the Invictus Games, […]

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