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Trump: ‘I Hope Oprah Runs so She Can Be Exposed and Defeated’

February 19, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump attacked Oprah Winfrey on Twitter late Sunday night, writing that he hopes she runs for president so “she can be exposed and defeated.” “Just watched a very insecure Oprah Winfrey, who at […]

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U.S. Wants Europeans to Just Commit to Improve Iran Deal

February 19, 2018 Focus Washington

Washington has sketched out a path under which three key European allies would have to only commit to try to improve the Iran nuclear deal over time and in return, U.S. President Donald Trump would […]

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Trump Now Claims He Never Said Russia Didn’t Meddle

February 19, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump claimed in a Sunday tweet that he had never said Moscow didn’t interfere in the 2016 presidential election, an obviously false claim considering how often he says otherwise. “I never said Russia […]

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White House Chief of Staff Orders Security Clearance Overhaul

February 17, 2018 Focus Washington

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly ordered an overhaul of how security clearances are handled following a storm of controversy after former staff secretary Rob Porter was allowed to remain in his job for […]

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Mueller Still Investigating Possible Collusion, Source Says

February 17, 2018 Focus Washington

Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his prosecutors haven’t concluded their investigation into whether President Donald Trump or any of his associates aided Russia to interfere in the 2016 election, according to some sources, Bloomberg informs. […]

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Cyber Hacks Cost Up to $109 Billion in 2016, U.S. Estimates

February 17, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. estimated that malicious cyber activity cost the economy of the country between $57 billion and $109 billion in 2016, the White House said Friday, Bloomberg informs. The estimate comes in a Council of Economic […]

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Trump Visits Emergency Workers Who Responded to School Shooting

February 17, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump visited medical staff and patients at a Florida hospital on Friday to thank them for assisting victims of the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, Bloomberg informs. Trump, accompanied […]

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Russians Charged as Mueller Reveals Effort to Aid Trump Campaign

February 17, 2018 Focus Washington

The Justice Department indicted 13 Russians and three companies on Friday in a sprawling indictment that revealed a sophisticated network established to topple the 2016 election and to support the Trump campaign. It stretched from […]

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American Flag Replaced with ISIS Flag at High School in Utah

February 16, 2018 Focus Washington

An American flag at a high school in Southwest Utah was destroyed and replaced with an ISIS flag on Thursday, Fox News informed. The incident happened at Hurricane High School, in the Washington County School District. […]

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Sessions Will Step up With Federal Gun Prosecutions

February 16, 2018 Focus Washington

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that the federal prosecutions for gun crimes will be increased in the Justice Department as a response to the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that left 17 people dead on Wednesday. […]

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Veterans Affairs Secretary Accuses Trump’s Appointees of Undermining His Policies

February 16, 2018 Focus Washington

Secretary for Veterans Affairs (VA) David Shulkin blamed several political appointees in his department of attempting to undermine him and his policies. Shulkin, in an interview with The New York Times, said that he was […]

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Arming Teachers to Prevent Future School Shootings

February 16, 2018 Focus Washington

The North Carolina state legislator found a solution to the ongoing problem the U.S. has with the common school shootings. He is pushing for teachers to be armed during classes so they can stop future […]

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Intelligence Agencies to Brief State Officials on Election Threats

February 16, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. intelligence and security agencies will host senior election officials from all 50 states to inform them about the threats to the integrity of the elections and security measures they can take, Reuters informs. The briefings […]

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Trump to Tackle Mental Health, but Not Guns

February 16, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump promised to tackle school safety and the difficult issue of mental health in response to the deadly shooting in Florida, but he did not mention the scourge of gun violence, Associated Press reports. […]

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Gates Close to Plea Deal with Special Counsel

February 16, 2018 Focus Washington

Former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates is close to a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team, sending the message that he is willing to cooperate in the probe, sources said. Gates has been […]

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U.S. Calls on Iran to Release Detained Opposition Leaders

February 16, 2018 Focus Washington

The U.S. State Department, late on February 15, called on Iran to release three opposition leaders who have been under house arrest for seven years, RFERL reports. The statement came on the seventh anniversary of the […]

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Rex Tillerson Breaks Protocol While Meeting with Turkish President

February 16, 2018 Focus Washington

Rex Tillerson, the U.S. Secretary of State, met Thursday with Turkish leaders in a meeting that lasted more than three and a half hours and conducted out of standard protocol which dictates that the U.S. […]

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Bannon Continues to Stonewall HIC Russia Probe

February 16, 2018 Focus Washington

In a new interview on Thursday, former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon once again refused to answer the House Intelligence Committee’s questions and said that he can only answer questions that are pre-approved by […]

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Immigration Bill Fails Leaving Senators Furious

February 16, 2018 Focus Washington

The latest immigration debate, which Senators expected to last a week and end with the president’s signature, lasted for about an hour on the floor Thursday and ended in no amendments passed to protect DACA […]

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Meadows Rejects Any Possibility of Coup Against Speaker Ryan

February 15, 2018 Focus Washington

Republican Representative for North Carolina Mark Meadows stated in an interview published Thursday that the House should take the lead in proposing an immigration reform bill which has sparked talks that the representative is implying […]

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U.S. to Give Jordan over Billion Dollars Increase in Aid

February 15, 2018 Focus Washington

The United States will increase aid to Jordan by more tan one billion dollars over the next five years, even though President Donald Trump said that he would no longer provide aid to countries that […]

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As Schumer Ratings Drop Gillibrand Paves Her Road for 2020

February 15, 2018 Focus Washington

Based on results from a new poll, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer came to his lowest approval point among New York voters. According to Quinnipiac University Poll, 53 percent of voters approve of the job […]

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GOP Pushes New Budget Resolution Meant for Medicare, Social Security

February 15, 2018 Focus Washington

A new budget resolution is being pushed by the Republicans on the House Budget Committee meant mostly to rein in spending on entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security, according to the panel’s chairman. […]

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American Detainee Worked for Islamic State in Syria

February 15, 2018 Focus Washington

An American detainee was carrying thumb drives containing files on how to make bombs plus administrative spreadsheets describing work he did for the Islamic State when he surrendered in Syria last year, Associated Press reports, citing […]

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Trump: ‘Shooter Was Mentally Disturbed’

February 15, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump said in a tweet Thursday that a mental illness played a big role in the shooting at a Florida high school that resulted in 17 being killed. “So many signs that the Florida […]

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Priebus Says Chaos in White House Is Much Worse Than It Looks

February 15, 2018 Focus Washington

Reince Priebus, former White House chief of staff, said that during his time in office the Trump administration was much more chaotic than what was reported, according to an upcoming book he writes. “Take everything […]

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McCarthy: There Is No Job Opening as Chief of Staff

February 15, 2018 Focus Washington

Kevin McCarthy, the House Majority Leader, dismissed on Wednesday all talks that he could be the next chief of staff in the White House if John Kelly resigns. During a leadership press conference, McCarthy was […]

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Democrats Call for Tighter Gun Control

February 15, 2018 Focus Washington

The Governor of Florida Rick Scott refused on Wednesday to give an answer to questions regarding whether policymakers should take a stricter stand on mental health and gun control laws should be made tighter. Scott […]

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Over Dozen Killed in School Shooting in Florida

February 15, 2018 Focus Washington

At least 17 people were killed in a shooting in a South Florida high school on Wednesday, The Hill reported. “I’m saddened to say that 17 people lost their lives,” the county’s sheriff said in […]

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Fewer People Consider Themselves Republicans, but Aren’t Becoming Democrats

February 15, 2018 Focus Washington

Fewer Americans say they consider themselves Republicans, but at the same time are not becoming Democrats, recent polls show. Charles Franklin, a Marquette Law professor and pollster, analyzed Gallup data and concluded that even though […]

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