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Amid Calls from Trump, F.B.I. Renews Questions Over Clinton Foundation

January 6, 2018 Focus Washington

F.B.I. agents have renewed the inquiry about the donations of the Clinton Foundation amid tensions between Justice Department prosecutors and FBI agents about the politically charged case, according to people familiar with the matter, people […]

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Report: U.S. Halts Payment to UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees

January 6, 2018 Focus Washington

The Trump administration is reportedly freezing $125 million in funding to the United Nations (U.N.) agency charged with assisting Palestinian refugees amid frustrations over a lack of progress on a peace deal between the Palestinians […]

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GOP Senators Recommend FBI Probe of Trump ‘Dossier’ Author Steele

January 6, 2018 Focus Washington

Two Republican senators have recommended that the FBI launches a criminal investigation against Christopher Steele — the author of the disputed Trump-Russia dossier — for what they described as evidence that he made false statements […]

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U.S., South Korea Agree Not to Hold Military Drills During Olympics

January 5, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump and his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-in have agreed not to conduct military exercises during the Winter Olympic Games in February, according to Korea’s presidential office. The announcement comes after re-established communications […]

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Former Watergate Prosecutor Says There Is Enough Evidence for Obstruction of Justice Case

January 5, 2018 Focus Washington

An ex-Watergate prosecutor expressed on Thursday her belief that there was substantial evidence to build an obstruction-of-justice case against President Donald Trump over his May dismissal of former FBI Director James Comey. Jill Wine-Banks said she […]

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Trump Didn’t Want Sessions to Recuse Himself

January 5, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump urged his White House counsel to call on Attorney General Jeff Sessions not to recuse himself from the Department of Justice’s probe into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, CNBC reports. […]

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Gillibrand Opposes Nomination of Interim Manhattan U.S. Attorney

January 5, 2018 Focus Washington

Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand raised concerns on Thursday regarding the possible nomination of Manhattan’s interim top federal prosecutor, Geoffrey Berman, to permanently fill the post, due to his questionable independence from President Donald Trump, Reuters […]

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GOP Senators, Trump Meet to Discuss ‘Dreamers’

January 5, 2018 Focus Washington

Republican senators met on Thursday with President Donald Trump to discuss young, undocumented immigrants, emerging from the talks confident that they could strike a deal by the end of the month. Following the Republican-only meeting, […]

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Administration Officials and U.S. Senators Seek Iran Measure

January 5, 2018 Focus Washington

U.S. senators and Trump administration officials held a meeting on Thursday in hopes of crafting a compromise legislation to tighten restrictions on Tehran while at the same time keeping the United States in the Iran […]

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FBI Opens New Investigation into Clinton Foundation

January 5, 2018 Focus Washington

The Department of Justice has launched a new Clinton Foundation probe to determine whether it engaged in any illegal political activities while Hilary Clinton was Secretary of State, according to law enforcement officials and a […]

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After Criticism by Trump, Bannon Fights for Survival

January 5, 2018 Focus Washington

Stephen Bannon’s political future has been put into question following his recent feud with President Donald Trump which ended in legal action against the president’s former chief strategist. The heaviest blow for Bannon was most […]

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Trump Administration Suspends All Security Assistance to Pakistan

January 5, 2018 Focus Washington

The State Department announced on Thursday that it will suspend all security assistance to Pakistan due to what they see as a failure by Islamabad to crack down on terrorist networks within the country. “We […]

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Sessions Will End Legal Marijuana Policy

January 5, 2018 Focus Washington

The Department of Justice rescinded on Thursday an Obama-era policy which enabled states legalizing the drug an easier enforcement of federal laws, thus giving prosecutors the freedom to pursue criminal charges. As a result of […]

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Russia: U.S. to Stay Out of Iran’s Domestic Affairs

January 4, 2018 Focus Washington

Russia urged the United States to stay out of Iran’s “domestic affairs,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, adding that what was happening in Iran was an internal affair which attracted the international community’s attention, […]

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DOJ to Give House Key Documents in Russia Probe

January 4, 2018 Focus Washington

The House and Justice Department reached a deal to provide the Russia election meddling probe long-sought documents and access to key witnesses, The Hill reported. Before the deal was reached, the director of the Federal Bureau […]

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Tony Blair Says He Didn’t Warn Trump of UK Spying

January 4, 2018 Focus Washington

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair denied Thursday claims that he warned President Donald Trump’s aides that British spies had put them under surveillance during the 2016 election campaign and deemed the allegations “complete fabrication, […]

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Trump: States Refused to Hand Over Election Data to Voter Fraud Commission

January 4, 2018 Focus Washington

After dissolving the voter fraud commission, President Donald Trump accused some blue states of refusing to turn over data in order to hide persons who voted illegally. “Many mostly Democrat States refused to hand over […]

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Former NSA Contractor Agrees to Plead Guilty to Stealing Secret Data

January 4, 2018 Focus Washington

Harold Martin is a former U.S. National Security Agency contractor who has agreed to plead guilty to stealing classified information in what may be the largest heist of U.S. government secrets in history. Court filings […]

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Utah Man Charged with Threatening to Kill Trump

January 4, 2018 Focus Washington

A man from Utah has faced criminal charges after reportedly making threats to kill President Donald Trump during his visit to the state last month, CNN reports. The indictment by the grand jury in central […]

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White House: Americans Should Be Concerned About Kim Jong-un’s Mental Fitness

January 4, 2018 Focus Washington

The White House defended President Donald Trump’s tweet about the size of his nuclear button and said that Americans should not be concerned about the mental fitness of their president, but rather about Kim Jong-un’s. […]

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Paul Manafort Sues Mueller, Rosenstein and DOJ over Russia Investigation

January 4, 2018 Focus Washington

Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, sued special counsel Robert Mueller, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and the Justice Department, saying Mueller has strayed beyond the scope of the investigation he was authorized […]

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Bill Nelson Will Try to Block Trump from Changing Offshore Drilling Rules

January 4, 2018 Focus Washington

Democratic Senator from Florida, Bill Nelson, plans to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to block President Donald Trump from overturning safety rules put in place after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster in 2010, […]

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Bannon Calls Trump ‘Great Man’ Despite Being Excoriated by Him

January 4, 2018 Focus Washington

While hosting a radio show on Wednesday, Steve Bannon called President Donald Trump “a great man,” despite previously being harshly criticized by him. Meanwhile, the president’s attorney said that a cease and desist letter was […]

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New York City Will Install 1,500 Security Barriers to Prevent Terror Attacks

January 3, 2018 Focus Washington

New York City plans to install more than 1,500 security barriers to prevent terror-related attacks. The move comes after recent vehicle-related homicides in the city. Bill de Blasio, the city Mayor, said that he plans […]

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U.S. Is at War with Right and White Supremacists, Professor Warns

January 3, 2018 Focus Washington

George Ciccariello-Maher, a former associate professor of politics and global studies at Drexel University in Philadelphia, who has received death threats because of his Twitter messages in which he champions gun control and criticizes the American […]

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Russia Will Develop Its Own Cryptocurrency to Avoid U.S. Sanctions

January 3, 2018 Focus Washington

Russian officials have ordered development of a new cryptocurrency so that they could move money out of the country and evade international sanctions. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s economic adviser Sergei Glazyev explained that the instrument […]

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Iran Protests Could Lead to Trump Killing Nuclear Deal

January 3, 2018 Focus Washington

The most recent anti-government protests raging across Iran have given President Donald Trump a new reason to kill the nuclear deal, which many see as a risky move that could give Tehran advantage. Trump and […]

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ICE Director Calls for Criminally Charging Politicians Running Sanctuary Cities

January 3, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s pick to run Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) called for a crackdown on so-called sanctuary cities and said that those politicians who back sanctuary status should be charged with crimes. ICE Acting […]

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FEMA Allows Churches Access to Disaster Aid

January 3, 2018 Focus Washington

Officials have finally changed federal policies allowing churches to apply retroactively for disaster aid funds, almost four months after President Donald Trump suggested that they should be able to do so. The Federal Emergency Management […]

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Trump: ‘I Have Bigger and More Powerful Nuclear Button Than Kim Jong-un’s’

January 3, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump boasted that he has a bigger and a more powerful nuclear button than North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. “North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the ‘Nuclear Button is on […]

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