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Horowitz, Wray to Testify Before Senate Judiciary Committee

June 18, 2018 Focus Washington

FBI Director Christopher Wray and Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz will certainly be in the focus when they face the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday to testify on Horowitz’s shocking report on the FBI’s […]

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Americans Reluctant to Call Trump-Kim Summit Successful

June 18, 2018 Focus Washington

A poll conducted by The Washington Post and ABC News showed that Americans’ views of the Singapore summit outcome are more measured than that of President Donald Trump, who said with confidence North Korea was no longer […]

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Roger Stone Met with Russians Offering Dirt on Clinton

June 18, 2018 Focus Washington

Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone met in May 2016 with a Russian who offered “dirt” on then-candidate Hillary Clinton in exchange for $2 million, Stone and former Trump campaign communications official Michael Caputo confirmed […]

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Giuliani Continues to Mock Biden

June 16, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani on Friday said that he thinks former Vice President Joe Biden is “dumb” when asked about comments he made earlier in the day calling Biden a “mentally deficient idiot.” […]

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Harvard Scientists Say EPA’s Environmental Policies Could Result in 80,000 Deaths Per Decade

June 16, 2018 Focus Washington

According to a new study from two Harvard University scientists, Trump administration’s environmental policies could result in an additional 80,000 deaths per decade. The research, conducted by public health economist David Cutler and biostatistician Francesca […]

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Trump Says Manafort Received a ‘Very Unfair’ Sentence

June 16, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump on Friday stated that his former campaign manager Paul Manafort had received a “very unfair” sentence. “What a tough sentence for Paul Manafort, who has represented Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole and many […]

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Federal Court Sends Manafort to Jail

June 16, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump’s former campaign aide Paul Manafort was ordered by a federal judge to go to jail on Friday. The court order comes after special counsel Robert Mueller asked the judge to revoke Manafort’s […]

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China Says Trump’s Tariffs Undermine World Trade Order

June 15, 2018 Focus Washington

China’s Ministry of Commerce on Friday issued a statement calling on countries to take “joint actions” against the United States over President Donald Trump’s new trade policies. China in the statement accused the Trump administration […]

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McConnell: ‘Mueller’s Probe Has Gone on Seemingly Forever’

June 15, 2018 Focus Washington

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in a statement hinted that according to him special counsel Robert Mueller needs to wrap up the probe into the 2016 election, adding that the investigation has gone on “forever.” […]

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Democrats Desperately Try to End Sessions’ Immigration Policy

June 15, 2018 Focus Washington

Democratic Senator Brian Schatz on Thursday stated that Congress could fix the policy of separating migrant families at the border and could pass both chambers next week if it’s proposed as stand-alone legislation. “Stop pretending […]

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Trump Admires How North Korean Press Praises Kim

June 15, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump reportedly made comments about how a news anchor on North Korean state-run television talked so positively about Kim. According to The Washington Post, Trump joked after watching North Korean state-run television that […]

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Israel Cynical of North Korea’s Commitment for Complete Denuclearization

June 15, 2018 Focus Washington

Israel’s foreign ministry in a recent classified report questioned President Donald Trump’s optimistic assessment of his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. According to a report from Axios, the Israeli report makes a […]

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Russia Promises Consequences After Norway Requests More U.S. Marines on Their Border

June 14, 2018 Focus Washington

Russia on Thursday in a statement vowed that it is going to retaliate to a plan by Norway to double the number of U.S. Marines stationed there. Oslo on Tuesday announced that it would ask […]

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Trump Jr: ‘If GOP is Like a Cult it’s Because They Like What My Father is Doing’

June 14, 2018 Focus Washington

On Thursday, President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., replied to Senator Bob Corker’s remarks that the Republican party is becoming a “cult-like situation.” Trump Jr. said that if the GOP is like a cult […]

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Pompeo Says No Lifting of Sanctions Until Complete Disarmament of North Korea

June 14, 2018 Focus Washington

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a contradicting statement Thursday to that of North Korean state media which said lifting of U.S. sanctions on the country could take place “as progress is made.” Pompeo made […]

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Trump Says He and Kim Understand Each Other

June 14, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump attempted to dismiss the concerns about North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s human-rights abuses as part of the effort to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula. When pushed by Fox News’ Brett Baier about Kim’s […]

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Sanders Reportedly Planning to Leave White House

June 14, 2018 Focus Washington

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is reportedly making plans to leave the White House before the end of the year. According to CBS News report published Wednesday, Sanders has reportedly told friends about […]

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Sheremetyevo Becomes Russia’s Stunning New Gateway to the World Cup

June 13, 2018 Focus Washington

This week, as hundreds of millions of fans around the globe watch the event some international sports analysts have dubbed “the largest shared experience in the world,” the FIFA World Cup, tens of thousands of […]

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Trump Critic Loses South Carolina Primary

June 13, 2018 Focus Washington

Incumbent Republican South Carolina Representative Mark Sanford, who often criticizes the President, lost Tuesday’s primaries to state Representative Kate Arrington. Her unexpected win proved an unmistakably positive referendum on President Donald Trump’s tenure and a […]

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Russian Company Employees Charged by U.S. for Breaching Syria Sanctions

June 13, 2018 Focus Washington

The United States has charged five employees of Russia’s Sovfracht shipping company and three Syrians with supplying Syria with jet fuel in violation of U.S. sanctions. The indictment alleges that the defendants used vessels owned by Transpetrochart Co. […]

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Trump: ‘There Is No Longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea’

June 13, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that North Korea is no longer a nuclear threat to the world. His optimistic assessment of the summit with Kim Jong-un was welcomed by the world as many countries […]

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Puerto Rico Releases Hurricane Maria Death Toll Records

June 13, 2018 Focus Washington

The government of Puerto Rico released on Tuesday a database of information on all deaths that occurred after Hurricane Maria, which hit the island last September. The information was released to CNN and another news […]

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Trump Starts Having Better Relation with Nationwide Media

June 13, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump adopted a much nicer attitude toward the national news media on Tuesday during his interview with Fox News. Trump told host Sean Hannity that some of the mainstream outlets had been “very […]

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Senate Bound to Deal Trump Defeat on ZTE

June 12, 2018 Focus Washington

A bipartisan group of senators has successfully pushed for the inclusion of a bill to undo a deal to save Chinese telecom ZTE, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s trade negotiations with China. The lawmakers […]

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Trump Administration Ends Asylum Protection for Victims of Domestic Violence

June 12, 2018 Focus Washington

The Trump administration reversed Monday asylum protections for domestic violence victims, as well as for victims of gang violence, a move that could eventually deprive tens of thousands of immigrants of protection in the United […]

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Pompeo to Brief Japan and South Korea on What Comes Next

June 12, 2018 Focus Washington

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had a phone call with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts on Tuesday, just moments after President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ended. “Just spoke with […]

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Trump and Kim Sign Agreement at Historic Summit

June 12, 2018 Focus Washington

President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un concluded the historic summit in Singapore by signing an agreement committing the U.S. to unspecified “security guarantees” for Pyongyang, in exchange for a denuclearized Korean Peninsula. […]

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Merkel Backs Trump-Putin Summit in Nod to U.S.

June 11, 2018 Focus Washington

German Chancellor Angela Merkel stated that she favors a U.S.-Russian summit, seeking to point global diplomacy forward after an intense meeting of Group of Seven leaders, Bloomberg informed. Russian President Vladimir Putin did not get an invitation to the G-7 […]

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Democrats Reject Graham’s Call for Military Use Authorization Against North Korea

June 11, 2018 Focus Washington

Prior to Tuesday’s summit between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham urged Democrats on Sunday to sign onto an authorization to use military force against the dictatorship regime […]

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Democratic Congressman to Trudeau: Stop ‘Feuding’ with Trump over Trade

June 11, 2018 Focus Washington

A Democratic congressman harshly criticized Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday for “sabotaging” trade negotiations as the fallout from this weekend’s tense G7 summit continues, lending President Trump some bipartisan support as the war of […]

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