President Donald Trump has delayed until next week a meeting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to determine whether he’ll keep his job after reports he’d suggested secretly recording Trump. “The president spoke with Rod Rosenstein a few minutes ago and they plan to meet next week,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said […]
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Donald Trump wants to rid Justice Department of 'lingering stench'
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump has issued an ominous warning about the Justice Department and the FBI, promising more firings to rid a “lingering stench” after reports that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed secretly recording Trump. Trump, at a political rally Friday night in Missouri, did not explicitly mention the Rosenstein furor, […]
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More questions for voters
In his letter of May 19, Thomas Shields proposed several questions to be asked of candidates. Most are important issues on which I tend to agree with the Republican positions. However, I would propose more important questions. Are you concerned that the president fails to acknowledge that Russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 elections? […]
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Justice Department proposes banning rapid-fire bump stocks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Saturday it has taken the first step in the regulatory process to ban bump stocks, likely setting the stage for long legal battles with gun manufacturers while the trigger devices remain on the market. The move was expected after President Donald Trump ordered the Justice Department to work […]
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Justice Department suing California over sanctuary laws
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday sued to block California laws that extend protections to people living in the U.S. illegally, the most aggressive move yet in its push to force so-called sanctuary cities and states to cooperate with immigration authorities. California officials remained characteristically defiant, vowing to defend their landmark legislation. The […]
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Jeff Sessions pushes back on Donald Trump's criticism over handling of FBI
WASHINGTON (AP) — Harshly criticized yet again by his boss, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has abandoned his usual stony silence and pushed back against President Donald Trump for saying Sessions’ response to Republican complaints about the FBI was “disgraceful.” Sessions gave no suggestion he would step down in light of Trump’s charge Wednesday on Twitter […]
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Donald Trump seized on what memo could mean even before reading it
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before he’d read the memo, President Donald Trump seized on what it could mean. The president first learned of the House Intelligence Committee document last month from some Republican allies in Congress and he watched it take hold in the conservative media, including on some of his favorite Fox News programs, […]
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Hotly disputed Russia-probe memo released over FBI protest
WASHINGTON – A GOP memo declassified on Friday charges senior law enforcement officials with manipulating a foreign intelligence court in order to surveil a former Trump campaign adviser – contested accusations that intensified an ongoing battle between the White House and Republican lawmakers on one side, and the FBI and the Justice Department on the […]
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Donald Trump favors releasing classified memo on Russia probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI said Wednesday it has “grave concerns” about the accuracy of a classified memo on the Russia investigation that President Donald Trump wants to release to the public. It was the first time the bureau has weighed in publicly on an issue that has openly divided the Justice Department and the […]
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Justice Department sues AT&T to block its $85 billion bid for Time Warner
The Justice Department sued Monday to block AT&T’s $85 billion bid for entertainment conglomerate Time Warner, setting the stage for one of the biggest antitrust cases to hit Washington in decades. The move by the Justice Department’s antitrust division is unusual because it challenges a deal that would combine two different kinds of companies – […]