WASHINGTON — Members of key congressional committees are pledging a full public airing as to why former FBI director James Comey was ousted amid an intensifying investigation into Russia’s interference with the U.S. election. The probe appears to be reaching close to President Donald Trump and his inner circle. In Sunday show appearances, both Republican […]
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Analysis: Why Joe Biden said Hillary Clinton wasn’t ‘a great candidate’ but he was
Vice President Joe Biden, left, laughs with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a ceremony to unveil a portrait of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Washington. Former vice president Joe Biden stirred the Democratic pot a little bit on Thursday night. Appearing at the […]
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Sweden drops rape case against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
LONDON — Swedish prosecutors on Friday announced they were dropping their investigation into a rape allegation against Julian Assange after nearly seven years. British police said, however, that he still faced arrest on charges of jumping bail if he left the Ecuadorean embassy in London where he has been living. The Swedish Prosecution Authority said […]
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Lawmakers express shock, concern about Trump disclosure of classified information
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers expressed shock and concern after learning that President Donald Trump had revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador during a meeting in the Oval Office last week, according to current and former U.S. officials. “Obviously, they are in a downward spiral right now and have got to figure […]
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Sen. King: GOP health care bill is ‘cruel, damaging’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, on Wednesday called the Republican health care proposal that recently passed the House “the most ill-conceived, damaging and downright cruel piece of legislation” he’s seen in his adult life. On the Senate floor Wednesday, King denounced the American Health Care Act as “a foolishly misnamed bill that […]
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Susan Collins votes with Dems to reject repeal of environmental regulation
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate narrowly voted down a resolution on Wednesday to repeal an Obama-era rule regulating methane emissions from drilling on public lands – with three Republicans joining every Democrat to preserve the rule. The 51 to 49 vote marked the first time since President Donald Trump’s election that Republicans have failed in […]
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Sources say James Comey misstated key Clinton email evidence at hearing
FBI Director James Comey overstated key findings involving the Hillary Clinton email investigation during testimony to Congress last week, according to people close to the inquiry. In defending the probe, Comey offered seemingly new details to underscore the seriousness of the situation FBI agents faced last fall when they discovered thousands of Clinton aide Huma […]
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Sally Yates says she expected White House to take action on Flynn
WASHINGTON — Former acting attorney general Sally Yates testified Monday that she expected White House officials to “take action” on her January warning that then-national security adviser Michael Flynn could be blackmailed by Russia, offering her first public statements about the national security concerns that rocked the early days of the Trump administration. Yates’ testimony […]
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Susan Collins says Senate will take time to get health bill right
Republican senators plan to write a health-care bill that could be radically different from the one passed last week by the House, including keeping some of the benefits and safeguards currently enshrined within Obamacare. The Senate’s different approach means there’s no clear timetable for producing a bill, and it likely ensures that President Donald Trump […]
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Susan Collins says House health care bill has more questions than answers
WASHINGTON — Republicans are claiming a triumph by pushing their legislative centerpiece scuttling much of President Barack Obama’s health care law through the House. It was a perilous journey, and its Senate pathway will be at least as bumpy with little doubt the measure will change, assuming it survives. Thursday’s 217-213 House passage — with […]