WASHINGTON — Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr came out swinging at former FBI Director James Comey — in his low-key, genteel way — and Trump administration supporters loved it. Leading off questioning at Thursday’s intensely watched hearing, the North Carolina Republican had Comey state that President Donald Trump didn’t pressure him to stop an […]
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USAMark this down as the week Donald Trump won re-election. The television split screen Wednesday captured it perfectly. On one side, U.S. senators – the same ones who have failed to fulfill key parts of the agenda that got Mr. Trump elected – were squabbling, interrupting, misleading and orating about Russian mirages around every corner.
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USAAmid James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday, people are increasingly staking money on President Donald Trump failing to complete his four-year term, though either impeachment or him resigning. Related: Trump Under Investigation for Obstruction of Justice, James Comey Says in Testimony During the hearing, Comey stated Trump had asked him to drop
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USAFollowing former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Fox News legal analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano thinks President Trump could be in some future legal hot water. “Today certainly advanced the ball on the seriousness of this investigation and the breadth of its scope,” he said. “If you look […] at the
In a light moment during Jim Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Angus King (I-ME) and the former FBI director exchanged quips over a broken dinner date between Comey and his wife. The back-and-forth followed King’s question regarding President Donald trump’s contention – in an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt – that it
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USAWashington (dpa) – US President Donald Trump did not direct then FBI director James Comey to drop an investigation into former national security advisor Michael Flynn or suggest that he do so, his lawyer said. Attorney Marc Kasowitz stressed that Comey had confirmed Trump himself was not under investigation and claimed Comey’s testimony showed Trump
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USAWASHINGTON — In an explosive hearing, former FBI Director James B. Comey told Congress on Thursday he believed President Donald Trump fired him to impede the FBI’s Russia investigation, and described the president’s claims that the FBI was poorly led and in disarray as “lies, plain and simple.” “It’s my judgment that I was fired
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International, USAWhile much of the nation’s attention was focused on James Comey’s account of his interactions with President Donald Trump on Thursday, a key part of the president’s anti-regulatory agenda moved forward in Congress with far less fanfare: The House passed a bill that would dismantle the Dodd-Frank financial regulations put in place in 2010. The
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USABy Ken Stone Times of San Diego LA JOLLA, California — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eric Lichtblau, author of an exposé of the Nazi era’s shameful American aftermath, is worried what a future historian might say about today’s War on Terror. With James Risen, Eric Lichtblau won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for revealing
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History, Ken Stone, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There’s another American President asserting his intention of bring peace to Israel and Palestine. So far his string of failures, flubs, and foolishness in this and other fields provides little hope that he’ll do any better than a host of others. Yet his words, to the extent that they can
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USALOS ANGELES — California state Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez was elected as Los Angeles’ newest member of Congress on Tuesday, defeating attorney Robert Lee Ahn in a sharply contested battle for the 34th Congressional District. Gomez will take the seat vacated by Xavier Becerra, who became state attorney general earlier this year, and will represent one
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USANORRISTOWN, Pa. — A day after she confronted her alleged attacker in court for the first time, Bill Cosby accuser Andrea Constand faced a challenge from his lawyers. The defense spent much of its cross-examination Wednesday morning seeking to sow doubt about Constand’s account of the attack and her relationship with Cosby. Cosby lawyer Angela
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAJames Comey, the FBI director President Donald Trump fired last month, is scheduled to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday. But on Wednesday, his prepared opening statement dropped online. Here’s a copy-and-paste version of the PDF so you can read it for yourself: Chairman Burr, Ranking Member Warner, Members of the Committee. Thank
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USAWASHINGTON — A lawyer for President Donald Trump says he feels totally vindicated by the damning allegations by former FBI Director James Comey that he was pressured by the president to drop the bureau investigation of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Outside lawyer Marc Kasowitz said Trump is pleased that Comey — whose prepared
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