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The Justice Department’s offer, made in to avoid a contempt vote against William Barr, does not include allowing additional lawmakers to view the document, leaving a key demand from Democrats unresolved. | Win McNamee/Getty Images congress By ANDREW DESIDERIO and KYLE CHENEY 05/07/2019 04:11 PM EDT Updated 05/07/2019 04:20 PM EDT 2019-05-07T04:20-0400 The Justice Department offered on Tuesday to allow more congressional staffers access to a less-redacted version of special…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Cellphone video recorded by Sandra Bland, a black woman found dead in a Texas jail in 2015 following a confrontational traffic stop, shows for the first time her perspective as a white state trooper draws his stun gun and points it at close range while ordering her out of the car. The 39-second clip revealed by the Investigative Network, a nonprofit news organization in Texas, aired…

After the trooper told her to “get off the phone,” Ms. Bland responded: “I’m not on the phone. I have a right to record. This is my property.” “Put your phone down,” Mr. Encinia repeated. “Put your phone down right now.” The video was released by WFAA in partnership with the nonprofit Investigative Network. Its chief reporter, Brian Collister, said the video had been in the hands of law investigators…

President Donald Trump is “goading” Democrats to try and impeach him because he believes it would help “solidify his base” of supporters, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday. Pelosi has not been shy about publicly criticizing the president and his administration. But she has shown clear resistance toward the politically fraught prospect of impeaching Trump, even amid growing pressure from her progressive Democratic colleagues to support the drastic move. “Don’t…

WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared Tuesday that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference is over, despite House Democrats pursuing more information. “Case closed,” McConnell, R-Ky., said on the Senate floor about Mueller’s key finding that nobody from President Donald Trump’s campaign conspired with Russians to influence the election. McConnell compared Democratic complaints over the need to continue the 22-month investigation to the movie “Groundhog Day,” where…

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Prominent abortion rights groups launched a campaign Tuesday targeting Republican supporters of the “heartbeat” measure hours before Gov. Brian Kemp was set to sign the new restrictions into law. The “#ReclaimGeorgia” campaign by NARAL Pro-Choice Georgia and Planned Parenthood Southeast Advocates aims to spend six figures to mobilize activists and “put unprecedented pressure” on supporters of the measure ahead of next year’s election.  Laura…

A magazine’s cover line in Beijing asks, “How will Trump the businessman change the world?” on Dec. 28, 2016, days after then President-elect Donald Trump tapped outspoken China critic Peter Navarro for a top trade position. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images A magazine’s cover line in Beijing asks, “How will Trump the businessman change the world?” on Dec. 28, 2016, days after then President-elect Donald…

Video Media rage over William Barr Many pundits want him out as attorney general. The battle between congressional Democrats and the Justice Department over Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report has reached new levels of vitriol, as some on the left call for Attorney General Bill Barr to be physically dragged in to testify or even locked up for defying congressional subpoenas. The demands have escalated after the attorney general refused to…

A magazine’s cover line in Beijing asks, “How will Trump the businessman change the world?” on Dec. 28, 2016, days after then President-elect Donald Trump tapped outspoken China critic Peter Navarro for a top trade position. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images A magazine’s cover line in Beijing asks, “How will Trump the businessman change the world?” on Dec. 28, 2016, days after then President-elect Donald…

Video Media rage over William Barr Many pundits want him out as attorney general. The battle between congressional Democrats and the Justice Department over Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report has reached new levels of vitriol, as some on the left call for Attorney General Bill Barr to be physically dragged in to testify or even locked up for defying congressional subpoenas. The demands have escalated after the attorney general refused to…

A magazine’s cover line in Beijing asks, “How will Trump the businessman change the world?” on Dec. 28, 2016, days after then President-elect Donald Trump tapped outspoken China critic Peter Navarro for a top trade position. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images A magazine’s cover line in Beijing asks, “How will Trump the businessman change the world?” on Dec. 28, 2016, days after then President-elect Donald…

Video Media rage over William Barr Many pundits want him out as attorney general. The battle between congressional Democrats and the Justice Department over Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report has reached new levels of vitriol, as some on the left call for Attorney General Bill Barr to be physically dragged in to testify or even locked up for defying congressional subpoenas. The demands have escalated after the attorney general refused to…

President Donald Trump has pardoned Michael Behenna, a former Army Ranger in the 101st Airborne Division convicted of murdering an Iraqi prisoner in 2009. Behenna, 35, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for “unpremeditated murder in a combat zone” after killing suspected al-Qaeda terrorist Ali Mansur. Behenna was paroled in 2014. While Behenna said he killed Mansur in self-defense, during the trial he admitted that he disobeyed orders to…

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Seung Min Kim Erica Werner May 6 at 8:12 PM President Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods has further inflamed the relationship between him and Senate Republicans over trade, as the GOP lawmakers fight an increasingly losing battle to push Trump away from his protectionist instincts. Pro-free-trade senators have tried private meetings with Trump, op-eds in prominent newspapers and other tactics to warn Trump away…

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department said on Monday that it would not release President Trump’s tax returns to Congress, defying a request from House Democrats and setting up a legal battle likely to be resolved by the Supreme Court. Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, wrote in a letter to Representative Richard E. Neal, Democrat of Massachusetts and the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, that Mr. Neal’s request…

The Chinese were not surprised by President Donald Trump’s threats to impose more tariffs on their goods, several experts said Monday — they just assumed it was Trump being Trump. On Sunday, Trump appeared to imperil the ongoing trade talks with China — sending stock prices on a roller coaster ride Monday — with the surprise announcement that he intended to impose tariffs on almost all goods imported from China…

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