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President Trump said Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller should not testify before Congress — reversing his position from days ago, when he said he’d defer to Attorney General William Barr. Across two tweets, Mr. Trump wrote, “why would the Democrats in Congress now need Robert Mueller…to testify. Are they looking for a redo because they hated seeing the strong NO COLLUSION conclusion?” Mr. Trump added, “Bob Mueller should not…

The president has mocked Biden with the nickname “Sleepy Joe” on Twitter, and has reportedly told aides that he considers Biden one of the largest threats to his reelection.   Biden has made criticism of Trump central to his candidacy, promoting himself as a foil to the president. “The only place he has any confidence is in the mud,” Biden said on Saturday night, according to Bloomberg. “The only thing he doesn’t know how to…

Video North Korea reportedly launches short-range ‘projectiles’ Fox News foreign correspondent Trey Yingst says the goal of the Trump administration is to denuclearize the Korean peninsula. The leader of the Hermit Kingdom supervised a “strike drill” of long-range multiple rocket launchers and unspecified tactical guided weapons into the East Sea on Saturday while telling troops to remain on alert, North Korean state media said. Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency said…

Captain Michael Connor, the commanding officer of NAS Jacksonville, described the passengers as a mix of military personnel and families, and a few civilians. While some were staying in the area, others planned to fly on to other parts of the country. ‘‘I think it is a miracle,’’ Connor said. ‘‘We could be talking about a different story this evening.’’ Passengers lined up on the plane’s wings before climbing into…

Video President Trump tweets ‘deal will happen’ after North Korea test fires short-range projectiles Former Naval Intelligence Officer John Jordan reacts on ‘ANHQ’ North Korea’s launch Saturday of what appear to be short-range missiles is disturbing, but we shouldn’t overreact and conclude the move will end President Trump’s diplomatic efforts to get the North to give up its nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. In fact, Trump may still win his…

Former Vice President Joe Biden addresses a crowd at the Hyatt Park community center on Saturday in Columbia, South Carolina. | Sean Rayford/Getty Images 2020 elections By NATASHA KORECKI 05/04/2019 10:43 PM EDT COLUMBIA, S.C. — Joe Biden on Saturday referred to President Donald Trump as a “clown” after a supporter asked the former vice president whether he would return Trump’s insults. Biden, who is on the first swing of…

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea fired several “unidentified short-range projectiles” into the sea off its east coast on Saturday, prompting South Korea to call on its communist neighbor to “stop acts that escalate military tension on the Korean Peninsula”. The South Korean military initially described it as a missile launch, but subsequently gave a more vague description. The latest firing came after the North’s test of what it called a…

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Video Rep. Collins: Democrats are making Barr out to be the bad guy because their storyline was wrong House Judiciary Committee ranking member Rep. Doug Collins reacts to criticism of Attorney General William Barr and his handling of the Mueller report. Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., on Thursday accused Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, of running a “circus” and unfairly maligning Attorney General William Barr over Democrats’…

In total, President Donald Trump has withdrawn 62 nominations since taking office. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images White House The administration’s long-standing vetting problems have contributed to a surge in doomed picks. By ANDREW RESTUCCIA 05/02/2019 09:46 PM EDT Updated 05/02/2019 09:57 PM EDT Thu May 02 21:57:09 EDT 2019 Hours after withdrawing as a candidate to serve on the Federal Reserve Board, Stephen Moore expressed shock that his critics had…

President Trump said Thursday that he will not allow former White House counsel Don McGahn to appear before Congress to testify about his possible obstruction of justice. “I’ve had him testifying already for 30 hours,” Trump said during a Fox News interview, referring to McGahn’s interviews with special counsel Robert Mueller. McGahn told Mueller that he resisted orders from Trump to fire the special counsel. The orders are a key…

Mayor Catherine Pugh offers background on her Healthy Holly book business during a City Hall news conference in March. Baltimore Sun/TNS via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Baltimore Sun/TNS via Getty Images Mayor Catherine Pugh offers background on her Healthy Holly book business during a City Hall news conference in March. Baltimore Sun/TNS via Getty Images After weeks of growing pleas for her to step down, Baltimore Mayor Catherine…

Video Brit Hume: Nancy Pelosi doesn’t want ‘all the oxygen’ in Washington to be consumed by the Mueller report Fox News Senior Political Analyst Brit Hume said on “America’s Newsroom” on Thursday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “doesn’t want all the oxygen in Washington and in politics to be consumed by the fight over the Mueller report and the failed effort to prove collusion with the Russians.”  Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume said on “America’s Newsroom” on Thursday that House Speaker Nancy…

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CLOSE Tensions between DOJ leaders and special counsel Robert Mueller’s team broke into public view in extraordinary fashion as Attorney General William Barr pushed back at complaints over his handling of the Trump-Russia investigation report. (May 1) AP, AP WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump praised Attorney General William Barr’s performance during a four-hour long Senate hearing on Wednesday, saying “he did a fantastic job” and dismissing calls for his resignation as…

WASHINGTON — Robert Mueller objected to Attorney General William Barr‘s characterization of the principal findings of the Russia investigation and asked the attorney general on multiple occasions to release the special counsel’s prepared summaries of the report. Mueller communicated his objections to Barr in a letter on March 27, three days after the attorney general disclosed the special counsel’s conclusions in a summary letter clearing President Donald Trump of having obstructed the investigation into Russian interference…

Video Gingrich: The left’s effort to erase America’s history is wrong Virginia judge rules Confederate statues are war monuments protected by state law; reaction from former House speaker Newt Gingrich. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich on Tuesday said the report by the Washington Post that Special Counsel Robert Mueller reached out to Attorney General William Barr and let him know that his summary “did not fully capture the context, nature,…

As interim President Juan Guaidó led his people onto Venezuelan streets on Tuesday, he called for the world to support his legitimate struggle. The U.S. answered that call — with some tweets. In statements divorced from action, Trump administration officials on Tuesday showed their sympathy for an Obama administration-style foreign policy of words and absent action. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed the U.S. “fully supports the Venezuelan people in…

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is doubtful President Trump and congressional Democrats will reach an agreement on an infrastructure package. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., advised Trump this week ahead of their Tuesday meeting at the White House that they were seeking “substantial, new and real revenue” to finance an infrastructure package, adding that they wanted the deal to also address climate…

To boot, the endorsement was particularly effusive. “As the 2020 Democratic primary for president of the United States heats up, the IAFF is supporting the one candidate who will protect our members on the job, help keep fire departments fully staffed and support your right to have a voice in the workplace,” the statement read. “Based on his unequaled record on our union’s basket of issues and our long-standing core…