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Barr testifies ‘spying did occur’ on Trump campaign, amid reported review of informant’s role – Fox News
Video Attorney General Barr to review FBI conduct during Russia probe Reaction and analysis from ‘The Russia Hoax’ author Gregg Jarrett and Fox News contributor Sara Carter on ‘Hannity.’ Attorney General Bill Barr testified Wednesday that he believes “spying did occur” on the Trump campaign in 2016, as he vowed to review the conduct of the FBI’s original Russia probe — and the focus of a related internal review shifted to…
Barr says spying on Trump campaign ‘did occur,’ but provides no evidence – CNN
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Watch Maxine Waters and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin argue at hearing: ‘I will not be back here’ – CNBC
<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Finance Rep. Maxine Waters, chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin squabbled at a hearing, with Mnuchin going so far as to threaten to not testify before the committee again if he was not allowed to leave. “If you’d wish to keep me here so I don’t have my important meeting, and continue to grill me, then we can do…
Israeli election results: Benjamin Netanyahu reelected prime minister – Vox.com
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has managed to hold on to power, winning what will be a record fifth term in office despite a bruising reelection fight. The preliminary results from Israel’s Tuesday election have Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party getting 35 seats out of a total 120 seats in the Knesset (Israel’s parliament). While Likud didn’t win an outright majority of seats, that’s typical in Israeli elections. Party leaders generally…
Jamal Khashoggi’s son issues strange statement absolving Saudi crown prince and promising justice will be done – Business Insider
Salah Khashoggi, the son of Jamal Khashoggi, who was brutally murdered inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2, has released a statement thanking Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his generosity and humanity, while promising the country would soon mete out justice for his father. This follows the CIA concluding with “high confidence” that Crown Prince Mohammed had the elder Khashoggi killed as revenge for dissent toward…
Acting No. 2 at Homeland Security latest to leave department – CNN
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Lori Loughlin and 15 Others Face New Charges in College Admissions Scandal – The New York Times
Federal prosecutors brought new money laundering charges against the Hollywood actress Lori Loughlin and 15 other parents in the college admissions case on Tuesday, raising the legal stakes for parents who have not said they would plead guilty in the case. Prosecutors said on Monday that 13 of the 33 parents charged in the case, including the actress Felicity Huffman, would plead guilty. In all but one case, those parents…
Israeli exit polls are just as unreliable as American ones – Washington Examiner
As polls get set to close in Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing a tight reelection battle, keep in mind that Israeli exit polls are just as unreliable as American ones. Voting stations will close at 3 p.m. Eastern time, and the early exits are expected to drip out around then. But it won’t be until much later that we get a sense of how the actual vote turned…
Kenneth Starr ‘very proud’ of William Barr’s handling of Mueller report – Fox News
Video Ken Starr ‘very proud’ of William Barr’s handling of Mueller report As Attorney General William Barr faced questions on Capitol Hill Tuesday about the Mueller report, former independent counsel Kenneth Starr praised Barr for doing what the law requires while being as transparent as possible. “I’m very proud of Bill Barr. He’s a great lawyer. He’s a great Attorney General already in these early weeks under enormous pressure. He is…
Trump inexplicably cedes the immigration hardline to Obama – Washington Examiner
Who knew that former President Barack Obama was more effective on deterring illegal immigration than President Trump, who claimed to care more about the issue than anyone else? Trump said precisely that during a brief exchange with reporters Tuesday at the White House. Asked about whether the administration was considering a return to the falsely named “family separation” policy for illegal immigrants who are caught crossing into the U.S., Trump…
We May Miss Kirstjen Nielsen When She’s Gone – Slate
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William Barr Testimony Updates: He Says Mueller Report Will Be Public ‘Within a Week’ – The New York Times
“This whole mechanism for the special counsel, as I said, was established during the Clinton administration in the wake of Ken Starr’s report,” Mr. Barr said. “That’s why the current rule says the report should be kept confidential, because there was a lot of reaction against the publication of Ken Starr’s report and many of the people who are right now calling for release of this report were basically castigating…
Barr’s tactic with the Mueller report: spin and delay – The Boston Globe
US Attorney General William Barr has some explaining to do. In the more than two weeks since Barr sent Congress his summary of the more than 400-page Mueller report it seems increasingly clear that the attorney general is doing political spadework for President Trump. In the process he’s needlessly sullied his reputation on behalf of an increasingly unhinged and chronically dishonest president. Not only did Barr endorse Trump’s “no collusion”…
Here’s who could replace Kirstjen Nielsen at Homeland Security – Washington Examiner
Amid a national emergency on the southern U.S. border, President Trump made two big changes at the Department of Homeland Security. On Friday, the White House pulled the nomination of Ron Vitiello to be the permanent director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after he served as the acting director of the agency since June 2018. A couple of days later, Trump fired DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, a move that…
US threatens tariffs on $11 billion of European goods over Airbus subsidies – CNN
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Troubled Secret Service Faces New Leadership — Again – RealClearPolitics
The Secret Service, the once vaunted force charged with protecting the president, is again bracing for new leadership – the third director to helm the troubled agency in five years. The White House on Monday announced that Randolph “Tex” Alles would be stepping down amid a shakeup at the Department of Homeland Security, where DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was forced to resign, effective April 10. Trump tapped James Murray, a career…
Trump circumvents lawmakers with yet another interim appointment – Washington Examiner
President Trump announced on Twitter yesterday that Kevin McAleenan will be taking over as acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security following the resignation of Kirstjen Nielsen on Sunday. There’s one problem with this: It’s illegal. Federal law explicitly excludes the application of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act to this situation. University of Texas law professor Steve Vladeck points out that under the law, the acting secretary of DHS…
Court Blocks Trump Administration ‘Remain In Mexico’ Asylum Policy – NPR
Juan Carlos Perla of El Salvador kisses his 10-month-old son, Joshua, inside a migrant shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, where they await their asylum hearing in San Diego. Gregory Bull/AP hide caption toggle caption Gregory Bull/AP Juan Carlos Perla of El Salvador kisses his 10-month-old son, Joshua, inside a migrant shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, where they await their asylum hearing in San Diego. Gregory Bull/AP A federal judge in California blocked…
Trump names James Murray as new Secret Service director – Washington Examiner
President Trump named James Murray as the new director of Secret Service, replacing Randolph “Tex” Alles, the White House said Monday. “United States Secret Service director Randolph “Tex” Alles has done a great job at the agency over the last two years, and the President is thankful for his over 40 years of service to the country,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement. “Mr. Alles will…
Europe slams latest US tariff threat as ‘greatly exaggerated’ – CNBC
<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Aerospace & Defense The EU has hit back at new U.S. proposals to target European goods with tariffs, following a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling over subsidies for Airbus. Trade tensions between the EU and U.S. flared Monday after the U.S. said it’s considering $11 billion worth of retaliatory tariffs on a range of goods in response to illegal subsidies the EU granted to the…