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Barr obliterates honest broker persona with ‘spying’ comment – CNN
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Treasury won’t meet House Dems’ deadline to provide Trump tax returns, Mnuchin says – Fox News
Video Mnuchin says Treasury can’t comply with House deadline for President Trump’s tax returns Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Wednesday that the department hasn’t decided if it’ll comply with a demand by a key House Democrat to deliver President Trump’s tax returns, and won’t meet a Wednesday deadline to do so. The news came a day after Mnuchin faced off in a contentious exchange on the issue with the chairwoman of the House…
EU Gives UK More Time For Brexit Plan – NPR
British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at a news conference at the conclusion of the EU summit in Brussels. Francisco Seco/AP hide caption toggle caption Francisco Seco/AP British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at a news conference at the conclusion of the EU summit in Brussels. Francisco Seco/AP The European Union has agreed to delay the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU, known as Brexit, until Oct. 31. The deal,…
Obama lawyer expects Mueller-related indictment – POLITICO
Gregory Craig expects to face charges over work he did for the Ukrainian government, his lawyers said. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images legal By MATTHEW CHOI 04/10/2019 11:06 PM EDT Updated 04/11/2019 12:21 AM EDT Thu Apr 11 00:21:25 EDT 2019 A former White House counsel for President Barack Obama expects to be indicted as part of an investigation related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into the 2016 election, according…
Trump signs orders to speed up energy projects – NBC News
President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Wednesday that he says will accelerate the approval of energy infrastructure projects in the United States. Trump signed the executive orders before applauding union workers at a training facility in Crosby, Texas. The president energy infrastructure is too often held back by special interest groups and others. He particularly took aim at the state of New York, saying “obstruction” on a gas…
Dems rage against Barr for backing claims of Trump campaign ‘spying’ by FBI – Fox News
Video Barr testifies he believes spying occurred during 2016 campaign Attorney General Bill Barr tells Senate lawmakers that he believes spying did occur during the 2016 presidential campaign; Catherine Herridge reports on the exchange. Prominent Democrats lined up to hammer Attorney General Bill Barr for testifying Wednesday that federal authorities had spied on the Trump campaign in 2016, with one top House Democrat charging that Barr is not acting “in the…
Treasury Department Will Miss House Committee Deadline To Turn Over Trump Tax Returns – NPR
President Trump speaks to f the media prior to his departure from the White House Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images President Trump speaks to f the media prior to his departure from the White House Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images Updated at 8:06 p.m. ET The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service will not meet House Democrats’ deadline…
Brexit: UK and EU agree Brexit delay to 31 October – BBC News
Media captionMay on Brexit extension: ‘The UK should have left the EU by now’ The UK and the EU have agreed a “flexible extension” of Brexit until 31 October, European Council president Donald Tusk has said. Speaking after five hours of talks at an EU summit in Brussels, Mr Tusk said his “message to British friends” was “please do not waste this time”. Theresa May said the UK would still…
Wait times at U.S.-Mexico border soar as officers are reassigned to deal with migrants – The Washington Post
The McAllen-Hidalgo International Bridge in McAllen, Tex., on April 4. Wait times at U.S. points of entry on the border with Mexico have increased dramatically in recent days. (Ray Whitehouse for The Washington Post) Wait times at the ports of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border have soared as the Trump administration diverts officers to handle an influx of immigrants, leaving trucks backed up for hours and industry leaders warning of…
Trump signs measures easing energy regulation while in Texas – CNN
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Who was ‘spying’ on the Trump campaign? And why? – CNN
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5 takeaways from the Israeli elections – Washington Examiner
With nearly all the votes now counted, it’s safe to say that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been reelected. For those catching up, here are five takeaways from Tuesday’s Israeli election: Bibi Survives. This of course is the biggest takeaway, and love him or hate him, it’s a testament to his incredible resilience. Netanyahu was initially elected back in 1996, but was driven into the political wilderness by 1999….
Would ‘Medicare for All’ Save Billions or Cost Billions? – New York Times
All of these estimates looked at the potential health care bill under a Sanders-style Medicare for all plan. In some estimates, the country would not pay more for health care, but there would still be a drastic shift in who is doing the paying. Individuals and their employers now pay nearly half of the total cost of medical care, but that percentage would fall close to zero, and the percentage…
Twelve days of chaos: Inside the Trump White House’s growing panic to contain the border crisis – The Washington Post
David Nakamura Josh Dawsey Seung Min Kim April 9 at 8:02 PM He had threatened to close the southern border and ordered a halt to foreign aid for three Central American nations. But as President Trump weighed his next move to respond to a mounting immigration crisis, he had another problem: His homeland security chief was in Europe on a week-long business trip. The location of Kirstjen Nielsen, the embattled…
Omar criticized by Dan Crenshaw for ‘unbelievable’ 9/11 description – USA TODAY
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks at a dinner banquet, part of a fundraising event for the Council of American-Islamic Relations of Greater Los Angeles at the Hilton hotel in Woodland Hills, California, March 23, 2019. (Photo: Gary Coronado, AP) WASHINGTON – Rep. Ilhan Omar again sparked outrage and sharp criticism with a comment, this time for referring to the 9/11 terrorist attack that killed nearly 3,000 people as “something” that “some people did.” The freshman Minnesota…
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…