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Michael Flynn, President TrumpDonald John TrumpReturn hope to the Middle East by returning to the Iran Deal Government shutdowns tend to increase government spending ‘Full Frontal’ gives six-bedroom house to group that works with detained immigrants MORE’s first national security adviser who began cooperating with special counsel Robert MuellerRobert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE’s investigation about a year ago, will be sentenced…

Video Farmers’ Almanac: Winter will be ‘teeth-chattering’ cold Get ready for a rough winter as The Farmers’ Almanac is predicting a ‘colder-than-normal’ season from the Continental Divide on eastward, complete with ‘teeth-chattering’ cold arriving in mid-February in the Northeast, Great Lakes, and even into the Southeast. Climate researchers are sounding the alarm on a polar vortex that’s predicted to sweep through the U.S.’ east coast later this month and inflict…

Schumer on Sunday repeated that theme during an interview with NBC News. “We should not let a temper tantrum, threats, push us in the direction of doing something that everybody, even our Republican colleagues, know is wrong,” Schumer said. “If the president wants to debate the wall next year, he can…. But he shouldn’t use innocent workers as hostage for his temper tantrum to sort of throw a bone to…

Of the information that the companies did hand over, some came in formats that were difficult to analyze. Researchers said that in many cases, information was provided in duplicate and triplicate, or was incomplete or corrupted. That meant it took months just to catalog and clean up before it could be studied. In a statement, Nu Wexler, a Google spokesman, said, “We conducted an in-depth investigation across multiple product areas,…

(Reuters) – U.S. Border Patrol agents who detained a 7-year-old Guatemalan migrant girl who later died in federal custody will not speak with U.S. lawmakers investigating her death, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Monday, citing their union membership. Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Tuesday plan to visit the New Mexico patrol station where Jakelin Caal and her father were taken on Dec. 7 to learn…

“Only days after stating that they’d support a new election, Republicans resorted back to attacking a bipartisan investigation into serious and clear allegations of fraud to benefit Mark Harris,” he said in a statement. “This is an attempt to steal an election after being caught red-handed. It’s shameful, harmful to our democracy and North Carolina voters, and undermines the integrity of our elections.”

Ian Livingston December 17 at 4:15 PM Storm systems, driven by persistent low pressure near Alaska, are churning waters to dangerous levels along the West Coast of the United States. The focus of the punishment from massive waves is from southern Washington state through central California. The San Francisco Bay area is one region taking the brunt, with waves expected to reach 30 to 40 feet in height through Tuesday….

Craig Timberg Tony Romm Elizabeth Dwoskin December 17 at 7:41 PM Months after President Trump took office, Russia’s disinformation teams trained their sights on a new target: special counsel Robert S. Mueller III. Having worked to help get Trump into the White House, they now worked to neutralize the biggest threat to his staying there. The Russian operatives unloaded on Mueller through fake accounts on Facebook, Twitter and beyond, falsely…

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There’s a word President Donald Trump keeps using to describe his former longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen. Cohen was sentenced last week to three years in prison after pleading guilty to numerous criminal charges and is now cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. According to Trump, that makes his ex-lawyer a “rat.” Remember, Michael Cohen only became a “Rat” after the FBI did something which was absolutely unthinkable & unheard…

Republicans are keeping their distance from a recent court ruling that struck down ObamaCare, as GOP lawmakers are wary of the political backlash that could ensue from scrapping the law. Many congressional Republicans remain silent after a federal judge on Friday struck down the Affordable Care Act in its entirety. And those who have spoken out largely steered clear of embracing the decision. The muted response illustrates how the politics…

A Yemeni woman is barred from seeing her 2-year-old son who is reportedly dying in a California hospital because of the Trump administration’s travel ban against people from several mostly Muslim-majority countries, advocates for the family said Monday. The boy, Abdullah, suffers from a genetic brain condition that has continued to worsen. His father, Ali Hassan, a 22-year-old from Yemen who is an American citizen, brought his son to the…

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A Facebook posting, released by the House intelligence committee, for a group called “Secured Borders.” It and others like it were created by Russian specialists posing as Americans. Jon Elswick/AP hide caption toggle caption Jon Elswick/AP A Facebook posting, released by the House intelligence committee, for a group called “Secured Borders.” It and others like it were created by Russian specialists posing as Americans. Jon Elswick/AP Two new reports produced…

Victims of clergy sexual abuse, or their family members, react as Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Aug. 14, 2018. A Pennsylvania grand jury said its investigation of clergy sexual abuse identified more than 1,000 child victims in six Roman Catholic dioceses. (Matt Rourke/AP) Julie Zauzmer December 17 at 4:00 PM The Maryland Province Jesuits, a Catholic religious…

<!– –> × MENU SEARCH QUOTES Finance Goldman Sachs is fighting back against criminal charges from the Malaysian government, saying it was the victim of deceptive Malaysian officials in a scandal that has rocked the bank’s shares this year. The bank was criminally charged Monday by Malaysian authorities for its role in creating the state investment fund known as 1MDB. It’s the first time the bank itself faces criminal charges…

An Ohio officer’s Facebook message to an 18-year-old he clocked going 100 mph on a highway is gaining speed on social media. In an open letter posted on the North Ridgeville Police Department’s Facebook page, an officer wrote in a message intended for the teen that their reckless driving could have killed them or “some innocent person who was minding their own business doing nothing else wrong but being in…

Rachel Weiner December 17 at 10:37 AM A former business partner of Michael Flynn is being charged with acting as an agent of a foreign government and conspiracy for attempting to get Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen extradited from the United States. Bijan Kian made his first appearance in Alexandria federal court Monday morning. According to the indictment, Kian conspired with Turkish businessman Ekim Alptekin to illegally lobby U.S. government officials…

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Video Rudy Giuliani on Michael Cohen’s prison term, Flynn memos President Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen is sentenced to prison; reaction from President Trump’s lead attorney Rudy Giuliani on ‘Fox News Sunday.’ Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani told “Fox News Sunday” that President Trump will sit down one-on-one with Special Counsel Robert Mueller “over my dead body” amid bombshell new revelations in the false statements case against ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn,…