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- Trump says he finished the written answers to Mueller questions, to be submitted soon
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 04:41 PMPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday said he's done answering questions from special counsel Robert Mueller related to the investigation of possible collusion between Trump associates and Russians, and he expects his legal team to submit them soon.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Photo surfaces of Cindy Hyde-Smith posing with Confederate artifacts
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 05:05 PMMississippi Sen.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump defends daughter Ivanka amid email scrutiny
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 04:58 PMPresident Donald Trump acknowledged Tuesday that his daughter and senior adviser Ivanka Trump did use private email during the start of the administration, but declined to acknowledge any hypocrisy over his criticism during the 2016 campaign of Hillary Clinton's similar practice.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Ethics Committee urges Congress to pass long-stalled sexual harassment legislation
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 03:10 PMIn a new letter sent to leaders of the House and Senate, the House Ethics Committee is urging Congress to pass the long-stalled sexual harassment legislation, saying it is "imperative" for Congress to act "quickly."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - READ: Trump's statement on Saudi crown prince and the killing of Jamal Khashoggi
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 01:05 PMOffice of the Press Secretary
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More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Talk about baste appeal -- Trump set to pardon turkey
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 12:07 PMApproximately 44 million turkeys were Thanksgiving dinner in the United States last year, but on Tuesday at the White House, one lucky bird is going to be spared a similar fate.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Zinke says not the time to cast blame over California fires, then rips 'radical environmentalists'
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 09:46 AMInterior Secretary Ryan Zinke says it's not the time for finger-pointing over the destruction of the deadly California wildfires -- yet he's openly blaming "radical environmentalists" for a lack of forest management that he says are spreading the infernos.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Short, Scaramucci say Ivanka private email use 'hypocritical'
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 08:09 AMTwo former high-ranking White House officials publicly said Tuesday that Ivanka Trump's use of a personal email account for official White House business was "hypocritical," because the Trump campaign vociferously criticized Hillary Clinton in 2016 for a similar practice.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump says he loves the military, but he keeps insulting its members
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 01:16 AMFor a president who professes to revere the US military more than any of his predecessors, Donald Trump gets entangled in a lot of scrapes that raise doubts about the sincerity of his admiration.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Trump faces mounting pressure to lift tariffs on Canada, Mexico
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 04:45 PMIndustry groups are renewing their push to convince President Donald Trump to lift his tariffs on Canadian and Mexican steel and aluminum before signing a replacement for the North American Free Trade Agreement at the end of next week.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Aspiring actress granted restraining order against Michael Avenatti, describes physical and verbal abuse
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 05:03 PMAspiring actress Mareli Miniutti was granted a restraining order against famed lawyer Michael Avenatti on Monday, accusing him of physical and verbal violence -- including hitting her face with pillows, calling her an "ungrateful bitch" and dragging her across the floor.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Judge orders supervised release of Iraqis ICE held for months
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 03:24 PMA federal judge ordered the US on Tuesday to put a group of Iraqi immigrants, some of whom who have been in detention for nearly a year and a half, on supervised release in a strongly worded decision against the government.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Obama praises 'extraordinary' Pelosi amid leadership battle
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 03:05 PMFormer President Barack Obama offered effusive praise of Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday as the Democratic leader faces opposition to her bid for House Speaker.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Walmart asks Mississippi's Hyde-Smith to return donation after 'public hanging' comment
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 12:43 PMWalmart is pulling its support for Republican Mississippi Sen.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump signals US won't punish Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 12:57 PMPresident Donald Trump signaled Tuesday that he will not take strong action against Saudi Arabia or its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the death and dismemberment of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Cummings to revive White House email use inquiry after Ivanka Trump disclosure, aide says
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 10:13 AMIvanka Trump's use of a private email account will soon face new scrutiny on Capitol Hill, with a key House committee planning to probe whether President Donald Trump's daughter and senior adviser violated the law when conducting government business.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Team Ivanka's email explanation is beyond ridiculous
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 09:19 AMFaced with a Washington Post report that Ivanka Trump had regularly used a private email account to conduct government business in 2017, the explanation from her side went like this: She didn't know that was wrong!
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Analysis: How 2018 reframed the Democrats' biggest choice for 2020
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 06:04 AMThough the 2018 election opened intriguing opportunities in the Sun Belt, new data suggest the shortest path back to the White House for Democrats may be through the three Rust Belt swing states that President Donald Trump dislodged from the "blue wall" two years ago.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Judge blocks Trump administration from denying asylum to immigrants who cross border illegally
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 04:26 AMA federal judge on Monday issued a temporary restraining order blocking the Trump administration from denying asylum to immigrants who cross the US-Mexico border illegally.
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- US flies B-52 bombers near contested islands in the South China Sea
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 03:59 PMTwo US B-52 bombers flew near contested islands in the South China Sea Monday, according to US Pacific Air Forces.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump rails against 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in wake of asylum ruling
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 05:02 PMPresident Donald Trump leveled his latest criticism of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday, slamming a federal judge's decision to temporarily block an executive order that would have changed US asylum policy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Freshmen Democrats feel the squeeze as Pelosi fight intensifies
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 03:20 PMAs Gil Cisneros completed a Democratic sweep of Orange County, the incoming House freshman fielded a phone call from a person heavily invested in his victory.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Point: 6 similarities between Ivanka Trump and Hillary Clinton's email excuses
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 01:26 PMThe incredible thing is not so much that Ivanka Trump used a personal email address for public business; it's that she did it after her father and boss, President Donald Trump, along with other Republicans, hammered Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton so mercilessly and incessantly on that issue in 2016, even promising to "lock her up" for that and other alleged misdeeds.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trade between US and China will 'come to a head' at G20 summit, Kudlow says
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 11:56 AMTop White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Tuesday morning that he anticipates a direct confrontation between the US and China over trade at the upcoming G20 meeting in Argentina after the collapse of plans to hold talks in Washington next week.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US says it killed 37 militants in two Somalia airstrikes
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 11:56 AMThe US military killed 37 militants in two separate airstrikes in the vicinity of of Debatscile, Somalia, on Monday, according to a statement from US Africa Command, which oversees military operations on the continent.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Chuck Schumer calls on Justice Department inspector general to look into Matt Whitaker
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 10:16 AMThe top Democrat in the Senate, Sen.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Washington Post: Trump eyeing visit to US troops in combat zone
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 07:45 AMPresident Donald Trump has discussed with advisers the possibility of a presidential visit to US troops in a combat zone for the first time during his presidency, The Washington Post reported Monday night.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Understanding the math Nancy Pelosi faces in the race for House speaker
Tuesday - 11/20/2018 - 06:03 AMDoes Nancy Pelosi have the votes?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Federal Air Marshals accused of more than 200 gun mishaps
Monday - 11/19/2018 - 08:51 PMWhen a passenger found a federal air marshal's loaded service weapon in the bathroom during a trans-Atlantic flight last year, the blunder became headline news.
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