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- NYT: Federal prisons director resigns amid Kushner, Sessions infighting on prison reform
Friday - 05/25/2018 - 12:13 PMThe director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons resigned last week because of an "ideological turf war" between Attorney General Jeff Sessions and senior White House adviser Jared Kushner over prison reform, a new report says.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Russian oligarch met with Michael Cohen at Trump Tower during transition
Friday - 05/25/2018 - 11:13 AMA Russian oligarch who was questioned by special counsel Robert Mueller and recently sanctioned by the US visited President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen in Trump Tower during the presidential transition in January 2017, according to video reviewed by CNN.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sally Yates: Trump's DOJ pressure is 'a step beyond dangerous'
Friday - 05/25/2018 - 10:22 AMFormer acting Attorney General Sally Yates is alarmed by President Donald Trump's call for the Department of Justice to investigate whether it or the FBI spied on his presidential campaign for political reasons.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - An abortion that changed everything
Friday - 05/25/2018 - 08:41 AMIt took years for Kassi Underwood to truly understand how her decision to have an abortion would alter the course of her life.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump fast-tracks appeals judges, but lags on lower courts
Friday - 05/25/2018 - 06:16 AMThe Trump administration has strategically focused on the appointment of judges to the crucial appeals-court rung of the US judiciary as part of its concerted effort to axe Obama era policies.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Virginia congressman has second thoughts about retirement, will run for re-election
Thursday - 05/24/2018 - 04:56 PMRepublican Rep.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump's campaign has run 4,400 ads on Facebook so far this month
Thursday - 05/24/2018 - 07:44 PMPresident Donald Trump's campaign team has run more than 4,000 ads on the President's personal Facebook page since May 7, newly available data from Facebook shows.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Newly passed House bill would OK the President's military parade
Thursday - 05/24/2018 - 06:46 PMThe House of Representatives voted Thursday to reauthorize funds for the military Thursday -- a massive bill that greenlights a base budget of roughly $640 billion for national defense in the next fiscal year.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Judge doesn't believe Mueller's office has been leaking
Thursday - 05/24/2018 - 06:35 PMUS District Judge Emmet Sullivan, who will oversee the sentencing of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, Thursday weighed the possibility that special counsel Robert Muller's office has been leaking grand jury secrets to the media.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump's legal team discussed January interview with Mueller
Thursday - 05/24/2018 - 05:22 PMPresident Donald Trump's lawyers and special counsel Robert Mueller discussed a potential January 27, 2018, interview of the President before talks between the two sides stalled, sources briefed on the discussions told CNN.
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- The Point: Trump is alleging a massive government conspiracy, with zero evidence
Friday - 05/25/2018 - 10:59 AMOver the last 72 hours, the President of the United States has leaned into a conspiracy theory that goes like this: During the 2016 presidential race, President Barack Obama -- via the FBI -- placed a "spy" within Trump's campaign for purely political reasons.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump says he's 'not familiar' with Weinstein case
Friday - 05/25/2018 - 10:47 AMPresident Donald Trump said he is "not familiar" with the Harvey Weinstein case when asked for his reaction to the former Hollywood producer being charged with rape and sex abuse Friday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump: 'Warm and productive' North Korean statement 'very good news'
Friday - 05/25/2018 - 09:25 AMPresident Donald Trump hailed North Korea's statement Friday that its leader, Kim Jong Un, is still willing to meet Trump "at any time" despite the President's cancellation of an historic summit between the two leaders.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - GOP House candidate in Illinois is a 9/11 truther, said Beyonce had ties to the Illuminati
Friday - 05/25/2018 - 07:51 AMThe Republican nominee for a US House seat in Illinois has said the September 11 terrorist attacks were an inside job and that singer Beyonce Knowles has ties to the Illuminati.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump's canceled North Korea summit could mean pitfalls ahead
Friday - 05/25/2018 - 01:17 AMAfter President Donald Trump canceled a historic US-North Korea summit set for June 12, the administration said it would resume its maximum pressure campaign, signaled new sanctions are likely and expressed hope another meeting can be scheduled.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Recent special elections suggest Democrats may not ride a wave in November
Thursday - 05/24/2018 - 08:58 PMDemocrats have taken a tumble on the generic congressional ballot over the last few months.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - GOP leaders hold off coup on immigration -- for now
Thursday - 05/24/2018 - 07:36 PMRepublican leaders have held off a coup from moderate lawmakers on immigration -- for now.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - WSJ: Roger Stone tried to get information on Clinton from Assange
Thursday - 05/24/2018 - 07:30 PMRoger Stone, a longtime associate of President Donald Trump's, tried to get information related to Hillary Clinton from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange through a mutual acquaintance during the 2016 presidential campaign, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing emails it reviewed.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - DOJ announces seizure of domain behind Russian-backed botnet
Thursday - 05/24/2018 - 06:23 PMThe Justice Department announced Wednesday that it had seized an internet domain that's at the center of a Kremlin-backed hacking campaign, largely thwarting the potential weaponization of a network of more than half a million web-connected devices across the globe, experts say.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Is Joe Biden running for president? Because he sure sounded like it today
Thursday - 05/24/2018 - 04:06 PMFormer Vice President Joe Biden didn't have to say a word.
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- This week in politics, GIF'd
Friday - 05/25/2018 - 12:26 PMIt has been a week, y'all.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump set to address Naval Academy
Friday - 05/25/2018 - 10:13 AMPresident Donald Trump is set to deliver the commencement address at the US Naval Academy here on Friday, addressing more than 1,000 graduates who will become commissioned officers in the US Navy and Marine Corps.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Point: People think Trump's administration is the least ethical in modern history
Friday - 05/25/2018 - 09:06 AMDonald Trump is setting records again.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump administration nominates immigration hard-liner for migration post at State Department
Thursday - 05/24/2018 - 10:33 PMThe Trump administration has tapped immigration hard-liner Ronald Mortensen to be the assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - White House: North Korea 'stood us up'
Friday - 05/25/2018 - 04:36 AMBeyond the insults and brinksmanship that contributed to the cancellation of the historic meeting between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un was the seeming reluctance from North Korea to actually proceed with plans for the summit, which had been destined to take place in Singapore on June 12.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Progressives seethe over DNC chair Perez's decision to back Cuomo in NY primary fight
Thursday - 05/24/2018 - 08:47 PMIn an unexpected turn that rankled the party's left flank, Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez on Thursday endorsed New York Gov.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Roger Stone's finances examined by special counsel
Thursday - 05/24/2018 - 08:27 PMSpecial counsel Robert Mueller's team has been probing Roger Stone's finances as it summons a series of witnesses to gather more information about one of President Donald Trump's longtime advisers, according to people familiar with the situation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rudy Giuliani's totally irrational quid pro quo
Thursday - 05/24/2018 - 07:32 PMTrump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has started saying something interesting -- and totally irrational -- in interviews this week: That President Donald Trump's decision on whether to sit down with special counsel Robert Mueller depends, at least in part, on what information the Justice Department hands over in what the President has taken to calling "Spygate."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Assange's refuge in Ecuadorian embassy 'in jeopardy'
Thursday - 05/24/2018 - 06:41 PMJulian Assange's nearly six-year refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London is in danger, opening the WikiLeaks founder to arrest by British authorities and potential extradition to the US, multiple sources with knowledge tell CNN.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pompeo raises possibility of new North Korea sanctions
Thursday - 05/24/2018 - 04:07 PMSecretary of State Mike Pompeo suggested on Thursday new sanctions could be in the works for North Korea, even as he expressed hope the country would return to the negotiating table for direct talks following President Donald Trump's decision to cancel the summit with Kim Jong Un that had been due to take place next month in Singapore.
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