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Joe HendersonMarch 19, 2018

I wish Marco Rubio would just let it go and tell everyone how he really feels about President Donald Trump. I think Florida’s junior U.S. Senator, like many Republicans, really wants to do that. He tiptoes up the edge but can’t quite go there. He doesn’t unleash oratory of fire and fury the likes of […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 29, 2018

Monday saw a victory for the Donald Trump administration and its Congressional defenders when FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe stepped down. As CNN pithily described it, “McCabe had become a central target of President Donald Trump’s ire toward the FBI over its involvement in the investigation into potential collusion between his campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.” […]

Associated PressMay 17, 2017

Surrounded by multiplying questions, President Donald Trump complained Wednesday that “no politician in history” has been treated worse. Democrats demanded an independent commission to dig into his firing of FBI Director James Comey, but Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan cautioned against “rushing to judgment.” Ryan said Congress needs to get the facts, but “it is […]

Associated PressFebruary 25, 2017

FBI Director James Comey is again in a familiar spot these days – the middle of political tumult. As a high-ranking Justice Department official in the George W. Bush administration, he clashed with the White House over a secret surveillance program. Years later as head of the FBI, he incurred the ire of Hillary Clinton […]

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