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Associated PressMarch 7, 2017

George Stephanopoulos‘ “Good Morning America” interview with White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday is an instant milestone in the hostile relationship between the Trump administration and the media. In the discussion about President Donald Trump‘s weekend accusations — offered without proof — that former President Obama ordered Trump’s New York home wiretapped, Stephanopoulos […]

Associated PressMarch 2, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he should not be involved in investigating a presidential campaign he had a role in. Sessions made the comment at a Thursday news conference where he announced he will recuse himself from any investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The move came after revelations that Sessions twice spoke […]

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 […]

A.G. GancarskiFebruary 17, 2017

Bob Graham chaired the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee as it dealt with the events of Sept. 11, 2001, helming the Joint Congressional Inquiry into that sequence of terror attacks. On Friday, he called for the same type of investigation into the events of Nov. 8, 2016. Graham’s concern: Russian involvement in the 2016 United States […]

Associated PressFebruary 16, 2017

The Trump administration asked the founder of a New York-based private equity firm to lead a review of the intelligence community as President Donald Trump vows to crack down on what he describes as “illegal leaks” of classified information. A senior White House official said Thursday that Stephen Feinberg of Cerberus Capital Management has been […]

Associated PressFebruary 16, 2017

Donald Trump mounted an aggressive defense of his young presidency Thursday, lambasting reports that his campaign advisers had inappropriate contact with Russian officials and vowing to crack down on the leaking of classified information. Nearly a month into his presidency, Trump insisted in a freewheeling White House news conference that his new administration had made […]

Scott PowersFebruary 16, 2017

U.S. Rep. Val Demings of Orlando is joining the call for an independent investigation of ties between Russia and former White House National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and President Donald Trump. Demings, a Democrat, sits on the House Oversight Committee – whose Republican chairman U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz has dismissed prospects of such an investigation […]

Scott PowersFebruary 9, 2017

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio continued his sharp attacks on Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday calling any potential grand deals “immoral” and “fantasy” while positioning himself to be in staunch opposition to any agreements President Donald Trump may want with Russia. On Thursday, speaking at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing entitled, “The United States, The Russian Federation and the […]

Scott PowersJanuary 18, 2017

The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee has created a new standing subcommittee on cybersecurity and U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson will be the ranking Democrat to help lead it. Little else is determined at this point. U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, chair of the Armed Service Committee, announced the panel’s creation Wednesday afternoon and appointed U.S. […]

Associated PressJanuary 16, 2017

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, on a last foreign trip before leaving office, has met with Ukraine’s president and called on the impending Donald Trump administration to retain Ukraine-related sanctions against Russia. Biden’s comments Monday at a briefing with President Petro Poroshenko came after Trump indicated in a Times of London interview that he could […]

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Golf ball and golf club in bag on green grass

About that unusually tense interview between Stephanopoulos, Trump aide

Jeff Sessions says he shouldn’t investigate campaign

James Comey in middle of political fray over Donald Trump and Russians

Bob Graham: Investigate the Russians!

White House taps billionaire to head intelligence review

Donald Trump says White House ‘fine-tuned machine,’ despite turmoil

Val Demings calls for investigation into Michael Flynn’s, Donald Trump’s ties to Russia

Marco Rubio re-sharpens condemnation of Putin and any U.S.-Russia deals

Bill Nelson to help lead new Senate panel on cybersecurity

Joe Biden: Donald Trump should retain sanctions on Russia