U.S. House Republican to subpoena ex-FBI head Comey, ex-AG Lynch
The outgoing chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee is planning to issue subpoenas compelling former FBI Director James Comey and former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch to be deposed about their decision-making ahead of the 2016 U.S. presid…
U.S. Democrat Marcia Fudge tests waters in possible run for House speaker
In a small pond of dissidents trying to stop fellow Democrat Nancy Pelosi from becoming Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, only one has been bold enough to publicly acknowledge the possibility of stepping in to fight a battle that could stre…
Trump says will make acting EPA head Wheeler permanent
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would nominate the acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, to take on the position permanently.
Supreme Court to hear census citizenship question dispute
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it would hear oral arguments in February concerning a challenge by a group of states to the contentious decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to ask people taking part in the 2020 national census whet…
Trump: Russia probe investigators’ questions were easy to answer
President Donald Trump on Friday said he had “very easily” completed his written answers for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election, but had not yet submitted them to Mueller’s office.
Trump seeks to make acting EPA head Wheeler permanent
President Donald Trump said on Friday he would nominate the acting head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, to take on the position permanently.
U.S. judge orders White House to restore press pass to CNN’s Acosta
A U.S. judge on Friday ordered the White House to temporarily restore CNN correspondent Jim Acosta’s press pass, which was revoked after a contentious news conference last week with President Donald Trump.
Top Kentucky court upholds state’s ‘right-to-work’ law
The Kentucky Supreme Court has upheld the state’s so-called “right-to-work” law, which makes it illegal to require workers to join unions and bars the collection of fees from private-sector workers who choose not to become union members.
Russians impersonating U.S. State Department aide in hacking campaign: researchers
Hackers linked to the Russian government are impersonating U.S. State Department employees in an operation aimed at infecting computers of U.S. government agencies, think tanks and businesses, two cybersecurity firms told Reuters.
Still counting: Uncalled U.S. federal and state elections
Democrats took control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the Nov. 6 elections and Republicans held onto a majority in the U.S. Senate, but 11 federal and two state gubernatorial races remain undecided more than a week later.
