Judge sends Manafort to jail pending trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday revoked bail conditions for Paul Manafort, a move that will force U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman to spend his time in a jail cell awaiting his criminal trial.
Sessions says Justice Department will address problems raised by watchdog report
(Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Friday the Justice Department would confront any problems uncovered by an inspector general’s report that found former FBI Director James Comey made errors in judgment handling the Hillary Clinton…
EPA’s Pruitt got tickets to Rose Bowl football game from PR chief: letter
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Embattled U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt obtained tickets to this year’s Rose Bowl college football game from a public relations executive, said a letter by the top Democrat on the House of Representative…
Trump says he will not sign moderate ‘Dreamer’ immigration bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not sign the more moderate of two bills under consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives that are meant to address the threat of deportation hanging over the United States’ “…
Trump attacks report on FBI, saying in fact there was ‘total bias’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday a Justice Department inspector general’s report that concluded there was no bias in how the FBI handled its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails was wrong, saying there was “total b…
Trump says he will call North Korea’s Kim on Sunday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he plans to call North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sunday, following their summit in Singapore this week.
Trump says he will not sign moderate immigration bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would not sign the more moderate of two immigration bills currently working their way through the House of Representatives.
Trump says watchdog report wrong in claiming no FBI bias: Fox interview
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday a Justice Department inspector general’s report that concluded there was no bias in how the FBI handled its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails was wrong, saying there was “total b…
Trump says he did a ‘great service’ in firing Comey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that he “did a great service” in firing former FBI Director James Comey, following Thursday’s report by the Justice Department’s inspector general on the agency’s handling of an investig…
Food aid curbs sought by Republicans would hit rural poor
WEBSTER COUNTY, W.Va. (Reuters) – Bruce Green’s family of six scratches out a living in this remote, politically conservative corner of the Appalachian Mountains thanks in part to about $600 a month in U.S. food aid.
