Lawmaker accuses Justice Department of blocking whistleblower disclosure
The U.S. House Intelligence Committee chairman on Thursday accused the Justice Department of blocking intelligence officials from giving Congress a whistleblower complaint reported to involve communications between President Donald Trump and a foreign …
U.S. House approves short-term funding measure
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a stopgap funding measure on Thursday that would avoid a government shutdown by maintaining current spending levels through Nov. 21.
Trump sues Manhattan prosecutor Vance over tax returns linked to criminal probe
Donald Trump sued Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance on Thursday, seeking to void a subpoena for eight years of tax returns related to a criminal probe into the U.S. president and his family business.
U.S. Senate hearing to confirm Trump pick Issa for trade post delayed by concern over FBI check
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee postponed a hearing on Thursday to consider former congressman Darrell Issa to lead the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, after Democrats accused the White House of withholding potentially compromising detai…
U.S. Senate panel embraces $250 million in election security grants
A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday approved $250 million in additional federal grants to states and local jurisdictions to improve the security of their voting systems in the run-up to 2020 elections and following Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidentia…
Lawmaker accuses U.S. Justice Department of blocking whistleblower disclosure
The U.S. House Intelligence Committee chairman on Thursday accused the Justice Department of blocking intelligence officials from giving Congress a whistleblower complaint reported to involve communications between President Donald Trump and a foreign …
Embattled Facebook CEO Zuckerberg seeks to mend fences in Washington
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has met with some of his company’s toughest critics, facing aggressive questions over the social network’s failures to protect consumer privacy and a call on Thursday to sell WhatsApp and Instagram.
Schiff says DOJ involved in decision to block whistleblower complaint
The U.S. Department of Justice played a key role in a Trump administration decision to withhold a whistleblower complaint from Congress, U.S. House Intelligence panel chairman Adam Schiff said on Thursday, adding that lawmakers did not know yet if the …
Trump sues Manhattan district attorney Vance over subpoenas for tax returns
Donald Trump sued Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance on Thursday, questioning the constitutionality of subpoenas issued by the state prosecutor, and which a source said sought the president’s tax returns.
Trump calls report about whistleblower complaint ‘Fake News’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday blasted as “Fake News” a report that he made a promise to a foreign leader during a phone call that a U.S. intelligence official found troubling enough to file a whistleblower complaint.