Virginia attorney general says wore blackface in college as scandal spreads
Virginia’s attorney general on Wednesday admitted to having worn blackface at a college party, becoming the state’s third high-ranking Democrat caught up in scandal since the release Friday of a racist photo from Governor Ralph Northam’s medical school…
House panel to give Russia probe transcripts to special counsel
The House Intelligence Committee voted on Wednesday to provide transcripts of testimony it took behind closed doors in its probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election to the special counsel for use in possible prosecutions, the pan…
Banks weigh whether to embrace or avoid progressive firebrand Ocasio-Cortez
Barely a month into the new Congress, financial lobbyists in Washington are already strategizing how to handle the star power of rookie Democrat lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Virginia political blackface scandal widens to attorney general
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring wore blackface at a college costume party in 1980, he said in a statement Wednesday as the crisis sparked by racist photograph on the governor’s medical yearbook page spread through the state’s leadership.
Pompeo reassures allies of U.S. commitment to defeat Islamic State
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday reassured coalition partners that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria was not “the end of America’s fight” and called on them to help permanently defeat Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
Trump’s Venezuela envoy to testify to U.S. House panel amid crisis
U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, will testify in the Democratic-led House of Representatives next week, as Washington presses for a change of government in the South American nation.
U.S. Fed chief to discuss economy before House panel on February 27
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to testify before the House Financial Services Committee on Feb. 27, the committee’s Democratic chairwoman said in a statement on Wednesday.
Former Trump lawyer Cohen congressional testimony postponed
Testimony by U.S. President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen before the House Intelligence Committee has been postponed until Feb. 28, the panel said on Wednesday, the latest snag over an appearance by Trump’s one-time “fixer.”
New Mexico governor pulls National Guard troops from U.S.-Mexico border
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has ordered most of the National Guard troops deployed at the state’s border with Mexico to withdraw, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s contention there was a border crisis.
Pompeo reassures allies of U.S. commitments in Syria, Iraq
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday reassured allies that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria was not “the end of America’s fight” and called on them to recommit to permanently defeating Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
