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Redacted Mueller report, nearly 400 pages long, will be delivered by ‘mid-April, if not sooner’
Special counsel Robert Mueller III's report detailing his investigation of President Donald Trump and Russia's election interference will be delivered to Congress "by mid-April, if not sooner," Attorney General William...
Senate backs McConnell’s rebuke of Trump’s military drawdown plans in Syria, Afghanistan
The vast majority of Senate Republicans backed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday in a rebuke of President Donald Trump's rationale for withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria and Afghanistan, voting...
Russia favored Trump in 2016, GOP-led Senate panel says in break with House Republicans
The Senate Intelligence Committee has determined that the U.S. intelligence community was correct in assessing that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election with the aim of helping then-candidate Donald...
GOP memo on surveillance ‘abuse’ targets dossier; Democrats call it ‘misleading’
A document described by House Republicans as a top-secret memo about surveillance "abuse" contains talking points focused on discrediting Fusion GPS, the firm that hired a British ex-spy to compile...
Key NSA surveillance program’s reauthorization hits roadblock in Congress
House Republicans have abandoned plans to vote on a long-term reauthorization of a powerful government authority to conduct foreign surveillance on U.S. soil, apparently succumbing to internal party demands for...
FBI Russia investigator axed from Mueller team over texts disparaging Trump
The former top FBI official assigned to special counsel Robert Mueller III's probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election was taken off that job this summer after his bosses...
Senate overwhelmingly votes to curtail Trump’s power to ease up on Russia sanctions
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow Congress to block any efforts from the president to scale back sanctions against Russia, and to step up sanctions against Moscow for interfering...
Nunes admits he met source for surveillance claim at White House; Dems call on him to step aside
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee acknowledged Monday that he had made a secret visit to the White House last week to view intelligence files he then cited as...
Donald Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ attack on Elizabeth Warren leaves GOP struggling to defend him
It was a bad time for Sen. Cory Gardner to be caught in an elevator with a reporter. Donald Trump had just referred to Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts as...
Republicans call for inquiry into U.S. $1.7 billion settlement with Iran
Republican lawmakers are calling for an inquiry into the Obama administration's decision to pay a $1.7 billion claims settlement to Tehran after Iranian hard-liners reignited concerns that the money was...