A controversial document prepared by Republican members of Congress accuses U.S. law enforcement officials of abusing their surveillance authorities during the Russia investigation. The 3½-page secret memo, written by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, was released Friday after President Donald Trump authorized its declassification. What the memo alleges The memo’s key allegation is that…
read moreFBI Director Christopher Wray told agency employees Friday that he stood with them after the release of a memo outlining allegations by Republican lawmakers that FBI investigators abused their powers in their probe of Russian interference in the presidential election. “I stand by our shared determination to do our work independently and by the book,”…
read moreThe U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on Tuesday on legislation to keep federal agencies operating beyond Feb. 8, when existing funds expire, a senior House Republican aide said on Friday. The aide did not provide details, however, on the duration of this latest-in-a-series of temporary funding measures. Congressional negotiators are fighting over defense…
read moreU.S. stocks slumped Friday, pulling down the Dow Jones industrial average by more than 650 points and handing the market its worst week in two years. Technology, banks and energy stocks accounted for much of the broad slide. Several major companies, including Exxon Mobil and Google’s parent company, Alphabet, sank after reporting weak earnings. Fears…
read morePresident Donald Trump says K.T. McFarland has withdrawn from consideration to be ambassador to Singapore. Trump issued a statement Friday. He said McFarland served his administration “with distinction” and said Democrats “chose to play politics rather than move forward with a qualified nominee for a critically important post.” McFarland is a former deputy national…
read moreThe House Intelligence Committee has released a bitterly disputed memo outlining allegations by Republicans that top law enforcement officials abused their powers of surveillance in their probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The memo was given to reporters shortly after President Donald Trump approved declassification of the memo, which was written by…
read moreThe Republican National Committee is siding with President Donald Trump on his order to bar transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military. In a resolution passed at its annual winter meeting Friday, the committee voted to support Trump’s August demand that military recruitment policy consider transgender as “a disqualifying psychological and physical” condition. Trump’s…
read moreBritain has made clear its desire to be part of China’s so-called “One Belt One Road” initiative — a cornerstone of President Xi Jinping’s vision to boost Chinese investment and influence across Asia, Europe and Africa. But there are concerns about the financial and humanitarian costs of the vast infrastructure projects being undertaken. British Prime…
read moreU.S. President Donald Trump has approved publication of a Republican memo that argues that top law enforcement officials abused their investigative authority for partisan ends during and after the 2016 presidential campaign. Shortly after the House released the memo. A White House official confirmed to VOA that a message had been sent to the House…
read moreU.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Friday in Mexico City, at a time when U.S. immigration and trade policies have strained relations between the U.S. and its southern neighbor. The Mexican government is offended by U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposals to curb illegal immigration and have Mexico…
read morePresident Trump is accusing the leadership of America’s top law enforcement agencies of abusing their investigative authority for partisan ends. In the first of two tweets Friday, ahead of his expected approval of the release of a classified memo written by the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes, Trump accused the…
read moreApple is making more money than ever, but it still doesn’t seem to be enough to keep everyone happy. Not with conspiracy theories swirling around Apple’s secret slowdown of older iPhones while a cloud of uncertainty looms over its high-priced iPhone X. It’s a reality check for a company accustomed to an unflinchingly loyal customer…
read moreU.S. President Donald Trump warned Republican lawmakers Thursday against labeling hundreds of thousands of young immigrants facing deportation as “Dreamers,” as their advocates call them while trying to keep him from returning them to their native countries. “Some people call it Dreamers. It’s not Dreamers. Don’t fall into that trap,” Trump told the Republicans at…
read moreThe United States is losing its top career diplomat and the State Department’s third-highest-ranking official with the retirement of Thomas Shannon. Shannon, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, announced Thursday that he was calling it a career after nearly 35 years spent serving six presidents. He is the fourth career diplomat to leave the…
read moreSenate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday called for the removal of Republican Devin Nunes as chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, citing actions that undermine a federal probe into possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia. Schumer sent House Speaker Paul Ryan a letter “demanding the Speaker immediately…
read moreVice President Mike Pence traveled to West Virginia Wednesday to tout the impact of tax cuts and pick a fight with the state’s Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, who voted against the plan. Manchin, who faces a tough re-election fight this year, pushed back forcefully, saying Pence’s comments “are exactly why Washington Sucks.” In a visit…
read moreU.S. President Donald Trump is at odds with both the FBI and the Justice Department over whether to release a classified memo alleging that top law enforcement officials were biased against the president. The “Nunes memo,” named for the Republican congressman who drafted it in recent weeks, allegedly includes details about Justice Department efforts ahead…
read moreWith an eye on general elections next year, India has announced several populist measures that include a health insurance program for 500 million people, and billions of dollars for rural development and affordable housing in its annual budget. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the measures aimed at improving “ease of living” for citizens, the…
read moreWhen Janet Yellen leaves the Federal Reserve this weekend after four years as chair, her legacy will include having shattered a social barrier: She is the first woman to have led the world’s most powerful central bank, a position that carries enormous sway over the global economy. Yellen will be remembered, too, for her…
read moreThe top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said Wednesday the committee’s Republicans altered a classified memo before sending it to the White House instead of sending the version they had shown to lawmakers and approved for release in a party-line vote. The document, which the White House could decide to publicly release as early…
read moreU.S. President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign ended 2017 with $22 million in cash helped by $6.9 million in contributions in the fourth quarter of the year, his campaign announced on Wednesday. Trump’s campaign spent $2.8 million in the final quarter of the year. Of that, $1.1 million went to legal fees, about the same amount…
read moreU.S. President Donald Trump held a meeting in the White House Wednesday to showcase American small businesses that say they have benefited from the tax reform bill passed by Congress late last year. The meeting Wednesday was a follow-up to the president’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday night, in which he noted that…
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