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FBI's Top Lawyer Resigns as Agency Faces Pressure from Trump
The FBI said on Saturday that its top lawyer, Dana Boente, had announced his resignation as the agency faces scrutiny over its investigations of former staffers and supporters of President Donald Trump.As a senior Justice Department official, Boente was involved in the...
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Biden Staff Donate to Group That Pays Bail in Riot-Torn Minneapolis
Campaign staff for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden are advertising their donations to a group that pays bail fees in Minneapolis after the city's police jailed people protesting the killing of a black man by a white police officer.
At least 13 Biden campaign...
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Clyburn Laments 'Timing' Wrong for Klobuchar Pick as VP Nominee
House veteran and majority whip Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., thinks the "very tough timing" is all wrong for Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., to be chosen as running mate for presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
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Minnesota Gov. Walz Mobilizes National Guard, Renews Curfew
Minnesota's Democrat Gov. Tim Walz on Saturday moved to mobilize the National Guard against what he called outside agitators who have helped fuel looting and arson in reaction to the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died in police custody.
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GOP State Rep in Missouri Tweets 'Looters Deserve to Be Shot'
A Republican Missouri state representative is receiving criticism after he tweeted Friday "Looters deserve to be shot. . . . But not by the government."
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Mike Lindell: Police Officer Should've Been Arrested Immediately, Says He Will Run for Governor
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin should have been arrested immediately, according to MyPillow founder Mike Lindell on Newsmax TV, who now says he will run for governor of Minnesota.
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Trump Warns Breach White House Fence, Find 'Vicious Dogs, Ominous Weapons'
President Donald Trump praised the work of the Secret Service in defending the White House during a lockdown last night, despite the fact, he claimed, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser would not allow D.C. police to get involved.
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Cuomo Received Donations From Nursing Homes Execs He Protected From Lawsuits
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation protecting hospital and nursing home executives from coronavirus-related lawsuits two years after receiving a $1 million donation from the lobby that represents them.
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Trump, Biden Turn Down Counterintelligence Briefings, Suggesting Distrust of FBI
The campaigns for President Donald Trump and Joe Biden have refused counterintelligence briefings about possible threats during the upcoming election, an intelligence official told The Washington Times.
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Klobuchar Under Scrutiny Over Claims She Didn't Charge Officer Involved in Floyd's Death in 2006 Case
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn, refuses to withdraw herself from vice presidential consideration after news emerged she declined to bring charges in 2006 against the police officer charged in George Floyd's death.
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Flynn Lawyer Powell To Newsmax TV: 'No Reason Whatsoever' For FBI, DOJ To Investigate
Michael Flynn's lawyer said transcript summaries released Friday of his 2016 conversations with the Russian ambassador prove the FBI and Department of Justice had "no reason whatsoever" to investigate him.
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Dick Morris to Newsmax TV: Did China Bribe Joe Biden?
Former presidential adviser and campaign consultant Dick Morris on Friday said reports of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden being paid more than $900,000 by the University of Pennsylvania will reignite questions about his ties to China.
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Trump Defends His Looting Tweet as Cautionary, Not Threatening
President Donald Trump defended a tweet that appeared to threaten an armed response to violence in Minneapolis after the death of a handcuffed black man in police custody, saying that it was actually a caution about protests getting out of control.
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Senate Health Committee Chairman: Trump Decision to Break From WHO Is Ill-Timed
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., a prominent Senate veteran and chair of the chamber's health committee, pushed back at President Donald Trump's decision Friday to pull the United States from the World Health Organization.In a statement, the powerful Republican declared the...
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Transcripts of Flynn Calls With Russian Ambassador Released
The Trump administration's new national intelligence director waded into political waters in his first week on the job, declassifying documents that allies of the president say bolster their contention that former national security adviser Michael Flynn was wrongly...
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Chang to Newsmax TV: EU Policy Toward China Has Been 'Feeble'
China expert, commentator and author Gordon Chang on Friday castigated the "decades" of leadership in western nations and the European Union that "empowered the worst in China."...
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NJ Gov. Murphy Hints Easing of Indoor Religious Services Restrictions
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said allowing more people to attend indoor religious services is on the list of coronavirus-related restrictions he is looking to ease up on...
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Biden, Trump Say They've Talked With George Floyd's Kin
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday told his supporters that he had a conversation with the family of George Floyd, the black man who was killed on Monday after a police interaction.Likewise, Reuters reported on Friday afternoon, President Donald Trump said he'd...
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Sen. Klobuchar: Decries Reports She Declined to Prosecute Cop Involved in Floyd Death as 'Absolutely False'
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said Friday that reports claiming she declined to prosecute a Minneapolis police officer involved in the death of George Floyd in a shooting death back in 2006 are "absolutely false."...
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NC Presses RNC on Trump's Desire for Convention Without Social Distancing, Masks
Tensions continued to percolate Friday between North Carolina officials and the Republican National Committee over how the party convention will play out this August.Mandy Cohen, North Carolina's health and human services secretary, sent a letter to the RNC asking for...
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Trump: US to Cut Ties With WHO, Withdraw Trade Ties With Hong Kong
President Donald Trump said Friday the U.S. will terminate its relationship with the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus outbreak in China and will begin the process of withdrawing special trade benefits for Hong Kong because of the Chinese...
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Hillary Clinton: Trump Tweet Was 'Calling for Violence Against American Citizens'
Hillary Clinton said Friday that President Donald Trump's tweet about protestors in Minneapolis was "calling for violence against American citizens," and called on voters to "replace him in November"...
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Ruddy to Newsmax TV: Twitter 'Joins Conga Line' in Social Media Censorship
Twitter is just the latest social media company trying to silence conservative viewpoints from being shared on its platform, Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy told Newsmax TV."I think a lot of the social media companies and the Internet giants, like Google, have a long history of...
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Trump Tells Administration to Begin Eliminating Hong Kong Privileges
President Donald Trump said on Friday he was directing his administration to begin the process of eliminating special treatment for Hong Kong in response to China plans to impose new security legislation in the territory.Trump made the announcement at a White House news...
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Rep. Brady: Return-to-Work Bonus Needed to Bring Back Workforce
A return-to-work bonus that allows workers to keep $1,200, or 2 weeks of their $600 extra unemployment payments, when returning to work makes "good economic sense," Rep. Kevin Brady said Friday, who along with Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, has proposed the effort. "It made...