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FBI Director James Comey 'terminated' by Trump
The move comes after Mr Comey acknowledges inaccurate testimony about Hillary Clinton's emails.
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President Trump dismisses FBI Director Comey
White House said the president has accepted the recommendation of the attorney general that Comey be dismissed
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Guantánamo prisoner to testify about CIA torture ahead of 9/11 trial
The Guantánamo detainee known as Abu Zubaydah, who was subjected to prolonged torture at CIA black sites, is expected to give testimony for the first time next week at a pre-trial hearing convened under the military commission system. The hearing, originally scheduled for Wednesday but then postponed, is the precursor to a long-delayed military trial at which five Guantánamo prisoners on war crimes charges related to the 9/11 attacks face the death penalty.
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GOP Fails to Kill Methane Rule in a Capitol Hill Defeat for Oil and Gas Industry
The rule limits venting and flaring gas, a move the Obama administration estimated would prevent 180,000 tons of climate-warming methane from leaking into the atmosphere every year.
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Trump and Democratic views on FBI's Comey at key points
Comey Island seesaw.
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FBI to continue Trump-Russia probe but will not update White House
The acting head of the FBI has said the agency will continue to investigate alleged links between Russia and Donald Trump's campaign – but will not routinely update the White House. Andrew McCabe, who assumed leadership of the investigative agency following the firing of James Comey, said the ousting of the former director would not impact the ongoing probe. He also said it had sufficient resources to pursue the investigation.
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FBI searches Republican political consulting firm in Annapolis
Authorities retrieved documents related to firm’s campaign work. The company has been linked in a lawsuit to fraudulent fundraising practices.
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President Trump's Tax Returns Show Some Income from Russia
The 2013 Miss Universe pageant held in Moscow and a property sold to a Russian billionaire.
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Comey willing to testify, but only in public: report
James Comey is willing to speak to Congress following his sudden dismissal as head of the FBI earlier this week, but he wants the testimony to be public, according to a new report.
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Comey friend: Nothing scarier to Trump than someone who tells the truth
One of James Comey's friends is praising the former FBI director and warning that nothing is scarier to President Trump than someone who tells the truth and is always willing to do the right thing.
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They hate the US government, and they're multiplying: the terrifying rise of 'sovereign citizens'
On 20 May 2010, a police officer pulled over a white Ohio minivan on Interstate 40, near West Memphis, Arkansas. Unbeknown to officer Bill Evans, the occupants of the car, Jerry Kane Jr, and his teenage son, Joseph Kane, were self-described “sovereign citizens”: members of a growing domestic extremist movement whose adherents reject the authority of federal, state and local law.
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Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador
The president was boasting of the ‘great intel’ he receives when he discussed intelligence provided by a U.S. partner.
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Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation
“I hope you can let this go,” the president told the F.B.I. director in an Oval Office meeting in February, according to a memo James B. Comey wrote.
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Erdogan’s Bodyguards Beat Up Protesters In Washington, D.C.
Bodyguards working for Turkey's authoritarian president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, were involved in a massive brawl that left nine people injured outside of the residence of Turkey's ambassador in Washing
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Robert Mueller Will Serve as Special Prosecutor on Russia
The former FBI director will take over the investigation of any coordination between President Trump’s campaign and Russia.
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Mike Pence has suddenly vanished from public view
Mike Pence has tiptoed gingerly through the chaos engulfing the White House — surfacing occasionally to offer loyalty to Donald Trump, while trying to avoid the spreading whiff of scandal. One commentator, CNN's editor-at-large Chris Cillizza, characterised the Vice President as having been...
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Trump Told Russians That Firing ‘Nut Job’ Comey Eased Pressure From Investigation
The conversation reinforces the notion that President Trump dismissed him primarily because of the bureau’s investigation into possible collusion between his campaign and Russian operatives.
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Russia probe reaches current White House official, people familiar with the case say
The probe has intensified in recent weeks, and people say more subpoenas and interviews are on the way.
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Lawmaker apologizes for saying Louisiana leaders should be ‘lynched’ for removing Confederate monuments
Mississippi State Representative Karl Oliver wrote on Facebook that leaders who removed Confederate monuments in Louisiana should be ‘lynched.’ By Harold Gater, Geoff Pender. [Autoplay]
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Trump asked intelligence chiefs to push back against FBI collusion probe after Comey revealed its existence
The director of national intelligence and the NSA director refused because they believed the requests were inappropriate.
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