Houseintelligencecommittee

Trey Gowdy: No game changers in Trump's declassified docs, but John Brennan will be very embarrassed

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., tamped down expectations Thursday for the Russia-related documents President Trump selected this week for …

U.S. Politics

Democrats fear Trump ‘October Surprise’ document dump

Democrats worry that Trump and his allies are teeing up a series of document releases meant to gin up GOP voters before the midterms.<p>Democratic operatives are growing anxious that Republicans working to undermine the FBI’s Russia probe are teeing up a series of document dumps meant to gin up GOP …

U.S. Politics

Why Trump must not declassify the Carter Page warrant

<i>John McLaughlin teaches at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He was deputy director of the CIA from 2000 to 2004, and served as acting director in 2004.</i><p>When a big, black SUV would pull up to my house at about 2 a.m., I knew it would be awhile before I’d be …

Opinion

Democratic wave could reboot Hill's Trump-Russia probes

Reopening investigations into the 2016 election would thrill liberal voters but could involve political risk, and showdowns with key Trump associates.<p>House Democrats stuck in the minority have spent months demanding more answers about Trump campaign contacts with Russians in the 2016 election, only …

Politics

Higgins takes further step in bid to oust Pelosi

WASHINGTON – Rep. Brian Higgins this week took his opposition to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to a new level, signing onto an effort to …

Paul Ryan

America’s Fukushima moment is at hand

The reactor core of U.S. democracy is closer than ever to meltdown.<p>It all comes down to lies and fiddling with the justice system by the White …

Canadian Politics

Nunes on Declassifying FISA Docs: The Left Has 'Force-Fed Russian Kool-Aid' to the American People

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said on "Hannity" Wednesday that Americans are being "force-fed Kool-Aid" in regard to whether President Trump colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election.<p>Nunes, a California Republican, was reacting to left-wing outrage over Trump's decision to …

Donald Trump

Meet the Whitefield man who found himself caught up in the Trump-Russia scandal

A FORMER Radcliffe Times reporter spent three minutes drafting an email on his mobile phone ­— ­and it landed him in the thick of claims of Russian …

Manchester

Peter Thiel's Medicinal Weed Company Tilray Now Worth More Than Expedia, American Airlines

Thiel-backed company is now worth $20 billion after wild day on Wall Street<p>You can’t blame Peter Thiel if he enjoys a celebratory smoke tonight, …

Peter Thiel

There’s a reason Trump’s rhetoric about ‘transparency’ rings hollow

For the most part, Donald Trump has been quite candid about his motivations for ordering the public release of highly classified materials related to …

Donald Trump

The air has seeped out of the Russia/collusion balloon

“ I did not, and of course I looked for it, looked for it hard.”<p>That was Bob Woodward, promoting his book on the Trump White House, <i>Fear</i>, replying to …

U.S. Politics

Michael Cohen Has Talked With Mueller About Trump in Recent Weeks

Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer, has met multiple times with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators, including within the past month, according to people familiar with the matter.<p>As part of the meetings, investigators asked Mr. Cohen questions about Mr. Trump, including about …

Politics

Trump: Russia probe papers to expose 'bad things'

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is flexing his executive power to declassify secret documents in the Russia investigation, an extraordinary move …

Donald Trump

Waging War On US Intelligence, Trump Abuses Declassification Process

Trump is abusing his power to declassify information and wielding it as a weapon in his ongoing war against the U.S. intelligence community.The post …

Liberal View

House Intel Republican suspects 'political' reason for Trump not ordering broad declassification

A Republican member of the House Intelligence Committee suspects President Trump ordered the declassification of select Russia-related documents …

U.S. Politics

Trump’s dump of classified FBI documents feed Devin Nunes’ ludicrous theories — and point toward the day the president fires Mueller

Way back at the beginning of the year, when the infamous “Nunes memo” was being flogged as the smoking gun that would blow the lid off of the Russia …

Devin Nunes

House Intel Democrat blasts 'lawless' Trump for selective declassification, but won't embrace broader effort

After complaining that President Trump is being "lawless" by ordering the declassification of certain Russia-related documents, a Democratic member …

U.S. Politics

Trump ignores security, crosses ‘red line’ with declassification gambit

Close video<p>The Rachel Maddow Show, 9/17/18, 9:52 PM ET<p>Trump declassifies Russia investigation docs, security be damned<p>Senator Richard Blumenthal …

Donald Trump

Trump is violating his oath, again

The Post reports:<p>President Trump on Monday ordered the Justice Department to declassify significant materials from the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, threatening to spur a showdown with federal law enforcement officials resistant to publicizing information from an …

Opinion

Turner dismisses complaints over release of FISA documents

Democrats' claims that declassifying documents related to the Russia probe will reveal sources and methods are 'laughable,' says Republican member of the House Intelligence Committee Mike Turner.

Russia Probe

Devin Nunes explains ‘antifa’ and ‘all of these riots’: ‘Because we’re winning’

Rep. Devin Nunes’s (R-Calif.) weeks-long push to get President Trump to declassify additional documents related to the investigation into Russian interference paid off Monday evening. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that the president was calling for the release of text …

Devin Nunes

Intel officials baffled by Trump’s ‘truly damaging’ declassification order: MSNBC national security reporter

National security reporter Ken Dilanian told MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle that Trump’s decision to declassify FBI and FISA documents related to the …

Donald Trump

Schiff reacts to Trump order to release Russia documents

In an unprecedented move, Trump ordered the FBI and DOJ to release classified information about the ongoing Russia probe. Top Democrat on the House …

Schiff

Trump to declassify FBI text messages as countermove in Russia probe | NOLA.com

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump has opened a new front in his efforts to discredit the origins of the Justice Department's Russia probe, with …

U.S. Justice Department

Trump: Declassified Russia documents expose 'really bad things' at FBI

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is flexing his executive power to declassify secret documents in the Russia investigation, an extraordinary move …

U.S. Department of Justice

OPINION: How Government Leakers, Media Have Waged War On Trump

10:44 AM 09/17/2018<p>For two years, top-level officials within our nation’s intelligence and law enforcement agencies and their allies in Congress have …

Donald Trump

Today in Trump’s America: Trump slashes number of refugees allowed in the U.S. to a record low

<i>Welcome to Mic’s daily read on Donald Trump’s America. Want to receive this as a daily email in your inbox?</i> <i>Subscribe here</i><i>.</i><p><i>Good morning from</i> <i>Emily</i> …

Trump Administration

Review underway for Russia probe documents ordered released

Trump's order to declassify certain documents related to the FBI's Russia investigation draws praise and condemnation

U.S. Department of Justice

Facebook 'Shut Out' Women From Certain Job Advertisements, ACLU Charges

Social network illegally barred women from seeing ads for “male-dominated fields,” according to lawsuit filed by the union<p>Facebook has unlawfully …

Hillary Clinton

NY Times Crying Wolf Again Over Trump Declassifying Russia Documents

<i>New York Times</i> reporter Adam Goldman passed along warnings from “law enforcement” (and, more importantly, liberal Democrats in Congress) that …

Conservative View