WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr said during his confirmation hearing in January that serving in his future post was “not the same” as representing President Trump and pledged to make law enforcement decisions based only on facts and the law — not politics. But his handling of the report by the special counsel, […]
WASHINGTON — It was a foreign policy role Joseph R. Biden Jr. enthusiastically embraced during his vice presidency: browbeating Ukraine’s notoriously corrupt government to clean up its act. And one of his most memorable performances came on a trip to Kiev in March 2016, when he threatened to withhold $1 billion in United States loan […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General William Barr will be subpoenaed if does not appear for a hearing of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Thursday, Democratic Representative Hakeem Jeffries said on Wednesday. “We plan on subpoenaing him if he decides not to show up. He can run but he can’t hide,” Jeffries told […]
The thing is the Conservative Party has become the party of no given ideology Bow Group’s Ben Harris-Quincey Ben Harris-Quincey, chairman of right-wing think tank the Bow Group, said: “The thing is the Tories have already set the bar pretty low by saying they could lose between 800 and 1,000 seats.” Thus, anything less in […]
In 1973, when Donald J. Trump’s real estate firm faced a potentially existential threat from the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s accusations of discriminatory practices, his lawyer, Roy Cohn, filed a countersuit against the government, accusing the agency of defamation. The gambit, announced at a news conference, helped Mr. Trump, then 27, slow down […]
Attorney General William Barr defended his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation report in a Senate hearing Wednesday morning. The questioning has focused on a letter Mueller wrote, expressing frustration about Barr’s summary released to the public regarding Mueller’s lengthy investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and obstruction of justice. […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Under pressure from Democrats, Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday defended his decision to clear President Donald Trump of criminal obstruction of justice by attempting to impede Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia inquiry and criticized Mueller for not reaching a conclusion of his own on the issue. In his first congressional testimony […]
Attorney General William P. Barr is scheduled to testify today before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the report by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel who investigated Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election and President Trump’s efforts to impede that inquiry. The Senate hearing is expected to start at 10 a.m. Eastern. The […]
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday accused Cuba of aiding the government of President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, who the administration evidently hoped would be ousted by day’s end, warning that it would impose an embargo and additional sanctions on the country if it did not end its support. “If Cuban Troops and Militia do […]
Jeremy Corbyn is attempting to force a Commons vote on a Labour demand for Parliament to declare a national emergency on climate change. The Labour leader is taking the unusual step of personally opening an opposition debate on a motion calling for “rapid and dramatic action” from the government. Labour’s Commons move follows weeks of […]