“In order for us to do our investigation in a thorough and credible way, we’re going to need the FBI to fully cooperate,” Rep. Adam Schiff said after an over three hour closed door briefing with the FBI Director.
Defending his answers to the Senate Judiciary Committee about his contacts with Russian officials, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday that he would recuse himself from any investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections.
“I have decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way to the campaigns for President of the United States,” Sessions announced in a news conference at the Justice Department.
The Senate on Thursday approved two more Cabinet nominees from President Donald Trump, ending an initial round of highly partisan nomination battles that featured extended delays from Democrats, as they were able to slow any Republican plans to quickly start work on the President’s legislative agenda in the Senate.
Finally approved after weeks of waiting were Ben Carson, who will be Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Rick Perry, who will lead the Energy Department.
Spurred on by President Donald Trump’s latest call for action to repeal and replace the Obama health law, Republicans accelerated their work on Wednesday in a push to forge a GOP health care agreement, but even with a new sense of urgency, Republican leaders still face divides in the Congress on several key issues that could imperil the effort.
The easy part was Tuesday night in a speech before Congress, as President Donald Trump earned thunderous applause from Republicans, as he urged lawmakers to work together and act on his legislative agenda, with his first address to Congress getting good reviews in the polls from the voters.
But now, GOP lawmakers admit, all of that talk needs to be turned into action.
“Let’s get on offense and start keeping the promises that we have made to the public,” said Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH).
Asking for a “renewal of the American spirit,” President Donald Trump laid out the basics of his agenda in his first speech to Congress, calling on lawmakers to work together to improve America’s future, urging them to cooperate on an overhaul of the Obama health law, leaning on them to funnel billions more to the Pentagon, and to find ways to spur new economic growth and jobs.
A day after President Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of targeting him with a campaign year wiretap, the White House requested that Congress investigate the charge, as the President’s chief spokesman said there would be no further comment from Mr.
Two days after his Attorney General recused himself from decisions on any investigation into links between Donald Trump’s campaign for President and Russia, President Trump set off a new firestorm on Saturday by accusing former President Barack Obama of wiretapping Mr.
UPDATE: Politico is reporting that President Donald Trump is expected to sign a new executive order on immigration Monday at the Department of Homeland Security.