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Jeff Sessions Focused in 2017 on Restoring Rule of Law and Constitutional Rights…

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has had a busy first year as one of President Donald Trump’s earliest and most committed supporters, one who now leads one of the most powerful departments in the federal government. “We inherited from our Founders—and have advanced—an unsurpassed legal heritage, which is the foundation of our freedom, safety, and prosperity,” […]

Sen Paul Freezes Trump Nomination Over Section 702 Surveillance…

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Sen. Rand Paul is holding up the confirmation of a key national security official over concerns about a government surveillance program, an administration official confirmed to The Daily Beast. He has temporarily blocked John Demers –– currently Boeing’s assistant general counsel –– from being confirmed as Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s powerful National […]

Who’s Spying on Who? FBI’s Use of NSA Foreign Surveillance Program Needs to Be Investigated, Say Whistleblowers…

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A controversial NSA surveillance program used to monitor foreigners was also being used by the FBI as ‘backdoor’ to gain warrantless access to American communications, according to numerous former U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials with knowledge of the program. The whistleblowers, who recently disclosed the program’s process to Congressional oversight committees, say concern over […]

Pentagon’s Top Weapons Buyer to John McCain: ‘Excuse me, we hold people responsible’…

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Ellen Lord, the Defense Department’s acquisition chief, said Wednesday that a shakeup of department personnel overseeing weapons purchasing programs is already in the works after facing tough questioning from Sen. John McCain about government waste. A review of staff in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and military services is looking at whether or […]

What Really Happened with the GOP Platform and Russia…

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It’s one of the enduring misconceptions of the Trump-Russia affair. During the 2016 Republican convention, the story goes, the Trump campaign weakened a critical passage in the GOP platform to go easy on Russia. The Trump team acted, according to this narrative, as part of an ongoing conspiracy with Russian President Vladimir Putin to help […]

What Trump and Putin Talked About for an Hour…

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President Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone for more than an hour on Tuesday about issues ranging from terrorism to Ukraine, the White House said in a statement. The two leaders stressed the need “to peacefully resolve the Syrian civil war, end the humanitarian crisis, allow displaced Syrians to return home, and […]

Donna Brazile: First She Says the Primary Was ‘Rigged’ NOW She Says 2016 ‘was not a legitimate election’…

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Former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile on Tuesday called the 2016 presidential election illegitimate, and said it may have ended differently had Russia not interfered. “My personal view is that it was not a legitimate election,” Brazile told MSNBC “Hardball” host Chris Matthews Tuesday night. “So it doesn’t count?” Matthews asked. “Chris, remember, I […]

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