AG William Barr weighs how much of Trump-Russia report to release
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr has scoured special counsel Robert Mueller's confidential report on the Russia investigation with his advisers, deciding how much Congress and the American public will get to see about the two-year probe into President Donald Trump and Moscow's efforts to elect him.Barr was on pace to release his first summary of Mueller's findings on Sunday, people familiar with the process said.The attorney general's decision on what to finally disclose seems almost certain to set off a fight with congressional Democrats, who want access to all of Mueller's findings — and supporting evidence — on whether Trump's 2016 campaign coordinated with Russia to sway the election and whether the president later sought to obstruct the investigation.Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller and oversaw much of his work, analyzed the report on Saturday, laboring to condense it into a summary letter of main conclusions.
Barr scours Pres. Trump-Russia report to see how much to open
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr scoured special counsel Robert Mueller's confidential report on the Russia investigation with his advisers Saturday, deciding how much Congress and the American public will get to see about the two-year probe into President Donald Trump and Moscow's efforts to elect him.Barr was on pace to release his first summary of Mueller's findings on Sunday, people familiar with the process said.The attorney general's decision on what to finally disclose seems almost certain to set off a fight with congressional Democrats, who want access to all of Mueller's findings — and supporting evidence — on whether President Trump's 2016 campaign coordinated with Russia to sway the election and whether the president later sought to obstruct the investigation.No announcement was expected Saturday as Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller and oversaw much of his work, analyzed the report and labored to condense it into a summary letter of main conclusions.
'We have to be patient:' Local political expert reacts to the Mueller report release
MILWAUKEE -- Friday, March 22 was a big day in Washington and Wisconsin.
Mueller concludes Russia-Trump probe with no new indictments
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller closed his long and contentious Russia investigation with no new charges Friday, ending the probe that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump's presidency but launching a fresh wave of political battles over the still-confidential findings.The report's details remained a mystery, accessible to only a handful of Justice Department officials while Attorney General William Barr prepared to release the "principal findings" soon.
Florida man pleads guilty to mailing bombs to Pres. Trump foes
NEW YORK — A Florida man pleaded guilty Thursday to sending a wave of pipe bombs to CNN and prominent critics of President Donald Trump, attacks that harmed no one but created fear as the devices turned up, day after day, at locations across the country.Cesar Sayoc sobbed as he entered the plea before a federal judge in New York."I'm truly sorry," he said.He faces the possibility of a life sentence on 65 criminal counts, including using weapons of mass destruction and illegal mailing of explosives with intent to kill.Sayoc had been scheduled to go on trial this summer on charges that he mailed rudimentary bombs to 16 targets, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, several members of congress, former President Barack Obama and the actor Robert De Niro.Devices were also mailed to CNN offices in New York and Atlanta.He has been held without bail since his late-October arrest at a South Florida auto parts store.
President Trump says US recognizes Israeli control of Golan Heights
JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump said Thursday that it's time for the United States to recognize Israel's control over the disputed Golan Heights, an announcement that signals a shift in U.S. policy and comes ahead of the Israeli prime minister's planned visit next week to the White House.The administration has been considering recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan, which Israel captured from Syria in 1967.
Happy birthday! President Trump's youngest son, Barron, turns 13
WASHINGTON — A teenager is calling the White House home again.President Donald Trump's youngest child, Barron, turned 13 on Wednesday, the first day of spring break at the Maryland private school where he's a seventh-grader.Barron and his mother, Melania Trump, are keeping to tradition and spending the break at their Palm Beach, Florida, home.The Republican president was in Washington with plans for a trip to Ohio later Wednesday.There's no word on plans for a birthday celebration for Barron, whose full name is Barron William Trump.
Pentagon lists possible project cuts to pay for wall
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon sent a 20-page list of military construction projects to Congress on Monday as lawmakers tried figuring out which might be cut to pay for President Donald Trump's wall along the Mexican border.
Kirsten Gillibrand officially jumps into 2020 race, teases rally at Trump hotel
WASHINGTON — New York Sen.
Beyond veto: Pres. Trump seeks more work-arounds to avoid Congress
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's first congressional veto was more than a milestone: It signals a new era of ever more fraught relations between the two ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.Pres.
'A horrible act:' Pres. Trump downplays white nationalism threat after New Zealand massacre
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump played down any threat posed by racist white nationalism after the gunman accused of the New Zealand mosque massacre called the president "a symbol of renewed white identity."Pres.
Senate votes to terminate Pres. Trump's border national emergency order
WASHINGTON -- In a stunning rebuke, the Republican-controlled Senate has voted to terminate President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border.The Senate voted 59-41 for a resolution to halt President Trump's emergency order.
5 governors, including Gov. Evers, opposed Pres. Trump's plan to cut Great Lakes spending
LANSING, Mich. — Governors of five states oppose President Donald Trump's call for a 90 percent spending cut for a Great Lakes cleanup program.The president's 2020 budget offers $30 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which gets $300 million most years.
'Reckless and unconstitutional:' Wisconsin joins lawsuit over Pres. Trump's border emergency
MADISON -- Governor Tony Evers on Wednesday, March 13 announced that he authorized Attorney General Josh Kaul to join the State of Wisconsin as a plaintiff in California, et al.
President Trump issues 'emergency order' to ground all Boeing 737 Max 8, Max 9 jets
WASHINGTON -- As country after country grounded Boeing's 737 Max jets after a deadly crash Sunday in Ethiopia, U.S. air safety regulators remained resolute in their refusal to do so — until Wednesday.That's when the Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency order keeping the planes on the tarmac.
Pres. Trump's budget calls for cuts to cleanup funding for waterways, including Lake Michigan
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — President Donald Trump is trying again to slash federal cleanup funding for major U.S. waterways, including the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay.The president's 2020 budget released Monday, March 11 calls for spending $30 million on the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, a program intended to remove toxic pollution, fight invasive species and deal with other longstanding environmental problems in the eight-state region.
President Trump: Permanent Daylight Saving Time 'OK with me!'
WASHINGTON -- It appears President Donald Trump would be fine with a permanent Daylight Saving Time.He tweeted about it Monday morning.
Republican Scott Walker praises Milwaukee choice for DNC 2020
MILWAUKEE -- Former Republican Wisconsin Gov.
President Trump expected to seek $8.6 billion for border wall in new budget
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will seek $8.6 billion in his new budget to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall, two administration officials said Sunday, March 10, setting up another showdown with Congress, which has resisted giving him more money for his signature campaign promise.The request would more than double the $8.1 billion already available to the president after he declared a national emergency at the border in order to circumvent Congress once lawmakers refused his funding demands.
Pres. Trump signed Bibles in Alabama church. Heresy? Many religious leaders say no
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — President Donald Trump was just doing what he could to raise spirits when he signed Bibles at an Alabama church for survivors of a tornado outbreak, many religious leaders say, though some are offended and others say he could have handled it differently.Hershael York, dean of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary School of Theology in Louisville, Kentucky, said he didn't have a problem with Pres.