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Posted at 4:30 pm on July 8, 2017 by Patterico So yesterday a wily former KGB agent got over two hours to have a crack at a simpleton who knows the nation’s most prized state secrets. What could go wrong? Stephen Hayes at the Weekly Standard says, a lot went wrong. Indeed, he says that Trump caved to Putin yesterday. Hayes complains that Trump let Russia skate entirely on its efforts to interfere with the United States presidential election.

Posted at 5:30 pm on July 8, 2017 by Kimberly Ross Despite what some in the “resist!” movement claim, Donald Trump is our president. Whether you voted for him or not, he is our commander-in-chief. This fact remains despite what leftover Hillary supporters say about his legitimacy or about that whole “antiquated” electoral college thing. The fact is still concrete even though the Trump administration itself has launched a voter fraud commission.

Posted at 7:31 pm on July 8, 2017 by streiff I missed this in the tumult of the past week but good news is always welcome. When Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was released by the Taliban in 2014 he was feted by the Obama administration despite ample evidence that he was actually a deserter. His parent were guests at a Rose Garden ceremony with Obama, himself.

Posted at 8:30 pm on July 8, 2017 by Susan Wright This is fine, right? A new report from the New York Times states that three members of Trump’s inner circle met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer at Trump Tower, two weeks after Donald Trump won the Republican nomination for the presidency. The meeting was set up by Donald Trump Jr, and was also attended by Jared Kushner and former campaign manager Paul

Posted at 9:00 pm on July 8, 2017 by streiff One of Obama’s campaign promises in the 2008 campaign was to shut down the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Shortly after inauguration he signed an executive order directing the facility be shuttered within a year.

Republicans will be hitting the Sunday show circuit this weekend to discuss their efforts to advance healthcare reform as President Trump returns to Washington from his trip to Europe. Several GOP lawmakers who are undecided on the healthcare plan aimed at repealing and replacing ObamaCare are set to appear on this week's Sunday shows. Sen. MORE (R-Ariz.) – who has criticized party leaders for failing to have the hearings or opportunities to amend the current bill – is set to appear on CBS. Sen.

President The New York Times reported Saturday. The talks became heated between the two world leaders at times, a senior White House official who was briefed on the closed door meeting by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told the newspaper. Putin at one point reportedly called on Trump to provide evidence to support the meddling allegation. The U.S.

President Trump on Saturday retrieved a Marine's hat and placed it on the officer's head after it blew off amid turbulence from the president's helicopter. As Trump approached Marine One, he bent to pick up a white hat from the ground before turning to the Marine.

Sen. MORE (R-Iowa) suggested Saturday night that Republicans would lose their Senate majority if they don't pass healthcare reform. Grassley wrote on Twitter that Republicans should be "ashamed" that they haven't passed a healthcare plan yet to repeal and replace ObamaCare. "WE WONT BE ASHAMED WE WILL GO FROM MAJORITY TO MINORITY," he added. The Hill 1625 K Street, NW Suite 900 Washington DC 20006 | 202-628-8500 tel | 202-628-8503 fax The contents of this site are ©2017 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

Nearly two dozen people were arrested Saturday after a Ku Klux Klan rally in Charlottesville, Va., drew hundreds of counterprotesters. Klan members rallied to blast the city's plan to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E.