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Posted at 5:00 pm on June 23, 2017 by Amelia Hamilton At the Glastonbury music festival in England last night, actor (although he claims otherwise) Johnny Depp said  Language like this is always disturbing, but especially so just a week after Republican congressmen were targeted and shot practicing for a bipartisan charity baseball game. The White House issued a statement saying Although Depp prefaced his statements by saying he knew they woul

Posted at 5:30 pm on June 23, 2017 by Susan Wright A fifth senator has bailed on the Senate’s version of an Obamacare replacement bill. They’re saying it’s a “repeal and replace” bill, but that’s not accurate, at all. On Friday, Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) joined with Senators Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Ted Cruz, and Ron Johnson in rejecting the bill. Said Heller: It seems like each of the dissenting senators has their own idea about where this

Posted at 8:00 pm on June 23, 2017 by Andrea Ruth Newly appointed chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Trey Gowdy (R – S.C.), said Friday the committee will not insist upon calling former FBI director James Comey, before the committee or demand Comey’s memos documenting his interactions with Donald Trump that became a topic of contention in recent weeks. This indicates Gowdy has no plans to continue pursuing the inquiry into Russia’s actions in 2016 in an attempt to influence the election in favor of Donald Trump, whether any collusion took place between the Trum

Posted at 4:00 am on June 24, 2017 by Jay Caruso President Obama blinked after engaging in a stare-down with Russian President Vladimir Putin and in doing so, reveals that he was more interested in the political ramifications of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. If you remember, President Obama held a news conference in the middle of December following the election, claiming he told Putin on election interference, to “cut it out.” The President, doing his best impersonation of Rober De Niro as Al Capone in ‘The Untouchables’ (“Somebody messed with me, I’m go

Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates on Friday slammed Attorney General MORE’s stance on criminal justice reform. In a Washington Post op-ed titled, “Making America scared again won’t make us safer," Yates took aim at Session’s actions in May in which he reinstated

The State Department unit that focuses on Afghanistan and Pakistan is facing an uncertain future, after a spokesperson confirmed its head had left on Friday. The department’s acting representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Laurel Miller, has left the department along with one of her top aides and acting principal deputy assistant, according to Politico. Diplomats were first led to believe the office was being shut down, and would be integrated into the South and Central A

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The lobbyist wounded during the shooting at a congressional GOP baseball practice last week has been released from the hospital. “Our family is pleased to report that Matt has been discharged from George Washington University Hospital," statement Friday.  "We are truly grateful for the compassionate, world-class care provided by the doctors, nurses and team at George Washington, and we will never forget and continue to be grateful for the heroism shown by the U.S.

The high school gym swirled with blue-and-white graduation gowns and glittering dreams. Some seniors had won university scholarships. Others were counting on springboarding from community college to a four-year degree. But for a good number of the 18-year-olds here and at graduations across the country, there was no golden ticket to higher education.

WASHINGTON — Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are seeking information about alleged political interference by former Attorney General Loretta Lynch into the FBI's investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and other lawmakers sent letters Friday seeking details about communications in which Lynch reportedly assured Democratic operatives that she would keep the FBI's Clinton investigation from "going too far." The senators cited stories in The New York Times and The Washington Post about a suppos