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The head of the California Democratic Party's African-American Caucus wants to know why Rep.

The Department of Homeland Security reported Monday that more than 600,000 foreign travelers legally entered the U.S.

Former acting Attorney General Michael Flynn so that the Trump administration could “act.” “We had just gone and told them that the national security adviser, of all people, was compromised with the Russians, and that their vice president and others had been lying to the American people about it,” Yates said in lengthy New Yorker interview published Monday.  “You should not worry about that,” Yates told McGahn when he asked whether taking action against Flynn would interfere with an FBI investig

DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor was the American automaker savvy enough to avoid bankruptcy when industry sales collapsed during the 2008 financial crisis. Then it rode economic recovery and cheap gasoline to record sales and profits. But what looks like success can turn upside down quickly in Detroit these days. The latest evidence came Monday when Ford ousted its chief executive, Mark Fields, after only three years in the job. Mr.

The Trump administration, in a significant escalation of its clash with the government’s top ethics watchdog, has moved to block an effort to disclose the names of former lobbyists who have been granted waivers to work in the White House or federal agencies. The latest conflict came in recent days when the White House, in a highly unusual move, sent a letter to Walter M. Shaub Jr., the head of the Office of Government Ethics, asking him to withdraw a request he had sent to every federal agency for copies of the waivers.

The Trump administration, in a significant escalation of its clash with the government’s top ethics watchdog, has moved to block an effort to disclose the names of former lobbyists who have been granted waivers to work in the White House or federal agencies. The latest conflict came in recent days when the White House, in a highly unusual move, sent a letter to Walter M. Shaub Jr., the head of the Office of Government Ethics, asking him to withdraw a request he had sent to every federal agency for copies of the waivers.

WASHINGTON — The struck down two North Carolina congressional districts on Monday, ruling that lawmakers had violated the Constitution by relying too heavily on race in drawing them, in a decision that could affect many voting maps, generally in the South. The decision was handed down by an unusual coalition of justices, and was the latest in a series of setbacks for Republican-led legislatures.

WASHINGTON — The struck down two North Carolina congressional districts on Monday, ruling that lawmakers had violated the Constitution by relying too heavily on race in drawing them, in a decision that could affect many voting maps, generally in the South. The decision was handed down by an unusual coalition of justices, and was the latest in a series of setbacks for Republican-led legislatures.

WASHINGTON — Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, misled Pentagon investigators about his income from companies in Russia and contacts with officials there when he applied for a renewal of his top-secret security clearance last year, according to a letter released Monday by the top Democrat on the House oversight committee. Mr.

WASHINGTON — Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, misled Pentagon investigators about his income from companies in Russia and contacts with officials there when he applied for a renewal of his top-secret security clearance last year, according to a letter released Monday by the top Democrat on the House oversight committee. Mr.