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President Trump is heading an administration that is scoring policy victories with surprising efficiency, fulfilling campaign promises and propelling his support among Republican voters.   Paul Manafort was ordered into custody Friday after a federal judge revoked his house arrest, citing newly filed obstruction of justice charges.

The White House on Thursday touted the results of a Department of Justice watchdog report that criticized former FBI Director MORE email probe.   White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the report "reaffirmed the president’s suspicions about Comey’s conduct and about the political bias of some members of the FBI.” The report faults Comey for poor judgment during the 2016 presidential campaign, but did not find any evidence showi

FBI Director Christopher Wray told reporters Thursday afternoon that he was "disappointed" by the findings of the Justice Department office of inspector general's (OIG) report on the bureau's conduct during the 2016 election, saying that the bureau accepted its recommendations. “As far as the report goes, there are some sobering lessons in there,” Wray said in a brief press conference held shortly after the 500-page report was made public.

In a highly critical report released MORE's emails were improperly influenced by political bias. The report nonetheless raised swirling questions about the role of FBI counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok, whose texts with FBI lawyer Lisa Page suggested he "might be willing" to take official action to impact Trump's electoral prospects, the inspector general found. In perhaps the most explosive new revelation from the report, Strzok told Page "We'll stop it," after being asked, "[Trump's] not ever going to become president, right?

House GOP leaders sent a 293-page immigration bill to their members on Thursday designed to bridge the substantial divide between the centrist reformers and conservative immigration hawks in their conference.  Early reactions suggest the bill is unlikely to do so, with members of both the far-right Freedom Caucus and conservative Republican Study Committee telling The Hill they planned to vote no on the compromise. Rep.

The Justice Department’s inspector general on Thursday released a deeply critical assessment of the agency’s conduct during the 2016 election. The report hammered top Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI brass for actions they took over the course of the investigation into MORE’s private email server. Here are five takeaways from the explosive report. It’s a tough day for the FBI The report offers a damning assessment of the FBI’s actions during its investigation of Clinton, training its fire on former FBI Director MORE for de

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The TAKE with Rick Klein They need each other now more than ever. Beyond the handshakes and the photo ops, the flags, the logos, the special video, the closing statement and the "message of peace," President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un have constructed something critical and tenuous in Singapore where they need something valuable and often fleeting from each other: trust. Decades of mutual hostility and bellicosity have to and must continue to

The TAKE with Rick Klein President Donald Trump may or may not get what he wants in terms of concessions from North Korea out of his summit with Kim Jong Un. But either way, he arrives back in the United States having again demonstrated the triumph of Trumpism inside his own party, and amid fresh evidence that the forces he exploited are stronger than ever in the GOP. It’s evident in another round of prim