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The Trump administration is raising hackles in Congress by cloaking in official secrecy an unusual amount of data about the longest armed conflict in American history.  Senator John McCain is not signing off quietly, despite his battle with deadly brain cancer.   The support of Senator Joe Donnelly, Democrat of Indiana, should provide enough of a margin for Haspel’s confirmation.  Representative Devin Nunes has become a fierce critic of the Justice Department as it conducts investigations with a possible connection to the Trump White House.

The Trump administration is raising hackles in Congress by cloaking in official secrecy an unusual amount of data about the longest armed conflict in American history.  Senator John McCain is not signing off quietly, despite his battle with deadly brain cancer.   The support of Senator Joe Donnelly, Democrat of Indiana, should provide enough of a margin for Haspel’s confirmation.  Representative Devin Nunes has become a fierce critic of the Justice Department as it conducts investigations with a possible connection to the Trump White House.

The Trump administration is raising hackles in Congress by cloaking in official secrecy an unusual amount of data about the longest armed conflict in American history.  Senator John McCain is not signing off quietly, despite his battle with deadly brain cancer.   The support of Senator Joe Donnelly, Democrat of Indiana, should provide enough of a margin for Haspel’s confirmation.  Representative Devin Nunes has become a fierce critic of the Justice Department as it conducts investigations with a possible connection to the Trump White House.

on Friday announced that Stephen Feinberg, a New York billionaire who owns the giant military contractor DynCorp International, will chair a White House executive board that reviews the effectiveness and legality of foreign intelligence.  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 ©2018 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

A White House aide's dismissive comments about Sen.

MORE on Friday outlined his long-awaited plan to lower drug prices, stopping short of a full-scale assault on the pharmaceutical industry while floating several ideas that could give companies heartburn. Trump stepped back from the some of the sweeping proposals he offered on the campaign trail, like having Medicare negotiate drug prices, but still leveled pointed criticism at the industry. "The drug lobby is making an absolute fortune at the expense of American consumers," Trump said in remarks from the White House Rose Garden.

The White House on Friday said special assistant Kelly Sadler has kept her job amid the controversy over her dismissive remarks about Sen.

With the end of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 56,000 Hondurans earlier this month, the nearly 30-year-old immigration program is essentially dead.  TPS had survived under several Republican and Democratic administrations, which mainly used the program as a pressure valve to allow Central American and Caribbean immigrants to live and work in the United States, often sending remittances home.  But the Trump administration says the program has been abused, allowing people to stay in the United States long after crisis conditions have ended in their home countries.  The Trump administratio

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