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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday repeatedly deflected questions about the leak of special counsel MORE. Reporters asked Sanders multiple times about the questions, which were published by The New York Times, but each time Sanders instructed them to direct their inquiries to Trump’s personal lawyers.  “As with all questions of this nature, I'd refer you to the president's outside personal attorneys, Jay Sekulow and Rudy G

House Minority Leader MORE (D-Calif.) on Tuesday vowed that Democrats would retake control of the House this year, and that she would again run for Speaker. "We will win. I will run for speaker. I feel confident about it.

Special counsel The Washington Post reported Tuesday. Mueller made the comment in response to the Trump legal team’s argument during a March meeting that the president wasn’t obligated to speak with federal investigators in the probe into Russian election interference, according to the Post. “This isn’t some game,” Trump’s then-lawyer John Dowd reportedly replied.

MORE is basking in the glow of chatter that he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts on the Korea Peninsula. Trump’s supporters — and even the South Korean president — say that getting North Korea to denuclearize and end the Korean War would be a monumental achievement worthy of the prize. It’s far from sure, of course, that Trump’s upcoming summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will lead to a lasting peace deal, and Trump himself on Tuesday appeared to suggest that people are getting a bit ahead of themselves. “I just think that President Moon [Jae-in]

“Kanye West is a very creative young man who has presented some of the most revolutionary material in the African-American community. … But we also think that sometimes Kanye West talks out of turn and perhaps sometimes he needs some assistance in helping him to formulate some of his thoughts,” Waters reportedly told Politico at an Oakland event

“Kanye West is a very creative young man who has presented some of the most revolutionary material in the African-American community. … But we also think that sometimes Kanye West talks out of turn and perhaps sometimes he needs some assistance in helping him to formulate some of his thoughts,” Waters reportedly told Politico at an Oakland event

The White House is blaming a mistake that had brief but worldwide impact on a “clerical error” – after press secretary Sarah Sanders released a statement Monday evening stating that nuclear weapons program.” By using the word "has," the statement implied that Iran continued to work on its secret nuclear weapons program – which would have constituted a violation of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as the Iran nuclear agreement. The error reverberated across the globe, catching the attention of two prominent Midd

As investigations into alleged ethical misconduct at the Scott Pruitt have abruptly left their jobs this week. Democrats have raised questions about spending and security decisions made by the head of Pruitt's security team, Nino Perrotta, as well as about the professional background of Albert Kelly, a senior advisor to Pruitt who he put in charge of a task force on the agency's Superfund sites. Perrotta is expected to be questioned by the House Oversight Committee Wednesday. Rep.

After a second suspected Israeli strike killing Iranian forces in Syria, the Islamic Republic has few ways to retaliate as its leaders wrestle with both unrest at home and the prospect of its nuclear deal collapsing abroad. Though it has long made threats about Israel's existence, Iran doesn't have a modern air force to take on Israel.