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President Trump launched new attacks on his predecessor and Democrats on Sunday, suggesting Barack Obama also has shady Russian ties.
A US congressman has given a withering response to Donald Trump's claims that Barack Obama had his offices in New York "wiretapped".
Donald Trump's unreadiness to be president was dramatically highlighted this morning when he went off on a tweetstorm accusing President Obama of wiretapping Trump Tower.
On Thursday afternoon, Attorney General Jeff Sessions held a press conference to announce that he was recusing himself from any possible investigations into connections between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia. It was a dissembling performance that demonstrated why his recusal is not enough.
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REP. TED LIEU: ATTORNEY GENERAL SESSIONS MUST RESIGN IMMEDIATELY
Mr. Lieu also calls for two special prosecutors to investigate Sessions and Trump Administration ties to Russia
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday generally agreed that a controversial surveillance measure was both necessary for renewal and in need of some reform.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Section 702 allows the NSA to monitor the communications of foreign citizens outside of the United States.
President Donald Trump, facing questions about a controversial military operation, made the first U.S. combat death on his watch a moment of riveting drama during his Tuesday address to Congress.
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Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Sunday blasted President Trump for his Twitter attacks of news outlets, saying if the president spent more time focused on his intelligence briefings, Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens might still be alive.
Two months after then President-elect President Donald Trump infamously told MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough "let it be an arms race," Trump is again dangling the prospect of a heated nuclear arms competition with Russia in front of the world.