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August 8, 2017

Congressional Democrats blasted President Trump on Tuesday for warning that North Korea will be met "with fire and fury" by the U.S. if it continues to ratchet up tensions involving its nuclear program.

The president made the remark during a briefing on the opioid epidemic from his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey where he's on a 17-day vacation.


August 8, 2017

Three Democratic representatives have introduced a bill intended to promote retraining of industrial workers to enable them to take cybersecurity jobs. The "New Collar Jobs Act" would include loan forgiveness for students, tax credits for employers and other perks.


August 8, 2017

Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump's retweet of a Fox News story claiming US satellites detected North Korea moving anti-ship cruise missiles to a patrol boat is raising eyebrows on Tuesday after US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley indicated that the information in the report is classified and was leaked.

"I can't talk about anything that's classified and if that's in the newspaper that's a shame," Haley said Tuesday on "Fox and Friends" when asked about the story that cites two anonymous sources.


August 4, 2017

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly tapping a federal grand jury in Washington, a sign the federal investigation into Russia's interference in the presidential election is intensifying and could go on for many months or years.

The move would give Mueller, a former FBI director, broad authority to subpoena documents and compel witnesses to testify under oath.


August 3, 2017

President Donald Trump has long indicated that he'd be willing to meet face-to-face with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un -- a proposition that has garnered harsh criticism from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and even been downplayed at times by the members of the administration.


August 3, 2017

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif). is firing back at White House policy aide Stephen Miller's comments on immigration, calling them "unAmerican."

"The unAmerican remarks by Stephen Miller on the Statue of Liberty suggests that when he says Make America Great Again, he means the 1800s," Lieu tweeted late Wednesday.

Miller at a White House briefing earlier Wednesday defended an immigration plan backed by President Trump that would limit immigration. The measure would favor a "merit-based" immigration system over the current priority given to those with family ties to the U.S.

Issues: Immigration

August 3, 2017

A boat carrying 140 Somali refugees was traveling from Yemen to Sudan in the dark, early hours of March 17 when suddenly an Apache helicopter appeared overhead. Hovering over the bodies huddled on the deck below, it opened fire, killing 42 people on board.


August 2, 2017

President Donald Trump endorsed an immigration bill that would cut legal immigration by 50 percent over the next decade and overhaul the current system to prevent "low-skilled" immigrants from entering the country.

Issues: Immigration

August 2, 2017

Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu, one of the most outspoken critics of Donald Trump, was back at it again on Wednesday, hitting the president for being weak and having absolutely no respect, both at home or abroad.

In an interview with MSNBC's Chris Hayes, Lieu teed off on Trump for whining about the new Russia sanctions, saying Moscow is quickly learning what those in the U.S. have known for awhile: This president is weak and has very little influence.


August 2, 2017

On the chaotic day the Trump administration's travel ban went into effect, high-level Homeland Security officials directed their staff at airports around the country to stiff-arm members of Congress and treat lawyers with deep suspicion.